Mutoh America Announces New Additions to Its Toucan Family of High Performance, Industrial Outdoor Printers; Company To Roll-Out 64-Inch, Six-Color Solvent-Based Toucan.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers The International Sign Expo TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2003 Mutoh America Inc., a worldwide leader and manufacturer of large format commercial inkjet printers today announced the latest addition to its Toucan toucan (t  kăn`, t`kän), perching bird of the New World tropics, related to the woodpeckers. family of Industrial Printing Systems with the introduction of the Toucan 64-inch six-color ink jet printer See inkjet printer. . The Toucan provides dependable high-volume industrial print speeds up to 800-square-feet per hour and true image quality print resolutions up to 720 dots per inch (dpi) for outdoor applications. Toucan industrial printers are well suited to meet a production run of 256, 36-inch by 48-inch posters in an eight-hour shift, printing at 400-square-feet per hour. The new Toucan 64-inch six-color printer will be on display for the first time at the International Sign Expo 2003, Mandalay Bay Convention Center The Mandalay Bay Convention Center is one of the largest privately owned and operated convention centers in the world. The 1 million square foot facility is owned by MGM Mirage. It is attached to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and adjacent to the Mandalay Bay Events Center. , Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , booth #822. "The Toucan 87-inch six-color printing system has been so popular that we decided to offer it in a 64-inch format," stated Mutoh America's Vice President, Business Development, Guy Cipresso. "The Toucan 64 six-color provides photo-quality and outdoor durable images at best-in-class print speeds." The new six-color solvent-based Toucan produces CMYKlclm high-quality prints that are UV and water-resistant for up to three years in outdoor applications without lamination lamination a laminar structure or arrangement. on a wide variety of inexpensive, uncoated materials. The Toucan 64 six-color supports a print width of 62-inches and a top speed of 800-square-feet per hour, while the Toucan 87 delivers the same print speed with a print width of 86-inches. In production mode, the Toucan 64 six-color can print a four-foot by eight-foot panel in less than five minutes. All Toucan models utilize Mutoh's precision motion control and media handling and include a 21GB hard drive and automatic take-up system. Both the Toucan 64 and the Toucan 87 models can accommodate roll-to-roll or sheet mode printing and include digitally controlled, pre- and post-heaters for quick media drying. The Toucan models include Mutoh's Thunderbird thunderbird In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder. Post Script print server and ISIS Print Manager software for large format image processing. The ISIS Print Manager is an advanced imaging solution designed to enhance productivity while complementing existing third-party graphics applications. This allows users to spool and RIP multiple jobs from multiple clients for peak productivity. It combines a PostScript-3 compatible interpreter, PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. 1.3 import and export capabilities, vector file support, and extensive image manipulation controls with an ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce color management system Software that translates the colors of an original image into the truest representation obtainable on the output device. Color management works from a profile of the output device, typically a digital printer or offset press, and works backward to the source of the material such as a , as well as Mutoh's proprietary raster screening technology. The ISIS Print Manager software acts as a stand-alone "software RIP" capable of driving the printer directly from any PC running Windows 2000(R), or Windows XP(R). The ISIS Print Manger software supports "RIP-on-the-fly" operation, meaning that the print data is passed to the printer as it is being generated. The ISIS Print Manager does not require the use of a hardware "dongle The term was originally slang for a "hardware key." Today, the term is often used to refer to any small adapter that has a short cable with connectors at both ends. See hardware key and PC Card dongle. " lock and can be installed on any compatible Windows PC. Mutoh includes installation and six-month on-site warranty service with the all Toucan models. The Toucan 64-inch six-color printer, priced at $74,995, will begin shipments in June 2003. About Mutoh Mutoh Industries Ltd. was founded in 1952 in Tokyo, to manufacture and distribute mechanical drafting products. Mutoh later introduced a broad line of flatbed and roll-fed pen/pencil plotters that established Mutoh as a worldwide leader in X-Y motion systems and printer and plotter technology. Since then, ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000-certified Mutoh Industries has become the world's foremost manufacturer of large format piezoelectric The property of certain crystals that causes them to produce voltage when a mechanical pressure is applied to them such as sound vibrations. This technique is used to build crystal microphones, phonograph cartridges and strain gauges, all of which turn mechanical movement into voltage. printers. Mutoh manufactures printers and related peripherals for some of the biggest names in the pre-press, sign and graphics industries. Mutoh has key engineering manufacturing and distribution centers in Japan, Belgium and Tempe, home to subsidiary Mutoh America. For more information about the new Toucan six-color, or the latest on Mutoh printing technologies, visit Mutoh's booth at the International Sign Expo in Las Vegas. Visit Mutoh America on the Web at www.mutoh.com, via e-mail at sales@mutoh.com or by calling 602/414-4613, or 800/99-MUTOH (800/996-8864). Note to Editors: Product images can be downloaded from the Mutoh Web site at http://www.mutoh.com/about/ab_press03-31-03c.html. |
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