Inkjet

Heidelberg is upping production of its Primefire 106 B1 sheetfed inkjet press in the face of an “overwhelming” market reaction to the device.

Kodak chief executive Jeff Clarke has called for "immediate action" to cut costs, including shedding 425 jobs, after the company's Q3 results revealed losses of $46m.

Ricoh has unveiled a new family of entry-level continuous-feed inkjet printers, the Pro V20000 series, developed to aid the transition of high-speed toner users to inkjet.

Xeikon has launched a partnership with EFI in a move that it says makes it the “biggest global UV inkjet provider for digital labels”.

Both an automated flatbed inkjet and a low-cost sheetfed B1 press.

Domino has promoted long-serving employee Shane Dewar to head up its European digital printing business.

Mailroom equipment supplier Addressing & Mailing Solutions (AMS) has taken on Kirk-Rudy’s range of inkjet, mailing and packaging machines for distribution in the UK.

Machinery supplier Engelmann & Buckham (E&B) is to show a number of new products from US manufacturer Ink.jet in the UK for the first time at Ipex, after debuting them at LabelExpo Europe last month.

Xeikon has canned its Trillium liquid toner programme, which it first revealed more than five years ago.

Black on white is still the clearest way to print text for easy reading, which explains why there are so many mono presses on the market dedicated to book work.