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July 24, 2024

Inkjet for corrugated and more: HP launches the T700i

The HP T700i lowers the entry barrier by addressing both litho lamination replacement and smaller width corrugation, with folding carton also in its sights.
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July 18, 2024

2024 Inkjet Integrator Profiles: C-marx

German integrator tackles custom solutions for “printing beyond colour” in our latest profile.
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June 6, 2024

Fujifilm Dimatix Advancing the middle ground with SkyFire

See how far can you throw and go with the new SkyFire printhead
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May 28, 2024

Canon moves into B2 inkjet

There is still a considerable opportunity for digital production print in the B2 format, by moving short runs from offset to digital, by consolidating EP volumes, or by opening new opportunities in on-demand print.
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May 21, 2024

2024 Inkjet Integrator Profiles: MCS

An introduction to U.S. inkjet integrator and reseller MCS based in Maryland
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May 15, 2024

More Drupa 2024 inkjet announcements – part two

In part 2 of the pre-drupa round up we cover photo printing, labels, packaging and components for integrators. Enjoy!
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May 7, 2024

Summary of Drupa 2024 inkjet announcements Production Print

Part 1 of our cheat sheet on drupa inkjet launches and first looks.
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April 23, 2024

Inkjet Integrator Profiles: Integrity Industrial Inkjet

Our bespoke development series continues covering a US-based integrator with a very wide range of inkjet applications expertise from graphic arts to materials deposition along with some things we hadn’t heard of before.
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April 17, 2024

2024 Inkjet Shopping Guide for Folding Carton Presses

Inkjet took many printing markets by storm. In others the success has been slower. Inkjet is now making inroads in folding carton packaging. Meet the new players staking their claim.
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April 11, 2024

Inkjet Integrator Profiles: DJM

In this article in a series on inkjet integrators, we look at DJM. Based in the Netherlands the company focuses on printing on fibre-based surfaces with a range of printing modules and inkjet head technologies.
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March 11, 2024

2024 Inkjet Shopping Guide for Flexible Packaging Presses

Here is your market snapshot of inkjet in flexible packaging. Inkjet is a latecomer to the market, but activity and shipments are picking up, and new devices are being announced.
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February 27, 2024

2024 Inkjet Integrator Profiles: Bergstein

Creating modular inkjet solutions for direct-to-object and direct-to-shape
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February 20, 2024

EcoFlexibles and the Fujifilm Jet Press FP790

Demonstrating the productivity of Fujifilm’s Jet Press FP790 in production in the quality sensitive flexible packaging market.
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January 30, 2024

2024 Inkjet Integrator Profiles: NEOS

Meet NEOS, the first inkjet integrator profiled in our free 2024 series on custom development.
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January 16, 2024

Inkjet Integrators – an introduction

A new series on inkjet integration and the key players in the market.
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December 13, 2023

Koenig & Bauer RotaJET revisited

The Koenig & Bauer RotaJET was originally launched in 2012. After focussing on several application areas more closely, placements picked up in recent years. This article looks at the target segments and the strategies behind.
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December 5, 2023

Breaking barriers in functional print with Scrona

Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) inkjet printing using MEMS produced nozzle arrays.
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November 28, 2023

Ricoh ups the roll-fed inkjet game with the Pro VC80000

The new Pro VC 8000 delivers higher quality and productivity than previous Ricoh presses.
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November 14, 2023

Compact, high quality label printing with the SnapPress LP-1

The market in packaging printing and especially labels is gravitating towards digital print – driven by its ease of use, short-run capability and rapid production times. LabelExpo 2023 already brought a raft of new devices but the innovation has not stopped since. At Printing United 2023 a new player emerged with SnapPress and the SnapPress LP-1 inkjet label printer.
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November 8, 2023

Let’s get functional: functional print and inkjet

Functional print is starting to leave the lab and pilot stage, but there are many considerations to take into account that set this application range apart from other print application fields. Also inkjet offers some unique opportunities in functional print but has its own challenges as well.

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