Xaar announces Zhengzhou New Century as latest OEM partner for the new Xaar 1201 printhead

The range of printers recently launched by New Century include roll-to-roll aqueous and eco-solvent Sky-Color printer models using the new Xaar 1201 printhead in 1, 2 and 4 colour variants. These new printers will be on show at Sign China 2016 from 19 – 22 September, Shanghai, China (Hall W5, Stand C05).

“Xaar created the digital wide format graphic printing market and I believe a new market will be established with the innovative Xaar 1201,” says Mr. Lifeng Jin

General Manager, Zhengzhou New Century. “With Xaar we have a stable supply of state-of-the-art printheads and I look forward to a long term partnership with the company.”

The Xaar 1201 is a versatile and compact greyscale printhead capable of handling aqueous and eco-solvent inks. It prints 1, 2 or 4 colours and delivers a high level of quality and performance. Designed for easy integration by printer manufacturers, the Xaar 1201 features 1280 nozzles jetting variable drop sizes to produce high-quality graphics on a wide range of substrates at an apparent resolution of up to 1440 dpi.

“The high level of interest in the impressive new Xaar 1201 from specialist wide-format inkjet printer manufacturers shows that this printhead delivers everything that the market wants for its next-generation models – high quality, high-flexibility and high productivity at an affordable cost,” says Bob Bobertz, Director of Sales, Asia, Xaar.