EDP Award Endorses Ricoh Pro L5130e And Ricoh Pro L5160e Extended Gamut Latex Large Format Printers

Ricoh is again celebrating EDP’s prestigious endorsement as the Ricoh Pro L5130e, and Ricoh Pro L5160e extended gamut latex printers have won the EDP 2021 Roll-to-roll Printers 330cm Award. 

The Ricoh Pro L5160e extended gamut latex large format printer has received a prestigious EDP award.

The EDP Awards highlight critical developments in print production tools, software, substrates, inks, materials and finishing systems. The association promotes industry innovation and uniting forward-thinking operations with technology that enhances their business and focuses on growth.

Ricoh’s market-leading inkjet head and ink technology competence, the systems are evolving from the successful Ricoh Pro™ L5130 and Ricoh Pro™ L5160 latex large format printers. 

They opened up new opportunities to produce printers and sign and display specialists with green and orange inks to the available white. The development:

• Significantly extended the colour gamut compared to existing marketplace ink technology. 
• Enabled a more comprehensive range of Pantone and brand colours accurately reproduced. 
• Helped reduce ink consumption; for example, there is no need to mix magenta and yellow to create orange or cyan and yellow to create green. 
• Allowed print operations to run double CMYK for increased productivity and CMYK and White for transfer materials, metallics, and dark substrates.

The systems incorporate three staggered Ricoh GEN5 industrial print heads. They deliver variable dot printing at 46.7sqm per hour on outdoor high speed four colour mode and 25sqm per hour on indoor standard four colour mode. They employ a low print ink curing temperature for reduced energy consumption, while the Greenguard certified latex ink enables sustainable and cost-effective production. 

Efficient operation is supported by market-leading RIP-software solution ColorGATE Production server tailored to enormous format printing demands. 

Eef de Ridder, Vice President, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh Europe, says: “It’s no secret that quick and simple accurate reproduction of vibrant colours helps deliver captivating print. These systems enable operations to produce memorable and vivid results on various applications. Their ability to reduce waste, ink, and energy consumption also supports sustainable and cost-effective production. These are among the many reasons the technology was effectively used to create signage and social distancing applications during the pandemic.”