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January 12, 2021

3D Printing in 2021: What is in the Future for Printing Companies?

Global supply chain issues in 2020 raised awareness of 3D printing’s potential as printing companies raced to produce protective equipment. Will 2021 bring expanded use of 3D printing among printers?
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January 7, 2021

Large Format Printing on Page-Wide Inkjet Presses

Posters, banners, signage – there is a large group of print applications that are based on a large format, unfolded sheet and usually printed single sided. Admittedly, what exactly constitutes a “large format” is up for discussions.
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January 6, 2021

Healthcare In-Plants Thrive Despite the Pandemic

Healthcare companies of all types continue to face the brunt of the pandemic. The people managing the in-plant print operations continue to respond to dynamic changes in business conditions and the need for print, signage, and mail.
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January 5, 2021

Hybrid Ink – The Best of Both Worlds?

In industrial inkjet, water-based inkjet is undergoing a renaissance. When it comes to the most demanding applications, it is a challenge for aqueous inks to reach the required resistance properties without posing a longer term risk to blocking the head. This is where hybrids inks offer a potential solution.
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December 23, 2020

Cost-Benefit Analysis – Lather, Rinse, Repeat – Video

In this video, Elizabeth Gooding provides her top reasons to look at the inkjet cost-benefit analysis in different ways and to repeat the process at multiple points in the life of your investment.
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December 23, 2020

2020 Production Inkjet Launch Review

Updates on all 2020 production inkjet press launches serving the document and publishing market, when announced, when commercially available and important development trends.
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December 22, 2020

2020 Launches: Inkjet Label & Packaging Printing

Here’s a handy round up of the major launched os inkjet label and packaging presses in 2020 from Ralf Schlozer.
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December 21, 2020

Mixing drINKs – Video

Introducing Mixing drINKs: Elizabeth’s excuse to drink with friends, talk inkjet and share a behind-the-scenes view of fellow analysts. Join us?
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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?
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December 16, 2020

Microsoft, Kodak, and Inkjet Workflows: Kodak’s Announcement!

Kodak launched Prinergy On Demand Business Solutions, creating a collaboration between the Prinergy On Demand workflow automation platform and the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
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December 15, 2020

3 Pillars of a Strategic Path Forward

Learn the three key attributes of a talent strategy that can help to provide stability while opening a path to operational improvement.
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December 14, 2020

Inkjet and Media Compatibility Explained – Webinar

View a webinar discussion of inkjet and media compatibility suitable for first time inkjet buyers, or companies looking to educate their sales force or customers more effectively. This session is the first of an inkjet fundamentals series on Inkjet Insight.
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December 11, 2020

Ricoh Enters the Cutsheet Production Inkjet Press Market with a Game Changer

Ricoh is not a newcomer to production inkjet. But as a late-comer to cut-sheet production inkjet, how do you compete with both the existing B2+ and A3 presses in the market at the same time? Apparently, they figured it out!
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December 10, 2020

Commercial Printers Preview the RICOH Pro Z75 B2 Sheet-Fed Inkjet Press Designed to Enable Business Growth

Ricoh unveils a first look at the RICOH Pro Z75, its highly anticipated B2 sheet-fed inkjet system. The state-of-the-art, Ricoh-developed press with future-defining technology is built to help businesses reach new benchmarks for productivity, image quality and operating costs.
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December 9, 2020

Kodak Announces Expanded Collaboration with Microsoft to Provide Advanced Business Solutions for the Printing Industry

Kodak announces the launch of the revolutionary KODAK PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions. Kodak has collaborated with leading software providers including Microsoft, PrintVis and VPress to create one of the first and only comprehensive software solutions for all applications and printers of any size.
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December 9, 2020

Why Printers Need a Talent Strategy Now More Than Ever

Whether it’s launching new products or services, discontinuing products or services, merger and acquisition strategies or going public, remaining private, 2020 has turned even the most structured approach for defining strategies on its ear.
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December 8, 2020

Energy Curable Inkjet Inks – Wider Usage

Mark Bale discusses key development in energy curable inks for industrial applications including UV, e-beam and thermal curing.
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December 3, 2020

The Baltoro Platform Receives its First Upgrade

In November, Xerox announced a few upgrades to the Baltoro inkjet press and a whole slew of new technical terms. Here’s the decoder.
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December 2, 2020

Design or Composition: What Creates Your Files?

You can’t tell your customers how to create their files, but if you can find out what tools were used to create them you can evaluate the files to ensure that they will print as expected.
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December 1, 2020

Fujifilm’s Acuity & Inca Presses Receive Certification from Color-Logic for Metallic Printing

Acuity and Inca wide-format printers have been certified by Color-Logic for metallic printing. With this certification, Acuity and Inca press owners using the Color-Logic system can create eye-catching metallic effects that can be incorporated into packaging, signage, displays, and collateral material.

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