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Contact UsThe UX-Basic Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) Printer employs fundamental inkjet technology essential for character printing, all while upholding top-tier print quality. The Smart Bottle Cartridge design prevents ink spillage during refills, ensuring operator safety from hazardous fluids. Meanwhile, the tool-free filter replacement simplifies maintenance for operators without any specialized equipment or services. The durable tapered printhead design not only enhances print precision but also shields against corrosive environments.
Furthermore, the UX-Basic Printer allows for individual parts to be replaced as needed and will never force a unit shutdown for scheduled part replacements. This standalone printer can be easily moved from line to line. Such capabilities are particularly valuable for budget-conscious users with small to medium-duty applications.
Primary Features
Explore the robust features of the UX-Basic CIJ Printer, engineered to elevate your printing capabilities with unmatched precision, speed, and ease of use.
Gravity drain design guarantees that all fluids are efficiently drained into the printer’s reservoir, leaving no hazardous materials within the cartridge after use. This allows for easy disposal of empty smart bottles and ensures that all fluids are used for production and not wasted.
Hitachi inkjet printers are engineered for durability, featuring diaphragm pumps that minimize stress on the printer and premium-quality components for long-lasting performance.
Hitachi printheads are designed for precise printing on protruding products like milk cartons, ensuring superior printing quality. Its ultra-rigid construction, crafted from corrosion-resistant materials, makes it perfect for demanding environments.
Seamlessly manage routine tasks, printer maintenance, and fault recovery with the UX printer's onboard step-by-step instructions. Ensure smooth and efficient printing operations with ease.
Ink Filters can be replaced without the use of tools or a technician, resulting in virtually zero downtime for simple maintenance.
Specialty Features
Discover the supplementary features of the UX-Basic Printer, enhancing efficiency and versatility to meet the evolving demands of your printing tasks.
No Forced Maintenance Shutdowns
Hitachi enables component replacement only when necessary, avoiding print shutdowns caused by mandatory replacements based on time or usage limits.
No Forced Maintenance Shutdowns
Hitachi enables component replacement only when necessary, avoiding print shutdowns caused by mandatory replacements based on time or usage limits.
Ensure Consistent Performance with Reduced Solvent Consumption
Hitachi’s industry-leading printer technology coupled with the diaphragm design reduces solvent consumption, while delivering consistent results and minimizing costs.
Ensure Consistent Performance with Reduced Solvent Consumption
Hitachi’s industry-leading printer technology coupled with the diaphragm design reduces solvent consumption, while delivering consistent results and minimizing costs.
Unlock Language Versatility
Unlock adaptability in industrial printing with a Multilingual User Interface. Experience user-friendly interactions in multiple languages, making procedures and configurations effortless for operators.
Unlock Language Versatility
Unlock adaptability in industrial printing with a Multilingual User Interface. Experience user-friendly interactions in multiple languages, making procedures and configurations effortless for operators.
RFID Tags for Loading Fluid Materials
Enhance safety protocols with built-in RFID tags on fluids, ensuring secure and efficient fluid loading operations.
RFID Tags for Loading Fluid Materials
Enhance safety protocols with built-in RFID tags on fluids, ensuring secure and efficient fluid loading operations.
Visual Fluid Indicators
Stay in control with real-time visibility into ink levels, allowing for proactive monitoring and ensuring uninterrupted production for your industrial needs.
Visual Fluid Indicators
Stay in control with real-time visibility into ink levels, allowing for proactive monitoring and ensuring uninterrupted production for your industrial needs.
Preventative Maintenance Warnings
Stay ahead with our printers' proactive maintenance alerts, ensuring uninterrupted productivity through timely part replacement.
Preventative Maintenance Warnings
Stay ahead with our printers' proactive maintenance alerts, ensuring uninterrupted productivity through timely part replacement.
Effortlessly Customize Text Parameters
Tailor text parameters to suit your specific needs, ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact in every print job with ease.
Effortlessly Customize Text Parameters
Tailor text parameters to suit your specific needs, ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact in every print job with ease.
Automatic Viscosity Corrections
Experience hassle-free printing with our automatic viscosity corrections. Our technology adapts in real time to maintain the perfect ink consistency, providing unmatched reliability and precision for your industrial printing needs.
Automatic Viscosity Corrections
Experience hassle-free printing with our automatic viscosity corrections. Our technology adapts in real time to maintain the perfect ink consistency, providing unmatched reliability and precision for your industrial printing needs.
Why Choose Hitachi CIJ Printers
With an illustrious history of over four decades in industrial equipment and solutions, Hitachi is your esteemed partner for precision marking and coding solutions. Our unwavering commitment to quality, safety, and sustainability underpins the reliability of Hitachi Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) printers for variable data printing and other industry-specific marking and coding requirements. Fueled by advanced technology and continuous innovation, we offer unmatched customer support to help you boost production uptime and achieve operational excellence.
Product Specification
Dive into the technical details of the Hitachi UX-Basic CIJ printer, including print capabilities, fluid refill options, environmental considerations, and other advanced functionalities designed to streamline your industrial coding processes and ensure reliable, precise markings in diverse production environments.
Ink Base
Dye, Soft Pigment
Nozzle size
65μm
Maximum Print Lines
3
Character Height
2-10 mm
Maximum Print Rate*
1,148 Char/Sec
Message Storage Capacity
150
Protection Rating
IP65
Smart Bottle Cartridge
On Board Maintenace InstructionsOn Board Maintenace Instructions
Pressurized Printhead Kit
Optional
Display
10.1“ Color TFT LCD Touch Screen, WSVGA (1024×600)
Printhead Cable Length
4 m (13.1 ft)
Dimension (Width x Depth x Height)
400×320×527 mm (15.75x12.6x20.75 in)
Weight (Approximate)
27 kg (60 lb)
Ordering Information
Common Printing & Packaging Applications
Our industrial inkjet printers excel in variable printing such as batch codes, barcodes, expiry dates, serial numbers, and other unique product identifiers across various substrates and materials that are used in primary and secondary packaging, including flexible and rigid plastics, different types of metals, glass, cardboard, wood, paper, films, foils, and more.
CIJ Printers by Industries
Discover the unmatched capabilities of the Hitachi UX Series continuous inkjet printers, setting the standard for non-contact printing solutions across a broad spectrum of industries.
Helpful Resources
Put your production on the fast track with our feature-rich CIJ printers. Explore our extensive collection of resources, offering informative product videos, detailed brochures, technical specifications, and inspiring customer success stories.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Find answers to commonly asked questions about UX-Basic Continuous Inkjet printers, their applications, and specifications
Hitachi’s Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) printers are high-speed, micro to large character printers that are ideal for marking and coding on flat and curved surfaces. CIJs use a non-contact printing method to print on almost any material, making them highly versatile for various industrial applications. With their ability to handle diverse ink types, including water and alcohol-resistant inks, CIJ printers ensure durable and accurate markings, making them a popular choice for efficient and cost-effective industrial printing solutions.
Hitachi UX-Basic CIJ printers can use a variety of inks and solvents, including solvent-based, water-based, alcohol-resistant, UV-curable, pigmented, and specialty inks with properties such as thermochromic and wetness indicators. We also offer eco-friendly inks made from sustainable materials and processes, providing green coding solutions to reduce your carbon footprint. To learn more about our lineup of CIJ Ink & Makeup solutions, click here
Yes, CIJ printers are a cost-effective solution for small & medium businesses due to their low operating costs, high efficiency, and versatility in printing on diverse materials and substrates.
While the UX-Basic printer offers up to 3 lines of printing, the UX2-Dynamic model extends this capability to 6 lines, accommodating various text sizes and styles. Additionally, the UX2-Dynamic offers expanded capabilities such as a higher maximum print rate (Characters per second) and increased message storage capacity, among others.
Yes, many manufacturers are looking to improve the efficiency of their production lines to offset rising supply chain costs. If this is a goal for you, upgrading your current inkjet printers with the Hitachi UX2 CIJ models can help you achieve that goal and reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). To upgrade your existing CIJ printer click here
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