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Volume 46, Issue 2
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Special Review
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Tsuyoshi YOSHIOKA2009 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 058-063
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: May 15, 2009
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS"As a better response to modern global concerns regarding environmental issues, hybrid workflows at prepress harmonize the advantages of both offset printing and digital printing. Currently jobs are normally processed through two workflows in parallel, but because of improvements in quality and productivity and the market trend towards variable data printing, linkage to post-press systems, and shorter press runs, hybrid workflow is growing in popularity. The point of hybrid workflow is to manage and process both colour consistency and impositions among different output devices (differing media type and size, etc), and to adapt APPE which harnesses the power of PDF directly, both in productivity and quality. Looking back to Drupa 2008, "Inkjet Drupa", the importance of the hybrid workflow is now even higher as obtaining output from multiple devices via one workflow is essential for consistency and efficiency. FUJIFILM shall enhance the cross media capability of its JDF workflow XMF continuously together with its range of output systems both CTP and Digital printing systems."View full abstractDownload PDF (932K) -
Takeshi OBIKAWA2009 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 064-068
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: May 15, 2009
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIt is expected that print on demand business expands in future. There is an increasing growth of requirements for small lot and many kinds of printing products, which means that printing companies have to provide customers with only what they need, as much as they need. The print on demand business is capable of meeting such requirements. There is also a technology progress both in hardware and software, such as on demand printing machine and corresponding application, and then many people attend the exhibitions or seminars concerned with print on demand business. This article presents a view of the print on demand business, as well as some recent examples to which the print on demand technology is applied and its related problems.View full abstractDownload PDF (552K) -
Yasuo MIYAMOTO2009 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 069-076
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: May 15, 2009
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn 1993, progressive printing technology, on-demand printing and⁄or digital printing, was announced by 2 companies, Indigo and Xeikon. This technology is based on electrophotography and steadily changed the printing industry for 15 years. In recent years, there are over 20 printer distributors and over 200 on-demand printing presses used electrophotography or inkjet technology in this market. Digital printing technologies are improved year by year and expand the following fields, commercial, business form, wide-format and various industrial applications. This paper look back the change of print industry and reviews the industry trends in on-demand printing market, technology and their applications.View full abstractDownload PDF (728K) -
Nobuo HATA2009 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 077-083
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: May 15, 2009
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThere are two technologies for ink-jet printing. One is called Continues Ink-Jet technology (CIJ), and another is called Drop On Demand (DOD) technology. Since 1967, CIJ was developed for industrial printing, and it is used in transaction printing market today. DOD was introduced into family use since 1985, and in these days, DOD has begun to be used for industry. The two technologies have advantage and disadvantage, so neither technology yet spread in the commercial printing market. CIJ is inferior in quality, and DOD is inferior in productivity. Last drupa, some new technology that had either advantage was shown and became a topic very much. I would report the present of the ink-jet technology and describe future development.View full abstractDownload PDF (1135K)
Technical Paper
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Yasushi OZAKI, Eiji KAWAMURA2009 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 084-090
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: May 15, 2009
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn order to observe ink penetration over a wide area, a Surface and Interface Cutting Analysis System (SAICAS) and a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) were used to make slope sections of intaglio prints. Next, the slope sections of the prints were analyzed with an electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA). In the case of SAICAS, slope sections of the prints could be made with the cutting blade driving both horizontally and vertically. In the case of FIB, slope sections were made with a Gallium ion beam irradiating the cross section of the prints rotated at an angle of only 7 degrees. It was possible with SAICAS to make slope sections several mm in length. A flat slope section was able to be obtained with FIB, but the length of the slope section was limited to 260m. In addition, it took 20 hours to make the slope section with FIB. Because the area of the slope section obtained with SAICAS or FIB is much larger than that of a cross section, ink penetration over a wider area could be estimated at one time.View full abstractDownload PDF (1721K)
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