Tire Printer
“Ricoh Digital Painting (RDP) Tire printer” is the world's first printer that can print high quality images on tire sidewall in full color!
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Tire Printer
Overview
With the technology of Ricoh Digital Painting, it has become possible to print not only characters but also complex illustrations and patterns directly by printing on the tire side, which has been considered impossible previously. By introducing this printer, it is possible to deploy services that do not exist until now.
Increase of customers
Ricoh Digital Painting’s customers of tire printer are mainly professional car shops and many of them have been utilizing the Ricoh Digital Painting tire printer to expand their offerings. The Ricoh Digital Painting tire printer is very effective for this purpose because it is totally new and printed tires are very attractive to their customers. As a result, more customers come to the shops and they can increase the sales in addition to their existing business line.
Printing business
Some of the Ricoh Digital Painting customers focus on the printing business of tires with customized designs. The revenue is usually USD 50 to 200 for one tire sidewall depending on the design. They have been successful to gain a lot of margin by focusing on luxury cars. For example, one of them set the printing fee at USD 1,000 for one car (4 tire sidewalls).
Features
Print Time 5 to 10 min. each sidewall
Cheap Cost
Durability 1year
Wheel printing function
Specifications
System Configuration
Necessary Items for the System
Supplied by RDP
1) Printing Mechanism
2) Printing software
3) Controller
Customer prepare
1) Windows® PC
2) Adobe® Photoshop CS or CC
3) Air compressor
- Discharge rate: More than 10 litters/minutes
- Pressure: More than 0.7MPa (100PSI), less than 0.9MPa (130PSI)
4) Electric heater (around 2.0KW/ Single phase/ shortwave/ infrared)
5) Infrared thermometer
Ink
Tire inks (hydro-soluble paint) are exclusive inks for Ricoh Digital Painting tire printer. Available colors are C/M/Y/K/W (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black and White) & Primer. RDP tire printer is one of the lowest cost printing solutions in today's printing industry with its excellent quality and long-lasting durability.
Ricoh Digital Painting tire inks contains 90ml of 1 cartridge.
Product line
Tire Printer for Passenger Car Tire
Unit Size:
W1,100mm × H1,000mm × D900mm
Print System:
Full color printing by CMYKW & primer
Number of Nozzles:
6 nozzles (1 each for WCMYK & Primer)
Printable Size:
Width of tire: Max 350mm and Min 145mm / Max printable outer diameter: 850mm / Min printable inner diameter: 330mm
Maximum Tire Weight:
30kg
Printing Time:
Approximately 5 to 10 minutes per one tire sidewall
Preparation of Printing:
First you need to clean the rubber to remove chemical agents, oils, dusts and dirt. Second you have to preheat the tire sidewall, and then you click the print button
Electric Power:
AC 110/120/220/240V, 600W
Tire Printer for Passenger Car Tire &
Truck Tire
Truck Tire
Unit Size:
W1,600mm × H1,200mm × D1,200mm
Print System:
Full color printing by CMYKW & primer
Number of Nozzles:
6 nozzles (1 each for WCMYK & Primer)
Printing Time:
Approximately 5 to 10 minutes per one tire sidewall
Preparation of Printing:
First you need to clean the rubber to remove chemical agents, oils, dusts and dirt. Second you have to preheat the tire sidewall, and then you click the print button
Electric Power:
AC 110/120/220/240V, 600W
Printable Size:
Both truck tires and passenger car tires are printable by changing the mounting position of the vertical axis and the tire mounting arms.
Stroke A: Max outer diameter: 1,090mm / Minimum inner diameter: 600mm
Stroke B: Max outer diameter: 850mm / Minimum inner diameter: 330mm
Printable Tire Thickness: 145mm to 350mm
Max Tire Size: 1,100mm
