A new comprehensive resource for agency and in-house designers looking to optimize their work for high-speed, production inkjet technologies, has been released by Canon Solutions America. The "Designers’ Guide to Inkjet," consists of guiding principles, best practices, and real-world recommendations related to the exciting world of inkjet.
Access Direct Systems, a direct mail and marketing service provider in Farmingdale, NY, has installed an Océ ColorStream 3900 digital color printing system to boost production and offer a quick turnaround for its clients. "The Océ ColorStream inkjet technology allows us to enter the world of color and personalization in a more high-tech, digital environment," said Lori Messina, executive vice president.
Although I love summer, I really look forward to the fall season and the print shows each year at McCormick Place in Chicago. It is a truly exciting time seeing all the new technologies and devices. It is like being a kid in a candy store.
Ricoh Americas new Customer Innovation Center in Boulder, CO, is a fully-operational facility that highlights the full spectrum of Ricoh’s production print offerings, including its cutsheet and continuous-feed devices, wide-format solutions and software components for transactional, commercial and in-plant printers, among a full portfolio of solutions.
What better place for Fujifilm's Graphic Systems Div. to host a media event on June 20 showcasing its production inkjet strategy and commitment than at Gilson Graphics, a commercial printer/marketing services provider based in Grand Rapids, MI, that's been an early adopter of cutsheet and continuous-feed Fujifilm inkjet presses?
With the Screen Truepress Jet520EX's ability to image directly from white roll-to-print, merging static content, transactional data and color graphics in one pass, Business Data Inc. (BDI) of Inglewood, CA, can now generate electronically printed documents faster and more efficiently.
For those of you who are investigating high-speed inkjet, when talking to your OEM, be sure you request your supplier’s best and brightest when discussing how to best integrate high-speed inkjet into your existing operations. Or align yourself with an industry expert who can help with the evaluation, qualification and justification process. Your production department will certainly thank you for it.
Graphic Label Solutions (GLS), a WBENC Certified Diversity Supplier headquartered in Columbia, TN, has become the first company in the United States to install EFI's Jetrion 4950LX LED inkjet narrow web press. The Jetrion 4950LX press, which uses much less energy than other analog or digital narrow web printing methods, is key to GLS's environmental offering.
During the course of almost two decades, the more inkjet I got involved with, the more I needed to incorporate inkjet into my daily life, oh, I mean production. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest “suppliers,” I mean ink chemists, who have made creating great color and print quality the easy part of my job. Working with UV platforms gave me the extra rush I needed, for the time being.
One point that stuck with me from the 2014 Inkjet Summit is the fact that many pages produced on continuous-feed inkjet presses today represent new jobs—not just work being transferred from toner-based digital or offset analog presses. Also key is the availability of more paper stocks. Most satisfying, too, is the sense of camaraderie that exists between veteran inkjet users—many of whom are competitors—inkjet suppliers and shops still considering a press. All constituents are committed to moving the industry forward.
