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Mastermind Co. Ltd. Announces the Appointment of Gradco Technology Limited as Worldwide Exclusive Distributor of Its Mammoth ``Thick Media'' Wide Format Printer.


Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2001

Mastermind Co. Ltd., manufacturer of the highly innovative Mammoth mammoth, name for several large prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus, which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch.  multi-substrate inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. , today announced that it has selected Gradco Technology Limited as its exclusive worldwide distribution partner.

Its affiliate, Gradco (USA) Inc. will market the product in both North and South American markets.

The Mammoth printer is the first "Wide Format" printer in this market segment to offer the ability to print on a wide variety of substrates up to 3.1 inches thick, such as wood furniture, decorative ceramic tile tile, one of the ceramic products used in building, to which group brick and terra-cotta also belong. The term designates the finished baked clay—the material of a wide variety of units used in architecture and engineering, such as wall slabs or blocks, floor , architectural aluminum clad plastic, commercial graphic art foam board Foam board is a type of display board made primarily with foam. It generally consists of a foam core in between two sheets of thin, rigid paper; and is characterized by its light weight, and the ease with which it is scored.  and many other applications.

It is also capable of printing on corrugated cor·ru·gate  
v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates

v.tr.
To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.

v.intr.
 surfaces such as plastic awning covers and other uneven, textured or irregular surfaces like wire screen mesh.

The unit is a micro piezo "Piezo", derived from the Greek piezein, which means to squeeze or press, is a prefix used in:
  • Piezoelectricity
  • Piezometer
  • Piezo ignition
  • Piezoelectric sensor
  • Piezoelectric loudspeakers
 six color inkjet system also capable of performing the more traditional rolled paper and transparency printing jobs, and offers up to 1440 x 720 resolution for indoor/outdoor advertising, commercial graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. , industrial tradeshow exhibits, home fashion decorating, museum canvas artwork and custom apparel applications.

"We are especially pleased to form this distribution alliance because of Gradco's history of success in the paper handling and printing industry and its extensive experience in the import, export and distribution businesses," said Chizuo Ozawa, president of Mastermind.

Other contact points for the Mammoth Printer can be made as follows:


In the Orient:

Gradco Technology Limited
12-15, 2-chome                 Tel: 011-813-3498-7011
Shibuya, Shibuya-ku            Fax: 011-813-3498-0861
Tokyo 150 Japan                E-mail: noguchi@gradco.co.jp

In Europe:

Gradco Technology Limited      Tel: 011-322-353-0660
Boulevard De La Cense 1        Fax: 011-322-354-9815
B-1410 Waterloo Belgium        E-mail: Robert.Lerot@skynet.com


Dealer and distributor inquiries welcomed.
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