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Exploring Breakthrough Memjet Technology

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Have you heard of Memjet Technology? If not, you certainly will soon. Memjet is quickly becoming known as a game changer in the printing industry.

Memjet is a leader in color printing technologies that provide remarkable speeds and affordability. Memjet does not make printers, however, they do provide components – such as print engines, printheads, ink, controller chips and software – to OEMs across the printing industry. 

The San Diego, CA-based company was founded in 2002. In 2009, Memjet began supplying OEMS with innovative components and print engines. Since then, the company has grown to include Memjet-powered office, label, wide format and commercial press solutions across several OEM partners throughout the world. 

Using breakthrough printhead technology, Memjet Technology delivers game-changing speed for industrial and commercial markets. How fast are Memjet’s printheads? Production Class label printing systems powered by Memjet run at 32 inches per second (ips) while office printers deliver blazing speeds of 60 pages per minute (ppm), quite possibly the fastest on the planet. 

Memjet printheads are unique in appearance, design and functionality. Unlike traditional inkjet technology, Memjet printheads don’t scan back and forth across the page. The Memjet printhead at 8.77 inches or A4 width can be configured in multiple ways always delivering single pass printing to maximize speed. They also require less electricity than a toner-based laser printer. The Memjet print head delivers stunning edge-to edge color as fast as one page per second. Just imagine the output that speed could enable. 

Mohawk MakeReady spoke with Kevin Shimamoto, General Manager, Wide Format, Memjet, to shed light on Memjet’s unique technology and to learn more about the importance of optimized substrates designed for Memjet printheads.


What is Memjet technology?

Memjet is a technology company focused on developing breakthrough page-wide printheads and related components to provide low-cost, high-speed color digital printing for the industry. 

Through collaboration with our OEM partners, we address a number of commercial printing markets including wide-format graphics, CAD and packaging markets, desktop and industrial labels presses, B size digital presses, and the office workgroup market.

In the Wide Format market, Memjet is the original technology supplier of single pass printing. The technology allows commercial printers to adopt new business models designed around the improved productivity and range of applications that single pass printing enables. Best of all, this is done while achieving fantastic resolution and a competitive running cost.

Tell us about the importance and impact of using optimized specialty substrate media within the Memjet market? How does it impact and enable print?

As most inkjet users know, the best output results are a combination of the inks, substrates and printing systems. One component without the others will not achieve the optimum results. Mohawk has been working with Memjet and our OEMs for over two years to develop the best media substrates for improved print quality and to enable a wide range of applications.

Tell us about Memjet’s relationship with Mohawk.

Mohawk is an industry innovator providing a wide variety of media compatible with Memjet inks and our OEM partners’ products. 



What’s next for Memjet?

Memjet is always innovating and thinking about the future. While we can’t share all the details, you can stay up to date by following Memjet on Twitter and LinkedIn

For more information about Memjet, including case studies which illustrate how short-run, high quality Memjet printing capabilities enable printers to grow business and enter new markets, visit: http://www.memjet.com/case-studies/wide-format


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