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22 printhead families

Ink compatibility by printhead

Find your head, read across. We import ink for every head in common use in India — not only the 22 on machines we sell. If you run somebody else’s machine, you are still an ink customer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Read this first

The variant letter is the whole answer

On the Epson heads, the suffix is not a revision — it is a different head. U1 is UV and E1 is eco-solvent. An i3200 E1 will not run UV ink and an i3200 U1 will not run eco-solvent. If a supplier offers you “i3200 ink” without asking which letter, they do not know what you have.

On UV machines the second question is grade. Soft UV stays flexible after cure; hard UV does not. Hard UV on roll media cracks at the first rewind. Where the catalogue specifies only “UV ink” without naming a grade, the table below says so rather than choosing for you — we confirm it with the manufacturer on the order.

Every head

Ink for every printhead we supply

One list. Where we also sell a machine carrying the head, its compatibility is derived from that machine's specification, so it cannot contradict the machine page.

22 head families. You do not have to have bought the machine from us — most Indian print shops run at least one machine that is not ours, and we supply ink for those heads too. Each section names the chemistries, the channels, and the machines where we sell one.

Ricoh

Ricoh Gen5

Industrial UV head. Does not recirculate, so white needs a daily routine.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • Lc
  • Lm
  • W
  • V

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Ricoh

Ricoh Gen6

The faster Gen-series head. Same ink family as the Gen5.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • Lc
  • Lm
  • W
  • V

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Konica Minolta

Konica 1024i / 1024a

High-volume grey-scale head, used where the machine is quoted in hundreds of m²/h.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • Lc
  • Lm
  • W
  • V

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Konica Minolta

Konica 9888H

One head, two colours. 1,776 nozzles in a 296×6 array, 5 PL minimum drop, 75 mm coverage.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • Lc
  • Lm
  • W
  • V

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Konica Minolta

Konica 512i

The solvent workhorse. Large drop, built for banner speed rather than fine detail.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Epson

Epson i3200 U1

The UV variant. U1, E1 and A1 are different heads — the letter decides the ink.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • Lc
  • Lm
  • W
  • V

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Epson

Epson i1600 U1

Half the nozzle count of the i3200, same UV chemistry.

Ink it takes

  • UV ink— grade not stated in the catalogue; confirmed on the order

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • Lc
  • Lm
  • W
  • V

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Epson

Epson i3200 E1

The eco-solvent variant. Will not run UV ink.

Ink it takes

Channels available

  • C
  • M
  • Y
  • K
  • W

Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

Ricoh

Ricoh Gen4

The generation before the Gen5, still running in a lot of Indian shops.

Ink it takes

    Channels available

      Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

      Epson

      Epson i1600 E1

      Ink it takes

        Channels available

          Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

          Epson

          Epson XP600

          The most common head in the Indian entry market by a wide margin.

          Ink it takes

            Channels available

              Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

              Epson

              Epson DX5

              Legacy, and still everywhere. Ink for it is a steady reorder line.

              Ink it takes

                Channels available

                  Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                  Epson

                  Epson DX7

                  Ink it takes

                    Channels available

                      Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                      Epson

                      Epson TX800

                      Ink it takes

                        Channels available

                          Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                          Epson

                          Epson 4720

                          Ink it takes

                            Channels available

                              Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                              Epson

                              Epson 5113

                              Ink it takes

                                Channels available

                                  Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                  Kyocera

                                  Kyocera KJ4B

                                  Industrial recirculating head — the reason some machines cope with white better than ours do.

                                  Ink it takes

                                    Channels available

                                      Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                      Toshiba Tec

                                      Toshiba CE4

                                      Ink it takes

                                        Channels available

                                          Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                          Seiko

                                          Seiko SPT

                                          Ink it takes

                                            Channels available

                                              Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                              Fujifilm Dimatix

                                              Spectra Polaris

                                              Ink it takes

                                                Channels available

                                                  Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                                  Fujifilm Dimatix

                                                  Spectra Starfire

                                                  Ink it takes

                                                    Channels available

                                                      Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                                      Xaar

                                                      Xaar 1201

                                                      Ink it takes

                                                        Channels available

                                                          Channels vary by configuration — a machine specified without a white channel does not gain one from the ink. The channels on your machine are the ones on your invoice.

                                                          Before you order

                                                          Three questions that prevent an expensive mistake

                                                          1. Which head, exactly?

                                                            Not "Epson" — i3200 U1 or E1. The letter is on the head and on your original invoice.

                                                          2. Rigid or roll?

                                                            On a UV machine this decides soft or hard grade. If the print flexes after it leaves you, it is soft.

                                                          3. Which channels are fitted?

                                                            White and varnish exist only if the machine was configured with them. Ordering white for a CMYK machine wastes the order.

                                                          Next step

                                                          Order ink

                                                          Send the machine and the head. We confirm grade and channels before anything ships.

                                                          Request ink

                                                          Ink is quoted, not listed. What a litre costs you depends on coverage, resolution and how much white you run, so tell us the machine and the volume and we will price the actual order.