Digital Printing-Production Inkjet - Continuous Feed (Color)

DS Smith is growing its digital corrugated packaging printing capabilities with the HP T400 Simplex color inkjet web press.

An InfoTrends report revealed Canon number one in both national and worldwide continuous-feed inkjet market share figures.

Hear from print providers that have made the transition from toner to production inkjet printing and are enjoying success.

The 2015 theme of Kodak’s GUA conference, “Think Beyond,” challenges customers to think in new and sustainable ways for print growth.

A Super Web WEBJet 200D inkjet press has been added at Laser Print Plus in Columbia, SC. The company considered key criteria when selecting the Memjet-powered printer, including quality, productivity and price. "This was a very difficult decision for Laser Print Plus, as we had been a loyal customer of another vendors for over 20 years," explained Tim Delany, president of Laser Print Plus.

Canon Solutions America hosted about 40 existing customers and prospects from around the country during its East Coast Inkjet Insider Summit held in Hartford, CT, last week. The highlight of the event was a tour of Data-Mail’s full-service direct mail printing and lettershop facility in nearby Newington, CT, and an optional visit to Data-Mail’s sister lettershop location in Windsor, CT.

It has been an interesting 16 months for Access Direct Systems, a company that has traditionally made conservative, measured decisions in mapping out its game plan. But its desire to remain a flexible, focused partner for its mailing clients is what led it to make an unprecedented, production inkjet-related initiative.

Inkjet adoption has primarily centered around continuous-feed inkjet press installations for high-speed, high-volume applications—but the long-announced wave of cut-sheet inkjet printers starting to enter the marketplace will also become game-changers for more mainstream sheetfed offset and cut-sheet toner digital shops.

These are good days for the production inkjet printing business, for both users of the technology, as well as its related equipment and supplies manufacturers. Everyone is growing, everyone seems to be making money and promises of technology advancement are being delivered upon.

As the 2015 Inkjet Summit approaches April 27-29 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, we asked these production inkjet experts—Inkjet Summit Advisory Board members who will also be sharing their expertise and knowledge as speakers and facilitators throughout the event—to briefly address select aspects of the production inkjet landscape. One thing is clear: the growing implementation of production inkjet printing is a disruptive technology that is rewriting many former industry paradigms.