Fespa 2023 saw wide-format printer manufacturer Mutoh preview a new flatbed CMYK, white and varnish UV LED printer model with moving gantry, the XpertJet 1462UF. The new printer has a print bed of 1470 x 740mm, and prints on a variety of substrates and products up to a height of 150mm.
Mutoh will offer the printer with a new generation of ‘soft’ UV-LED inks compatible with a broad range of substrates and free of ‘any substances of very high concern’, a reference in part to the gBL concern in the UK that was temporarily resolved in May 2022 when the UK Government decided to delay new restrictions coming into force, pending further public consultation. The new printer will be an extension to Mutoh’s existing XPJ-461UF (A3+) and XPJ-661UF (A2+) direct-to-object desktop UV-LED printer models.
Engineered and developed at Mutoh Japan, the XpertJet 1462UF flatbed model has a print bed of 1470 x 740mm. The printer has an integrated multi-zone vacuum bed and is equipped with two piezo drop-on-demand printheads mounted in a staggered setup. The first head will print CMYK, and the second white and varnish, which will enable two-layer printing or braille and ‘2.5D structured’ prints without speed loss. Fast curing is enabled by two new 4in-wide UV LED lamps.
The XpertJet 1462UF printer will be available in EMEA later this year.
