First-ever Inkjet Summit examines potential of production inkjet printing

By Bob Neubauer

Ink coverage also impacts costs and runnability, speakers emphasized. More ink on a page means a longer drying time. It also increases the chance that pages will curl, impacting how well they run through the finishing equipment. The recommendation was to keep coverage at less than 30 percent.

The faster you run your press, the more life it will have, speakers stressed. Conversely, the more you stop it, the less life. So the value lies in longer runs. Boer noted that most users are profitable with a minimum of 4 million pages a month, at which point color inkjet will cost less than toner. At 10 million pages a month, he said, inkjet costs will be much closer to offset costs.

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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.

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