Digital Printing-Production Inkjet - Continuous Feed (Color)

When will an inkjet production press make its way into your in-plant? The technology is advancing steadily, and a handful of in-plants have already invested in it, but for most managers, inkjet means wide-format, not high volumes and high speeds.

The Inkjet Summit 2014, organized by nGage Events and Printing Impressions magazine and held April 7-9, at the exclusive Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, is an invitation-only event for senior managers and business executives who want to understand how inkjet technology trends, software, consumables and finishing solutions will impact their businesses.

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank has a robust print and mail operation. "We're a 24/7 shop, and we produce approximately 170 million impressions a year, which equates to 70 million pieces of mail," reports Mark Kearns, vice president, Print & Mail Services. "We produce all of our customer correspondence, from customers' account statements to bank card statements to mortgage notices—all of our products across the enterprise."

Continuous-feed inkjet offers advantages over both offset and electrophotography. As the technology evolves, it is gaining share from both. The presses are good. The substrates are good. The software is good. And, as Cathy Cartolano, vice president of sales and technical services at Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), points out, image quality is "scary close" to offset.

The second annual Inkjet Summit, hosted by Printing Impressions and nGage Events, will be held at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, April 7-9, 2014. The invitation-only event will feature expanded coverage of market segments and an increased number of qualified attendees.

International Paper has signed on as a keynote speaker at the 2014 Inkjet Summit, being held April 7-9 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Now in its second year, the summit will provide business executives from various print providers and corporate enterprises with cutting-edge information about inkjet print technology.

With traditional offset exhibitors like Heidelberg giving the Chicago trade show a pass, the digital print vendors were the new kings. Xerox, Canon, Konica Minolta and Fujifilm led the pack in booth size, and each of them had new inkjet production presses to proclaim.

Epson's Stylus Pro inkjet printer has been selected by the panel of 32 Must See 'Ems judges to receive the 2013 Legacy Award. The honor was announced at the end of the Executive Outlook Conference on the eve of PRINT 13.

At PRINT 13, Canon U.S.A. will be highlighting the new “Niagara” (development name) high-volume sheetfed color inkjet digital press that is designed to help consolidate sheetfed black-and-white and color workflows on to one production printing system.

Xerox’s full portfolio of both aqueous and waterless inkjet technologies will be on display at PRINT 13. With the acquisition of Impika, Xerox has strengthened its leadership in digital color production printing with scalable and flexible solutions.