drupa 2016: A Watershed Event
Now that I have had a chance to recoup from the marathon called drupa, I wanted to share some thoughts and highlights. I have been to eight drupa’s since my first one in 1986. As a result, I have been witness to many developments that have impacted our industry over that time, including the move…
Inkjet drupa 2016 – Continuing the Story – Xerox
In this article, David looks at the current state of Xerox. The integration of Impika has produced some exciting collaboration, resulting in some new product introductions at drupa 2016, and perhaps a glimpse of the company’s future direction By now you have probably heard that Xerox will be splitting into two publically traded companies: A…
Global Graphics Fundamentals Offering Set to Help Production Inkjet Press Manufacturers Increase Functionality and Speed Time to Market
As production inkjet continues to expand its horizons, it can be a challenge for inkjet press manufacturers to have all of the skills internally to take their products to the next level. Global Graphics’ announcement of their Fundamentals service for manufacturers of inkjet presses can help manufacturers overcome some of those hurdles. Today, Global Graphics…
Inkjet drupa 2016 – Continuing the Story – Fujifilm
In this article, David looks at the state of Fujifilm imaging, its successful reintroduction of the J Press 720S, the J Press 540W, and a new technology demonstration at drupa, as well as some of its other current technologies. By David Zwang Published: May 12, 2016 As is the case in many Japanese companies, Fujifilm…
Inkjet drupa 2016 – Continuing the Story – Kodak Enterprise Inkjet Systems
In this article, David looks at current and future state of Kodak Enterprise Inkjet Systems Division (EISD), the Stream and ULTRASTREAM Technologies as well as PROSPER products and future technologies. In my first article on Kodak production inkjet, I took a look at its history and the broad range of products which include the VERSAMARK…
Inkjet drupa 2016 – Continuing the Story – HP Indigo
In this article, David looks at HP Indigo, the technology, and what we can expect from them at drupa 2016. Even though Indigo is not inkjet, there will be a number of new products at drupa and it is worth covering in these series. While HP has been around since 1939, the company has been…
Inkjet drupa 2016 – Continuing the Story – HP PageWide, Corrugated, and PageWide HD
In this article, David looks at HP, and its drupa 2016 introductions of the PageWide Corrugated and HD production inkjet presses. In my first HP article in the production inkjet series, I covered the evolution in thermal inkjet, and its lead up to the HP production inkjet press developments. Since that initial article, there have…
Inkjet drupa 2016 – Continuing the Story – Part 2: More on Nanography, Metallization
In Part Two of this two-part article, David continues his review of Landa, the Nanographic Printing technology, and additional new development and offerings in preparation for drupa 2016. In Part One, we covered in detail the ink and imaging process for Landa Nanography. Now we will dig into the details of the presses themselves, as…