Applied Image Technology (AIT) has become the first UK reseller to secure rights to the 12-head wide-format Mimaki JV4.

AIT managing director Roger Ward said the piezo machine, which will use the newly released Shiraz V5.5 RIP, was aimed at the commercial print market but was also suitable for niche applications like fine art printing.

"The Mimaki JV4 has been designed to take the Epson micro-piezo technology that extra mile by harnessing it to a high-yield, multi-purpose workhorse. This mirrors our objective with the Shiraz V5.5 RIP."

The JV4 can be used with pigmented archive quality ink for UV stability, a dye-based set for optimum colour or a dye sublimation set for heat transfer printing on to textiles.

The machine has two six-colour Epson print heads, supported by Shiraz V5.5, which can print CMYK plus light cyan and light magenta, CMYK plus green and orange, or, for screen printing, CMYK plus double density black ink and clear film combination.

The Mimaki is available in three widths - 1.37m, 1.6m and 1.88m - and can print on substrates up to 10mm thick. Contact: AIT, 01732 875000.

Story by John Davies