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March 6, 2023

Hunkeler innovationdays 2023 – inkjet reaching maturity

The Hunkeler Innovationdays event evolved from an open house for web finishing into what is arguably the most important event for high volume digital printing.
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March 2, 2023

February 2023 Inkjet Installation Roundup

Our February report covering the tail end of 2022 into 2023, includes 12 presses in the US and 10 in Europe (plus 3 oldies from 2020 and 2021). We are finally seeing web-fed installations on par with sheet-fed after 7 months of reporting a tilt toward sheet-fed.
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March 1, 2023

B2B Interviewing Fundamentals

What are we trying to learn when we conduct B2B interviews? But beware omission and commission, which may derail what you are working to discover.
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February 28, 2023

Canon Announces ProStream 3000 Series, its Next Generation of High-speed, Web-fed Inkjet Printers for the Commercial Print Market

Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the ProStream 3000 series, the next generation of its high-speed, web-fed inkjet presses for commercial print.
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February 28, 2023

2023 Inkjet Shopping Guide for Corrugated Presses Part 2: Pre-Print Plus

Continuing our coverage of inkjet for corrugated, the second part in this shopping guide offers a high-level overview of the corrugated post-print devices available plus a few alternative approaches to corrugated print.
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February 23, 2023

Products and fabrics for inkjet textile printing

Part 2 in a deep dive into inkjet for textiles: a look at how the intended end-use drives fabric and process choices
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February 22, 2023

Jim Continenza on Kodak’s Inkjet Investments

Jim Continenza, Executive Chairman & CEO of Kodak speaks to Elizabeth Gooding about the company’s approach to investing in their future, and the future of their printing customers, distributors, and integration partners.
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February 21, 2023

Everyday Voice-of-Customer: How to Capture Insights from Every Customer Interaction

Whether you sell print services, printing presses, or support those industries, your sales and service representatives probably make hundreds of calls annually. You can multiply the value of those calls by applying simple, “Everyday VOC” techniques.
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February 21, 2023

2023 Inkjet Shopping Guide for Post-Print Corrugated Presses

High-volume production inkjet is still relatively new to the corrugated printing industry. However, the choices are already plentiful. This shopping guide is intended to give a high-level overview of the corrugated post-print devices available.
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February 16, 2023

3 Inkjet Workflow Pain Points – 1 Answer Part 2

In Part 2 the focus turns to Paper and Capital Investments. In the world of inkjet, these are essential elements to understand and control. Let’s reduce the friction to allow the inkjet devices to be as productive as possible. Leverage your data to make good decisions.
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February 15, 2023

Multi-faceted decision criteria drives inkjet and offset investments

Book and magazine printer, Maracle evaluates new digital, inkjet and offset to support growth. Workflow automation drives significant reductions in labor, time to market and paper waste complicating the TCO analysis between offset and inkjet decisions.

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February 14, 2023

Opportunities with single-pass dimensional inkjet print

Several companies offer tactile embellishment systems already and the market interest has been quite high. However, as multi-pass systems, they require some time to build up sufficient thickness.
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February 9, 2023

Wes Sparling on IWCO’s Rebrand

Elizabeth has a conversation with Wes Sparling of IWCO about the company’s rebrand and the benefits of the evolution of their brand and how they’ve gone “all-in” on digital. 
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February 8, 2023

3 Inkjet Workflow Pain Points, 1 Answer – Part 1

In this series we look at three of the top inkjet workflow pain points and paths to reducing the friction they cause with one technique that pays off. It starts with data but doesn’t end there. Data requires analysis and interpretation.
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February 7, 2023

Understanding inkjet for textile printing

This article is the first in a series on inkjet for textile printing. It is intended for companies not currently involved in textile printing other than signage.
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February 6, 2023

Lessebo Paper, together with Bonnier Books and Livonia Print, is launching a green paper quality for printing – Livonia Zero Offset by Lessebo Paper

Lessebo Paper is partnering with Bonnier Books and Livonia Print and is now launching the paper quality Livonia Zero Offset by Lessebo Paper. This is an initiative from the three companies to minimise the carbon footprint of printed books.
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February 3, 2023

January 2023 Inkjet Installation Roundup

In January(ish) we are reporting on 15 press installations at 14 companies, down slightly from December. The pendulum has swung back to the US with 9 in the US, 4 in EU and 2 in UK as compared to December where we reported on 17 press installations with 12 of them in Europe and only 3 in US.
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February 1, 2023

Working with paper stocks and laminations for digital inkjet embellishments

Hands-on experts discuss compatibility of inkjet embellishment with digitally printed media.


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January 31, 2023

Digital Embellishment Alliance Launches New Website Community

Subgroup of Foil & Specialty Effects Association creates members-only forum for technical questions and resource sharing.
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January 31, 2023

A closer look at the Landa S10P press

The Landa technology has captivated users since the first technology presentation. As with most new technology introductions, the roll-out has been slower than anticipated. An open house at Groupe Prenant gives an excellent opportunity for a technology update and learning from user experience.

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