January 9, 2018
Marco Boer of I.T. Strategies joins us again for a deep dive into inkjet ink sets (try saying that five times fast). He gives a clear, concise overview of aqueous
January 4, 2018
Konica Minolta, Epic Products International Announce Partnership to Promote Digital Inkjet Solutions
Press release from the issuing company January 3, 2018: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), today announces the partnership with Epic Products International, an Arlington, TX-based designer and
January 2, 2018
Welcome to 2018 – Time Flies as Inkjet Accelerates
Suddenly, it’s a new year. It’s been coming on steadily for 365 days and then “time” happened over night. Those are the tricks that time plays. Many people who had
December 14, 2017
Inkjet Summit – Now Accepting Applications for 2018
Release from Issuing Company The sixth annual Inkjet Summit will be held at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., April 9-11, 2018. The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only,
December 12, 2017
Transactional Images Looking a Bit Ragged?
Traditional transaction documents are turning into “transitional” documents with more personalization, graphics and color. Unfortunately, some of those transactional images are looking a bit ragged. I’ve started counting the number
December 8, 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
December 6, 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
November 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.
October 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
October 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.
August 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
August 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
August 1, 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.
July 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.
June 1, 2017
Understanding Linearization
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May 3, 2017
Proper Packaging of Design Files
Design files can be pretty complex. A typical file could contain hundreds or thousands of detailed elements such as font families, lines, vignettes plus drawn and linked elements such as logos and photos. These may be created in multiple formats housing extremely detailed dither and color data. Designers sometimes go to painstaking detail to create a particular effect.
May 1, 2017
RFPs, RFIs, RFQs and Cutting to the Chase
An in-house print operation at a large insurance organization may have very different requirements for soliciting bids for large equipment purchases than a privately-held, mid-sized printing firm.
April 27, 2017
Understanding the TAPPI Roll Identifier
TAPPI is the technical arm of the American Pulp and Paper Association. They are an ANSI-Certified Standards development organization, and one of the standards that they have developed is the
March 20, 2017
RFP Checklist: Production Inkjet Requirements
Before you can effectively research your production inkjet options, you need to consider the features that are most important. That, of course, is dependent on the volumes you need to support, the types of applications those volumes represent and whether those volumes are existing business that needs to be transitioned or new business for your organization.
March 16, 2017
Premium Customizable Fingerprint Files
Fingerprints are an indispensable way to help your customers understand the benefits of inkjet and the paper selected for a particular job.
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