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April 19, 2022

Primers Provide the Foundation for Inkjet Success

As inkjet continues to grow, how can OEMs accelerate the learning curve for their customers, ensure quality prints, boost ROI, and accelerate adoption of inkjet in new applications?
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April 8, 2022

Bobst and the Next Wave of Hybrid Presses

Since 2019 the market for hybrid presses has grown. Now hybrid presses are available from many manufacturers. In 2019 Bobst introduced the Master DM5, which they identified as an “All in One” press. Bobst has just-released the Digital Master 340 and Digital Master 510 based on customer feedback.
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April 7, 2022

In-Line Control for Inkjet

In-line quality control is a important step to automate print production and for short run inkjet printing it is especially crucial to minimise waste and interruptions. The article looks at strategies for in-line control options and gives an outlook.
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April 6, 2022

When Something Goes Wrong – Business Continuity 102

How common is business disruption in print? How fast can you recover? Is there a specific metric for knowing when you are recovered? You have questions and Pat McGrew has answers.
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April 5, 2022

Why Pursue Market-Facing Innovation?

Rather than a goal of maximizing shareholder wealth, Dan Adams suggests that if we focus on a better understanding of customer needs – and how to meet them better than anyone else.
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April 4, 2022

Canon Group Bolsters Label & Packaging Growth Strategy With Acquisition of Edale

Through this acquisition, Canon is intensifying its long-term strategy to provide turn-key solutions for the label and packaging sectors.
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March 31, 2022

Inkjet at the Corrugated and Carton Exhibition (CCE)

Continuing coverage of inkjet events and product launches for the corrugated market including EFI, Macarbox and Neos.
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March 30, 2022

Replay: Efficient Inkjet Product Development – It’s Possible!

A lot of time, money, sweat and tears goes into every inkjet product that makes it to market and, unfortunately a lot of inkjet developments that never make it to market. Let’s talk about turning great ideas into intellectual property that can be commercialized.
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March 29, 2022

Fujifilm Invests $28 Million to Add a New Facility for Inkjet Pigment Dispersions

New facility will double production capacity of pigment dispersions in the US.
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March 29, 2022

USPS Promotions: Physical Mail Drives Digital Engagement


Print mail service providers are making it easier for their clients to leverage the USPS promotions with bundled services and campaign management. Clients are eager to show postal savings with rates increasing. The various promotions demonstrate mail is driving digital engagement. 

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March 24, 2022

Inkjet at InPrint 2022

InPrint is where potential customers learn about inkjet and whether or not it could work for them, and vendors network with each other and look for partnerships and projects to collaborate on. It was a vibrant event despite being smaller than in years past.
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March 23, 2022

When Something Goes Wrong – Business Continuity 101

With bucket loads of things that can disrupt your business. Pat McGrew recommends a strategy to identify the mission-critical elements of your business and a set of plans to invoke to ensure your survival.
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March 22, 2022

Moving Inkjet Forward with Michelman

The quality of any printed product must consider the quality of the chosen media. Substrate quality is affected by the primers and overprint varnishes (OPVs). What should you know?
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March 21, 2022

Creating Solutions from Inkjet and Consumables Technology

Technology developments are science-facing. They turn money into knowledge. Product development is market facing and turns knowledge back into money.
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March 17, 2022

Is Inkjet Environmentally Unfriendly?

The focus on sustainability is gathering steam among consumers, print buyers and other organisations involved. The more surprising it is to see digital printing, specifically inkjet, being labelled not environmentally friendly by the Royal Mail.
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March 16, 2022

EFI Launches Enhanced Platform for Nozomi Single-Pass Inkjet Presses

EFI announced its newest ultra-high-speed inkjet solution for the corrugated market – the EFI™ Nozomi 14000 LED press.
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March 16, 2022

Olá from Expo Revestir with Ceramics and Inkjet in Attendance

Last week, the Expo Revestir, covering ceramics, porcelain, and tiles industry, was held in São Paulo, Brazil. Industrial inkjet expert, Guilherme Poggianelli was there to report on this important exhibition and send us some great pictures.
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March 10, 2022

Tools: Customer Education Checklist for Inkjet

Creating a solid customer education plan has many potential benefits for your company. Often, the process of documenting standards and creating guidelines for customers also uncovers opportunities for improvement and makes your sales team more productive.
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March 10, 2022

Protecting and Augmenting Inkjet Prints

In this technical article we look at some of the chemistry benefits & challenges associated to overcoating inkjet to expand the end-use performance of inkjet products.
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March 9, 2022

2022 Outlook for Digitally Printed Labels

Digitally printed labels continues to be a growing market for inkjet. To dig into the potential for inkjet in the label market, we interviewed industry experts Catherine Heckman, President of the Tag and Label Manufacturers Association (TLMI); Paul Lender, of Avery Dennison and Gianluigi Rankin from Michelman.

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