Continuous-Feed Inkjet Paper Options Continue to Ramp Up
Kodak's Don Burns notes that each market segment is at a different level of maturity. In transactional printing, probably the earliest adopter of production inkjet, high-volume customers have moved to lowest cost solutions, typically hybrid printing. He adds that customers are moving to pigment inks, which are inherently waterfast and can often be used on less expensive papers. Customers are also using hybrid printing with inkjet heads on offset presses, often on ordinary offset papers, according to Burns.
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.
