Kornit Digital has added new versions of its Avalanche series of direct-to-garment printers with an ink recirculation system. This should optimize print quality, reliability and ink efficiency, with Kornit claiming up to 20% ink savings and faster system availability after the start-up process.
Thus there are new ‘R-Series’ versions of the Avalanche Hexa with six-color-plus white support and the Avalanche 1000 which has been designed for uncompromised speed. The recirculating ink system is the main difference for the R-series, which will replace the current systems. Existing models can be upgraded to this new specification.
Kornit already uses this ink recirculation system for its Storm series, the Allegro and the Vulcan. The principle of recirculating the ink is to ensure that heavier particles are kept in suspension so that there is an even distribution of pigment across a print. Such systems are becoming more common now that many of the printheads feature built-in recirculation of inks through the heads, which also helps to prevent those heads from becoming clogged.
Guy Zimmerman, Kornit Digital’s vice president of marketing and business development, commented: “The new Avalanche R-Series is a great example how a proven flagship product can be optimized towards even higher print quality, reliability and cost efficiency and have noticed great reception of this new concept during the beta stage.”
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