Kyocera Starts Mass Production of Faster Inkjet Printheads for Commercial Printing
KYOTO, JAPAN—March 26, 2012—Kyocera Corp. announced that it will start mass production in April 2012 of two new inkjet printhead products—the KJ4B-Y for water-based ink and the KJ4A-B for UV-curable ink—both offering the world’s fastest print speeds (1). New additions to Kyocera’s KJ series, the printheads are key components for commercial inkjet printers. The company will initially produce 1,000 units per month (total for both types combined) and will gradually increase production volume.
KJ4B-Y (for water-based ink)
This product provides high-resolution printing combined with a print speed that is approximately 1.3 times faster than Kyocera’s conventional products, by ejecting ink up to 40,000 times per second (at 40kHz drive frequency) from each ink nozzle, resulting in approximately 100 million drops per second from a printhead with 2,656 nozzles. This allows for higher-speed and higher-resolution printing for large-volume print jobs with individualized data, such as invoices and statements, in a short period of time using water-based ink suitable for paper printing.