XBM18/ XBM19/ XBM20
Industrial Textile Inkjet Printer

XBM Series is an industrial high-speed inkjet printer for economic, efficient, and eco-friendly textile printing, available in three models: XBM18, XBM19 and XBM20. In comparison with traditional textile printing technology, XBM series has no limits for the number of colors, no needs for making screens or cylinders, no work for color separations, no requirement for minimum print run, and the ability to easily print complex designs.

As a result of the compatibility with water-based dye and pigment inks, XBM series is not only suited for artificial fibers, but also used for natural fibers. The digital prints with the characteristics of abrasion-resistance, water-resistance, and color-fastness are widely used in clothing, home textiles, and soft signage industries.XBM series is your ideal choice to satisfy the increasing demands for proofing, short-run, and medium-run jobs.

Linear print speed of up to 64.6m/ hr.
Water-based dye/ pigment ink
Directly prints on cotton, cotton blends, linen, nylon, silk, and wool fabrics

XBM18/ XBM19/ XBM20
XBM18/ XBM19/ XBM20
XBM18/ XBM19/ XBM20
XBM18/ XBM19/ XBM20

Features

Highlights:

Accurate Release & Take-up System
Release & Take-up System precisely controls the tension and speed of unwinding and rewinding to keep feeding straight according to the thickness and elasticity of the textiles and roll diameters.

Automatic Print Head Maintenance System
Based on an all-in-one design concept, the small and compact Print Head Maintenance System allows automatic purging, wiping and capping instead of manual maintenance.

Efficient Drying System (Optional)*

The drying system is consisted of IR drying module and ink mist extraction device. The design of IR drying module enables stable and high-efficient radiation, resulting in rapid heat-up and uniform heating. The ink mist extraction device optimizes the interior environment and guarantees a haze-free print image. The Drying System can be opened enabling timely inspection of the quality of the prints.

* The drying system is only optional for XBM19/ XBM20.

Proven Belt Convey System
Belt Convey System ensures smooth and consistent feeding of textiles for high quality printing. Incorporated belt adhesive makes the textile flat to achieve perfect printing effect, even for elastic textile.

Built-in Belt Drying Mechanism ensures the temperature of a heating pipe to be accurately set between 25℃ and 50℃ to keep the belt adhesive under the best condition. It can be manually pulled out to facilitate maintenance.

Belt Washing Module washes off the residual fabrics and inks continuously and wipes off the water left on the belt. The Belt Washing Module of XBM19 can be pulled out forward for convenient maintenance with minimum operation space; XBM20 adopts side-pulling Belt Washing Module for easy maintenance.

Belt Convey System

Forward-pulling Belt Washing

Module for XBM19

Side-pulling Belt Washing Module for XBM20

Exquisite and seamless repeated images

Step & Repeat. You just need to add a single repeat into ColorPRINT, rather than wasting time to create huge files containing many repeats in design applications. ColorPRINT also offers a lot of settings to adjust your repeats, such as shift size, mirror types and the controls of drop, slide or diagonal.

Seamlessly printing repeats. ColorPRINT can not only RIP overall image with many repeats for the best printing quality, but also RIP one repeat for high Ripping speed. Utilizing proprietary halftone algorithms, ColorPRINT will perfectly eliminate seams between repeats. PCS (Printer Control Software) can also use Ripped data only containing one repeat for printing and fit for the length and width of textiles.

ColorPRINT-Main UI

ColorPRINT-Repeat

PCS-Main UI

VDS Control Technology and Grayscale Printing. XBM series supports to print with up to 8 color inks including light colors. Amica’s proprietary Variable Droplet Size control technology combining with light color printing allows superior quality prints with soft skin tones, smooth gradients, as well as crisp and clear small-size texts and lines. You will not only benefit from lower ink consumption, but also obtain high-quality final prints.
	8-color printing technology including grayscale and light color printing
Advanced Degas System Achieves Reliable Printing. Dissolved gases will inevitably accumulate in the ink as a result of repeatedly pressurizing and decompressing the piezoelectric crystal. The hollow fiber membrane degas system of the XBM series efficiently eliminates the air bubbles that may impact on nozzle performance for consistent and reliable print quality.
	Degas System
Highly Integrated Carriage
Negative Pressure System With the help of a microprocessor, Active Negative Pressure System ensures high-speed and high-quality printing when print heads jet at higher firing frequency. Automatic Print Head Anti-collision Mechanism It stops the moving carriage immediately in case of emergency situations, effectively ensuring the safety of print heads. (Optional) Print Head Humidifying Device The humidifying device sprays purified water vapor quantitatively and smoothly to the print heads, to prevent nozzle clogging during printing. (Optional) Ink Mist Collection Device It gathers ink mist generated during printing for high-quality print image. (Optional)	Negative Pressure System

Applications

Home textiles: curtains, upholstery fabrics, lampshades, table clothes, etc.

Clothing: fashion clothes, sportswear, swim suits, jackets, etc.

Soft signage: flags, banners, indoor graphics, tapestries, pennants, pop displays, exhibition displays, etc.

Specifications

Print technology	DOD piezoelectric inkjet print technology

Number of print heads	2 or 4 Kyocera print heads; 4, 6 or 8 MH5421 print heads

Print head control	Automatic voltage and temperature control
	Variable droplet size control for grayscale printing
	Automatic print head maintenance

Print productivity* (Speed)	XBM18: 600 × 600dpi: 64.6m/ hr. (211.9ft./ hr.) 600 × 900dpi: 42.7m/ hr. (140.1ft./ hr.) 600 × 1200dpi: 32.3m/ hr. (106.0ft./ hr.) XBM19/ XBM20: 600 × 600dpi: 62m/ hr. (203.4ft./ hr.) 600 × 900dpi: 41m/ hr. (134.5ft./ hr.) 600 × 1200dpi: 31m/ hr. (101.7ft./ hr.)

Textile handling	Z-axis height:	up to 10mm (0.39"); Electrical Z-axis Height Adjust Mechanism for XBM19/ XBM20
	Release and take-up:	roll-to-roll, Automatic Release & Take-up System
	Convey system:	belt for fabrics transport; Automatic Belt Washing System; Automatic Belt Drying System
	Drying system:	IR Drying Module and Ink Mist Extraction Device (Optional) (Only for XMB19/ XBM20)
	Maximum fabric/ printing width:	1800mm (70.8") for XBM18; 1880mm (74") for XBM19; 1950mm (76.8") for XBM20
	Maximum roll diameter:	300mm (11.8")
	Core diameter:	76mm (3")
	Maximum roll weight:	60kg

Textile type	Cotton, cotton blends, linen, nylon, silk, and wool fabrics

Ink	Ink types:	water-based disperse-, acid-, and reactive-dye inks; water-based pigment ink
	Number of colors:	4, 6, or 8 colors
	Color modes:	CMYK; (CMYK) x 2; CMYKRB; CMYKOrB; CMYKLcLm; CMYKLcLmRB; CMYKLcLmRG; CMYKOrGrayRB; CMYK+ S1 S2 S3 S4
	Ink supply system:	Automatic Ink Supply System; Negative Pressure System; Degas System
	Ink tank volume:	3L per color

RIP and control software	ColorPRINT RIP Software; Printer Control Software (PCS)

Operating environment	Temperature:	16-28°C (61-82°F)
	Relative Humidity:	40-60% (Recommended)
	Altitude:	up to 1000m (3281ft)

Power requirements	Frequency:	50/60Hz
	Voltage:	230V±10%
	Power:	7.0 KW/ 32A (Not including drying system)

Dimensions (W × D × H)	XBM18: 3540mm × 2030mm × 1524mm (139" × 80" × 60") XBM19: 3790mm × 2290mm × 1900mm (149" × 90" × 75") (Operating); 3790mm × 2990mm × 1900mm (149" × 118" × 75") (Maintenance) XBM20: 3790mm × 2355mm × 1900mm (149" × 93" × 75") (Operating); 5890mm × 2355mm × 1900mm (232" × 93" × 75") (Maintenance)

* The print productivity varies about ±10% according to the print head model and the number of print heads.

Software

ColorPRINT


Main Window	Print Quality Settings

ColorPRINT is professional RIP software designed and developed for industrial inkjet printing applications. ColorPRINT offers fast RIP speed, reliable & efficient job printing production, and streamlined workflow. Users can easily obtain smooth gradient, vivid images and sharp small size text with its advanced RIP technology. ICC color management workflow ensures vivid and brilliant colors. ColorPRINT is available in ColorPRINT PS and ColorPRINT Server to satisfy the demands of medium-scaled and large-scaled users respectively.

ColorPRINT Workflow

Step & Repeat (for Textile Printing, Optional Feature)

With ColorPRINT Software, image pattern can be stepped and repeated for continuous printing. It is specially designed for textile printing. Here you can input the size of the area, define the repeat modes, and select the mirror pattern for the copies.