Saturday, January 29, 2011

Digital Printing Presses Face Opportunities and Challenges

The printing industry is finding that digital printing press technologies are providing profitable applications and new business opportunities.  Yet there are challenges such as print suppression programs by major companies aimed at reducing overall printed output, recycling issues, ebooks and other electronic options which do not include printing.

According to IMI President, Al Keene, “IMI’s 3rd Annual Digital Printing Presses – The Next Era Conference on June 9-11, 2010 in Kissimmee (Orlando), Florida will focus on digital printing press technology developments, opportunities, requirements, challenges and potential solutions that are reshaping the commercial printing industry which has traditionally utilized screen, flexographic, gravure and offset printing – but are now transitioning rapidly into the Digital Era.”
Martin Schoeppler, FUJIFILM Dimatix’s CEO & President will address the challenges of achieving offset print quality and how silicon MEMs ink jet technology is advancing digital press print quality.
The latest innovations for digital press implementation in packaging and industrial production environments (ceramic tile, textiles, etc.) are the focus of Simon Edwards, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Tonejet; Marc Graindourze, Business Development Manager, Agfa-Gevaert and Dr. Alan L Hudd, President & Chief Technology Officer, Xennia Technology.

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