Category: Commercial & Production Printing

Kyocera Enters High-Speed Inkjet Production-Printer Market with New TASKalfa Pro 15000c

With print speeds of up to 150 ppm in A4 mode (146 ppm in Letter-size mode), regardless of media type, the firm says that this full-color production inkjet printer is ideally suited for print service providers (PSPs) and customers looking to run medium to large volume print jobs in-house at an attractive price point.

This Week in Imaging: How IKON, Lanier, Savin Acquisitions Have Made a Tough Road for Ricoh

At first it seemed the acquisition of IKON would only be a boon for Ricoh. After all, IKON was said to be the world’s largest independent provider of copier/MFPs, printers, and related services, with over 400 offices in North America and Western Europe, regional sales and service training facilities, a roster of Fortune 500 customers, and revenues of $4,167 million for its fiscal year before it was purchased by Ricoh.

This Week in Imaging: HP Takes Printing from Offices, to Dorm Rooms, Factories, Car-Wrap Shops, and More

As for HP’s new Latex Series R printers announced this week, they’ll be able to print on rigid materials for producing items such as car wraps, wall coverings, canvas prints, outdoor and indoor signs, etc.

HP Expanding Wide-Format Latex Printer Family with New Latex R Series

Thom Brown, chief inkologist, at HP Inc., commented: “White ink has been a consistent problem for the industry. Traditionally it uses bigger and heavier pigment particles that frequently clog print heads, or the opaque mixture becomes separated and settles to the bottom of the ink reservoir.”

New EFI Fiery Servers for Ricoh’s New Four- and Five-Color Station Pro C7200X Series Production Printers

Introduced earlier this month in Europe, the five-color Ricoh Pro C7200X (Graphic Arts Edition) cut-sheet production printer series is said to have been designed and engineered for graphic-arts applications, while the four-color ProTM C7200 series has been developed to help enterprise print rooms reduce operational costs.

New Ricoh Pro VC60000 Inks for Printing on Coated Offset Substrates

“The future of Ricoh’s business, and that of our clients’, is entwined in a shared opportunity to understand market requirements and the solutions required for business growth. Ricoh’s new inks are an excellent example of innovation addressing real-world business opportunities through improved color, faster production speeds, and enabling the use of common paper types in the commercial print space.”