In-plant managers flocked to Chicago to see the latest inkjet printing, binding, mailing, software and other technologies at the largest U.S. print show of the year.

By Bob Neubauer

Wide-format inkjet was everywhere, exciting numerous in-plant managers who had come to the show to scout out new printers for this booming business.

EFI won Must See 'Ems awards for two of its printers: The EFI VUTEk GS-TF system and the VUTEk HS100 Pro inkjet press.
Xanté debuted the Excelagraphix 4200 P Series, powered by Memjet Waterfall Printhead Technology, which delivers more than 3 billion drops of ink per second, for print speeds up to 12˝ per second.
Fujifilm introduced the Inca Onset Q40i UV flatbed inkjet press, with up to 168 print heads and over 42,000 nozzles. It prints offset quality on materials as large as 63x123˝.
Canon's Océ ColorWave 900 high-speed wide-format production printer made its debut, with print speeds of up to 12˝ per second. Canon also introduced the iPF8400S and iPF6400S models, offering enhanced print management and color-control capabilities.
HP gave the first U.S. demonstration of its Latex 3000 industrial wide-format printer, using water-based latex inks.
Roland showcased its fastest wide-format inkjet printer, the SOLJET Pro 4 XF-640, printing up to 1,098 square feet per hour.

Not all the cool printers were inkjet, though.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

PRINT 13: Inkjet and a Whole Lot More