Dec. 08, 2017
Skew the Gamut
Mary Schilling recently wrote about different approaches to matching Pantone colors on production inkjet. We got an interesting note from one of our UK readers, David Albin, who suggested that forcing
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Dec. 06, 2017
Can You Print This Pantone Color with Production Inkjet?
“Can You Print This Pantone Color with Inkjet?” This is a question we hear over and over. Not just from customers, but from customer representatives, designers and sales people. And
Nov. 30, 2017
West Linn Inkjet Papers – Going Not Gone
A Good Inkjet Paper Is Hard to Find. Get It While It Lasts. West Linn paper mill will be shutting its doors at the end of 2017. The industry loses
Nov. 28, 2017
How HP PageWide Industrial was Formed – Video
David Murphy, Worldwide Marketing Director for HP PageWide Industrial Division talks about the strategy and integration that led to the rebranding of HP’s print operations and how this positions them
Nov. 20, 2017
What’s the Best Drying Option? – Video
We asked Mike Herold, Director of Global Marketing for Ricoh Inkjet Solutions, “how can customers figure out the best drying option for their application?” Mike gave a succinct overview of Ricoh’s approach to tailoring drying technology on their various devices and a nice breakdown of how different drying options work.
Nov. 16, 2017
How Media Affects Perceived Resolution
Print manufacturers include print resolution in their machine specs. It is usually shown as dots per inch (DPI) e.g. 600 x 600 or 1200 x 1200, but you may also see different amounts for the process and cross process directions e.g. 600 x 480, particularly with high speed continuous devices.
Nov. 10, 2017
Marco Boer – Apples, Oranges & Inkjet Specs – Video
Marco Boer of I.T. Strategies discusses specifications that actually tell you something about inkjet print quality – so, yes to gray levels and not-so-much on DPI and number of nozzles.
Nov. 06, 2017
David Murphy on Inkjet Printed Magazines and Catalogs – Video
We asked David Murphy, Worldwide Marketing Director for HP PageWide Industrial Division to share his thoughts on market readiness for inkjet printed magazines and catalogs. He gave us some interesting
Nov. 02, 2017
Canon Production Inkjet Print Head Strategy – Video
Crit Driessen, Vice President Strategy and Alliances, Océ Printing Systems discusses Canon’s print head strategy for enhancing print resolution and overall print quality while managing ink costs in production. Sponsored Content
Oct. 31, 2017
The Importance of Inkjet Coatings and Fluids – Video
We asked Mike Herold, Director Global Marketing, Production Inkjet Technologies at RICOH to share his insight on how the company is approaching investments in inks, coatings and fluids and what
Oct. 30, 2017
Careful Consideration of Anilox Pre-Coating Systems for Inkjet
Anilox coating systems apply a precisely measured and consistent level of coating to a printed surface. The process uses an anilox roll, which is a hard cylinder with metal core
Oct. 20, 2017
Inkjet for Direct Marketing Print– What Matters?
The market for direct marketing print is a good news – bad news story. Bad news: according to the Direct Marketing Association and the USPS, the volume of direct mail
Oct. 10, 2017
What Inkjet Specifications Can Tell You
…and what they can’t. I posted an open letter to inkjet OEMs last week and got some feedback on the specifications people find most important when comparing production inkjet technology.
Oct. 04, 2017
Marco Boer on Inkjet Print Head Technologies – Video
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Sep. 19, 2017
Action at a Distance: Inkjet’s Original Sin
Inkjet printing is action at a distance. A convulsion of the piezo or a belch in the silicon chamber causes a droplet the size of a millionth of a teardrop[1]
Aug. 28, 2017
Components of Inkjet Print Quality
What determines production inkjet print quality? This is a complex question which can’t be answered by simply looking at the published spec sheet for a device. Many OEM’s tout higher
Aug. 10, 2017
Transaction, Transpromo, Transitional Printing – What Matters?
Transaction print, transpromo and transitional print are all ways of talking about segments of the production print market that produce statements, invoices, letters, notices and other important customer communications. The
Aug. 01, 2017
Inkjet Book Printing – What Matters?
Discussion of the key performance indicators (KPIs) and segment definitions that matter when evaluating equipment for inkjet book printing.
Jul. 17, 2017
Understanding the Gray Areas of Inkjet – Grayscale
Often people discuss inkjet print quality in terms of dots per inch and the number of colors available, but this is just a small slice of what goes into the discussion of print quality. To get at the heart of quality in the age of ever smaller print heads with more densely packed nozzles, we need to look at the gray areas. Join us for a discussion of grayscale.
Jun. 01, 2017
Understanding Linearization
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