Continuous-feed Inkjet: The Web Paper Challenge
As we move from transactional printing to book printing, direct mail and general commercial printing, the amount of color and ink coverage goes up, as does the quality of graphics. This often means coated papers, and HP offers a bonding agent that can be applied on-press to enable good results with ordinary coated offset paper, while Kodak offers an on-press Image Optimizer Station (IOS) that uses a gravure process to coat the paper on both sides. Appleton Coated has worked with HP and developed Utopia Inkjet, while NewPage has worked with Kodak and developed TrueJet. Both work well on HP and Kodak digital presses, as well as other inkjet presses, without a bonding agent or other on-press treatment.
Jack Miller is founder and Principal Consultant at Market-Intell LLC, offering Need to Know™ market intelligence in paper, print and packaging. Previously, he was senior consultant, North America, with Pira International.
Known as the Paper Guru, Jack is the former director of Market Intelligence with Domtar, where he also held positions as regional sales manager, territory sales manager and product manager. He has presented at On Demand, RISI’s Global Outlook, PRIMIR, SustainCom World and at various IntertechPira conferences. Jack has written for Printing Impressions, Canadian Printer, Paper 360, PaperTree Letter and Package Printing, along with publishing a monthly e-newsletter, MarketIntellibits.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross and has done graduate studies in Statistics and Finance.
