Digital Printing-Production Inkjet - Continuous Feed (Color)

Off- and near-line, modular finishing systems are best option for rollfed inkjet presses outputting commercial and direct mail jobs.

Sharp Labels & Printing has purchased and installed the Epson SurePress L-4033AW to provide labels for international/national customers

Dave Johannes, senior VP of operations at IWCO DIrect, reflects on how the ongoing developments of better inksets, improved inkjet heads, faster press speeds and higher uptime percentages, and more inkjet-friendly paper options are driving the production inkjet printing industry forward. He also highlights his firm's latest acquisition — a Screen Truepress Jet520HD — that's enabling IWCO Direct to run heavier paper stocks.

Mike Herold, director of global marketing, Inkjet Solutions, discusses Ricoh’s product lineup, pillars to success at the Inkjet Summit.

Marc Johnson, marketing manager, Commercial PageWide Industrial at HP, is energized by the discussions he had with printer attendees at the recent Inkjet Summit 2017 about all the new and emerging inkjet printing applications being developed, as well as the high print quality output levels that today's high-speed inkjet web presses are capable of achieving. Johnson believes that "inkjet printing has arrived" — and that the fifth-annual Inkjet Summit was a key event that unites the entire supply chain to further advance the industry as a whole.

At IJS, Robin Welch said the most important takeaway for first-time production inkjet adopters is to be realistic about what to expect.

The fifth annual installment of the Inkjet Summit recently took place in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. I have been lucky enough to attend all five Summits, and once again, it did not disappoint. Each year, approximately 100 printing company owners and senior-level operations and sales executives attend this invitation-only event.

At the closing banquet, sponsors were honored for the best case study presentations, and one was named the “Company to Watch Out For.”

At the Inkjet Summit 2017, Robert Stabler, senior VP & GM, Continuous Feed Business, at Xerox Corp., reveals Xerox's strategy to target entry-level market demand for lower acquisition cost, smaller footprint inkjet printing presses that enable printers to enter and create new applications within the cut-sheet and continuous-feed inkjet printing market.

Tonya Powers, of Canon Solutions America, PPS, discusses the recent debuts of new Océ production inkjet press models geared toward graphic arts applications, including the Canon Océ VarioPrint i200 sheetfed inkjet press, which joins the VP i300, and the new Océ Prostream continuous-feed inkjet press.