3M Announces Performance Guarantee Program Updates

St. Paul, MN (April 11, 2007) — 3M continues to grow its roster of OEM piezo ink jet printer and ink combinations qualified to receive the 3M Performance Guarantee when used with appropriate 3M media.

New to the list are the following:

• Gandi JETi 3312 and 3324 with Gandi OEM Solvent Ink
• MacDermid Colorspan Display Maker 72 UV Printer with SolaChrome UV Ink
• Mutoh ValueJET 1204 and 1604 with Eco-Ultra™ Inks
• Roland Advanced Jet with Eco-Xtreme Ink

In addition, the 3M Performance Guarantee continues to cover the following printer and ink combinations:

• MacDermid ColorSpan Display Maker® 72S with SolaChrome HR inks
• Mimaki JV3 series printers with SS, SS2, MS and ES3 inks
• Mutoh Falcon II Outdoor series printers with Eco- Plus™ and Eco-Ultra™ inks
• Mutoh Toucan printer with Toucan OEM inks
• Mutoh Toucan LT printer with LT ink series and Eco-Ultra™ inks
• Océ CS 6060 printer with IJC610 inks
• Roland® SOLJET™ Pro II with Eco-SOL™
• Roland VersaCAMM® series printers with Eco-SOL MAX™ inks
• Seiko ColorPainter™ 64S and 100S with Seiko OEM Solvent Inks
• Scitex TURBOjet printer with the VisionInkTJ100 Supreme Inks
• Scitex XLjet series printers with VisionInk XL200 and XL300 Supreme Inks
• VUTEk UltraVu® 3300, 5300 series printers with UltraVu Series 3 and Series 5 inks
• VUTEk UltraVu® 2360, 3360 series printers with UltraVu Series 3 and Series 5 inks
• HP Designjet 9000s Printer Series with HP 790 Series Inks

3M qualified media portfolio for these OEM printers and inks incorporates a broad range of products including Controltac™ Plus, Controltac™ Plus with Comply™ Adhesive, Scotchcal™ and Scotchlite™ Graphic Films. These products are designed, engineered, developed, tested and manufactured for optimal compatibility and performance.

"3M conducts extensive testing to confirm that our products are reliable and provide consistent results," said James Carter, senior specialist, Technical Service, Graphics Market Center. "It a four-month process with 10,000 data points and results several inches thick.

"Running media in a printer isn like buying gas," Carter continued. "These aren interchangeable parts. There are so many variables that can change the physical properties of the media. Wee engineered our media for solvent-based piezo-print platforms and tested both media and printers extensively to assure quality, durability and longevity."

The performance guarantee covers tested and qualified OEM printers and inks used with 3M media. Approved 3M media, overlaminates and screen print clears are guaranteed to be free of media-induced artifacts that can cause misprints and guaranteed to adhere to recommended substrates.

To qualify for the 3M Performance Guarantee, graphics must be installed according to 3M recommendations. The performance guarantee covers the replacement cost of 3M materials only and does not warranty image fading, cracking, peeling or any other performance issues.

The duration of any given performance guarantee varies according to the material combinations and applications as detailed on 3M website, www.3M.com/graphics and in product bulletins.

3M, Comply, Controltac, Scotchcal and Scotchlite are trademarks of 3M. All other trademarks in the list of printers and inks are the property of the companies in the list.

3M Graphics Market Center helps customers worldwide build brands by providing total large-format graphics solutions. 3M manufactures or certifies graphic films and graphic protection, flexible substrates, inks and toners, as well as software and hardware used to create large-format finished graphics that are consistent, reliable and durable. For more information call 1-800-328-3908, or go to www.3Mgraphics.com

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