OKI Printing Unveils Printable Unwoven Paper
TOKYO & LONDON--Jan. 27, 2006--OKI Printing Solutions has announced what it dubs a “technological breakthrough” that will allow the Japanese market to print in color on unwoven paper with two of the company's leading A3 LED color page printers, the C9600 and C9800.
Printing on unwoven paper had previously been possible only with an offset printer. OKI, however, has optimized the inner fixing temperature control and toner transcription rate of the C9600 and C9800 printers so that toner is transferred and fixed onto the unwoven paper using heat.
The light and flexible paper, known as Excellent Soft, feels like fabric or Japanese paper, according to a company announcement. It will allow users to create such printed items as calendars, placemats and wrapping paper on a conventional color page printer, without blurring the Japanese characters or causing paper jams.
Mikihiko Maeno, president and chief executive at Oki Data Corp. said, “As a business printing solutions specialist, we appreciate that businesses are not always going to want to print on ordinary paper in black and white, and that each day people are demanding the ability to print in color on a range of different media. We are dedicated to expanding the possibilities of on-demand printing.”
Excellent Soft Paper is currently available only in Japan but the company plans a global release.
Original Post