The Seybold Report

ImageXpert Announces Fully Integrated JetXpert Print Station

ImageXpert has announced it is now offering a JetXpert system with integrated print station. The company says its new system offers all of the capabilities of traditional JetXpert systems for drop watching and analysis of drops-in-flights along with a fully integrated print station. more

InfoTrends to Conduct Inkjet and Offset Hybrid Webinar

InfoTrends has announced a Webinar sponsored by Kodak titled Inkjet and Offset: Hybrid Configurations that Make the Most of Both Worlds scheduled for Thursday, December 13 at 10 AM GMT -5. The discussion will focus on using the combination of high-speed, high-quality inkjet and offset presses to address new digital applications in the direct marketing and newspaper markets. more

Océ Announces Full-Color JetStream Inkjet Press

Océ has announced a new JetStream 5500 full-color, inkjet printer, and the company says the new press is the fastest inkjet printer the company offers. more

IMI Announces Inkjet and 3-D Printing Conferences

IMI has announced three consecutive conferences to be held the Scottsdale Cottonwoods Resort and Suites in Arizona from January 28 through February 1, 2013. The week will start with the 3-D Printing Opportunities and Challenges Symposium January 28-29, followed by the AWA Inkjet and Digital Label/Packaging Printing Seminar January 29-30, and conclude with the 22nd Annual Ink Jet Printing Conference January 30-February 1. more

Electronics for Imaging Announces New Jetrion Printers

Electronics for Imaging has announced an addition to the Jetrion inkjet printer line, the 4900M UV digital printer with inline web finishing and the 4900M-330 with a 13 inch print width. more

IMI Announces Inkjet Short Courses in Chicago

IMI’s Inkjet Technology Showcase 2012 will feature three short courses on September 7 in the Hyatt Rosemont in Chicago. The courses are:

1. Understanding Piezo Technology: Inside Piezo Drop-on-Demand Printheads,
2. Designing for Digital: Best Practices for Design and Color Quality,
3. Developing More Winning New Products Faster.

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Komori and Landa Form Global Strategic Partnership

Komori and Landa have announced a global strategic partnership under which Komori will manufacture and market digital printing presses using Landa’s Nanographic Printing process. more 

Ryobi and Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Announce New Sheetfed Digital Press

Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co. Ltd. and Ryobi Ltd. have developed a 6-up, 29" liquid toner-based digital press. The new press will be exhibited as a pre-market model at the Miyakoshi booth (Hall 9/Stand A04) at drupa. The press combines the 1,200 dpi resolution and ultrafine particle liquid toner electrophotographic technology Miyakoshi demonstrated on a Web press at drupa 2008 with the high-speed sheet-feed technology Ryobi perfected for its sheetfed offset presses. more

Memjet to Exhibit at drupa 2012

Memjet will exhibit at drupa 2012, its first appearance at drupa, where it expects to continue the expansion of its OEM partner program, announcing news for industrial, commercial, and office printing systems. The company will demo its latest technologies, including Memjet-powered web-fed inkjet printing systems, sheet-fed inkjet printing systems, inkjet plotters, and inkjet large format printing systems, at Hall 5, Stand E28. more

InfoTrends Report Explores Continuous-Feed Color Inkjet Market

Continuous-feed color inkjet is the fastest growing segment of the printing industry according to a new report from InfoTrends. The report predicts these new devices will account for 40% of the digital color pages globally by 2015. more 

Opaltone Awarded U.S. Patent for Color Inkjet System

The U.S. Patent Office has granted Opaltone Australia a patent for its new six-tone color inkjet system. The company plans to use the patented technology on commercial inkjet printer to expand the color gamut beyond conventional CMYK. more

European Inkjet Conference Promises Latest Highlights

Leading inkjet industry vendors and analysts will speak at the 19th Annual IMI Europe Inkjet Conference, scheduled for November 9-11 in Lisbon. For example, IT Strategies will present a report on estimates and forecasts for the industry. There will also be a suppliers forum and complimentary display space. more

Xanté Excelagraphix 4200 Inkjet Printer

At Graph Expo 2011 Xanté introduced the Excelagraphix 4200 powered by Memjet, a global provider of high-speed color printing technologies. The device is a 42-inch wide inkjet printer that can image on substrates with dimensions as large as 42″ inches x 100′. more

InfoTrends Predicts Inkjet Impressions Will Increase 40% Year-to-Year

According to a new study from InfoTrends, the total number of inkjet impressions will increase by more than 40% annually for the next five years as the technology replaces toner-based printing technologies. more

Inkjet Academy Offers United Kingdom Technology Course

The Inkjet Academy will offer a intensive course in the Inkjet technology intended for chemists and scientists who want to improve their level of inkjet practical expertise. Xennia Technology’s laboratories at Letchworth, UK, will host the course October 10-13. more