Digital Printing-Toner - Cut Sheet (Color)

Topp Digital Label Solutions in Doral, FL, developed a solution for Interbeverage’s Bonfrüt line that enabled them to effectively launch six different juice and tea products and positively brand Bonfrüt beverages with consistent vibrant colors.

The potential for digital packaging is great, and while there are many obstacles, these can all be overcome. Commercial printers would also like to get into packaging, but commercial shops have some additional challenges. Commercial printers generally do not have the finishing equipment: folding, scoring, diecutting. Perhaps more significant, brand owners generally look to box makers for boxes, not commercial printers.

At the inaugural Inkjet Summit in April, Charlie Pesko, founder of InfoTrends, stressed that production inkjet technology was poised to transfigure the printing business. "I sincerely believe that inkjet is the next big game changer in the printing industry," he said.

For the fifth consecutive year, Ricoh’s InfoPrint 5000 production print platform has been named the high-speed inkjet market share leader in the United States, according to IDC’s "U.S. Production Printer and MFP 2012 Vendor Shares." Within the "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide High-Speed Inkjet Web Press 2013 Vendor Analysis," Ricoh was also named a worldwide Leader.

After sprouting in 1994 and quickly blossoming into the industry's main spring event, On Demand has faded quietly from sight. Questex, owner and producer of the event, had planned a more modest two-day conference this year, focusing on the life cycle of content, but it never came to fruition.

FLM Graphics has added a new Xerox iGen4 digital printing system, and has also expanded its digital print operations center at its main operations facility in Fairfield, NJ.

A new Xeikon 8800 digital press has been installed at Colorfx in Des Moines, IA. The Xeikon 8800's cost-effective, high-volume capabilities are a complement to the other digital, variable and commercial printing services that the company offers.

Neopost USA will enhance its wide product offerings to include Neopost HD Office Printers powered by OKI Data Americas. Some of the key features of the printers include high-definition print quality with LED print heads, microfine toner, advanced print registration and auto calibration.

The new Xerox Color 8250 production printer is targeted for 800,000- to four-million impressions per month and can deliver variable, vibrant color. It eliminates the need for preprinted offset shells—allowing print service providers to offer the additional value of one-pass color on statements and direct mail pieces.

xpedx has expanded its schedule of Wide Format Solutions Summits to 28 shows in 14 new cities in 2013 after having great success with the summits in five locations last year. At each event, printers will learn how wide-format technology can increase sales, see live product demonstrations and understand how to integrate wide-format printing into their current operations.