Digital Printing-Production Inkjet - Continuous Feed (Color)

After digesting a week of meetings at drupa 2016 along with plenty of good German food and beer, the InfoTrends analyst team believes the show can be characterized by five major themes. Those are Inkjet 3.0, Digital Printing of Packaging, B1 Digital, Special Effects and Industry 4.0.

It doesn’t take much prodding to get Elizabeth Gooding engaged on the subject of designing for color production inkjet printing. She has no shortage when it comes to insights on the challenges involved in preparing files for inkjet printing. She could even write a book on the subject. And that she has. Last year, Gooding and fellow ink-on-paper guru Mary Schilling teamed up on "The Designer’s Guide to Inkjet" [published and printed by Canon Solutions America] that, despite its title's suggested audience, is an indispensable tool for any inkjet printer’s library.

The State of Colorado’s Department of Personnel and Administration, Integrated Document Solutions has installed Ricoh’s InfoPrint 5000.

The Inkjet Summit Advisory Board members provide key takeaway points from the Inkjet Summit 2016.

Core Publishing Solutions, one of the largest book manufacturers, recently acquired an Océ VarioPrint i300 and HP PageWide T360.

Xerox recorded strong sales across its production product line at drupa 2016, including the new continuous-feed Xerox Trivor 2400 inkjet press and cut-sheet Xerox Brenva HD production inkjet press. Brenva HD opens up new possibilities for inkjet entry into the transactional, direct mail and book markets, while the Trivor 2400 allows print shops to move into catalogs, magazines and color books.

The fourth annual Inkjet Summit brought together more than 100 printers all interested in expanding on production inkjet.

An Océ VarioPrint i300 and Océ ColorStream 3900 color digital press have been installed at DMS ink’s Dayton, Ohio, facility.

Utilitec has enhanced its operation with Ricoh’s InfoPrint 5000 GP continuous-feed color inkjet system to meet customer demand.

Kodak announced that it reached its sales target on day 7 of drupa and 181% of target on the final day of the show.