Mimaki has announced that the company offers a new silver ink for its ES3 ink portfolio of eco-solvent inks for JV33 and CJV30 series of large-format printers. Shipment of the new silver ink is expected to commence in October 2010. The inks has higher valued print products with a new silver ink: metallic effects, such as gold or bronze as well as other color shades, can be achieved by combining Mimaki’s new silver ink with full color ES3 ink, thus realizing astounding and eye-catching effects on print products. Silver inks enable print service providers to offer higher value to their customer’s creative projects.
Existing Mimaki’s standard printers such as JV33 and CJV30—including the JV33-130/160/260, CJV30-60/100/130/160, TPC-1000—are compatible with the new silver ink. It is not necessary to acquire additional devices or equipment. Just by switching to ES3 ink and updating the firmware and the RIP software, Mimaki’s silver ink can be used. Printing with silver ink requires no special knowledge or technical skills. Users can just choose the appropriate colour from the metallic color library in Raster Link Pro5 and print their jobs with silver ink.
