Introducing the New Garment Printer

Abstract

The RICOH Ri 2000, which Ricoh started selling in September 2020, inherits the predecessor model Ri 1000 in a developmental manner, and is productive in order to respond to the business start-up of users who are engaged in the printing industry such as T-shirt printing. This DTG (direct to garment) printer was developed with an emphasis on improving operability and reliability. The main features are shown below.

1) Productivity : Improved printing speed with dual carriage system

2) Operability : Easy operation and easy maintenance with automatic platen height adjustment and automatic cleaning jig around the head

3) Reliability : Improvement of ink mist resistance by new mist recovery mechanism and metal encoder sheet

In this paper, we will introduce the points that have achieved the improvements in productivity, operability, and reliability mentioned above.