Status of Print Frank Romano Professor Emeritus RIT
Major trends Erosion of print volume slows Print volume effects on printing industry Competing business sectors Effect on printed products Technology upheaval Multi-channel marketing 5
Where did print go? Electronic Offshore Print 2010
Run lengths
Revenue changes
Competing business sectors
10 What is print?
Books Photo books Self-published books Technical books Specialty books Presentations, Proposals
Periodical Magazine Journal Newsletter Reprint/preprint Reply cards
Catalog Consumer Business Hybrid
Newspaper Daily Weekly Specialty
Directories White/Yellow Pages Association Parts/Price Lists Other
Promotional Flyers Brochures Booklets Circulars Ad Inserts
Direct Mail Post Card Self Mailer Booklet Envelope Mail
Technical Documentation Manuals Guides Tech Bulletins Instructions
Legal-Financial Annual/Quarterly Transactional TransPromo Legal Reports IPOs Other
Office Communication Reports Presentations Forms Announcements
Stationery Invitations Business Cards Party packages
Packaging Labels and Tags Folding Carton Flexible Corrugated Test
Miscellaneous Greeting Cards Wrapping Paper Calendars Posters
Industrial Textiles Plastics Glass Printed Electronics
Printed Electronics
Print technology confusion Offset improves incrementally Offset volume diminishes Digital toner improves incrementally Digital toner volume static Digital inkjet improves incrementally Digital inkjet volume growing
Printing processes compete Digital now 15 percent of all printing 28
Follow the equipment
InfoTrends Color vs mono
Paper Uncoated Coated 40 350 gsm Hybrid paper No such thing as plain paper
Offset litho advances Half size (20+-inch) presses to 40/41-inch presses VLF (60-81-inch) presses Auto plate loading JDF Direct drive motors Registration automation Color control Integrated coating Spot colors Light to heavy stocks Anicolor ink systems Integrated finishing Packaging capabilities UV drying Goss M600 web to sheetfed 32
Presses vs. Toner Printers 29 60+ in. 13x19 to 14.33 x22.5 Spot colors CMYK (HP Indigo does spots) 10,000+ sph 110-230 ppm Static print Variable print 33
Xerox
Kodak Nexpress
Canon
Konica Minolta
Ricoh
Digital label printers
Key packaging issues Globalization Time to market JIT supply chain Changing legislation Security issues Shifting consumer trends Micro-marketing Versioning Shelf space competition Brand management and protection
Digital enhancement adds value Kodak NexPress Dimensional Clear toner Xerox 1000 clear toner Scodix inkjet texture coater
Inkjet trends Single-pass inkjet Variable dot sizes Wide, super-wide format Roll, flatbed B2 sheetfed High-speed continuous feed 43
InfoTrends Inkjet
InfoTrends Inkjet flavors
Inkjet inks Reducing the use of aggressive solvent inks EFI VUTEk BioVue ink Eco solvent inks Major trend is UV curable inks HP water-based latex inks that use heat curing 47
Wide Format inkjet
Wide Format Roll Flatbed 49
Flatbed inkjet
51 Game changers
Sheetfed B2 Fujifilm Japan Dainippon Screen digital sheetfed inkjet printing presses Agfa M Press 52
Landa nanographic printing
Roll-fed toner Xerox 490/980 Océ 10000 Xeikon 8000 56
Roll-fed inkjet
Fujifilm 58
Impika
Kodak inkjet Kodak Versamark CIJ and DOD inkjet DOD Versamark VL2000 CIJ Prosper Press 60
Ricoh/Screen Based on Screen TruePress Jet 61
Océ inkjet 62
Océ InfiniStream
HP Inkjet Press 65
Xeikon Trillium
Xerox
New Liquid toner FujiXerox Océ Xeikon Memjet partners Delphax Océ wide format Ryobi HP Indigo Xante
Press makers and others Konica Minolta Myakoshi and Ryobi KBA and RRD HEI, manroland, Komori with Landa
Delphax, MGI, Fuji-Xerox
Hybrid Printing HP Kodak Heidelberg Komori Manroland KBA
Workflow is many workflows Marketing workflow Creative workflow (file) Business workflow (specs) Pre-press workflow (plate, proof) Printing workflow (sheets, rolls) Finishing workflow (products) Distribution workflow (ship, mail) Billing/archiving workflow
A multi-media world
The print universe
Past and future of print