drupa 2012 : Inkjet and B2 Digital Trend

Memjet-based solutions made a big splash at last year’s Graph Expo, but were overshadowed at drupa. Delphax Technologies did make a bold play with its introduction of the élan 500 color press, powered by Memjet, which prints up to 500 (A4) ppm at 1,600x800 dpi (or 250 ppm at 1,600x1,600 dpi). It uses stationary heads containing more than 70,000 jets to image a maximum 18x25.2˝ sheet with pigmented or dye-based inks. Projected availability is around mid-2013, with the cost of head replacement being a key question for this system.