SL16
Versatile UV-LED Inkjet Printer

SL16 is an environment-friendly UV-LED inkjet printer, specially designed to print large-format indoor and outdoor signs and displays. With versatile media handling system and UV-LED curing technology, SL16 enables to directly print excellent images on a wide variety of flexible media and rigid substrates, including vinyl, banners, fabrics, card boards, carton boards, foam boards, etc. To help expand your revenue-producing opportunities, SL16 offers superior white and varnish ink printing for appealing finishing effects on transparent or colored media.

1.6m Print Width
CMYK/ CMYKLcLm, White Ink, Varnish
Print on Flexible & Rigid Media
1200 × 600dpi

SL16
SL16
SL16
SL16

Features

Versatile Media Handling System

SL16 accepts both flexible media and rigid substrates from films to boards, enabling you to expand your business with various applications of high quality printing. Thanks to the roll-to-roll release & take-up system, SL16 easily handles various wide-format flexible media within 130kg. While with an optional foldable supporting table, it supports printing on rigid substrates up to 10mm thick and 12kg with a minimal footprint.

Superior White Ink Printing

Printing with the high density white ink, SL16 offers bright and vivid colors on transparent and colored media. Thanks to the separate white ink circulation system, SL16 easily keeps the white ink properly mixed for consistent and reliable printing.
Coming with professional ColorPRINT RIP software, SL16 enables over-printing for backlit applications on transparent materials, under-printing for colored materials, printing white out of images, or printing white as a spot color.

	Under-Printing	Over-Printing
Print white ink at the area of job
Print white ink at the area of image
Print white ink and color inks individually

Advanced Print Head Control Technology

Utilizing the advanced DOD piezoelectric print heads, SL16 printer combines excellent print quality and high efficiency with exquisite image output. The print heads feature up to 600dpi physical resolution, minimum 5pl ink drop size, high jetting frequency, and support grayscale printing.
Proprietary VDS (Variable Droplet Size) control technology integrates print head control of 3-level droplet sizes with ColorPRINT RIP software for producing sharper images with smoother gradients.

VDS Control Technology

Highlights

	Color LCD Smart Panel provides printer status information and online/ offline printer control.
	Silent linear guide and linear guide girder ensure accurate printing and comfortable operating.
	1.5 L bulk ink tanks with liquid level sensors are easily used for adding ink and alarming for the shortage of ink.
	The vacuum platen with pinch rollers ensures the expected straightness of media feeding.

Specifications

Printing	DOD piezoelectric inkjet print technology Automatic voltage and temperature control Variable droplet size control for grayscale printing Automatic print head maintenance

Media	Adjustment Height of Carriages:	0-12mm (0"-0.47")
	Media Handling:	Roll-to-roll, Automatic Release & Take-up System; supporting table
	Maximum printing width:	1.6m (63") (roll to roll); 1.2m (47.2") (supporting table)
	Maximum media thickness:	1.4mm (0.06") (roll-to-roll); 10mm (0.39") (supporting table)
	Maximum media weight:	130kg (287lbs) (roll-to-roll); 12kg (26lbs) (supporting table)
	Media Types:	Coated papers, photo papers, films, vinyl, banner, canvas, fabrics, mesh (roll-to-roll); Light weight boards, such as card boards, carton boards, foam boards (supporting table)

Ink	Ink type:	UV Curable Ink;
	Ink tank volume:	1.5L per ink tank;
	Colors:	CMYK; CMYKLcLm; White ink (Optional); Varnish (Optional);
	Ink supply system:	Automatic Ink Supply System; Active Constant Pressure System; Active Negative Pressure System (Optional);
	Ink Curing System:	UV-LED Curing System

RIP and Control Software	ColorPRINT RIP Software Printer Control Software (PCS) Color LCD Control Panel

Printer Interface	High speed USB 2.0 interface

Formats	All popular desktop file formats, including JPEG, TIFF, PDF, EPS and DCS

Operating Environment	Temperature: 16-28°C (61-82°F); Humidity: 40-70% (Recommended); Altitude: up to 1000m (3281ft)

Power Requirements	Frequency: 50/ 60Hz; Voltage: 220V±10%; Power: Maximum 3360W/ 15A

Weight	387kg (853lbs)

Assembled Dimensions (W × D × H)	3330mm × 1055mm × 1366mm (131" × 42" × 54") (supporting table not included) 3330mm × 3248mm × 1366mm (131" × 128" × 54") (2 supporting tables included)

Supporting Table Dimensions (W × D × H)	1450mm × 1351mm × 988mm (57" × 53" × 39")

Shipping Dimensions (W × D × H)	3500mm × 1120mm × 1650mm (138" × 44" × 65") (supporting table not included)

Print Productivity
Print Head Model		MH2420	MH5420	Kyocera KJ4
Number of Heads		2 × 4，2 × 6	2 Rows, 4 or 6 Heads 0.5 × 2 × 4 or 6 Colors	1 Row, 3 Heads 0.5 × 1 × 6 Colors
Productivity Unit: m²/ hr. (ft²/ hr.)	600 × 900dpi, 3 pass+	41 (441)	63 (678)	55 (592)
	1200 × 600dpi, 4 pass+	33 (355)	54 (581)	44 (474)
	600 × 900dpi, 6 pass+	23 (248)	41 (441)	34 (366)
	1200 × 600dpi, 8 pass+	18 (194)	32 (344)	26 (280)

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

PCS


Main Window	Print Head Settings	Print Mode Management

Printer Control Software (PCS) installed on a Host PC is designed for scanning inkjet printing. It offers a user-friendly interface to interactively control the printer, monitor printer status, and set printer options, such as the amplitude and pulse width of jetting waveforms and the temperature for each print head.

Amica’s PCS processes incoming RIP data and provides a software interface allowing RIP software to print jobs to the printer directly. The control interface features include print head cleaning, print head calibration, motor speed settings, and print head settings, etc.

PCS Workflow

Inks

NuviINK^®Graphics series

If you are looking for an ink that is vibrant and able to print photo-realistic images on a wide variety of media, NuviINK^®will satisfy your needs! NuviINK^®Graphics series for wide- format printing includes from UV ink to water-based ink, from solvent ink to mild-solvent ink.

NuviINK^® UV ink includes:

- Used for Kyocera print heads:

KUH
For more information, please download the KUH TDS.
KUV VARNISH

- Used for Ricoh print heads:

GUSAC
For more information, please download the GUSAC TDS.
The GUSAC ink has passed the US California Proposition 65 test. Please download and view the PROP 65 Test Report.
GUS-LV
For more information, please download the GUS-LV TDS.
GUV VARNISH
The GUV VARNISH ink has passed the US California Proposition 65 test. Please download and view the PROP 65 Test Report.
GUV-SR VARNISH
GUM PRIMER, GUM-LT PRIMER