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October 18, 2022

Print composition evolves in an omni-channel world

Quadient and Messagepoint are investing in their UI to enable business users the ability to manage more without the need for IT. Customers are moving to centralize content to drive print and digital channels to eliminate silos of data and documents. Software firms’ customers are demanding easier API integrations with business systems. 


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October 14, 2022

September Inkjet Installation Roundup

For September, we became aware of six new inkjet installations, four in the U.S. and one each in Germany and France.
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October 13, 2022

We need to talk about . . . aluminium [or aluminum]

Aluminium, or aluminum, has the potential to tip the sustainability balance between offset and inkjet technologies. Sean Smyth digs into the evidence.
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October 12, 2022

What Do We Mean by Inkjet Productivity?

We talk about inkjet productivity as though one size fits all, but in practice it is a function of what you need. And we all need different things. Consider the differences between industrial and production productivity and review our checklist for assessing what you need.
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October 6, 2022

Production Inkjet Shopping Guide 1 – Entry Level

This guide aims at providing an overview of the main inkjet presses available for commercial and document-oriented applications. This first in a four part series of articles will focus on entry and low volume devices, the most affordable presses in the market.
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September 29, 2022

New Resource to Help Transaction Printers Prepare for the Future – Free Whitepaper

“Where Transaction Printers Can Find Growth,” provides actionable guidance on evaluating three paths to profit for transaction printing companies seeking to de-risk their businesses as the volume of printed bills and statements continues its slow decline.
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September 28, 2022

What Support Should You Expect When You DIY Inkjet?

In the last episode, we recommended that before you begin a DIY inkjet project, a best practice is to define your needs and establish your expertise levels concerning the elements
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September 20, 2022

To Match or Not to Match

To match, or not to match? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of work being pulled or to take up arms and scream “no one would notice that difference anyway.”
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September 16, 2022

Sheri Jammallo on Designer’s Guide to a New Generation of Inkjet – Video

Attendees at thINK Ahead 2022 back in July got a sneak peak of the latest in the Designer’s Guide series. I met with Sheri Jammallo at the event to review the early copies of the book.
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September 16, 2022

thINK and Canon Solutions America Launch the “Designer’s Guide to a New Generation of Inkjet”

This latest guide expands on available media, color capabilities and finishing, to highlight the latest inkjet capabilities. It provides best practices for design workflow when working with inkjet.
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September 15, 2022

RISO’s 20 Years of Production Inkjet

RISO has a long history in inkjet printing, however serving lower volume bands, the offerings for production print are sometimes overlooked. This article looks at the latest devices, their positioning and usage cases.
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September 14, 2022

August Inkjet Installation Roundup

I think it was too hot in Europe in August for inkjet users or their OEMs to tell us what was happening. It’s also prime vacation time in a log of locations. All of our new inkjet news last month came out of North America with six installations in the US and one in Canada.
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September 8, 2022

What’s the Advantage? A new inkjet press from HP PageWide Industrial

Learn about HP’s latest inkjet press platform for commercial printers, the HP PageWide Advantage 2200.
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September 7, 2022

Reconfiguring the Inkjet Roadmap with the Right Software

How we work is changing dramatically. It’s the reality of doing business in 2022. Enabling all-shore processes means embracing multiple locations, various time zones, and countless individual work environments while servicing them all seamlessly.
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August 25, 2022

Want better print quality? Just add water

Don’t leave inkjet print quality to the mercy of moisture and heat. Learn how digital remoistening protects print quality.

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August 24, 2022

Inkjet Futures

Beyond graphics and packaging, inkjet is growing in industrial decoration. All this makes inkjet the fastest growing print process, as it competes directly with litho, gravure and flexo presses.
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August 23, 2022

How RICOH enhanced the Pro VC 70000 – video

Elizabeth Gooding interviews Mike Herold about the introduction of the enhanced version of the RICOH Pro VC 70000. Why was pretreatment added? How does it work? Can customers upgrade? What does it cost? What’s the lead time? Will the current model continue to be supported?
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August 18, 2022

Inkjet for Online Printers – Part II

Part 2 of this article will look at the considerations to be made when adopting inkjet at online print and some feedback from online printers using inkjet today.
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August 16, 2022

Putting B2B Advantages to Work – Video

Dan Adams tells us how to put those advantages to work and introduces the B2B index. How does your business measure up?
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August 11, 2022

Inkjet for Online Printers

Online printing is a major growth segment and inkjet printing and online printers should be a marriage made in heaven. Still, there are few inkjet solutions installed at typical online printers so far. Part 1 of the article will look at the current state of adoption and the strategic fit for inkjet

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