Digital Printing-Production Inkjet - Continuous Feed (Color)

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.

Read the following comments from Canon Solutions America, Fujifilm, Ricoh and International Paper—sponsors of the 2014 Inkjet Summit.

Epson's 100th SurePress inkjet digital label press was installed by Kanae Co., based in Nagano, Japan. Epson’s SurePress has received high praise from customers, and the 100 units sold to date have contributed to Epson’s current market share of approximately 10 percent.

Canon launched several color and monochrome printers this week in conjunction with its Canon for Business 2014 event, which took place at the Canon Customer Experience Center in Poing, Germany. Hundreds of customers, analysts and journalists attended the event, about a half hour from Munich.

Documation, in Eau Claire, WI, specializing in graphic design, Web-to-print storefront solutions, printing, as well as full-service bindery and mail services. But what Documation does exceptionally well...they have taken high-speed aqueous pigment inkjet to a whole new level.