Inkjet's Age, a print supplement to Quick Printing, is a business and technology brand dedicated to corporate and senior management and focusing on issues surrounding inkjet printing technology in all its forms. Inkjet's Age covers the industry news,
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12 SEPTEMBER 2014 ¥ INKJET'S AGE www.MyPRINTResource.com variety of uncoated grades for the inkjet printing process. It is applied only at the precise locations where ink is to be printed. Without the bonding agent, not all pigments stay near the surface. But with it, colorants react to stay near the surface and bind with the media. Color- PRO papers compatible with the family of HP Inkjet Web Presses use additives that interact with HP pigment inks. In Rochester, NY, Kodak created its own chemical solution to simulate what the paper mills do: optional Prosper Image Optimizer Station (IOS) and Optimizer Agent. The inline IOS provides users with a high degree of paper flexibility and cost savings by enabling the use of commer- cially available regular coated, uncoated, and glossy papers between 45 gsm and 300 gsm. The pre-treatment module is built around a roll coating technology that allows the use of a range of water-based pre-treatment fluids, with different chem- istries, viscosities, and coat weights. Kodak's pretreatment can be applied to a variety of paper surfaces: coated or uncoated, matte, silk, or glossy. The IOS's water-based pretreatment fluids contain adhesion-promoting additives that can be customized depending on the specific paper stock being treated. Virtu- ally any paper surface can be pretreated, which is a key benefit. "As far as tonnage goes, inkjet papers still represent a small percentage" of what mills are supplying, Kodak's Mansfield reminded. Rather than on-press applications of bonding agents, some papers are coated at the mills. These stocks are popular for the demanding color of many direct- mail applications. Finch and other paper manufacturers offer pre-treated inkjet substrates that are engineered to provide consistent print quality on a variety of continuous and drop-on-demand inkjet web presses. However, their higher cost is a concern for many print service provid- ers (PSPs). Priced at a premium, such treated papers can be 25 percent to 40 percent more expensive than commodity- grade offset media. Finishing Inline or Off Line? As inkjet web speeds continue to accel- erate, the ongoing challenge in postpress is keeping up with the printing. "We are anticipating much, much higher output speeds by drupa 16," said Murphy of HP. PROSPER 6000 Presses The PROSPER 6000 Presses' writ- ing system runs on Kodak's newly for- mulated nanotech- nology inks, offer- ing a greater color gamut and delivering print quality that rivals offset output on a wide range of uncoated, coated, and glossy papers. The PROSPER 6000 Presses will be made available in two models: • KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press, ideal for commercial print applications requiring high-ink laydowns. • KODAK PROSPER 6000P Press, designed specifcally for publishing ap- plications such as books and newspapers which typically use light weight paper and low to medium-ink laydowns. Both PROSPER 6000 Presses print at speeds of up to 1,000 feet per minute on matted and uncoated papers with a duty cycle of 90 million A4 top quality pages per month. An enhanced drying capability allows heavy-weight glossy and silk stock to be printed at 650 feet, or 200 meters, per minute. MyPRINTResource.com/10005105 T230 Color Inkjet Web Press The HP T230 Color Inkjet Web Press can print color at speeds up to 400 ft/min (122 m/min), bringing new productivity and cost advantages to color direct mail and transactional jobs in 22-inch (558-milli- meter) production environments. High productivity in color and monochrome increases your profitability with low risk. • Print up to 400 ft/min (122 m/min) in mono and color • Scalable web width up to 22 inches (558 mm) • Print width up to 20.5 inches (520 mm) • HP Thermal Inkjet print technology MyPRINTResource.com/10005824 HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press The HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press delivers speeds up to 600 feet per minute. Whether you're printing books, direct mail pieces, newspapers or transaction documents, you'll achieve exceptional results—color without com- promise, and breakthrough economics. With a speed that exceeds the HP T300's, the new HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press expands what graphic arts professionals can do with digital, offer- ing a more productive platform for streamlined, high-volume full-color printing. The four-color, 30-inch-wide HP T350 also extends an up to 1200x600-dpi na- tive resolution HP Inkjet Web Press product line that also includes the 30-inch- wide HP T300 and the 20.5-inch-wide, single-engine, duplex HP T200. MyPRINTResource.com/10005824