Ricoh has finally got around to showing off its new B2 sheetfed single pass inkjet press, the Pro Z75, where it was right at the front of Ricoh’s stand at the recent IGAS show in Tokyo, after several years of talking about this press.
The press has been developed entirely by Ricoh, using the expertise in designing cut sheet paper transport systems gained from its dry toner presses, combined with its own printheads and ink technology as seen on the rollfed VC70000-series inkjet presses. The printheads are based on Ricoh’s Gen5 design as used in the VC70000 but with a more compact version to make for a better fit across the printbar. The idea is that operators will be able to replace the individual heads fairly easily, which presumably means that Ricoh will also implement some form of calibration so that replacement heads match the remaining heads in a given print bar. The print resolution is 1200 x 1200dpi. It uses 11 printheads per colour. more here