The Inkjet Ipex: Inkjet Takes Center Stage

The sheetfed inkjet machines from Screen and Fujifilm were on adjoining stands at Ipex so visitors could compare the single-sided, faster Fujifilm Inkjet Digital Press with the duplex printing Screen Truepress Jet SX.

The attraction of the Fujifilm press blocked the aisles with visitors wanting to glimpse what could be the first view of the future of printing. The machine on display was very much a prototype; the first beta machines are in Japan awaiting shipment in June. These will be followed by the initial batch of 10 presses for Japanese customers at the end of this year, and only then will printers outside the country get to use it.