May 6, 2021
Ricoh Enters the Sheet-Fed Inkjet Market with B2 Press
The Pro Z75 has been eagerly anticipated as it is targeting the most dynamic market in printing press technology: production sheet-fed inkjet.
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April 15, 2021
Deep Dive: Inkjet Printing For Corrugated – Part 2
Ralf Schlozer examines considerations for investing in inkjet for corrugated packaging in the second part of a series.
April 1, 2021
Approaches to Inkjet Printing on Corrugated – Part 1
Although corrugated seems an unlikely market for inkjet, inkjet presses rapidly gained popularity. Find out why.
March 10, 2021
Beverage Can Printing with Inkjet
In a series of articles we look at inkjet printing technology in several packaging segments. Last time we had a look at the large market for folding carton print – today it is a bit more specialised: beverage can printing.
February 25, 2021
Does Inkjet Really Need to Go Faster?
High speed inkjet already outstrips most sheetfed offset. With run lengths falling, do we really need to go faster?
February 18, 2021
Inkjet Outlook in Folding Carton Printing
The opportunity for inkjet in folding carton is huge and growing. Here’s what you need to know to get in the game. First in a series on packaging segments by Ralf Schlözer.
January 7, 2021
Large Format Printing on Page-Wide Inkjet Presses
Posters, banners, signage – there is a large group of print applications that are based on a large format, unfolded sheet and usually printed single sided. Admittedly, what exactly constitutes a “large format” is up for discussions.
December 22, 2020
2020 Launches: Inkjet Label & Packaging Printing
Here’s a handy round up of the major launched os inkjet label and packaging presses in 2020 from Ralf Schlozer.
December 3, 2020
The Baltoro Platform Receives its First Upgrade
In November, Xerox announced a few upgrades to the Baltoro inkjet press and a whole slew of new technical terms. Here’s the decoder.
November 13, 2020
Light & Mid-Production Inkjet – Low Glamour High Value
Ralf Schlozer provides an overview of the light-to-mid production inkjet devices making an impact in the European market.
October 22, 2020
Print Production and Applications in Europe During and After Lockdown
The lockdown took a big toll on the printing industry but some recovery has set in already. In this article, Ralf assesses the production volume and print application impact for Europe.
October 8, 2020
Dynamics of Digital Label Printing
The dynamics of the diverse and growing label market is promoting digital print. The right choice of device is critical however to participate in a wider range of print opportunities.
September 15, 2020
Koenig Bauer Durst Joint Venture
Stemming from two well-known parent companies, the Koenig & Bauer Durst joint venture might be less well known. The company bundles the digital packaging print activities and has launched several interesting inkjet products for packaging print. This article gives some background on the joint venture and an overview on the activities.
August 25, 2020
Digital Printing and the Face Mask Opportunity
Look at your production capabilities and especially at the sales & distribution channel to generate the orders. Like getting through the COVID-19 crisis: it takes a common effort.
August 6, 2020
Cutsheet Inkjet in Europe
In previous editions of this series I wrote about the main applications production inkjet is being used for, focusing mostly on roll-fed inkjet – the dominant production method so far. This is different for cutsheet inkjet, which is far more versatile and is used across a number of applications.
July 23, 2020
Mouvent Scaling up in Inkjet
For a young company, Mouvent has a remarkably strong heritage in digital printing. With the great flexibility and scalability of the Mouvent clusters it is no surprise that Mouvent is aiming for a much wider range of products such as folding carton, flexible packaging and corrugated.
July 15, 2020
Bringing Prosper to a new level – the Prosper Ultra 520
This June, Kodak announced the launch of their latest device: the Prosper Ultra 520, fulfilling their promise to “double down on digital.” We take a deep dive on the device specs and what makes Kodak’s latest offering remarkable.
July 8, 2020
Domino Entering Corrugated Postprint with the X630i
In June Domino introduced the X630i, its first digital inkjet product offering for corrugated. Domino joins an increasingly crowded field of post-print cut-sheet inkjet presses for corrugated. Get an overview of this new offer and an overview of the current corrugated field.
June 2, 2020
Status of Inkjet in Online print
One of the fastest growing markets in commercial print is online printing. It rather describes a process than a type of printing company or print application, but yet we tend to know what is meant with the term: a printing company that conducts the majority of their transactions via a web interface.
May 20, 2020
Print Marketing in COVID Times
More than ever, inkjet provides a creative avenue for businesses to produce marketing in a cost effective way while adding value add and personalisation for various print products they would not have considered before.
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