The State of On-demand Printing

In late 2007, Océ announced the JetStream 1100 single-engine system and the Océ JetStream 2200 twin system. The JetStream 1100 is a four-color ink-jet press running at 492 fpm. The two-engine Océ JetStream 2200 system prints color at 500 fpm.

On January 17, 2008, Kodak announced the Stream Inkjet Concept Press. According to Kodak, this is the future of ink-jet for Kodak and is its new CIJ approach. The print heads are manufactured using MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) technology, and the nozzle area is created from silicon. The nozzle size is around 8 microns. Kodak indicates that the image quality of the Stream Inkjet Concept Press shown at Drupa was 600 dpi but the technology is capable of going up to 1,200 dpi.