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A Market Map Puts Everything in Perspective

In Article, Catalog & Magazine, Commercial Marketing Collateral, Direct Marketing, Industry Issues, Knowledge Base, Labels, Newspapers, Packaging - Corrugated Board, Packaging – Flexible, Packaging – Folding Carton, Traditional Transaction Printing, Transitional Mail, Workbooks & Directories by Andy GordonMarch 14, 20190 Comments

Inkjet Insight maps out I.T. Strategies North American print volume data to explore opportunities for production inkjet technologies. The map looks packaging, publishing, and document application categories.

Heavy Ink Coverage and Twice the Drying Power

In Books, Catalog & Magazine, Commercial Marketing Collateral, Customer Education, Devices, Direct Marketing, Drying, Finishing, Ink and Fluids, Inkjet Tips, Knowledge Base, Labels, Newspapers, Paper and Media, Service & Maintenance, Traditional Transaction Printing, Transitional Mail, Workbooks & Directories by Mary SchillingDecember 11, 20180 Comments

Printing from the first tower allows ink twice as long to dry helping reduce roller build up and print defects in finishing.

Two Sides of Coated Paper

In Books, Catalog & Magazine, Commercial Marketing Collateral, Devices, Direct Marketing, Drying, Finishing, Ink and Fluids, Inkjet Tips, Knowledge Base, Labels, Newspapers, Paper and Media, Traditional Transaction Printing, Transitional Mail, Workbooks & Directories by Mary SchillingDecember 4, 20180 Comments

If you are using inkjet coated or primed offset coated paper, different papers will have different porosity levels on each side of the sheet.

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What You Don’t Know About Print Volumes and Inkjet

In Article, Commercial Marketing Collateral, Direct Marketing, Inkjet Economics/TCO, Knowledge Base, Traditional Transaction Printing, Transitional Mail by Elizabeth GoodingOctober 24, 20180 Comments

If you want to make good decisions about inkjet, you need to take a long hard look at your entire book of business. This post discusses the common issues that arise when decisions are made without proper analysis of all of a company’s print volume – whether they think it can transition to inkjet or not.

RISO to Launch RISO T2 for Color Output at 320 Cut Sheet PPM at PRINT18

In Books, Devices, Direct Marketing, Inkjet News, Traditional Transaction Printing by Inkjet InsightSeptember 21, 20180 Comments

RISO, Inc. will be launching the T2 twin-engine cut sheet production inkjet platform at Chicago’s PRINT18. This printer is designed for the transactional, direct mail and the short run book publishing markets and can produce up to 320 color impressions per minute.

The Future of Inkjet Printing to 2023 – Highlights

In Books, Catalog & Magazine, Commercial Marketing Collateral, Direct Marketing, Knowledge Base, Newspapers, Packaging – Flexible, Traditional Transaction Printing, Transitional Mail, Workbooks & Directories by Inkjet InsightSeptember 21, 20180 Comments

Highlights from the latest Smithers Pira report: The Future of Inkjet Printing to 2023 project that the value of the global inkjet market will rise at 9.4% over the next five years. As the global print market transforms, shifts in buyer demands—short runs, versioned and personalized products—and higher quality are aligning with the capabilities of inkjet. This is making it a key focus for technology developers. This analysis shows that inkjet will grow by deepening its penetration into existing markets and exploiting new emergent market opportunities through 2023.

Transaction, Transpromo, Transitional Printing – What Matters?

In Knowledge Base, Print Quality Analysis, Traditional Transaction Printing by Elizabeth GoodingAugust 10, 20170 Comments

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

Traditional Transaction Printing – Uncoated Comparison 24# Bond – Océ Colorstream 3900 – Dye Ink

In Traditional Transaction Printing by Inkjet InsightJanuary 13, 2017

This Print Quality Analysis report covers key performance indicators for Traditional Transaction Printing on 24# Bond uncoated inkjet paper. Papers tested include: Finch Paper Digital Web XP, Georgia Pacific Spectrum Offset Smooth, Domtar Digital Opaque Plus.