Digital Color Printing — Ink-jet in Line for Takeoff

These types of high-volume systems can top the $1 million price range. RISO Inc., meanwhile, has shown what is possible at the other end of the ink-jet page production spectrum (sub $50,000).

It recently announced a relationship with Kodak to offer the RISO HC5500 color ink-jet printer as a complement to Kodak’s Versamark V-series systems, providing a solution for short-run applications such as reprints. The cut sheet device can be tied into the same workflow to take advantage of Kodak’s color control and image processing technology in replicating the look and feel of the high volume output.