MSI Unveil the World’s First Inkjet Printed OLED Monitor in Their PRO MAX Range
MSI have announced their new PRO MAX OLED 271UPJW12 monitor, the world’s first to use a new Inkjet printed (IJP) OLED panel from TCL CSOT, a new competitor in the OLED monitor panel segment. It’s a 27″ sized screen with a 3840 x 2160 “4K” resolution, an RGB-stripe sub-pixel layout and a 120Hz refresh rate and it’s aimed at professional users rather than gaming, part of MSI’s PRO MAX line-up. It’s got a white design aesthetic and a range of modern connectivity and convenience features.
MSI PRO MAX OLED 271UPJW12 specs
The screen is 27″ in size with a flat format and offers a 3840 x 2160 “4K” resolution and 164 PPI pixel density. This is ever so slightly lower than the 166 PPI of existing 27″ class OLED monitors since those are accurately 26.5″ in size, and this panel is closer to the full 27″ at 26.9″ precisely.
The panel has an RGB-stripe sub-pixel layout for improved image and text clarity, avoiding any potential fringing issues which may impact non-standard sub pixel layouts, although to be fair those are almost entirely eliminated on panels with this high a pixel density anyway. Still, a true RGB-stripe layout will be optimal and welcome by many users.
In other specs there is a 120Hz refresh rate, supported by adaptive-sync for VRR, not as high as other 27″ 4K panels which reach 240Hz in the gaming segment, but this should be adequate for this intended market. There is a 0.1ms G2G response time spec, 300 nits brightness (SDR), 178/178 viewing angles, 10-bit colour depth and a wide colour gamut covering 99.1% DCI-P3, 94.2% Adobe RGB and ~132.1% sRGB. It also comes factory calibrated with a dE < 2 and Pantone Validated for colour accuracy.
The panel has a matte anti-glare coating, although it’s not clear if this is factory-provided, or added on top by MSI as part of their PRO MAX range.
When it comes to HDR the screen is certified under the VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 tier, a step up actually from the current 27″ 4K QD-OLED monitors on the market which reach TB400. There is a peak brightness spec of 1000 nits as well although this is no higher than current QD-OLED offerings.
Connectivity and Features
Connectivity includes 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x USB type-C (with DP Alt mode and 15W power delivery) and 2x HDMI 2.1, along with 2x USB-A data ports and a headphone connection. A KVM switch function and PiP/PbP modes are supported. The stand offers a full range of tilt, height, swivel and rotate adjustments.
OLED Care
MSI’s ‘OLED Auto Care’ feature is also included. Unlike conventional OLED protection that forces disruptive pauses for OLED refreshes, this advanced technology calculates and applies Data Counting Compensation (DCC) dynamically in real-time. This fully automated, background-operating technology eliminates intrusive prompts, providing a truly uninterrupted workflow and gaming experience.
Eye Care
According to the press release, “the PRO MAX OLED 271UPJW12 prioritizes your health with MSI EyesErgo technology. It features TÜV-certified hardware low blue light and flicker-free technologies to ensure optimal eye comfort. Furthermore, the IJP OLED is certified with the Eyesafe 3.0 certification by natively restricting harmful blue light emissions to 20% or less, and it also meets the Circadian Protection Factor (CPF) standard. This CPF compliance targets the specific light waves affecting sleep hormones, preventing nighttime screen exposure from disrupting your sleep quality.”
IJP OLED Panels
The OLED panel used in this new monitor is from TCL CSOT (TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology), a Chinese based panel manufacturer who are now offering an alternative to the panels from Samsung Display (QD-OLED) and LG Display (WOLED) that have so far dominated the OLED monitor market. This is their first OLED monitor panel to go in to mass production, which we brought you news about back in March. They’ve been producing monitor LCD panels for a long time, but now they’re branching out in to the OLED space.
One of the key production capabilities TCL CSOT have employed is “Inkjet printing” (IJP). As they describe it, this is “an innovative manufacturing process that deposits organic light-emitting materials with high precision onto substrates using advanced printing techniques. It delivers excellent colour performance, high resolution, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, making it ideal for a wide range of applications from small devices to large panels.”
TCL CSOT has been investing in IJP OLED R&D for over a decade with panel products across various sectors like automotive, mobile, tablets and now monitors. This is supported by their new 8.6-generation Inkjet Printing OLED (IJP OLED) production line in Guangzhou, China, referred to as “t8”, which officially broke ground on 21 October 2025.
Pricing and availability
MSI are still finalising their press release for this screen along with pricing and availability information, so we will update this news piece as soon as we have more information, hopefully next week. Early reports based on a now-deleted news piece may be out of date, so we will hang on before we confirm these details.
Part of the allure of IJP OLED is supposed to be in simpler and lower cost production, so in time this could help make OLED monitors more competitive still. But it’s likely (probable?) that early monitors will not benefit from major savings as this is a new panel production, new process and it will take some time before this ramps up in volume.
More info on pricing and availability when we get it.
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