Ricoh launches 100,000 image an hour printer

Ricoh has launched its second digital production printer in two weeks, this time with a high-spec reel-fed inkjet machine it says produces near-offset quality.

The company says the Pro VC60000 will help printers transition from offset to digital faster, producing more than 100,000 A4 images an hour and supports resolutions of up to 1200 x 1200dpi using variable drop inkheads.

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Ricoh managing director John Hall says it will help the offset printing community become more efficient as the print quality allows printers to shift jobs to digital that haven’t been profitable on offset.

“It will help commercial printers, in-plants and print service providers to compress run lengths and operate more cost-effectively, while maintaining high quality at a throughput that wasn’t viable until today,” he says.

“The Pro VC60000 complements our current portfolio and leads the way into the future of production print in Australia.”

The printer comes with an undercoat unit, a variety of offset coated gloss stocks, and an inline protector-coating unit with scratch and scuff resistance.