Fujifilm has Developed Next-generation Ink-jet Printing Technology

The new device is a combination of Fujifilm Group’s technologies and will be exhibited at drupa 2008, the global print media exhibition, in Düsseldorf, Germany from May 29 to June 11.

Currently, the amount of short-run print is increasing in the commercial print market. In general, digital printing has been the preferred technology for such short-run print, thanks to its short make-ready time. Up until now, there has been no digital printing technology that achieves production speeds and quality comparable to offset printing on larger format sheet sizes. So many printing companies undertake short-run print using offset printing, a process that is more suitable for longer print runs. Fujifilm’s newly developed technology will realize digital printing with high-speed, high-quality, and large format size to solve this problem.