Inkjet

Star product: Komfi Spotmatic 54
Komfi's low-cost B2-plus digital spot varnisher.

Me & my: RTI Vortex 4200
Packaging is tipped as one of the next big markets to be addressed by digital printing. So a small packaging firm becoming one of the first in the UK to install a new machine based on new technology...

Ink costs are key to high-speed inkjet
It’s a regular staple of the tabloid press, a shock-horror headline stating that consumers are paying more for their desktop printer ink than they’d pay for vintage champagne.

Gecht confident on $1bn revenue target as EFI posts Q2 results
EFI chief executive Guy Gecht has spoken of his increasing confidence in achieving the firm's $1bn revenue target in 2016 following the publication of its second quarter results last week.

FFEI adds new features to Graphium including digital over-white
FFEI has unveiled a number of enhancements to its Graphium hybrid digital UV narrow-web label press, including a sixth inkjet channel to enable a digital over-white in addition to the existing digital...

Capita orders UK's first Impika web presses in £17m spend
Capita has invested £17m in a new 'white paper' print and distribution facility in Mansfield that will house the first two Impika inkjet web presses in the UK.

Jeff Jacobson appointed president of Xerox Technology Business
Jeff Jacobson has been appointed to succeed Armando Zagalo de Lima as president of Xerox's Technology Business.

EFI unveils superwide Vutek GS5500LXr Pro printer
EFI has launched the Vutek GS5500LXr Pro, a 5m-wide roll-to-roll printer equipped with LED curing and the manufacturer's new 7pl grayscale UltraDrop technology.

Xaar launches 501 GS8 wide-format inkjet printhead
Xaar has today launched its latest printhead for graphic applications, the Xaar 501 GS8, which features a new architecture that enables greater accuracy and consistency in drop velocity, size and...

Eclipse tests market with hybrid inkjet spend
Eclipse Colour has begun installation of Kodak Prosper S5 inkjet overprinting heads on its 12-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 102.