October 20, 2017
The market for direct marketing print is a good news – bad news story. Bad news: according to the Direct Marketing Association and the USPS, the volume of direct mail
October 17, 2017
West Linn Paper Company Ceasing Operations
We are sad to report this news from West Linn Paper. In addition to many fine people losing their jobs, the industry loses some of the best running book and thin
October 10, 2017
What Inkjet Specifications Can Tell You
…and what they can’t. I posted an open letter to inkjet OEMs last week and got some feedback on the specifications people find most important when comparing production inkjet technology.
October 4, 2017
Marco Boer on Inkjet Print Head Technologies – Video
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September 22, 2017
HP Announces Performance HDK Mode
Press Release – HP Inc. announced new print performance technology for HP PageWide Web Presses, setting new industry benchmarks for quality, productivity and color. For HP PageWide Web Presses, Performance HDK
September 22, 2017
Canon Announces iQuarius Performance Inks for Q1 2018
Press Release: Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced its latest Océ VarioPrint i-series technology enhancement, which is poised to redefine inkjet expectations by empowering customers to print high-quality graphic arts applications with a large
September 19, 2017
Action at a Distance: Inkjet’s Original Sin
Inkjet printing is action at a distance. A convulsion of the piezo or a belch in the silicon chamber causes a droplet the size of a millionth of a teardrop[1]
September 11, 2017
Memjet DuraLink Video Overview
Memjet announced their DuraLink technology platform in August, and provided this video overview. DuraLink combines long-life printheads, pigment ink and flexible modules to give OEM partners a fast, easy way to
September 6, 2017
Announcing Inkjet Device Finder
Inkjet Insight LLC (September 6, 2017) – Inkjet Insight announces the launch of Device Finder, a searchable library of high-speed production inkjet specifications. Device Finder is the latest addition to
August 28, 2017
Components of Inkjet Print Quality
What determines production inkjet print quality? This is a complex question which can’t be answered by simply looking at the published spec sheet for a device. Many OEM’s tout higher
August 19, 2017
Appleton Coated Files State Petition for Receivership
Editors note: Appleton Coated will continue operate during the transition and will have a focus on products for high-speed digital inkjet printing, one of the few growth segments in printing. We
August 13, 2017
Memjet Announces DuraLink Inkjet Technology Platform
Press Release: Memjet transformed the printing industry when it released its first inkjet technology 10 years ago. Today, Memjet announces the release of an additional inkjet technology platform called DuraLink.
August 10, 2017
Transaction, Transpromo, Transitional Printing – What Matters?
Transaction print, transpromo and transitional print are all ways of talking about segments of the production print market that produce statements, invoices, letters, notices and other important customer communications. The
August 1, 2017
Inkjet Book Printing – What Matters?
Discussion of the key performance indicators (KPIs) and segment definitions that matter when evaluating equipment for inkjet book printing.
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.
June 1, 2017
Understanding Linearization
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May 3, 2017
Proper Packaging of Design Files
Design files can be pretty complex. A typical file could contain hundreds or thousands of detailed elements such as font families, lines, vignettes plus drawn and linked elements such as logos and photos. These may be created in multiple formats housing extremely detailed dither and color data. Designers sometimes go to painstaking detail to create a particular effect.
May 1, 2017
Setting Paper Evaluation Requirements
Before you start any paper trials, know what you’re finished product goals will be and design your trial around them. Paper evaluation needs to consider a broad array of issues beyond compatibility with a specific device. If you don’t consider the big picture, you can waste a lot of time testing papers or miss out on opportunities to save money and improve quality.
May 1, 2017
RFPs, RFIs, RFQs and Cutting to the Chase
An in-house print operation at a large insurance organization may have very different requirements for soliciting bids for large equipment purchases than a privately-held, mid-sized printing firm.
April 27, 2017
Understanding the TAPPI Roll Identifier
TAPPI is the technical arm of the American Pulp and Paper Association. They are an ANSI-Certified Standards development organization, and one of the standards that they have developed is the
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