Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konika Minoruta) is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, including copiers, laser printers, multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), and digital print systems for the printing market. Konica Minolta has a history of introducing new machines to fulfill the needs of the textile printing sector with cutting-edge technology and sustainable options. In this regard, Konica introduced the Nassenger 10e machine, which has opened a new way of printing that adapts to the user’s needs.
Konica Minolta unveiled an updated model of the popular Nassenger 10e textile printer at ITMA ASIA 2021. The new and improved Nassenger 10e significantly improves print speed in all modes by optimizing the movement of the print head carriage, and the print speed in each mode is increased by 10%. An additional new ability to automatically adjust the print head cleaning system increases the overall performance in certain modes up to 14-16% of the nominal.
With the Nassenger 10e, the operator selects print modes to suit the diverse needs of a particular job, the need to achieve fast turnaround times, prints with enhanced fine detail reproduction, and ink permeability. To reduce the environmental impact, a water recirculation option for tarpaulin treatment has been released, which allows a 90% reduction in wastewater discharge. This feature is also available for installed Nassenger 10 printer models.
Konica Minolta’s Nassenger series has special features, including:
• Automatic Nozzle Compensation
The function for compensating nozzle flaws prevents the white lines often produced by inkjet printing. Laser nozzle checks prevent printing flaws giving optimum quality.
The automatic nobble check eliminates the need to replace heads with more than one malfunctioning nozzle, cutting costs and machine downtime.
• New Print Heads Km1024isae
The new print head has been entirely developed by Konica Minolta, a global manufacturer of inkjet heads. NASSENGER 10e comes with 9 print heads per color (available in 8 and 9-color versions) with 1,024 multilevel nozzles fitted with nozzles of varying drop sizes.
• Functions ensuring stable production
It has head maintenance functions (printhead cleaning and empty nozzle detection systems). Achieves stable production and reduced running costs.
• High Safety and Environmental Standards
The Nassenger range drastically reduces the environmental impact caused by traditional textile printers. In addition, Konica Minolta’s REACTIVE dye meets GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification requirements, and Konica Minolta’s DISPERSE dye meets GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certification requirements.
Thus, combining sustainable inks with high production speed and reliability creates unmatched printing performance with sustainable compliance.
• Design performance with striking beauty
Design performance at an all-new level thanks to flexible ink adjustments for small, medium, or large drop sizes, plus the ability to combine Konica Minolta’s dark and light-colored inks. Excellent gradation and detailed printing, as well as a faithful and beautiful re-creation of intricate, contiguous geometrical designs that previously had been difficult to handle.
• Konica Minolta High-density Inks
Konica Minolta inks offer unbeatable reliability and color yield. Reactive, acid, and disperse dyes of up to 9 colors. The inks have been designed to harness the utmost performance from the print head and printer. They are the result of the experience of Konica Minolta, a unique one-stop provider of proprietary technology in the digital textile printing market.
• Accessibility
A simplified design makes it easier for users to control the print carriage. Parts are simple to access and replace.
• User Interface and Touch Panel
Intuitive WYSIWYG user interface. The touch panel makes it quick and easy to use.
