TC108 UV or Pigment/water High Speed 4 Color CMYK Ink Jet

Thompson Direct's TC108  4 1/4" 4 Color CMYK Piezo Inkjet Printer

4 1/4" wide solid head single pass print head

Pigment Ink or UV available

Speeds up to 667 feet per minute (53,000 pph)

Read and print available

Our color piezo inkjet printers are turnkey systems designed to print photo- quality images, logos, and variable data in a single pass onto a variety of substrates. They easily attach to your press, vacuum transport, or web transport.

The combination of 108 mm (4.25”) print head width and speed up to 101 m/min (333 fpm) at 600 x 600 dpi make TC108 one of the highest performing inkjet printers available today.

Our printers are available for both UV curable and water-based inks. They are well suited for a variety of color print applications, including label printing, plastic card printing, coding and marking, transactional printing and promotional mailing.

Features and Benefits

  • Turnkey System — The TC108 turnkey printer quickly attaches to your transport and works together as a seamless unit. A la carte components are also available
    Broad Substrate Compatibility — Print permanent, durable images with UV-curable inks onto plastic, coated labels or card stock, and other difficult substrates. Use water-based inks to print onto porous substrates like paper, cardboard, or envelopes
  • Wider Print Heads — At 108 mm (4.25”) per print head, TC108 covers a wider print width with fewer print heads and less stitching
  • Fastest Piezo Inkjet — TC108 uses some of the fastest piezo print heads on the market, with a 30 kHz firing rate for UV and 40 kHz for water-based inks. The max print speed is 101 m/min (333 ft/min) at 600 x 600 dpi and 203 m/min (667 ft/min) at 600 x 300 dpi
  • Process Color Printing — Print solids (e.g. logos) and photo quality images with easy-to-use color matching tools and precise color reproduction
    Robust Ink System — Precise meniscus vacuum control ensures reliable print head operation and consistent print quality. Top off ink while printer is running
  • Flexible Software — Use our feature-rich but easy-to-use Composer job layout software, with advanced features like Color Matching, Multi-page PDF, Proofing, Read and Print, Supervisor Mode, and Composer Remote Interface

Specifications

Inkjet System
Inkjet Technology Piezoelectric Drop-on-demand

  • Turnkey System Components Print Head Module, Mounting Frame, Formatter Box, Ink Supply System, UV Curing System (option), Encoder, Photo Sensor, Cables, Composer Job Layout Software
  • Print Head Widths 108 mm (4.25”), 214 mm (8.43”), Custom
  • Print Resolution (nominal) 600 x 600 dpi
  • Firing Rate Water-based Inks @ 40 kHz; UV Curable Inks @ 30 kHz
  • Firing Mode Binary, Grayscale
  • Media Types Web, Sheet-fed
  • Ink Source Bulk Fed from Xodiac Ink Supply System
  • Ink Formulations Water-based, UV Curable
  • Ink Colors Process Color (CMYK), Spot Colors, White, Varnish
  • UV Curing System (option) LED-based

Job Layout Software Composer (Windows-based), Customer Application (via DLL)

Print Data Types (Composer) Multi-page PDF (option), Text (ANSI, UNICODE), Barcodes (100+ types), Graphics, Database Fields, Counters, Date/Time

External Interfaces
Data Interfaces USB 2.0, RS-232
Encoder and Print Trigger Inputs Externally Generated or Simulated by Printer (time-based)
Auxiliary Outputs 4 Solid State Relays Controllable via Composer

 

Print Head Module Configurations Print Width Ink Formulations Droplet Size Max Print Speed @ 600 x 600 dpi Max Print Speed @ 600 x 300 dpi
TC108C 108 mm (4.25”) Water-based Up to 12 pL 101 m/min

(333 ft/min)

 203 m/min

(667 ft/min)

53,000 pph
TC214C 214 mm (8.43”) Water-based Up to 12 pL 101 m/min

(333 ft/min)

 203 m/min

(667 ft/min)

53,000 pph
TC108C-UV 108 mm (4.25”) UV Curable Up to 14 pL 76 m/min

(250 ft/min)

 152 m/min

(500 ft/min)

44,000 pph
TC214 214C-UV 214 mm (8.43”) UV Curable Up to 14 pL 76 m/min

(250 ft/min)

 152 m/min

(500 ft/min)

44,000 pph