Matthews' New DOD 5100 Printer Improves Large Character Ink-Jet Marking

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 24, 2001 - Matthews International has announced the introduction of the DOD 5100, a flexible large character, ink-jet printer using Matthews' Jet-A-Mark® Valve-jet technology to produce printed characters and graphics. The new Drop-on-Demand™ marking system offers a choice of two 16 and 32 valve print heads for coding up to five lines of text. The head design allows greater tilt angles in order to print a variety of character heights from a single print head. Character sizes may vary from 3/16" to 5" (5-128 mm). The system produces high-resolution text and graphics with a printing resolution of up to 32 dots per inch.

The DOD 5100 is rugged, reliable and suitable for applications in which vibration or dust, are produced. With inks for both porous and non-porous substrates, the DOD 5100 provides high-quality, reliable printing on engineered wood products, dry wall, galvanized steel, corrugated cartons, shrink wrap, plastic, metal pipe and other surfaces. The system prints at speeds up to 780 fpm (240 m/min).

For additional information on the DOD 5100 or any of Matthews' marking products contact Matthews International Corporation, Marking Products Division, 6515 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Telephone: 412-665-2500. Fax: 412-365-2042. Web site: www.matthewsmarking.com.