Ready for Prime Time?: A Primer on Inkjet Presses

The technology is based on that developed by Tektronix, which Xerox has morphed into its ColorQube office printer. Fast forward to IPEX, where Xerox had a technology demo of a production solid ink press. The system was running a 20˝ roll of paper at up to 500 fpm.

Targeting direct mail and transactional/transpromo markets, the print quality is similar to some of the liquid ink machines, but still lags a bit on photographic images. But it won't be available until mid-2011, and Xerox has a history of significantly ramping up image quality as a release date nears.