MCS K146c
The world’s first economically priced process color cut-sheet INKJET production press. The MCS Merlin K146c offers an industry leading “no click” shared maintenance program. No clicks can reduce the imaging cost of process color and black and white jobs by as much as 75%. The Merlin K146c is based on the industry leading piezo technology from KYOCERA. It uses the industry's standard EFI Fiery controller, which is tailored for inkjet technology.
Product Family: Merlin
Status: Commercially Available
Productivity
| Speed Reported | Letter: 146 ipm, Legal: 98 ipm, 11”x17”: 86 ipm, 12” x 18”: 74 ipm |
| IPM Reported | 146 |
| Duty Cycle Reported | 1 million letter images per month |
Digital Front End
| Controller Options | EFI FieryNX Pro Gen II |
| Print Streams | PDF, APPE, PDF/VT 1 & 2, Adobe PS3, PCL 5 & 6, PPML and VPS |
Imaging System
| Ink Type | Aqueous Pigment |
| Ink Description | |
| Ink Options | 1.3L cartridge or 3L cube supply |
| Bonding Agent | not-available |
| Primer/Precoat | not-available |
| Drying Methods | Low heat |
| Head Technology | Piezoelectric Drop-on-Demand |
| Head Manufacturer | Kyocera |
| Heads Per Engine | 12 |
| Colors | 4 |
| Droplet Size | 8pL to 13pL variable by paper type |
| Gray levels | Not reported |
| Resolutions | 600x600 |
Paper & Media
| Paper Feed | Sheet - B3 |
| Paper Output | Sheet |
| Maximum Print Width Simplex | 12.74" |
| Maximum Print Width Duplex | 12x18 |
| Minimum Thickness | 52 gsm |
| Maximum Thickness | 360 gsm |
| Paper Types | Plain, offset uncoated, inkjet optimized uncoated, offset coated matte |
| Specialty Media | Not Reported |
Market Segments
| Manufacturer Segment Notes | The K146c makes the economics & flexibility of inkjet press technology available to all mail manufacturers including advertising & statement mail producers. The K146c is ideal for advertising mail letters & First Class statements. |
| Applications Segments |
Direct Mail - Monochrome Direct Mail-Color Direct Marketing – Self Mailers Traditional Transaction Print |
Configuration
| Layout Configuration | I |
| Print Engines | 1 |
| Print Sides | Duplex |
| Power Consumption | 5 Dedicated 120VAC 60Hz 8.5A or more outlets |
| Footprint: | 38.4"H x 30"D x 318.6"L (maximum length) or 176"L (minumum length) |
| Noise: | Not Reported |
| Weight: | 3,154lbs or less based on configuration |
| Humidity Range: | 30 to 80% RH Nominal, 30 to 54% Optimal |
| Temperature Range: | 50 to 89.6°F Nominal, 59 to 89.6°F Optimal |
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Device information last updated: May 11, 2021