The State of On-demand Printing

At Drupa, Kodak unveiled its first DOD ink-jet high-speed color press, the Kodak Versamark VL2000 with a print width of 20˝ and a speed of 246 fpm. Kodak recently announced a quartet of new DOD ink-jet presses: the VL6000, VL6200, VL4000 and VL42000. Kodak’s single engine VL6000 can print at speeds up 492 fpm at resolutions of 600x600 dpi. The VL6200 model is a dual-engine system that can output at the same speed and resolution, as well as perform two-up duplex operation. The VL4000 and VL4200 machines (410 fpm) can be used for the digital printing of newspapers.