The Konica Minolta 512 MN printhead is compact and offers high-resolution and high-speed. It is suitable for both wide format and industrial applications. The KM512 MN printhead (14 picoliter) is suitable for high quality 720 dpi multi-pass printing. This is the original print head of Seiko Colorpainter and HP 9000/10000 printers. This print head is compatible with a wide range of printers as specified in compatibility.

Used For: HP designjet 9000s, Seiko Colorpainter 64S / 100S, HP Designjet 9000 / 10000, Oce CS 6060 / CS 6100, DGI ST1806, Anapurna M/XL and other printers made in China. 

 

Product Name	KM512L	KM512M	KM512S
Drive Mode	Piezo Drop-On-Demand
Nozzle Resolution	180dpi*2 rows = 360dpi
Nozzle Number	256 nozzles*2 rows = 512
Nozzle Spacing	70.5μm =(141um 2 rows)
Drop Volume	42pl	14pl	4pl
Firing Frequency	7.6kHz	12.8kHz	23.0kHz
Print Width	36.1mm
Dimensions	67mmW*40mmD*72mmH
Solvent Ink	OK	OK	OK
UV Ink	OK	OK	OK
Oil Ink	OK	OK	OK
Max. Drops in Greyscale	-	3 drops	7 drops
With Heater (H)	Available	Available	Available
Without Heater (N)	Available	Available	N.A.

Industrial Inkjet Print Head best-suited for Versatile Applications

Shear mode, Piezo On-Demand Print Head
Piezo on-demand inkjet ejects ink drops utilizing deformation of small ink chambers composed of piezoelectric material, by applying electric field in accordance with signals. The principle of shear mode piezo actuation with shared wall structure allows lower power consumption as well as a high-density nozzle array.

512 Nozzle with 360 dpi Spacing
High resolution, 360 nozzle per inch spacing has enabled arranging 512 Nozzle on a comactly designed print head. The KM512 series consists of type L, M and S, corresponding to unit drop volume capabilities of 42pl, 14pl and 4pl respectively. The type M and S can be driven in 4 level grey-scale mode for reproducing high quality images with smoother tones.

Compatible with Solvent, UV, Oil.
Due to its specially designed internal structure, the KM512 series boasts a wide range of ink compatibility, including aggressive solvent inks typically used for super-wide format printers. Inks which have high viscosity at room temperature, such as UV ink, can be heated up to 55 degrees Celsius with the H type's internal heater.

Enabling Comapct Design of Head Mount System
This series is specially designed to have a "wing" structure so that users can precisely align the print heads without difficulty. This feature allows easy combination of page-width printhead units for the purpose of single-pass high-speed printing. The same external design allows interchangability of different type heads on the same mount system.

Applications

Outdoor Signage
Outdoor signage is one of the most promising markets for industrial inkjet prinitng.
With the capability to print on various substrates at high productivity, large format inkjet printers have been continuously replacing the analogue screen processes.

. Indoor Graphics
The large format inkjet printers are also widely utilized for reproduction of high quality indoor graphics used in restaurants and shopping moles.
Super fine ink droplets have enabled reproduction of photo grade images on a variety of substrates.

. Label Printing
Demand for high speed, commercial label printing of variable data such as barcodes and individual addresses is ever increasing.
Inkjet technology is best suited to provide solutions to the label industry.

. Material Deposition
Not limited to printing applications, the inkjet technology is expanding its usage to other fields such as LCD color filter manufacturing and circuit patterning.
Konica Minolta IJ provides solutions to electronic device manufacturing industry with its renowned precise DOT placement technology.

. Textile Printing
Introduction of inkjet has dramatically simplified the workflow of analogue textile prinitng by eliminating laborous plate making processes.
Digital inkjet textile prinitng, which can reproduce rich colors and delicate tones with high productivity, has been attracting attention in this industry as well.