Digital Printing-Production Inkjet - Continuous Feed (Color)

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.

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At the Inkjet Summit, Marco Boer, VP of I.T. Strategies, said that a growth spurt for production inkjet printing is on the way.

So, why did I title this small piece “bragging rights?” Well, when we (IBIS) attended the awards dinner on Wednesday at our first Inkjet Summit, it turned out that we had been nominated for the best case study in the publishing segment. We didn’t WIN, mind you, but we got a nomination, in company with some of the biggest industry vendors. It was a great way to end our first Inkjet Summit.

The following slideshow captures some of the many highlights this past week from the Inkjet Summit in Ponte Vedra, Fla.

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