Marco Boer

With the Inkjet Summit just days away, conference chair Marco Boer assesses the inkjet market, noting that new models of continuous-feed and cut-sheet inkjet presses are 30% more productive than prior generations, and can also print on more substrates.

COVID has accelerated the growth of digital production printing. Labor shortages, supply chain instabilities, and the drive toward automation are powering production inkjet technology.

What is becoming clearer is that the old ways of doing business are becoming less and less tenable.

As production inkjet printing enters its 12th year, the technology has proven itself to be a beneficial path forward for print services providers.

Regardless of breakthroughs in output quality, inks and pre-coat fluids, the fundamental overarching problem of a lack of qualified labor is what will drive printers to embrace production inkjet technology.

Regardless of breakthroughs in output quality, inks and pre-coat fluids, the fundamental overarching…

The market for production inkjet printed output is healthy and continues to grow at rates that make most other print sectors envious.

These are good days for the production inkjet printing business. Both users and manufacturers are growing, everyone seems to be making money and promises of technology advancement are being delivered upon. If there is any complaint from users of inkjet equipment, it seems to be that the technology is evolving too rapidly.