Yuichi Itoh, assistant manager, component business division, Konica Minolta Inc inkjet business unit, with some of the samples produced at drupa using MEMS printhead technologies.
Konica Minolta demonstrated the capabilities of its MEMS printheads in a first public showing at drupa.The company intends to build on this positive result and develop inkjet printheads for expanding industrial use.
Experts from Konica Minolta revealed the company’s new printheads, which are being developed for its MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) technologies. MEMS form micro-sized mechanical systems on a silicon or glass substrate, which require highly advanced micron-scale fabrication technologies.
The nozzles on Konica Minolta’s machines are arrayed in high density to enable both higher resolution printing, and printheads to be downsized. The company is developing the printheads for improved commercial printing and label printing, and to contribute to the expansion of the industrial use inkjet market and the development of new inkjet applications.
Katsuaki Komatsu, group executive, inkjet business unit, said, ‘The reaction from visitors to these first trials at drupa was extremely positive and has given us even more confidence moving forward.’
