Digital Destination

Heidelberg has sourced its engine to several companies. Products using the Heidelberg engine include:

• The imageRUNNER 110 from Canon U.S.A.

• IBM's Infoprint 2000

• The Kodak DigiSource 9110 from Danka.

"I think there is a tremendous market out there that is really looking for something different," says Vahahj Khan, product manager for digital printing at Heidelberg. Khan says the Heidelberg offering is a very modular system with an open architecture, able to accept PostScript, PDF, PCL or TIFF files. The 9110 uses Small Particle Development (SPD) technology, producing toner particles one-forth the size of those used by conventional copiers, resulting in a more precise dot, he says. It also boasts a short paper path to avoid jamming problems.