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"Our full web presses are decked out, top and bottom, with these [Kodak S] heads — 24 on a side." KODAK'S PROSPER 5000 XLI PRESS combines the field-proven performance of the PROSPER Press Platform with new press management technology. —Japs-Olson CEO Mike Beddor printers to achieve very high image quality and excellent color-to-color registration on a wide range of media, including glossy." This improvement also is achieved regardless of image content, web speed, and environmental conditions, Kodak states in its official announcement that introduced the press. The Prosper 5000XLi model features the fastest, most accurate writing engine on the market. Newly formulated, nanoparticulate pigment inks are matched to the press's writing system, offering greater durability on coated papers, and a color gamut up to 30 percent wider than offset printing. To help ensure crisp, readable output, the press also features a new text-enhancement feature. Mercury Print Productions in Rochester, NY, an early adopter of inkjet printing for commercial and book printing applications, has been beta testing the new device. "This is a press to build and grow a business with," reports its president, Christian Schamberger. The Prosper 5000XLi became commercially available in February 2013. Existing customers with 5000XL models can upgrade to the XLi, Kodak says. Inkjet and Web-Offset Hybrids On the imprinting side, the replacement of older continuous inkjet printing technology has occurred faster than projected, reported research firm IT Strategies. While final figures are not yet available for last year, 2011 projections were exceeded by some 160 percent ($200 million CiPress 500 Production Inkjet System Building from its patented solid ink technology, the Xerox CiPress 500 is a full-color, digital, web-fed solution that can run at two speeds, 500 fpm (2,180 ppm) or 325 fpm (1,417 ppm) with a 20.5-inch web width. Driving the inkjet system are threeinch modular piezo mechanical drop-on demand print heads, designed and built by Xerox, with more than 49,000 nozzles jetting nearly two billion ink drops per second. The non-toxic inks, manufactured by Xerox, are a polymeric resin and dye that are melted to liquid form then jetted directly to paper. The key beneft is the elimination of water so that vibrant, consistent color can be printed on economical ofset paper that lays fat for post processing with no ink bleed through. The waterless ink technology—combined with self-monitoring and auto-correcting closed loop production controls—results in a workhorse device reliable enough to print tens of millions of pages every month. Pairing the Xerox CiPress 500 with Xerox's FreeFlow Print Server enables variable data capability that supports native IPDS, PDF, PostScript and Xerox VIPP to produce colorful and personalized marketing communications that are afordable and accessible. MyPRINTResource.com/10008702 10 AUGUST 2013 AUGUST 2013 • INKJET'S AGE INKJET'S AGE www.MyPRINTResource.com www.MyPRINTResource.com