Nicholas Hellmuth and Jose Melgar January 2013 …...Epson DX4 A quite Divided Market Share, with a Clear Dominating Brand As you can see in this chart, Epson is the preferred printhead

Printhead Brands & Modelsfor Textile Printers 1

PrintheadBrands & Models

for wide-format inkjet

Textile Printers

Nicholas Hellmuth and Jose Melgar January 2013

Printhead Brands & Modelsfor Textile Printers

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Printheads for wide-format Textile Printers 1

Epson DX4 1

Epson DX5 2

Epson DX6 3

Epson DX7 3

Ricoh Gen4 4

Ricoh Gen5M 4

Seiko SPT508 GS 5

Seiko SPT1020 5

Konica Minolta 512 6

Kyocera KJ4B 6

Spectra Galaxy 256AAA 7

Spectra Q-Class 7

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Epson DX4Mutoh Viper Tx Soft Mutoh Viper Tx Extreme Mutoh Viper Tx 100

Roland VersaArt RS-640 Roland SolJet Pro II V Splash of Color HeatWave DPF-74

Textile printers using this printhead brand and model

Printhead Specs

Drop volume in picoliters

6-24Total active nozzles

180(x8) 7Total textile printers using this printhead.

5%of wide-format textile

printers use Espon DX4.

Kyocera KJ4B

Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta 512

Seiko 508 GS

Seiko SPT-1020

Ricoh Gen5M

Ricoh Gen 4

Spectra Q-Class

Spectra Galaxy 256AAA

Spectra Polaris

Epson DX6

Epson DX7

EPSON DX5

Epson DX4

A quite Divided Market Share, with a Clear Dominating Brand

As you can see in this chart, Epson is the preferred printhead brand as to wide-format textile printers, being the DX5 the definite dominator among all other brands and models. The rest of the market share is divided in almost similar proportions among other printhead brands.

58%

Epson printheads have almost two thirds of the textile printers market share. Epson heads tend to be used in entry-level printers, but also in mid-range printers from Mimaki. But in recent years Mimaki has been switching to Ricoh heads. In the coming years, once Mutoh and Roland realize that Epson wants their market share in eco-solvent printers, and once these companies realize that Epson will launch their own textile and latex-like printers, Mutoh and Roland will also finally wake up to comprehend that their purchase of Epson printheads is actually funding Epson’s moves into eco-solvent and textile and eventually into latex printers. Kyocera printheads tend to be used on high end printers. Spectra printheads tend to be used on mid-range and grand format textile printers. Konica Minolta of course promotes its own printheads on printers (built by other companies, Konica Minolta is a printhead and to some degree an ink-related company, but does not normally actually build the printers branded with its name).

Printheads for wide-format Textile Printers

Mutoh ViperTX textile printer at FESPA Barcelona 2012.

The Epson DX5 printhead is used in 58% of the textile print-ers, and Epson as a brand occupies a total of 73% of the market share.


Allwin E-180T Allwin E320W Allwin Tissot-JV160 Bemajet MMKS5-160MB (Mimaki) Bonjet 1600-JV5 Bonjet 1800-TS34 Bordeaux Speedjet 180 Century Star CS-1600 Century Star CS-1630 Century Star CS-1670 DigiFab StampaJet I-64 DigiFab StampaJet BP-64 DGS Genesys 6400TX Fortuna I-jet 1800A Fortuna I-jet 2600A Fortune-Lit FTRSH-1800 Fortune-lit FT-1860 Galaxy 1812lb Garros GS-1601A GoldenSign Dazzle Jet 1802 Gongzheng Thunderjet A1802T Graphics One Rio Pro 44 Graphics One FlagMaster 44” Graphics One RIO Pro 54” Gunsjet E5i-WR1802 HK Digital D4-160

Hongsam Hong-Jet HJ-4165 Hongsam Hong-Jet HJ-4180 Hongsam Hong-Jet HJ-T4160A Human Digital E-Press 1600 Inkwin TwinJet TX-1816 Inkwin TX1608 Lecai Easyjet 15W2 Lecai Deluxejet16W1 Limitless JV33 Micolor TW1828 Mimaki JV5-320 DS Mimaki JV33-160A Mimaki TS5 -1600AMF MTEX 3200 Niprint A1616 Phaeton UD 1812LB Realtop RM 1905S Rodin 1804 Sacland ZS2602TD Saer Color Digital CSR-1600 (Mutoh) Saer Color Digital CSR-3200 Saer Color Digital MSR1633 (Mimaki) Saer Color Digital CSR-2200 (Mutoh) SAER TXSR-1850Realtop RM 1905SSID Triton TX180 Sign Star SJ1802T

SkyColor SC-R160 Smart sublimation 1601S Smart Sublimation 2202S Special Color SFP-1600 Special Color Subjet AJ-1600A Tektron FlagWing VFE2602 Wit-color Ultra 9000DS Design MDS-160-RT (Mimaki JV33) Xuli X6-2000T Zhongye S1800 Zhongye S3202SID Triton TX180 Sign Star SJ1802T SkyColor SC-R160 Smart sublimation 1601S Smart Sublimation 2202S Special Color SFP-1600 Special Color Subjet AJ-1600A Tektron FlagWing VFE2602 Wit-color Ultra 9000DS Design MDS-160-RT (Mimaki JV33) Xuli X6-2000T Zhongye S1800 Zhongye S3202

Epson DX5Textile printers using this printhead brand and model

Printhead Specs

3.5-21Drop volume in picoliters

180(x8)Total active nozzles

76Total textile printers using this printhead.

58%of wide-format textile printers use Espon DX5.

The Epson DX5 is the most used printhead brand for textile printers.

DigiFab StampaJet I-64 textile printer.


Epson DX7

Epson DX6

A-Starjet CrossStitch Epson Stylus Pro 9700 Mingyang Flagprinter MY 1800F Mutoh DTPS-1638 Mutoh ValueJet 1628 TD Mutoh ValueJet 2628TD Mutoh Valuejet 1638W Mutoh Viper Tx Pro Xenons X8104ADW-T

Max Union ITTEN FBJet-1620 Max Union ITTEN Photojet FB-1620 Max Union ITTEN PhotoJet-1820 TitanJet TT-1801F



Printhead Specs

3.5-24Drop volume in picoliters




Printhead Specs

3.7-20.5Drop volume in picoliters




Max Union ITTEN Photojet FB-1620 textile printer at APPPEXPO Shanghai 2012.

A-Starjet CrossStitch textile printer at APPPEXPO 2012. Most of the textile printers are made in China.


Epson DX47

Total textile printers using this printhead.

Other brands

Epson DX6

Epson DX7

EPSON DX5

Epson DX4

as a brand occupies a total of 73% of the market share.

Epson DX7Epson DX6

Epson DX5




Epson

58%

5%

7%3%


Printhead Specs


7-25 192 (x2)Total active nozzles



printers use Ricoh Gen4

Ricoh Gen4

Ricoh Gen5M



ATP Color IQ330 SJ d-gen Teleios GT Grande Mimaki JV34-260 Mimaki TextileJet Tx400-1800D Mimaki TextileJet Tx400-1800B

Printhead Specs


7Total active nozzles

1,280 2Total textile printers using this printhead.


printers use Ricoh Gen5M.

Mimaki JV400-160LX Mimaki TX-500-1800DS

Mimaki TX-500-1800DS textile printer at APPPEXPO 2012.

Mimaki TextileJet Tx400-1800B textile printer at ITMA Shanghai 2012.


Printhead Specs



508 8Total textile printers using this printhead.


printers use Seiko SPT508 GS

Seiko SPT508 GS

Seiko SPT1020



d-gen Teleios GT d-gen Artrix GT EFI VUTEk TX 3250x Eurotech Sugrand Infiniti Challenger FY2306TX Infiniti Challenger FY2308TX Seiko ColorPainter H2-104s Xenons TXA-SPT

Printhead Specs




of wide-format textile printers use Seiko SPT1020.

2%

Icontek TW-1800F3 Icontek TW-2500F3 Icontek TW-3200F3

d-gen Teleios GT at drupa 2012.

Icontek TW-3200F3 textile printer at APPPEXPO Shanghai 2012.


Printhead Specs




4%of wide-format textile printers use KM 512.

D.G.I. FabriJet Fabri-T D.G.I. FabriJet FD Pro I D.G.I. FabriJet FTII-1804 Human Digital T-Jet 220 Inkwin TwinJet TX-1804K

Konica Minolta 512Textile printers using this printhead brand and model

DGI Fabrijet FD PRO I textile printer at ISA Sign Expo 2012.

Printhead Specs





printers use KM.

Human Digital T-Press 180 Human Digital D-Jet

Konica Minolta Textile printers using this printhead brand and model

Human Digital T-Press textile printer at APPPEXPO 2011.


Printhead Specs


5-18Total active nozzles

2,656 4Total textile printers using this printhead.

of wide-format textile printers use Kyocera KJ4B

3%

Kyocera KJ4BTextile printers using this printhead brand and modelLa Meccanica QualiJet K16 MS JP6 MS JPK SPG Sphene 1800/24

La Meccanica QualiJet K16 textile printer at FESPA Hamburg 2011.

Printhead Specs




of wide-format textile printers use Spectra Galaxy 256AAA.

2%

Spectra PolarisTextile printers using this printhead brand and modelAtexco Limo JHF Leopard S2600

JHF Leopard S2600 textile printer at APPPEXPO 2012.


Printhead Specs




of wide-format textile printers use Spectra Galaxy 256AAA.

1%

Spectra Galaxy 256AAATextile printers using this printhead brand and modelKeundo Supra Q3300 TX.

Printhead Specs





Spectra Q-ClassTextile printers using this printhead brand and modelPrinter Evolution Evo33

Keundo Supra Q3300 TX textile printer at FESPA Hamburg 2011.

Printer Evolution Evo33 for textile printing with disperse dye inks.

Since printing on textiles is a growing trend, our interest in covering the details of the textile printing technology is also increas-ing. The data rendered in this report has been gathered in several trade shows and factory visits throughout the last years. This information will be updated in upcoming trade shows. A deeper research can be developed when funding is available.

First Issued September 2012.

Printhead Brands & Modelsfor Textile Printers

Kyocera KJ4B

Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta 512

Seiko 508 GS

Seiko SPT-1020

Ricoh Gen5M

Ricoh Gen 4

Spectra Q-Class

Spectra Galaxy 256AAA

Spectra Polaris

Epson DX

occupy a total of 27% of the market share.Other Brands

73%

4%2%

6%2%

1%

4% 3%2%

2%1%

Printhead Total of textile printers using this

printhead. Printhead Total of textile printers using this

printhead.

Spectra Polaris 2 Kyocera KJ4B 4

Spectra Galaxy 1 Konica Minolta 2

Spectra Q-Class 1 Konica Minolta 512 5

Ricoh Gen4 5 Seiko SPT1020 3

Ricoh Gen5M 2 Seiko SPT508 GS 8

FLAAR Reports on Textile Printing

Introductory Textile Reports

DigiFab, NY office1412 Broadway, Suite 2100New York, NY 10018

Tel. (212) 944-9882Fax. (212) 944-9659

[email protected]

DigiFab, main office and factory5015 Pacific Blvd.Vernon, CA 90058

Tel. (323) 581-4500Fax. (323) 582-4500

[email protected]

ATPColor, main office and factoryVia Mascagni, 42 20030 Senago MI, Italy

Tel. (+39) 02 9986 777Fax. (+39) 02 700 5587 98

[email protected]

Splash of Color (ATPColor distributor in the USA)709 N. Glenville Dr., Ste 100

Richardson, TX 75081

Tel: (800) 441-9064 (972) 437-5733

Fax: (972) 437-5319

www.splashofcolor.com

If you need technical help ask the folks at

Inkwin, Shanghai officeRoom 1908-1910, Tower 1, Kerry Everbright City,

No. 218 West Tianmu Road, Shanghai, P.R.C. 200070

Tel. (8621) 52395890 / 52395891 / 52395892 Fax.(8621) 52395869

[email protected] / www.inkwin.com.cn

Hongsam, main officeNo.10 Yulan Western Road, High Technology Industrial Zone, Zhengzhou, China

Tel. (86) 371-60301017 or 60301018Fax. (86) 371-60301019

Hongsam, Shanghai officeC6 Building, No. 261 Sanbang Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai China. Tel: (86) 21 37285528Fax: (86) 21 37285529

[email protected]

We mention Hongsam since we have been to their factory and to their headquarters. So we know the CEO, we know the managers, and we know their ink

We show Inkwin since we know the owner’s family (both husband and wife have a PhD in ink chemistry). FLAAR has been invited to

their factory twice, and we see their managers and sales reps at expos around the world. Plus we know distributors who feature

their ink in various countries.

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