Advanced apparel decoration capabilities powered by the new RICOH Ri 1000X Direct to Garment (DTG) printer

London, July 16, 2024 - Ricoh, a global leader in digital textile printing, has significantly advanced apparel decoration and customisation with its latest innovation in Direct to Garment printing technology, the new RICOH Ri 1000X.

The RICOH Ri 1000X is designed to empower businesses of all sizes, from small custom apparel operations to large scale production facilities, to create high quality, sharp, vibrant, and durable prints on a wide range of materials from cotton, blends, and canvas to wood.

Key features of the enhanced RICOH Ri 1000X printer include:

1. White ink: The new ink enables the production of brighter, more vibrant, colours and delivers a softer hand feel. 

2. Dark garment capabilities: A new single input to print media type setting enables smooth switch overs between white and dark garments.

3. Optimised print modes: A new print mode supports Direct to Film (DTF) printing. 

4. “Extra Fine Mode” added: The new feature uses 9-pass bidirectional printing to maintain high image quality without sacrificing productivity.

5. Improved performance: The quick to change magnetic platen now features lower limit detection for peace of mind. It ensures consistent results by alerting the user when the platen height is not set within the correct range following manual adjustment when swapping between thicker and thinner materials.

6. Elevated results: Vibration has been supressed on the platen to enable greater colour evenness and faster production. 

7. Easy maintenance and online support: Maintenance guidance and remote support can now be easily accessed via a QR code on the interactive touchscreen.

8. Safe and sustainable products: Ricoh’s inks meet ECO PASSPORT safety standards, ensuring they are suited to sustainable production and are safe for adults, children and babies to wear.

The RICOH Ri 1000X is equipped with the latest ColorGATE Textile Productionserver software that enables user friendly perfect colour matching and streamlined production for colour rich graphics in under 27 seconds.

Axel Stuhlreiter, Head of Textile Solutions, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh Europe, says: “The latest evolution of our DTG portfolio, which was previewed as a technology demonstration very successfully at the FESPA show in Amsterdam in March, combines a number of innovations including new ink and print mode options to deliver unmatched print quality, application versatility, and speed in its class. It empowers businesses to unleash their creativity and meet their customers’ demands like never before." 

The RICOH Ri 1000X is available immediately.

Then newest portfolio addition can be explored at Ricoh’s Textile Competence Center in Frankfurt, alongside Ricoh’s other responsive DTG and DTF technologies.