Digital & Inkjet
This topic section of WhatTheyThink focuses on emerging trends in the rapidly-growing area of digital printing technology. It features commentary and analysis on technical and business trends relative to digital printing applications.
Inkjet Ink Estimating: Challenges and Work-Arounds
Estimating in any print business can be a challenge, but inkjet users face a level of variability that users of other print technology don’t. In this article, Inkjet Insight’s Elizabeth Gooding and Alexandra Pekar look at the challenges of inkjet estimating and offer some solutions for overcoming those challenges. Read More
Can Measuring OEE Improve Your Productivity?
It seems like everyone is talking about “OEE” these days. This article, sponsored by HP and written by HP Indigo's "Workflow Chef" Gershon Alon, explains how OEE is a standard way to measure the “overall equipment effectiveness” of a manufacturing process—in this case, the printing process. Read More
Nine Continuous-Feed Inkjet Webinar Takeaways
Takeaways from a recent webinar on assessing continuous-feed (CF) inkjet for your print operation. Read More
Leveraging the Evolution of High-Speed Inkjet in Today’s Digital World
Concerns about data security have escalated in the COVID era, making some people wary of digital engagements. As a result, traditional print-based communications remain effective and can sometimes enable businesses to stand apart from their competitors. This article explores how print service providers can use high-speed inkjet equipment to their advantage Read More
The Expertise to Innovate with New Inkjet Applications: NIXKA
NIXKA may be the new kid on the block, or are they? They actually have 30 years of expertise in developing ink and material jetting solutions, with an impressive track record. More importantly, they have the right philosophy. Read More
Executive Q&A: John Mills, CEO of Xaar
John Mills, CEO of Xaar, talks about the company’s rebranding strategy, the new ImagineX printhead platform, and the “new Xaar.” Read More
Is There a First-Mover Advantage for Inkjet? Five Inkjet Early Adopters Share Their Experiences
Why would a printing business want to be an early adopter and take a risk on unproven technology? Inkjet Insight’s Elizabeth Gooding spoke with five technology leaders using inkjet in quality-sensitive operations about their experiences as pre-release adopters of production inkjet presses. Read More
Ricoh Enters the Cutsheet Production Inkjet Press Market with a Game Changer
Ricoh is not a newcomer to production inkjet. But as a late-comer to cut-sheet production inkjet, how do you compete with both the existing B2+ and A3 presses in the market at the same time? Apparently, they figured it out! Read More
Inkjet, TikTok, and Happy New Year: The Year in Review
Inkjet Insight’s Elizabeth Gooding rounds up the production inkjet press launches serving the document and publishing market in 2020, when they were announced, when they will be commercially available, and the related development trends. Read More
KODAK NEXFINITY Digital Press: Versatility that Helps Printers say “Yes”
Print service providers who can say “yes” to virtually any job are at an advantage today. This article, sponsored by Kodak, explains how the KODAK NEXFINITY is a compelling solution for printers seeking a robust, flexible, effective sheetfed digital color press, delivering running costs competitive with medium-run offset andprints up to 400% more pages per month than competing sheetfed digital presses. Read More
News
Elevate Efficiency and Accelerate Growth with the New Canon ColorStream 8000 series
Konica Minolta Installs AccurioJet KM-1e and MGI JETvarnish 3D Web at Marathon Press
Go Beyond with the New Xaar Nitrox Printhead
Fujifilm Announces New J Press 750s High Speed Model
Fujifilm Announces New Jet Press 750S High Speed Model
Inkjet or Toner? New Decision Guide from Xeikon and Inkjet Insight Can Help
FUJIFILM to Announce Groundbreaking New Solutions at virtual.drupa 2021
Inkjet Insight Webinar: Inkjet Ganging and Imposition Explained, Tuesday, April 13th 1pm ET
Inkjet Innovation Week—Covering 5 Facets of Inkjet Innovation
Video
A Tour of the HP Indigo B2 Development Lab
Published: May 5, 2021
Itamar Malka, R&D Product Development Lab Manager at HP Indigo, takes us on a short tour of the HP Indigo B2 development lab, where HP tests new features and capabilities on machines like the HP Indigo 100K, 15K, and 12000—as well as systems still in development. Learn more about the lab in this video sponsored by HP Indigo. Watch Video
Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM) with HP Indigo Explained
Published: April 28, 2021
Alon Gazit, VP of R&D at HP Indigo, brings us to the HP Indigo 100K lab to talk about the benefits of using just three colors vs. CMYK when using Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM) on the HP Indigo 100K Digital Press. EPM can increase productivity by 33% vs. printing in CMYK. Learn more about this approach in this video sponsored by HP Indigo. Watch Video
Differentiate With Direct Mail - Appealing to all the Senses
Published: April 16, 2021
Thriving in the print industry isn’t just about what you can do, but how you can do it even better. Delivering high-quality prints is a start, but standing out requires going the extra mile. And that means kicking creativity up a notch with enhanced, high-value direct mailers that appeal to consumers on a multi-sensory level. In fact, stimulating consumer senses has been proven to increase response rates, brand awareness and emotional bonds to products Watch Video
A Tour of the HP Indigo V12 Lab
Published: April 14, 2021
Maya Poleg and Roi Liraz from the HP Indigo team take us on a behind the scenes tour of the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press R&D lab in this video sponsored by HP Inc. The first in a series of short videos which bring to light HP Indigo technology advancements, advantages, and an insider’s view from Indigo’s top technology experts. Watch Video
The Power of Perseverance - HP's Colorful Road to Brilliant Ink
Published: March 25, 2021
HP has spent the past four decades not simply investing in inkjet ink research and development but perfecting it. Its five world-class teams of international chemists have worked to create custom inks for a range of different markets. They’ve partnered closely with hardware and writing systems engineers to develop the best integrated technology for its inkjet devices. In this Tech Talk, HP R&D Chemist Saba Lotfizadeh shares stories of the significant challenges and exciting breakthroughs in ink development that enable printing on a wide range of media. Watch Video
Canon Responds to the Pandemic
Published: September 3, 2020
Canon Solutions America EVP Francis McMahon and and thINK Executive Director Eric Hawkinson talk about how the company took actions in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and reached out to customers to ensure that their needs were being met and supply chain disruptions were minimized. Canon has also not slowed down its introduction of new hardware—and all through the pandemic, sales have been robust. Watch Video
thINK Board Members on This Year’s Event
Published: September 2, 2020
David Zwang talks to thINK Board members Todd Roth and Pete Studer about how the Board made the decision to hold thINK as a virtual event, how they went about putting the event together, and how they approached the selection of specific programs and new topics to cover. Watch Video
thINK Conference Goes Virtual
Published: September 1, 2020
Canon Solutions America EVP Francis McMahon and and thINK Executive Director Eric Hawkinson, preview the sixth annual thINK Ahead conference, this time held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over 1,000 people have registered for this event which will feature 35 sessions and 80 customer speakers, explaining their successes not only with production inkjet but also in running their businesses during the pandemic. The thINK Ahead conference takes place Wednesday, September 2. Watch Video
Memjet and the Expansion of Single-Pass Inkjet Printing
Published: March 30, 2020
Kevin Shimamoto, CMO for Memjet, talks to David Zwang about how Memjet’s inkjet technology platforms and OEM partners are expanding single-pass inkjet into the mainstream printing market and beyond, into new and different applications. Watch Video
HP Announces New PageWide Web Press with Brilliant Ink
Published: March 10, 2020
Carles Farre of HP talks to David Zwang about the just-announced HP PageWide Web Press T250 HD with Brilliant Ink. Brilliant Ink expands the range of applications users can produce, as it makes the HP PageWide T250 HD press compatible with offset coated stock. Watch Video
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