Printers

Digital printing at 400 feet per minute

00:37 May 15, 2009 PDT

HP’s Inkjet Web Press at the open house event in LA

It probably won’t fit on your home desktop, but HP’s Inkjet Web Press platform should appeal to print service providers looking to accelerate their transition from analog to digital printing. Offering four-color (CMYK) production printing at an addressable printing resolution of 1,200 x 600 dots per inch (dpi), the HP Inkjet Web Press can churn out prints at the rate of 400 feet (122m) per minute using the latest generation of HP Thermal Inkjet printheads based on the company's Scalable Printing Technology. Read More

CAMERAS AND IMAGING

Xerox sees big future in tiny printing package

By Darren Quick

00:24 May 12, 2009 PDT

Under the hood of the Xerox ColorQube 9200 Series multifunction printer

Although solid ink technology has been around for over a decade, solid ink printers have largely remained the domain of the graphic arts industry because they print more slowly and are unsuitable for higher volume printing. But Xerox has now firmly set its sights on the office market with its ColorQube 9200 Series multifunction printer, which uses new print head technology, with nozzles half the width of a human hair, to overcome past problems. Read More