Digital printing, particularly new ink-jet solutions, stole the show.

By Mark Smith

Across the aisle, the Ricoh Pro C900 and C900s (90 ppm) color production printers had their first European showing. New at the show were the Ricoh Pro 906EX (90 ppm), 1106EX (110 ppm) and 1356EX (135 ppm) multifunction, black-and-white devices that print at 1,200 dpi. Both series are toner based.

Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, believes the 230 ppm (A4) top speed of its previously announced Xeikon 8000 web-fed press makes it an alternative to ink-jet while offering a 1,200-dpi resolution (1,200x3,600 addressability) and toner quality.