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Toss in the usual demands of price, quick turnaround and quality, and the J Press 720 envisions itself as providing the best of all worlds. Fujifilm's executives noted that while the company took its time in coming to market, it will have been worth the wait.

The 720 marries the front end of an offset press to an inkjet engine. Operating at a static 2,700 sheets/hr. at 1,200 dpi resolution, it can print substrates ranging from 70-lb. text to 14-pt. coated and uncoated stocks, with a maximum paper size of 29.5x20.8˝. Its Samba print bar technology incorporates 17 bars, each with 2,048 nozzles per head. The single-pass system also features six halogen drying lamps that permit immediate reverse-side printing and finishing.