Ink-jet Printing -- Coming Up Heads and Tales

Earlier this year, the company announced the first installation of the standalone print head version of the Stream technology. Cyril-Scott Co., a Consolidated Graphics company, in Lancaster, OH, installed four heads in-line with a web offset press to produce personalized direct mail.

The main wave of ink-jet press introductions arguably started with the Truepress Jet520 from Screen (USA). It uses piezo DOD heads and water-based pigment inks to print at up to 720 dpi and 420 fpm. Total Printing Systems, a short-run book manufacturer in Newton, IL, and Flagship Press in North Andover, MA, which serves publishers in the educational and high-tech markets, are two U.S. printers among the installed base.