Ink-jet Printing -- Coming Up Heads and Tales

‘Offset-Class Quality’

In a recent presentation to investors, Kodak CEO Antonio Perez said development of the company’s Stream CIJ technology has been stepped up by three to six months, and a full-color press implementation is now expected to be ready “at the beginning of 2010.” The technology is being positioned as “offset-class quality,” with printing speeds expected to be in the 500 fpm range at a resolution greater than 600 dpi and comparable to 175 line offset print quality.