Mimaki CJV30-160
Status
Cutting Offline Until Re-Calibration
Description
A large format printer with integrated plotter and cutter that uses SS21 eco-solvent inks. This thing does it all, from printing on a seemingly endless number of media to plotting (both cutter and pen).
All the way from bog-standard paper to fancy wallpaper, to car-wraps - there is very little this monster cannot print on.
Reminders
- If you change the pinch roller thickness to high, change it back.
- NEVER tape media to itself. Always use a piece of paper wrapped around the media and tape the paper to itself.
Features
So many
Printing
Media is up to 63.7" (1,620 mm) wide.
The CJV30-160 is capable of printing up to 1440x1440dpi depending on the media profile. Our house media profiles have these resolutions:
- Photo papers - 1440x1440
- Canvas - 540x720
- Vinyl is at 720x720.
Note, not every profile has every option available to change.
Cutting
The CJV30-160 is also capable of performing print and cut operations. Ideal for small runs of stickers or labels. These need to be set up in Illustrator (or another vector image editor of your choice) before being loaded into Rasterlink as a PDF.
If you are not using Illustrator you will need to create two spot colors in your image editor as follows:
Name: CutContour Cyan: 0% Yellow: 100% Magenta: 100% Black: 0%
Name: CutContour1 Cyan: 0% Yellow: 100% Magenta: 100% Black: 0%
If you are using illustrator you can download the swatches here. Cuts need to have a stroke width of 0.01 or they will not register properly in the software.
Plotting
pen and otherwise
Community ICC Profiles
Here you can find links to backups of the the ICC Profiles for a variety of media provided by the PS1 community. These should be already loaded into RasterLink6.
House Media
Kodak Satin
Kodak Gloss
Lexjet Vinyl
Canvas
Misc. Media
Avatrex 3500 Solvent Inkjet Clear Film https://www.lexjet.com/avatrex-3500-matte-for-solvent-uv-curable-and-latex-inks-50in-x-100ft#read-more
Checklist
- Load media
- Poke in number of rollers
- Hit Remote button to set remote
- Setup job on computer
- Run the job
Manuals and Such
Note, changing many of these settings could constitute hacking the device as they can lead to the device breaking - please contact the 2D Area host if you have any questions. Those authorized are allowed to make changes to the necessary settings to print on their media
Operations Manual
Maintenance Manual
The Canvas Course is very thorough in explaining how things work. It is recommended to use it as a reference.
Authorization
Complete the Canvas Course. Authorization details pinned to the #2d-printing Slack channel.