A High-Speed Inkjet Press (Reality) Check —Michelson

The authors of a recent InfoTrends study, "Inkjet in Commercial Print: A Map for the Coming Decade," took a longer-term view in their report, and appear more bullish about inkjet's prospects for commercial printing in an executive summary (appearing on page 54) prepared for Printing Impressions. Inkjet is encroaching on the mid-volume (100 to 999k duty cycle) market currently dominated by toner-based systems, according to the authors of the study, and has also made strong headway in the past few years for high-volume transactional and transpromo applications. High-speed inkjet replacement in 
the commercial offset arena, they predict, still remains at least eight or more years out.