Is Inkjet in Your Future?
Each vendor using piezo heads has a list of approved papers for use with their respective devices, although the InfoPrint 500 uses ink with characteristics that limit penetration into the substrate, broadening the potential range of papers available.
A Compact Approach
Taking a different approach than vendors of the big iron is RISO. Intended for office and light production use, RISO's ComColor machines are compact, inexpensive, quiet and use sheets of paper rather than large rolls. Capable of up to 150 pages per minute, they are finding homes in small print shops, some transactional service bureaus (where they may serve as backups for bigger inkjet systems) and in-plants where low-cost color printing is required. MICR capability is available through a third party.