Ink-jet Printing -- Coming Up Heads and Tales

HP says it is still on track with its plans to commercialize the HP Inkjet Web Press toward the end of this year. The first beta unit was delivered last December to O’Neil Data Systems in Los Angeles as scheduled. Taylor Corp. is still slated to be another U.S. beta site.

The company has positioned the thermal DOD technology as a platform for ongoing product development, with the first model being a 30? press capable of printing 400 fpm (2,600 ppm) at 600 dpi. It was originally shown printing uncoated paper with a bonding agent applied but, at Graph Expo 08, the company announced it will offer a coated paper for use with the press.