Mutoh America Announces New Toucan Hybrid Two-in-One Industrial Flatbed Printing System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003 Today, Mutoh America Inc., a worldwide leader and manufacturer of large format commercial inkjet printers 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. announced the introduction of the Toucan toucan (t  kăn`, t`kän), perching bird of the New World tropics, related to the woodpeckers. Hybrid, multi-purpose printing system. The Toucan Hybrid is a flatbed for inkjet printing on rigid substrates, but can be converted to a roll-to-roll printer for printing on flexible goods in a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
"The Toucan Hybrid is based on our popular Toucan 64-inch, 6-color industrial outdoor platform. Mutoh customers have been very pleased with the high quality and productivity of the Toucan, but have been after Mutoh to offer a flatbed printer," said Guy Cipresso, Vice President, Business Development. "We provided the best of both worlds with the Toucan Hybrid, a printing system that delivers high-quality output on flat, rigid substrates up to 3.5-inches thick, as well as on flexible roll media. This versatility is an important feature for many production shops trying to maximize capital equipment investments to satisfy their customer output requirements." The Toucan Hybrid, when configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: in flatbed mode, accommodates rigid substrates up to 64-inch wide x 118-inch long x 3.5-inch thick. Print speeds and resolutions (up to 720 dpi) will vary depending on the substrate. The Hybrid's flatbed mode head heights are adjustable to accommodate substrates from .08 to 3.5-inches thick. Lasers are used for precise head height adjustment. The Hybrid quickly converts to a roll-to-roll printer where it delivers typical production print speeds of up to 400 sf/hr and high speed printing of up to 800 sf/hr. Outdoor durability of up to 3 years without lamination lamination a laminar structure or arrangement. and up to 5 years with lamination is possible at resolutions up to 720 dpi and print widths up to 62-inches. Bulk ink reservoirs allow refilling on-the-fly, and a heavy-duty motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. feed and take-up system handle a wide variety of media effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. . The Toucan Hybrid includes a 21GB hard disk drive along with Mutoh's Thunderbird thunderbirdIn 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. PostScript print server and ISIS Print Manager software. Priced at $149,995, the Toucan Hybrid includes installation and six-month on-site warranty service. Expected ship date is January 2004. 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, Ltd. 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 Hybrid printing system, or the latest on Mutoh printing technologies, 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: For a product photo download go to: http://www.mutoh.com/about/ab_press09-09.html |
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