Dusseldorf

Everyone, it seems, loves inkjet technology. It’s efficient, easy on the budget and there’s certainly no denying the benefits of inkjet when it comes to personalization. Bottom line: inkjet-enabled solutions offer one of the rare growth sectors for an industry grappling with decline in many traditional products. So, the realization that inkjet-printed paper isn’t the most recycling-friendly is cause for some concern.

Headquartered in Hudson, N.H., Presstek—a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions—introduced a UV printing option for the Presstek 52DI and 34DI digital offset presses at drupa, which took place May 29th through June 11th in Dusseldorf, Germany. “Printing with UV waterless inks on Presstek’s DI presses expands Presstek’s opportunity to provide the highest quality, lowest cost four-color offset solution for a wider range of markets, including consumer packaging, point-of-purchase and direct mail,” said Klaus Schleicher, Presstek group product director, digital printing business unit. “This new UV option for DI presses will open new doors for Presstek, our customers, and their

Under the theme "Think Automation," Horizon International, Dusseldorf, Germany, recently launched a series of new CIP4/JDF-enabled finishing solutions at drupa 2004. Dubbed i2i, the new CIP4/JDF-enabled automated workflow system provides bar-coded tickets for easy job management, saves and recalls recurring jobs and record data for accounting and analysis, and monitors job status of i2i-connected machines in real time from a central console. Horizon's HOF-30 ultra-fast sheet feeder for pre-collated digital output clocks up to 27,000 sheets per hour. It can be combined with Horizon's SPF-20 or SPF-30 class saddle-stitching systems. With a collating tower, these combined systems can effectively serve print shops with both offset

Jetrion, Dusseldorf, Germany, a leading global provider of advanced products, services and specialized solutions for industrial inkjet applications, recently introduced its new Jetrion 3025, drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printing system. The machine allows significantly more flexibility, higher quality and lower-cost digital-printing capability to the commercial printing, publishing and packaging markets. "The Jetrion 3025 is our response to operational end-users who look for higher performing, more cost-effective alternatives to existing legacy systems," said Dr. Kenneth Stack, president. "The introduction of this remarkably advanced system in our company's first full year of operation underscored Jetrion's commitment to new technologies to provide the most productive equipment and