Den økende betydningen av Inkjet Paper av Beatrice Carol

Continuous-feed inkjet digital printing offers blessings versus standard

offset, and conjointly versus electric photographic or toner-based systems.

And, because the technology continues to evolve, inkjet paper gaining


share from each offset and electric photography.

The presses are sensible. The substrates are sensible. The software package


is nice. And, as Cathy Cartolano, VP of sales and technical services at

Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), says, image quality is "scary close" to offset.


thus why does not continuous-feed inkjet dominate the market?

Challenges embrace education, work flow, sales and finishing, similarly


because the limitations of the technology itself—and some have aforesaid


that each one of those challenges is being met. The technology continues to

evolve with enhancements to paper and ink, and conjointly to advance


mento software package, similarly on the presses themselves.

While a lot of of the discussion is targeted on image quality and also the


technology, it's vital to notice that digital print may be a terribly totally


different sale than standard print. the worth proposition of digital involves

a complete system answer around higher targeting, higher supply and fewer


waste, which ends in an exceedingly higher come back on the customers'


investment instead of a lower per cost. Also, the choice on inkjet versus


toner depends on image quality needed, substrate, ink coverage and run


length. the correct answer depends on the particular application, and inkjet

is gaining ground.

Image quality might not be the problem the maximum amount as political

economy. As Dave Bell, Mitsubishi director of digital paper sales, points


out: "The highest style of printing within the world for museums and


photography is inkjet. The question isn't once can inkjet quality be capable


offset,however once can production inkjet quality be capable offset."

The promise of continuous-feed inkjet is quality near offset with short and


variable knowledgecapability, and quality near or capable electric


photography with bigger productivity and lower value.