In previous editions of this series I wrote about the main applications production inkjet is being used for, focusing mostly on roll-fed inkjet – the dominant production method so far. This is different for cutsheet inkjet, which is far more versatile and is used across a number of applications.
Why Business Color Won’t Cut It for Transaction Print
Direct mailers are heavily invested in inkjet. In the US 42% of direct mail page volume runs on inkjet – that’s only 6% behind offset and growing. Now, commercial printers …
No Automation? Rules for Managing Manual Workflows
If end-to-end automation is not for you at this time, what can you do to optimize your efficiency? You can still look at the path of work through your shop and make a note of each stop it makes.
Mako Adds Value to Racami Transactional Workflow
PDF files from multiple sources are “cleaned up” seamlessly before onward multi-channel processing.
Koenig & Bauer Durst Announce Beta for VariJET 106 Press
Koenig & Bauer Durst GmbH has announced plans to bring the VariJET 106 to market. Launch plans include first beta site for new B1 VariJET press. Additional announcements include high performance possibilities available with Delta SPC 130 and CorruJET 170.
Mouvent Scaling up in Inkjet
For a young company, Mouvent has a remarkably strong heritage in digital printing. With the great flexibility and scalability of the Mouvent clusters it is no surprise that Mouvent is aiming for a much wider range of products such as folding carton, flexible packaging and corrugated.
Rethinking Catalogs
Join Daniel Hetzer, of Lands’ End and Elizabeth Gooding of Inkjet Insight for a discussion of how catalog creative and production processes are adapting to new customer attitudes, technical capabilities and economic realities. This session looks at the impact of COVID-19 as well as trends toward customization and personalization that predate the pandemic and will consider new strategies for when to print, what to print and how to print.
Educating About Color Quality Across Your Organization
Where is the greatest need for color education? With the advent of easily accessible desktop publishing tools like InDesign and Photoshop, large numbers of people are creating print pieces without a lot (or even any) of the formal training and understanding of color that was required of print professionals in the past.
Canon ProStream 1800 Overview – Seeing is Believing
This week Canon launched the ProStream 1800, increasing productivity and successfully shifting the break-even point between offset and inkjet will exceeding the offset color gamut.
Bringing Prosper to a new level – the Prosper Ultra 520
This June, Kodak announced the launch of their latest device: the Prosper Ultra 520, fulfilling their promise to “double down on digital.” We take a deep dive on the device specs and what makes Kodak’s latest offering remarkable.
Growing Ricoh: What About Current Customers? – Video
In this interview, Mike Herold of Ricoh USA, Inc. talks about using alliances and co-creation to drive new business for themselves and their customers.
Domino Entering Corrugated Postprint with the X630i
In June Domino introduced the X630i, its first digital inkjet product offering for corrugated. Domino joins an increasingly crowded field of post-print cut-sheet inkjet presses for corrugated. Get an overview of this new offer and an overview of the current corrugated field.
The Felix Schoeller Group Has Created New Scope for Individual Label Solutions with ATTRACT
Release Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Press release from the issuing company New facestock materials produce unusual finishes and high-quality haptics The Osnabrück-based Felix Schoeller Group, manufacturer of a wide …
ColorGATE Announces New Solutions & Services
ColorGATE, a leading vendor of powerful software and hardware solutions for color critical digital printing applications, has announced the release of three new solutions and services: Productionserver 20, ColorGATE Custom Create, and Color Management Services.
Printing United 2020 Cancelled
PRINTING United, originally scheduled to take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on October 21-23, 2020, will now move to a powerful online experience this fall due to constraints surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. T
Packaging Innovation – Inside Out with Inkjet
Last week, David Zwang, Editor of WhatTheyThink and Mary Schilling, Partner at Inkjet Insight provided an overview of new and exciting developments coming to market that address packaging during Inkjet Insight’s Inkjet Innovation week. Here’s an overview of top trends and market entrants in all segments of inkjet for packaging.
What’s Happening in Sheet-Fed Inkjet?
Get a high-level synopsis of the webinar “Opening New Markets with Sheet-Fed Inkjet Innovations,” covering the varied approaches to the market based on sheet size, print application segment and buyer profile. If your interest is piqued, you can listen to the full webinar and download the presentation for more details.
What’s Driving Innovation in Web-Fed Inkjet Systems?
A full recap of Inkjet Insight’s webinar presentation of “What’s Driving Innovation in Web-Fed Inkjet Systems?” OEMs are continually finding creative solutions to make the process easier and faster, while giving customers the ability to expand their portfolios and increase profits, learn more about these innovations.
What’s in YOUR Dashboard?
Dashboards can be an amazing productivity aid, or they can be a distraction. Consider your team, your working environment, and what information will help the team be as efficient as possible.
Miyakoshi Announces the Official Launch of Water based Inkjet Digital Press for Flexible Packaging
Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd. (Miyakoshi), a market leader of innovative, state-of-the-art printing and packaging solutions, today announced the official launch of its new inkjet digital press for flexible packaging, the MJP30AXF during Inkjet Innovation Week.
HYBRID Software formula for success: F ~ i4.0 * C-squared
HYBRID Software has introduced a number of new revolutionary features to its product line of automated production workflow, advanced editing, customizable job ticketing, customer-facing e-commerce portals and version control for critical production files.
New KODAK PROSPER ULTRA 520 Inkjet Press
The new press is the first Kodak-manufactured press using Kodak’s revolutionary ULTRASTREAM writing system, which employs high-precision placement of smaller, perfectly round, satellite-free drops to produce the highest inkjet image quality available in the marketplace today, according to Kodak announcement.
Hot Topic: Global Graphics Direct
Learn how Global Graphics Direct software cuts out the middle-man in data transfer ushering in a new generation of speed and efficiency for inkjet OEMs and their customers.
Evergreen Packaging Releases TruSpec® Coated Inkjet Papers Featuring HP ColorPRO Technology
Evergreen Packaging today announced the release of TruSpec Inkjet Book with ColorPRO Technology, a new digital coated matte paper developed in conjunction with HP.
In-Plants do Your Customers Know you are Open?
The current situation has demonstrated the need to continually communicate internally and externally. Senior leaders expect managers and teams to get the work done. While they may not need to know all the details, ongoing communications are critical.