February 23, 2021
Our Inkjet Explainer series tackles fundamental components of inkjet and there is nothing more fundamental, yet often misunderstood, than the printhead.
February 11, 2021
What’s So Special About CIJ-Compatible Inks
A look at the core components of ink chemistry that contribute to the high performance of CIJ compatible inks.
December 17, 2020
Continuous Inkjet Firmly Entrenched in Commercial Markets
Commercial printing is a large market with little digital penetration, providing green fields for the right inkjet technology. But what is the “right” technology?
November 5, 2020
Ricoh introduces TH5241 printhead
Ricoh announced a new printhead, the TH5241, which is the first Ricoh head to use a MEMs thin film piezo actuator and has been designed specifically for industrial applications.
March 11, 2020
Single Pass Inkjet – More than a One-Hit Wonder
The uses of inkjet have grown steadily over the last two decades, taking in 2D, 2.5D and 3D applications. The improvement in productivity throughout has been made possible by increasing levels of technical wizardry. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than for our well-known production printers, which are very, very clever boxes of tricks
November 14, 2019
Industrial Print at InPrint 2019 – not your usual trade show
Ralf Schlözer provides an overview of key technology launches this week at InPrint Munich as well as insight into why this event is different and valuable.
October 24, 2019
drupa 2020: What to Look For
drupa 2020 is on the horizon. What should you expect? What should you look for? Pat McGrew has some thoughts on innovation, trade shows and the questions to ask when you get to Dusseldorf.
July 8, 2019
Shop for Inkjet Cost Savings Features
Inkjet Tip of the Week: Some inkjet devices come with valuable cost-saving features. Here are a few to look out for:
June 27, 2019
Xerox Baltoro Inkjet Platform Overview
Xerox has announced the availability of the Baltoro High Fusion Inkjet Press. This is a press announcement, but Xerox was consistent in positioning the Baltoro as a “platform” in the model of the Trivor, iGen and DocuTech series of devices.
March 26, 2019
Why Consider Specialty Inks and Print Modules?
Since the dawn of the age of high-speed inkjet presses buyers of those presses have been encouraged to buy their ink from the hardware vendor. Good reasons were given, including concerns about contaminating print heads and print quality. The reasons still stand – but options are emerging.
February 19, 2019
Building your own Inkjet Press Solution
Building your own inkjet press might seem like a radical approach. Each year brings more options for speed, print resolution, and finished print sizes in both cut-sheet and web-fed formats. For some companies the option of building a custom press provides opportunities for differentiation that are worth considering.
June 14, 2018
Marco Boer on the Océ LabelStream 4000 – Video
We caught up with Marco Boer at the unveiling of the Océ LabelStream 4000. Canon is entering the label and packaging market with a high-end, hybrid system targeting adhesive label applications. Marco provides a great overview of what was learned in Germany.
March 21, 2018
Inkjet Print Head Pop Quiz
OEM executives and analysts offer balanced overviews of the pros and cons of the different print head technologies, but to understand which is best buyers need to look beyond the head technology itself and consider specific characteristics of each implementation of the technology. Here are the questions to ask.
March 12, 2018
HP Thermal Print Head Strategy – Video
Eric Wiesner of HP provides the 4th installment in our print head strategy series. Wiesner provides some history on HPs print head developments and highlights the factors that drove HP to select thermal print heads for their production devices in the graphics market.
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.
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