Mimaki celebrates awards and first sale of Tiger-1800B at FESPA 2017

Mimaki has reported that they has had bagged two prestigious awards during FESPA 2017—Best Object Printer for the Mimaki UJF-MkII Series and Best Textile Printer under 100 sq/h for the Mimaki Tx300P-1800 with its dual ink capability. Mimaki’s new high-speed direct-to-textile Tiger-1800B printer was also well received. It was the first time that Mimaki showcased the printer with sublimation ink after demonstrating the machine with reactive ink in previous shows. In the Textile arena, where the high-speed direct-to-textile Tiger-1800B with sublimation ink took centre stage, Mimaki also had on display the award-winning Tx300P-1800 and Tx300P-1800B direct-to-textile printers, updated to simultaneously load both textile pigment and sublimation dye inks.

The company flaunted a line of digitally printed textile samples ranged from apparel and accessories to home décors. In the textile market, according to a source from Mimaki, there is growing demand for shorter run and customised textile products. In response to this, Mimaki has lined up its textile printers being designed to enable sift signage firms, fashion designers and interior decorators to quickly and cost-effectively meet these needs with very high quality. The printers are also being used for sampling, speeding time to market without breaking the bank.