Graph Expo 2010: Digital Printing & Workflow - Joining the Jet Set Crowd

Drupa 2008 has claim to the label, but calling this the Inkjet Graph Expo was even more apt because the technology accounted for much of the printing equipment running on the show floor. That's, of course, factoring in the large number of wide- and superwide/grand-format inkjet printers on display.

Kodak representatives gleefully pointed out that it had the largest printing press on the show floor, with the first U.S. showing of the Kodak Prosper 5000XL inkjet web press. The company's top announcement at the show was that Prosper is "now here" (meaning orders are being taken), bringing 650 fpm printing on a maximum 251⁄2˝ wide roll at up to 175 lpi, and using pigment inks to support coated and uncoated stocks.