Special Drupa Coverage — Drupa Foretells Digital Future

Kodak delivered on its promise to show the Stream Concept Printhead and Concept Press, based on continuous ink-jet technology, but didn’t reveal anything more about the product specs or commercialization plans (previously said not to be until 2010) for the press implementation. Its product introductions included the 120 ppm Kodak Nexpress 3600 toner-based color press and two down-market additions to the Versamark ink-jet press line—the 500 fpm VT3000 continuous ink-jet system and 250 fpm VL2000 DOD ink-jet printer. The 300 ppm Digimaster EX3000 monochrome system was previewed in advance of its projected mid-2009 launch.