Epson Monnalisa Evo Tre Evolution Uses Micro Piezo Technology Powered By PrecisionCore To Produce Stunning Textile Prints

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Monna Lisa Evo Tre has become the brand representing Epson industrial digital textile printers and a reference standard for high quality printing in such fields of application as haute couture & fast fashion, accessories, home textiles and sportswear.

Characterized by the flexibility and productivity typical of digital technology, it is the right choice for an increasingly dynamic market, which demands swift responses to shifting needs. 

Driving the Monna Lisa Evo Tre is a new print head array featuring Epson’s advanced PrecisionCore technology.

Taking the example of 128 PrecisionCore MicroTFP print chips configured as 32 four-chip print heads, the array provides 12,800 nozzles* for each colour and outstanding productivity.

Symmetrical color alignment ensures consistent color overlap order is maintained during bidirectional printing.

As a result, color and pattern reproduction are exceptionally uniform, and even areas of solid color and fine geometric patterning can be beautifully rendered while maintaining high throughput.

While being highly durable, it is also designed for easy maintenance to minimize downtime. 

PrecisionCore is the outcome of constant research and development to achieve greater efficiency, quality and reliability in Direct-to-Fabric printing.

If you want reliable, fast and high-quality prints it’s essential to understand what powers your printer - the printhead.

There are two main types of printhead technology, using either heat or a Piezo element.

All Epson printers uses a Piezo element as we think it offers the best performance.

Having made its global debut in 1993, Micro Piezo technology has not only been at the forefront of Epson inkjet printhead advancement, but has laid down the gauntlet to all the other big names in the print industry.

Unique to Epson, Micro Piezo provides superb print quality and is a technology that our competitors still find hard to match.

Micro Piezo technology utilises piezo crystals that pulse when electrical signals are sent to them by the printer.

It produces incredibly consistent droplets, both in shape and size, to deliver clear and sharp prints.

Thermal printers use a heating element to boil the ink, creating an air bubble which ejects the ink through the nozzle.

The resulting prints can be less accurate.

Ink droplets are propelled through each nozzle at 40,000 times per second to deliver documents at high speeds.

It’s incredibly precise however so you can rely on it for clear and sharp prints, without sacrificing on quality.

Our nozzles are different - each nozzle can produce up to five different size droplets.

 It's like using different size brushes to paint a canvas. Larger dots are used to increase speed for solid colour areas, whereas smaller drops can recreate stunning detail.

With this technology, it can faithfully reproduce the subtle shifts between dark and light colours, blending them smoothly and naturally.

Precisioncore : Technology Of The Future

PrecisionCore printhead technology delivers Epson's renowned, industry-leading output quality at high speed.

Inch for inch, the high-resolution Epson print chips are one of the fastest inkjet printing technologies in the world.

PrecisionCore piezo elements each fire nearly 50,000 times per second.

PrecisionCore has up to triple the nozzle density of conventional Epson piezo printheads.

These nozzles are roughly 20 microns in diameter and deliver small, round, repeatable dots about 40 microns across.

This dot precision is particularly important for creating sharp text and fine lines.

PrecisionCore introduces a new system that uses the power of the piezo crystal itself to raise reliability.

The piezo element is able to generate a voltage that can detect in milliseconds whether it is firing normally.

It has the ability to self-diagnose its health almost instantly.

Epson Monna Lisa Gives Textile Flexibility

One of the most important qualities of Monna Lisa Evo Tre is its flexibility.

It provides users with a single printer to meet a variety of different production needs.

It handles different types of inks, prints on any type of fabric and reproduces the simplest or most complex designs with uncompromising quality, speed and repeatability.

Inks are available in colour racks of different capacities (3 L or 10 L), with the possibility to swap ink types.

Moreover Monna Lisa Evo Tre is available in several configurations, differentiated by number of print heads and printing widths.