This year Ricoh will be attending Sign & Digital UK for the first time and will use the event to unveil the new Ricoh Pro L4100 Series latex large format machine.
The company will also be running a Pro C751EX digital press, demonstrating its MarcomCentral SaaS-based Marketing Asset Management (MAM) system and portfolio of Business Driver tools.
The new Pro L4100 Series latex large format printer is a roll-to-roll machine, and comes in two models, the 130 cm Pro L4130 and the 160 cm Pro L4160. It supports up to seven colours in various configurations including CMYK, orange, green and white ink.
The Pro L4160 and L4130 deliver high print productivity and quality as a result of a range of advanced technological innovations including the company’s own piezo electric print heads. The series also meets the market need for products that reduce environmental impacts printing through low power consumption and the use of aqueous latex ink.
The Pro L4100’s latex ink is an aqueous ink which contains a low level of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). It has no odour and the low curing temperature of 60°C ink enables both quick drying, for a fast job turnaround, and the ability to print on many heat-sensitive substrates without damaging them.
Gareth Parker, strategic marketing manager, said, ‘The public debut in the UK of the first commercially available model of the L4100 Series is a very exciting development in the evolution of Ricoh as an emerging leader in the digital print sector. With this product, we now have strong, competitive portfolio spanning the cut sheet and wide format Graphics and CAD sectors. Attending Sign & Digital UK provides us with a great platform to officially launch this product into the market as well as introduce why and how a broader portfolio of marketing services can add to our customers’ core business competencies.
‘Having the Ricoh Pro C751EX on the stand will also give us the opportunity to demonstrate to printers and sign makers how the combination of these machines and a SaaS-based Marketing Asset Management (MAM) solution like MarcomCentral can provide a complete workflow and output solution that could radically transform the way they do business, increasing profitability and new revenue streams and offering greater production efficiencies.’
The Pro C751 series has high image quality VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) technology for razor sharp 4800 dpi, chemical PxP toner and oil-less technology for accurate, smooth offset-like image quality. The Pro C751 offers huge media versatility, an improved fusing unit and high productivity, with volumes of up to 180,000 per month, 75 ppm colour/mono on stock up to 300 gsm. The machine also provides for maximum uptime thanks to a new liquid cooling system enabling extended and continuous printing, as well as enhanced ORUs (Operator Replaceable Units) and toner bottles, and waste toner and media changes achieved on the fly.
Also being demonstrated on the Ricoh stand throughout the show is MacromCentral, a software-as-a-service MAM solution. MacromCentral gives sign makers and commercial printers an online portal to offer on-demand services, take orders, vary pricing and seamlessly pass work into their daily working practices. MarcomCentral ultimately saves operational costs by reducing manual administration tasks and introduces a new customer experience that keeps companies ahead of the technology curve.
