Digital Output Devices: A Digital Printing Redux
Another digital print pioneer, Xeikon, displayed its new 8800 press, originally previewed at drupa. The rollfed EP system, handling media up to 20.2˝ wide, has a purported print capacity of 10 million pages per month, using its DFE's native IPDS mode for transactional or direct marketing applications.
John Parsons (john@intuideas.com), former Editorial Director of The Seybold Report, is an independent writer, ghostwriter, and editor. He is the co-author of the interactive printed textbook, Introduction to Graphic Communication, on the art, science and business of print, which has been adopted by Ryerson, Arizona State, the University of Houston, and many other schools and vocational training centers. Custom editions of the book are under consideration by major printing companies and franchises for internal training purposes.
