Ready for Prime Time?: A Primer on Inkjet Presses

Fujifilm's approach is the JetPress 720, a 28.3x20.4˝ sheetfed press that can purportedly crank through 2,700 B2 (27.8x19.7˝) sph. The machine uses Fuji's piezoelectric SAMBA print heads that deliver 1,200x1,200 dpi resolution.

Taking a different approach than vendors of the big iron is RISO. Intended for office and light production use, RISO's ComColor machines are compact, inexpensive, quiet and use sheets of paper rather than large rolls. Capable of up to 150 ppm, they are finding homes in small print shops, some transactional service bureaus and in-plants, where low-cost color printing is required. MICR capability is available through a third party.