RICOH Pro VC70000
Ricoh USA, Inc. announced RICOH Pro VC70000 has received the Printing Industries of America’s (PIA) InterTech Technology award.
The PIA has presented the InterTech Awards, a prestigious honour presented to developers of innovative graphic communications technologies, for more than 40 years. Judges noted that the Pro VC70000 “was seen as a definite innovation for inkjet production presses,” specifically calling out its ability to print on commodity papers, including coated, with no pre-treatment necessary. Ricoh will receive the award at the 2019 Premier Print Awards Reception on October 2 in Chicago.
“The judges were particularly impressed by the RICOH Pro VC70000’s image quality and no-pre-treatment-necessary substrate versatility,” said Jim Workman, vice president of PIA’s Center for Technology and Research. “This marks an important advancement in the performance and capability of high-speed inkjet presses for commercial print work.”
The Pro VC70000 helps users accelerate the transfer of offset print volumes to digital – or work seamlessly with existing offset technology. The press is capable of delivering quality applications traditionally expected from offset, such as high-end catalogs and magazines, with inkjet’s signature affordability, speed and flexibility. Where it truly shines, though, is in its substrate versatility. Leveraging the industry’s most popular and advanced piezo drop-on-demand printheads, the Pro VC70000 prints at up to 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution (2400 x 2400 dpi perceived) on uncoated, offset-coated, inkjet treated or inkjet-coated papers without sacrificing speed, as well as the ability to handle media as thick as 260 gsm and as thin as 40 gsm.
