Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX - Overview

Supported model

The Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX is a UV flatbed printer that succeeds the JFX200 and JFX500. It has a 2m50 x 1m30 printable area, and supports different ink sets:

• CMYK + Cl W (Cl: Clear coat - W: White)
• CMYK + Cl P W (Cl: Clear coat - P: Primer - W: White)
• CMYKcm + Cl W (Cl: Clear coat - W: White)

Drivers

There are two versions of the driver for supporting the different ink sets: 

• Mimaki-JFX200EX-4c-and-special (supports CMYK + Cl W and CMYK + Cl P W)
• Mimaki-JFX200EX-6c-and-special (supports CMYKcm + Cl W)

Drivers history

• CalderaRIP V17.3:
  • Mimaki-JFX200EX-6c-and-special:
    • Fixed the "Can't open binary config [...]: Too many open files" error that appeared when the printer was offline for a long time.

• CalderaRIP V15.0:
  • Revision B: Fixed shifting of printing jobs for the "Rip then Print" action.
    

      Info

    Horizontal compensation might need to be adjusted in the Printer settings or the EasyMedia module after updating this revision of the driver. More info

  • Revision A: Internal security fix.

• CalderaRIP V14.0:
  • Printer supported since this version.

Available printing modes

Workchange feature

When printing with flatbed printers, you can use this feature to queue up jobs in the spooler, while allowing the user to change media between two jobs.

After the end of a job, the printer will switch automatically to the local mode, so the next job won't start, allowing the operator to change the media, then switch back to remote mode, and the next print in the queue will start.

Special effects

Primer ink is used with some media when the ink doesn't stick to the media. It should only be used as an undercoat using the layer configuration color over special or simply special. No special effect applies to it.

Clear Coat can be used in two ways:

• Embossing
• Finishing

Embossing uses a clear coat under the color layer, so it usually creates some height differences (relief). No special effect is applied in this case.

When used for finishing, Clear Coat can produce a matte effect or a glossy effect. This is usually achieved by adjusting the curing of the clear coat.

With this driver, the printer can handle the curing by using the effect specified in UV Configuration. This effect is only used when printing special over color with clear coat ink.

White can be used in several ways too :

• Embossing
• Opaque
• Real white

For Embossing, see the Clear Coat embossing effect.

Opaque is used when printing on transparent or colored media, so the color layer will not be translucent or colored. To achieve this, use the Color over special or special layer configuration, combined with either a full coverage separation or a "where there is some ink" separation.

For Real white, the ink is used to contrast with the media white when it's not bright enough. You can achieve this by printing special over color or special with a custom separation (usually a spot).

Printing several layers of special ink

With this printer, it is not possible to print several layers of special ink in one job. However, the above can sometimes be useful for:

• Increasing embossing effect
• Giving a primer and a varnish effect
• Giving a white undercoat and a varnish effect overcoat

To achieve the printing of multi-layer special inks on the same job, you will have to print the same job several times but with different parameters (layer settings).

if you need to print a primer layer, then some white for embossing, then color, and a layer of finishing glossy clear coat, you will have to print three jobs:

• Special only, with primer separation enabled.
• Special only, with white separation enabled, and overprint to increase the embossing effect.
• Special over color with clear coat separation enabled, and glossy effect enabled.

Don't forget to reset the overprint parameters when switching from Job 2 to the last one. The best is to use saved configurations (check the QuickPrint options).

Connection

	USB
	File
	Network
	Serial