May 4, 2023
With inkjet moving into high quality, commercial print the prerequisites have changed. Faster speeds trigger more roll changes. Frequent paper changes and high productivity requirements call for automated solutions.
April 18, 2023
Gretchen Renaud on Inkjet Automation Opportunities and Challenges
PrintMail Solutions serves many highly regulated industries such as banks, insurance companies, utilities, auto financing and more who rely on the company to print critical communications. Learn about their move to inkjet.
March 23, 2023
Shopping for Inkjet at Hunkeler Innovation Days
Attendees at the Hunkeler Innovation Days conference were motivated to seek new solutions to address their labor challenges. Their goals were: improving automation, simplifying workflow, improved throughput, and decreasing manufacturing time.
March 9, 2023
Picking Inkjet Winners Through 2027
A look at growth segments and growth drivers for inkjet presses through 2027.
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.
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.
February 23, 2022
High-Speed Finishing for High-Speed Inkjet
Learn about new unwind and rewind options, cutters, folders, stackers, perforators, stitchers, and wrappers, as well as full inline booklet makers and book manufacturing solutions for inkjet. While press manufacturers cranked up the speed on continuous presses and added sheetfed inkjet, the finishing vendors went into overdrive.
December 7, 2021
10 Minute Tip – Wind it up and Splice it
Looking at how avoiding a single paper change per shift could save a bunch of downtime and dollars over the course of the year. But how do you do that?
November 10, 2021
Optimizing the Book Supply Chain
BoD offers true book-of-one production with roll-fed inkjet and a dedicated online portal for authors and publishers. Moving the production site allows even for next day delivery to all book shops in Germany.
November 4, 2019
Announcing New Inkjet Finishing Finder – Free Tool
Inkjet Insight’s Finishing Finder can help to quickly narrow the field of finishing equipment for further evaluation based on specific search criteria such as company, functionality, and roll or sheet input. Access it here: https://apps.inkjetinsight.com/finishing-finder/
October 8, 2019
What Does It Mean to Invest in the Industry? – Video
We caught up with Eric Hawkinson and Francis McMahon of Canon Solutions America at thINK Ahead 2019 to talk about what it means to invest in the industry. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about using customer interaction and feedback to direct CSA’s industry leading R&D funding to the initiatives that matter most to customers.
August 15, 2019
Throwback Thursday – Hunkeler Innovation Days
Review a series of videos covering the production inkjet exhibitors at Hunkeler Innovation Days 2019. The print samples were stunning and, of course at Hunkeler, the finishing options were amazing. Watch this recap and you’ll feel like you were in Lucerne with us.
June 6, 2019
More on Paragon Customer Communications – Part 2 – Video
Dave Phillips of Paragon Customer Communications is back with more details on 2 very different UK sites where cutting edge inkjet equipment coexists with some more “old school” tech. Dave provides insight on working with inkjet and coated paper, best fit of different inkjet technologies and the implications of GDPR requirements for transaction printers and direct mailers.
March 19, 2019
Using Your Inkjet Press for Finished Samples
Inkjet is still new to the masses and its differences are easier to “see” than verbally explain. Seems crazy, but this is why we use these multi-million dollar print workflows for one or two finished proofs.
March 12, 2019
Accept Your Workflow Limits
Few companies have embraced the concept that production workflow in a competitive organization is something that needs to be continuously improved. Only when we understand and accept the limits of our workflow can we be cognizant of ways to improve it.
March 1, 2019
Print, Paper and 2030 with Marco Boer – Video
Marco Boer of I.T. Strategies discusses his concern about paper pricing, and the shift in paper supply to the packaging market and other supply chain issues driving up inkjet costs. Find out what he has to say about the year 2030.
February 26, 2019
Tips for Inkjet Print Samples – Video
Mary Schilling and Pat McGrew discuss inkjet print samples to be found at Hunkeler Innovation Days and provide tips for OEMs on showing their equipment in the best light. Great ideas for inkjet OEMS that translate into a useful checklist for printing companies as well.
February 26, 2019
Paper Partners Meet in the Mountains
At Hunkeler Innovation Days, media developers Arctic Paper, Crown Van Gelder (CVG), Drewsen, Mitsubish and Mondi gathered to showcase their array of media products compatible with inkjet printers and finishing.
February 25, 2019
Our Take: “Success with Automation” Panel at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2019
Elizabeth Gooding and Pat McGrew recap the key messages from the opening panel at Hunkeler Innovation Days in Luzerne Switzerland.
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