Konica Minolta KM512 printhead
Simple, low-cost 360dpi units with good accuracy.
Available in 4, 14 and 42pl drop sizes and in X (fat) and Y (thin) chassis.
Versions are available for solvent oil, UV and water-based inks.
Feature
Shear mode, Piezo On-Demand Printhead
Piezo on-demand inkjet ejects ink drops utilizing deformation of small ink chambers composed of piezoelectric material, by applying electric field in accordance with signals. The principle of shear mode piezo actuation with shared wall structure allows lower power consumption as well as a high-density nozzle array.
512 Nozzle with 360 dpi Spacing
High resolution, 360 nozzle per inch spacing has enabled arranging 512 Nozzle on a comactly designed print head. The KM512 series consists of type L, M and S, corresponding to unit drop volume capabilities of 42pl, 14pl and 4pl respectively. The type M and S can be driven in 4 level grey-scale mode for reproducing high quality images with smoother tones.
Compatible with Solvent, UV, Oil ...
Due to its specially designed internal structure, the KM512 series boasts a wide range of ink compatibility, including aggressive solvent inks typically used for super-wide format printers. Inks which have high viscosity at room temperature,such as UV ink, can be heated up to 55 degrees Celsius with the H type's internal heater.
Enabling Comapct Design of Head Mount System
This series is specially designed to have a “wing” structure so that users can precisely align the print heads without difficulty. This feature allows easy combination of page-width printhead units for the purpose of single-pass high-speed printing. The same external design allows interchangability of different type heads on the same mount system.
Newly lineup 35pl type for solvent ink
This printhead is available for solvent inks and its nozzle plate which has depressed portion scratch resistant.
Specificatons
| KM512LNX | KM512LHX | KM512MNX | KM512MHX | KM512LNX-35 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | Piezo Drop on Demand (Shared wall 3 cycle) | ||||
| Resolution | 180dpi×2lines＝360dpi | ||||
| Number of Nozzles | 256nozzles×2lines = 512nozzles | ||||
| Nozzle Pitch | 70.5μm（141μm×2lines） | ||||
| Drop Size | 42pl | 14pl | 35pl | ||
| Max Frequency | 7.6kHz | 12.8kHz | 10kHz | ||
| Printing Width | 36.1mm | ||||
| Dimensions | 67mm W × 40mm D × 63mm H | ||||
| Weight | About 95g | ||||
| Grey scale | - | - | 4 levels | - | |
| Iternal Heater | - | ○ | - | ○ | - |
| Solvent Ink | ○ | - | ○ | - | ○ |
| UV Ink | - | ○ | - | ○ | - |
KM512 series
KM512LNX-35
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Applications
Outdoor Signage
Outdoor signage is one of the most promising markets for Inkjet Print Head printing.
Thanks to their ability to print on various substrates with high productivity, large format inkjet printers have been continuously replacing analogue screen processes.
Indoor Graphics
Large-format inkjet printers are also widely utilized for reproduction of high quality indoor graphics used in restaurants and shopping malls.
Super-fine ink droplets enable reproduction of photo-grade images on a variety of substrates.
Label Printing
There is an ever-growing demand for high-speed, commercial label printing of variable data such as barcodes and individual addresses.
Inkjet technology is the best suited approach to provide solutions to the label industry.
Material Deposition
Not limited to printing applications, application of inkjet technology is expanding to other fields such as LCD color filter manufacturing and circuit patterning.
Konica Minolta IJ provides solutions for the electronic device manufacturing industry with its renowned precise dot-placement technology.
Textile Printing
Introduction of inkjet has dramatically simplified the workflow of analogue textile printing by eliminating laborious plate making processes.
Digital inkjet textile printing, capable of reproducing rich colors and delicate tones with high productivity, has been attracting attention in this industry, too..
