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In the fast-paced digital life, barcodes, QR codes, anti-counterfeiting codes, and variable codes can be seen everywhere, carrying a lot of product information and also playing an important role in the production, circulation and sales of products. With the widespread application of rich and diverse product codes in the pharmaceutical, packaging, food, beverage, electronics and other industries, the application scenarios of coding equipment continue to expand, and the need for efficient, accurate, reliable, and environmentally friendly coding solutions has become increasingly urgent.


Based on Ricoh's innovation and breakthroughs in UV digital printing accuracy and speed, especially its absolute advantage in the field of inkjet printing applications over the years, as a comprehensive solution provider for industrial digital inkjet, JetBlue has developed a suitable system for Ricoh's G5/G6 high-speed inkjet single-pass print control system, providing an integrated solution for inkjet printing digital printing equipment, meeting market demand in application fields such as variable data, high-speed inkjet printing, anti-counterfeiting, barcode, and QR code traceability.
Introduction to sprinkler
Ricoh G5/G6 sprinklers are designed for industrial printing applications. Although they are brothers in the same school, they have some different characteristics and applications.

spray head structure
There are certain differences in the structure of Ricoh G5 and G6 sprinklers. The G5 sprinkler adopts a one-piece structure, that is, the sprinkler and the data cable are connected together and are inseparable, making the contact more stable; the G6 sprinkler adopts a free-standing structure, that is, the sprinkler and the data cable can be separated, making maintenance easier.
printing accuracy
Since the inkjet dot size of the G6 nozzle is smaller, higher resolution and more delicate patterns can be achieved, the G6 nozzle is relatively suitable for more demanding printing applications.


inkjet control
The G6 nozzle achieves more precise ink drop control, increasing from 7PL to 5PL, resulting in more accurate printing results.
print speed
The maximum ignition frequency of the G5 nozzle is 30KHz. Even the ignition frequency of the multi-point printing nozzle can be maintained above 20KHz, while the maximum ignition frequency of the G6 nozzle is increased to 50KHz, which can achieve faster printing speeds.

In short, there are some slight differences between the two in terms of printing accuracy, printing speed and inkjet control, but the two are on par with other performance, and are currently the most widely used nozzles in the market and accepted by customers.
Gen5 basic parameters

Gen6 Basic Parameters

systematically introduced
JetBlue has become Ricoh's trustworthy partner, providing scalable, highly reliable drive hardware, powerful data transmission paths and upper-layer printing software. It can support Ricoh Gen5 and Gen6 models, fully meeting the printing needs of variable and fixed barcodes, QR codes, electronic supervision codes, traceability codes, texts, numbers, patterns, etc.


The JetBlue technical team has deeply explored the full potential of Ricoh G5/G6 sprinklers and developed a control board that supports single-pass printing for them. It has the following characteristics:
Integrated integrated system
One card controls one nozzle, so that each nozzle does not affect each other. Users can flexibly expand the number of nozzles according to printing needs, and later maintenance is simple and fast.
Gigabit Ethernet interface design
The connection is simple and reliable, plug-and-play, the ultra-fast network is more stable, and real-time data transmission is realized,"second transmission" and "second transmission".
Built-in large-capacity memory
The large-capacity buffer configuration can store 137 meters of printed data at a time, ensuring continuous production.
efficient data processing
Equipped with a high-speed processor to ensure that large-scale data processing and conversion will not cause jams and crashes, a computer with a normal configuration can cope with high-load printing tasks.

JetBlue has developed print control software for inkjet printing equipment equipped with Ricoh G5/G6 nozzles to achieve dual support of software and hardware equipment and provide users with an integrated solution. JetBlue printing software has the following characteristics:
The interface is simple and easy to operate
The printing software interface is simple and clear, easy to operate, and the layout of various functions is reasonable. Users can intuitively and quickly find the required functions, and complete the printing task simply and quickly.
Diversified printing scenarios
Printing software can flexibly adapt to diverse printing application scenarios, not only for Single Pass printing systems, but also for multi-head high-speed scanning systems and even rotary printing systems. Support complex and changeable working modes such as sequential printing, random printing, on-demand/variable printing, continuous printing, and preload.
Rich and comprehensive features
The printing software provides rich functions and features. It is fully compatible with nozzle status calibration, print control, data statistics, etc. It supports standby flash spraying, automatic nozzle cleaning, external trigger, internal trigger, adjustable color difference and other functions to maintain the continuity and stability of printing production.
Provide SDK development interface
Provide a complete and powerful SDK interface to meet the needs of secondary development. Secondary developers can expand and form more professional or new functions based on the public APIs provided in the SDK, which can be easily embedded into the original system to meet the needs of users. Special needs effectively reduce development workload.
Compatible with multiple operating systems
The printing software is compatible with mainstream operating systems such as Win10, Win11, and Linux, making it easy for users to run seamlessly on multiple platforms and improve production efficiency.

Basic parameters of Ricoh G5/G6 control board

In modern industrial production, coding technology has become an indispensable link. As the market's personalized demand continues to increase and higher requirements are put forward for coding methods. JetBlue's comprehensive coding solutions bring better services to the industry and provide users with more possibilities.





