Inkjet Immersion
Cut-sheet Inkjet
The emergence of cut-sheet color production inkjet presses was also a topic of discussion, especially within the new commercial printing track. Today's primary market offerings include the Fujifilm J Press 720 and the Screen Truepress JetSX, but other devices from the like of Komori, Konica Minolta and Canon Solutions have been announced and are in various stages of product development and commercial availability. These cut-sheet models will enable small- and mid-size printers, which would lack the need for a continuous-feed press, to acquire a smaller-footprint and more affordable color inkjet printer. These devices could supplant a range of low- and mid-volume commercial printing jobs currently output on sheetfed offset presses, as well as the shorter-run and variable data work currently being produced on toner-based digital printers.
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