Inkjet /Wide Format
Special delivery
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Inkjet systems for postpress addressing generally fall into two basic categories: continuous and drop-on-demand. Drop-on-demand (DOD) technology typically...
Briefly noted
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Buhrs Americas (Minneapolis) has named Bow D. Smith national service manager. Smith joined Buhrs Americas after more than ten years with inTelmail USA....
Inkjet products
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Eliminating preprinted envelopes At Pitney Bowes' recent open house in Danbury, CT, MCS, (Gaithersburg, MD) MCS teamed with HP and Pitney Bowes to preview...
Printing inkjet labels
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Patrick Henry
At EFI's 2008 Connect users conference, Ken Stack, vice president and general manager of the company's Jetrion industrial inkjet systems division, detailed...
Fastest flatbed printer is an InterTech winner
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Inca introduced the Onset, a large-format UV digital flatbed printer in 2007. In 2008, it was among a handful of technologies honored with PIA/GATF's...
Are you ready for Intelligent Mail barcodes?
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has begun to implement its Intelligent Mail program to improve service and reduce costs. This program promises to improve...
Think big
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Michael Robertson
Wide-format digital printing is a great example of technology bringing new solutions that add value and help commercial printers foster new business growth....
Promising proofers, etc.
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Inkjet is a hot topic at Drupa 2008, as vendors' R&D efforts toward high-quality, production-speed, digital inkjet presses are coming to fruition. But...
Drupa hoopla
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
In January, Drupa show organizer Messe Dsseldorf hosted a conference preview for 130 members of the international trade press. While most of the 11 participating...
Grand times
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Sophie Matthews-Paul
At one time, wide-format production was restricted largely to screenprinters, sign makers and digital service bureau markets. But in recent years, the...
Surprise, surprise
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jill Roth
After 25 years in the printing industry, it isn't often that a press event surprises me. But that is just what happened when Oc recently unveiled its...
MEMS Goes Mainstream
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jeff Burton
HP has it; so do Kodak, Fujifilm Dimatix (formerly Spectra), Silverbrook and others. I'm referring to the next disruptive technology hitting inkjet head...
Why inkjet?
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Frank Romano
Digital printing involves any reproduction process that does not use a replaceable image carrier (such as a plate). Digital printing can use any method...
Bills & thrills
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Patrick Henry & AP staff
Transaction documents include commercial invoices, credit card bills, 401(k) summaries, loan payment notices and checking account statements. When envelopes...
Substrate Savvy
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
People still would like to have a hard copy, from the press operator doing critical color on press to the customer, says Don Rogers, consumables product...
