Digital Output Devices: A Digital Printing Redux
Two smaller format HP Indigos—the 7600 and the 5600—also made their U.S. debut. A major advance offered by these systems is Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM), which is the company's three-color printing option that boosts productivity by 33 percent.
Although Fujifilm's J Press 720 sheetfed inkjet press was launched at GRAPH EXPO 2010, it still drew considerable interest at this year's show. Using 1,200 dpi Samba print heads developed by Fujifilm Dimatix, it can print up to 2,700 four-up sheets/hr. on coated and uncoated stocks. To date, the company has installed 11 units worldwide. A web version—the J Press W—is expected to be available by the end of this year.
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.
