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Quick Printing | February 2015 13 MyPRINTResource.com The sheetfed J Press 720 S from Fujiflm. "elan has enabled us to complete 10,000 letters in just one hour compared to our [previous] feet of four machines taking three hours." said COO Sam Andreasen. "The consistency and quality of elan's output from the frst sheet to last sheet is impressive. The elan is a production workhorse at an affordable price." "As the frst elan customer, CompuMail has given us the highest endorsement possible in its technology of choice to support future color growth in the direct mail market- place," said Dieter Schilling, president and chief executive offcer of Delphax. "We believe elan offers CompuMail not only greater competitiveness, but also the ability to reshape its market. elan's combination of price, sheet-fed confguration and performance make versatile high-qual- ity color printing affordable—and proftable—for this key market segment." The elan digital front end (DFE) uses the Adobe PDF document format for publishing and variable workfow, driven by Delphax's unique scalable RIP architecture. Customer Andreasen added, "The elan PDF workfow gave us a simple and cost-effective integration with our HP workfow without binding us to a proprietary system. The intuitive touch-screen interface simplifes the operator experience, keeping input options clear and uncomplicat- ed. Comprehensive reporting systems provide detailed metrics and permit real-time analysis of system perfor- mance for CompuMail operators." elan's combination of speed and sheet size make it the fastest cut sheet inkjet printer in the market today. It gives CompuMail an 8-to-1 productivity advantage over its existing electrophotographic devices. elan is Delphax's re- sponse to a growing customer demand for more effcient, versatile and affordable color printing equipment, and it promises to be ideal for commercial print-on-demand challenges in direct mail, transpromotional, billing, state- ments, and book or manual publishing. Its variable data, spot color and, MICR capability are also expected to make elan attractive to many other printing market segments. Even traditional offset press manufacturer KBA dove into the digital arena, developing an even wider (30.7 inches) web-fed inkjet press with mega print frm RR Donnelley that was introduced in mid-2012. Called the RotaJET, its latest "L" iteration is set to debut later this month (Feb. 23-26) at the annual Hunkeler Innovation Days in Lucerne, Switzerland. The modular RotaJET L platform is available in fve different web widths from, 35.2 to 51.1 inches, and can be upgraded to the maximum printing width and color content at a later date. Additionally, it can be fexibly confgured to suit all fundamental application areas in the high-volume digital printing segment. Retroftting future generations of printing heads also is possible, so users can react quickly and economically to changing demands without needing to invest in entirely new kit. Liquid Toner, Too Canon Solutions America reported that its liquid-toner Océ Infnistream digital folding-carton press actually will be B1 capable, outputting more than 7,200 40-inch, full-size sheets per hour (sph) and 14,400 B2 sph, ac- cording to Eric Hawkinson, CSA marketing director for Production Print Solutions. And while the B2 format is nothing new for Xeikon, as of press time, the OEM was preparing to install its frst order for a Trillium-based B2, web-fed technology. Fifteen-year customer TagG Informatique feld-tested the new liquid-toner device and signed on for the new press 11 months ago. The frm produces direct mail, promo- tional material, fnancial, and other documents for large corporate clients. Its diverse production platform, with specialized equipment dedicated to producing various applications, made it an ideal feld test site for Xeikon's Trillium-based press. "I had the pleasure of seeing Trillium frst-hand last year during Xeikon's customer engagement process, and FEATURES AND BENEFITS § Extended benefts via process improvements and operational effciencies § Less prepress and set-up time—plate production and chemistry § Labor reduction and skill dependency— high quality print production with exact repeatability § Eliminates offset press management issues § Bindery set-up—digital work fow optimize sheet utilization and optimal production imposition § Paper waste—virtually no make ready waste or extensive press set-up or job changeover time