Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. (President: Hisayuki Kobayashi; Headquarters: Nagano, Japan), a leading manufacturer of wide format inkjet printers, today announced the new latex ink “LX101” for the latex inkjet printers JV400-130/160LX. The “LX101” ink is scheduled for release in April, 2013.

Last spring, Mimaki released the JV400-130/160 latex inkjet printers which can print on various substrates such as non-coated paper with environmentally friendly aqueous ink, whose outdoor durability is equivalent to solvent ink. The JV400LX series supported the world’s first white latex ink, achieving printability on clear substrates with vibrant color. The JV400LX has been used for a wide range of applications for both indoor and outdoor use.

The new latex ink “LX101” achieves an even more vivid, higher image quality by improving glossiness and increasing the density of black ink. In addition, Six-color Process Printing becomes available by adding Orange and Green inks to the standard 4-color setup (CMYK), thus delivering higher color reproduction and a wider color gamut. Since Six-color process printing is compatible with Mimaki’s original RIP software “RasterLink6”, the total solution of ink, printer, and software is provided.