Does anyone have an offical SERI Printer launch date from Ricoh yet?
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10/15/03, then 10/27/03, nothing to date. Checked this morning, no further news.
Just got word the launch was pushed back to November 10th.
Please pardon my ignorance, but other may also not know. What is SERI?
Ah........, the long awaited SERI printer. This devices wroks in tandem with any of Ricoh's Digital Duplicators.
It actually allows duplicators to print onto alternative media, such as "Tyvek", "Coated Stock" and other stock where the ink was not drying.
The SERI dries the ink by passing the paper and ink from the duplicator under a UV light. This process also allows Ricoh to now release "transparent inks", meaning CMYK printing can be accomplished.
To me the Seri gives us a new market, that market is the CRD department for Pharmacuetical companies. Pharma's need to change date and bar codes quite frequently....they have been able to accomplish this with slow and expensive thermal imaging for thier packaging.
I already have an order for a SERI, JP8500, and a type 80 controller for a large Pharma.
Plus, I would tend to think that a TCIV slave printer is on the horizon, can you imagine.. printing 120 ppm in full color for under .0075 per page. A system like this would bust the markey wide open for color applications for all documents. No longer would we dwell in a black & white document.
It actually allows duplicators to print onto alternative media, such as "Tyvek", "Coated Stock" and other stock where the ink was not drying.
The SERI dries the ink by passing the paper and ink from the duplicator under a UV light. This process also allows Ricoh to now release "transparent inks", meaning CMYK printing can be accomplished.
To me the Seri gives us a new market, that market is the CRD department for Pharmacuetical companies. Pharma's need to change date and bar codes quite frequently....they have been able to accomplish this with slow and expensive thermal imaging for thier packaging.
I already have an order for a SERI, JP8500, and a type 80 controller for a large Pharma.
Plus, I would tend to think that a TCIV slave printer is on the horizon, can you imagine.. printing 120 ppm in full color for under .0075 per page. A system like this would bust the markey wide open for color applications for all documents. No longer would we dwell in a black & white document.
FYI,
SeriPrint is compatible with JP5000/5500/8000/8500/TC2 only.
When tied into the SeriPrint system, the unit is no longer able to print with the standard emulsified ink offering, as the SeriPrint unit has top mounted rollers at its' exit section, which would cause surface trailing as the emulsified ink would not have enough time to dry. Mind you, who would want to print with "dry-time consuming" inks when you can print with something that dries instantaneously, when "flashed" with UV? Great opportunities for this duplicating revolutionary unit.
SeriPrint is compatible with JP5000/5500/8000/8500/TC2 only.
When tied into the SeriPrint system, the unit is no longer able to print with the standard emulsified ink offering, as the SeriPrint unit has top mounted rollers at its' exit section, which would cause surface trailing as the emulsified ink would not have enough time to dry. Mind you, who would want to print with "dry-time consuming" inks when you can print with something that dries instantaneously, when "flashed" with UV? Great opportunities for this duplicating revolutionary unit.
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