Agfa M2 Printheads

[Sterling_K]

Had some problems with our M2 and now need two print heads for our M2. Agfa wants $5000.00 each for these plus installation. I know the heads are made by Konica Minolta but I can not find a supplier other than Agfa. I am looking for KM1024 MNB - 001032. These are 12pl heads.

 

[ChrisN]

Are you sure they are 12pl? I thought the m2 had 14pl heads. Here's some 14pl ones: http://www.digiprint-supplies.com/konica-km1024-mn-14pl.html

 

[Sterling_K]

They are definitely 12pl which makes it very difficult to find.

 

[klmiller611]

I am with Chris on this, I thought they were 14 as well. I'd double check and get the machine serial number and get in touch with digiprint supplies and see what they say. I've contacted them via their website for parts on our Mv and they were quite helpful and far more reasonable than Agfa. We have replaced two heads on our Mv with no real problem, and I expect another to go this year.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Best
Ken

 

[wunder]

The Head was 14pl standard dropsize but can work with 12pl dropsize (firing frequency electronic adjusted) this is normal !

 

[Sterling_K]

This is direct from the manual:
The :Anapurna M2 is equipped with 6 Konica Minolta heads. The KM1024 product range consists of type L, M, S, corresponding to unit drop volume capabilities of 50pl, 12pl and 6pl respectively. Further more, the KM1024 is divided into H type and N type, which stands for "with heater" and "without heater"

The :Anapurna M2 is using the "KM1024MN" heads (12pl without heater", suitable for high quality 720 dpi multi-pass printing. Every head is made up of two nozzle rows, each containing 512 jets, resulting in a physical resolution of 360 dpi.

 

[ChrisN]

http://www.konicaminolta.com/inkjet/inkjethead/1024/spec.html

KM's spec sheet gives options of 6 (KM1024S*), 14 (KM1024M*), & 42 pl (KM1024L*) drops. But the heads do have 8 level grayscale, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's how Agfa's getting 12pl out of the 14pl KM1024MNB head.

 

[TraderLink]

Agfa Print Head

Does anyone have the print head installation/replacement document for an Agfa Anapurna M2 ?