Color Inkjet Printing: Inkjet’s Web Paper Pursuit
Earlier systems from Screen, InfoPrint and Versamark led the way with high-volume production and color imprinting, but the new generation combines high speed with high resolution and low cost, taking us beyond those earlier offerings (see Table 1).
These presses, in my view, also take us beyond Indigo and Nexpress, and beyond transactional and transpromo printing to direct mail and books, with other applications to follow. Newspapers, catalogs and magazines are likely to be the next generation and, longer term, packaging has exciting potential.
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.
