The ColorPainter 64S is a new 64” wide-format printer from Seiko I Infotech, Inc that was developed and designed for the production of outdoor signs, banners, and graphics for up to 3 years. It employs six new industrial piezo inkjet heads featuring 512 nozzles per colour (for a total of 3072 nozzles) that jet a revolutionary new lower-solvent ink with expanded colour gamut feature. Optimized for true 720 dpi printing with 14 picoliter drop sizes, the new ColorPainter 64S boasts a real printing speed of 16 sqm/h at true 720 DPI (with 4 passes) – that’s 2x to 5x faster than other printers in its class.

In addition to its industry leading printing speeds and breakthrough colour gamut and durability – the ColorPainter 64S offers the following features:

• 64" (1626mm) wide media capacity, 63.6" (1615mm) printing width
• Automated cleaning and priming station
• Clean hands ink refilling using 1 liter cartridges
• 3 digitally-controlled heaters for fast drying
• Optically-driven automated takeup system

The ColorPainter 64S is the fastest sign and banner printer in its class AND it delivers the best image quality and colour gamut in its class. If you are looking for the best possible high-performance direct-to-uncoated vinyl printer available, then the ColorPainter 64S will be your best investment in 2004 and beyond.

The ColorPainter 64S will be available in late January of 2004. It comes with the automated takeup system.

All speeds are based on public information available at the time of publication