Your Inkjet Investment Strategy
It’s no secret that inkjet will be one of the prevalent technologies in the production printing industry. According to I.T. Strategies research, worldwide the number of printed continuous-feed production inkjet pages grew at 73% CAGR from 2008 until 2016. Inkjet technology is projected to account for 60% of all digital pages printed by 2019.
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But why inkjet? Marco Boer, VP of I.T. Strategies, bottom-lined it for attendees during his opening keynote at Inkjet Summit 2017 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. “There is no other digital printing technology as productive as inkjet, as it has already proven in such a short-time,” said Boer. “And there is no other digital printing technology as flexible or as upgradeable as inkjet.”
Investing in production inkjet technology is no longer a matter of “if,” but more a matter of “when.”
Is now the right time? Market experts say yes, and provide three important reasons why waiting to invest in inkjet technology might not be the wisest business decision.
To find out what they are, read our exclusive Production Inkjet Buyers Guide, which is filled with data and specifications on software, inkjet presses, paper and finishing equipment, as well as buying tips from the experts. View the guide here.
Denise Gustavson is the Editorial Director and Special Projects Editor for the Printing & Packaging Group, which includes Printing Impressions, packagePRINTING, In-plant Graphics and Wide-Format Impressions magazines, among other brands. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Wide-Format Impressions.
