How could a personal newspaper possibly be printed cost effectively? How could the newspaper that I get delivered to me or that I pick up at the kiosk on my way to work be completely different from my neighbor's or the person on the subway with me? The answer: A high-speed, digital, newsprint printer. Such a printer does exist. Here's the press release from the IFRA convention in Switzerland Oct. 7, 2005, with the quiet announcement. Check it out. Peter Van
Kodak Versamark to Showcase Production of Five Different Full-Colour, Digitally Printed Daily Newspapers at IfraExpo 05, Stand 4I 200 - Company’s High-Speed Inkjet System Helps Users Create and Grow a New Market
GLAND, SWITZERLAND, October 7 – Kodak Versamark, Inc., a subsidiary of Kodak (NYSE: EK), announces that its IfraExpo 05 exhibit (Stand 4I 200) will feature daily newspapers from around the world, digitally printed and delivered to the show every morning. These full-colour newspapers in different languages will be digitally produced by Kodak Versamark customer Digitaldruck Bayerlein, based in Neusäss, Germany. Special editions for IFRA will include The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Times of India (India), Sovjet Sport (Russia), Beeld (South Africa), and Sports Nippon (Japan). In a real-world example of the power and efficiency of digital printing, they will be printed at Bayerlein and delivered to the IFRA exhibition every morning when the exhibition opens at 10:00 am.Kodak Versamark has developed a Newspaper Printing System, based on the KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 digital printer, with the ability to cost-effectively print full colour digital newspapers on standard newsprint at web speeds of 150 meters per minute (500 feet per minute). This system can produce over 1,000 40-page colour newspapers per hour at a cost comparable to black-and-white laser printing. In addition, a full-speed inline finishing system is under development that will be able to produce a folded, multi-section broadsheet or tabloid newspaper, or mixed broadsheet and tabloid. The ability of high-speed inkjet-based systems to print newspapers in full colour offers a variety of benefits. While today’s black-and-white laser-based systems can provide some of the benefits of remote printing, they cannot address the need for colour photos and advertising. With the KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 printing system, most newspapers can be printed cost effectively with process colour on one side and black on the other side, and IfraExpo 2005 will highlight this emerging application.Distribute and print for newspapers in real-world useDigitaldruck Bayerlein is the first company in the world to use the Newspaper Printing System, based on the KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 system. Earlier this year the company began production of digitally printed, four-colour newspapers for foreign publishing houses. Previously, the respective publishers would offset print their foreign market editions, together with the national editions, and then deliver them all over the world. This new system offers the advantages of more efficient local production, combined with cost-effectiveness, high quality and true newspaper look and feel.Christian Bayerlein, Managing Director at Digitaldruck Bayerlein, says the speed of his press is a great advantage for digital newspaper production. “For most publishers who want their publications to be available on the German market, standard distribution to the appropriate newsstands is not economical,” he explains. “In contrast, digital printing on a KODAK VERSAMARK digital printing system is ideally suited for short-run newspaper production, since production and delivery can be handled locally.” Two weekly titles, the Washington Post Weekly and the Jerusalem Post Weekly, are currently being produced at Digitaldruck Bayerlein and distributed at international traffic hubs, such as Munich’s central train station or various airports. Bayerlein receives PDF file data via e-mail or ISDN in the evening, prints during the night, and delivers finished newspapers early in the morning. Three-quarters of the print run is sold at the train station alone. The KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 printing systemWith a capacity of up to one million impressions per day, the VX5000 is an integrated digital printing system capable of producing 100 percent variable data in black, highlight colour and CMYK process colour. The roll-fed VX5000 system is designed to handle very heavy-duty production, yielding more than 2,000 pages per minute with an exceptionally low cost per page. In addition to its ability to handle daily newspaper production, the VX5000 system offers a variety of model configurations to handle virtually any variable data printing application, making it ideal for custom, personalized marketing materials using multiple versions.The KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000-4/1W system can print most newspapers with process colour on one side and black on the other side, while the VX5000-4/4W printing system outputs full colour on all pages. The throughput of the VX5000 printing system is not the same as offset production speeds, but it is the fastest digital printer in the world. Some of its features include:· Print speed of more than 40,000 pages per hour· Multiple title newspaper production, with “instant” changeover· Capable of printing a 10-sheet / 40-page paper· 100% process colour, or 50% process colour and 50% B&W· PDF-based workflow for greater efficiency· Twice the speed of the fastest laser printer available· Provides the look and feel of standard newspaper; ink-on-paper quality· Consistent image quality, first page to last, paper to paperIn addition to daily demonstrations at the Kodak Versamark stand (4I 200) at Ifra, Kodak Versamark representatives will highlight the advantages of the new VX5000 Newspaper Printing System during two presentations held at the Drupa Pavillion.
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Kodak Versamark to Showcase Production of Five Different Full-Colour, Digitally Printed Daily Newspapers at IfraExpo 05, Stand 4I 200 - Company’s High-Speed Inkjet System Helps Users Create and Grow a New Market
GLAND, SWITZERLAND, October 7 – Kodak Versamark, Inc., a subsidiary of Kodak (NYSE: EK), announces that its IfraExpo 05 exhibit (Stand 4I 200) will feature daily newspapers from around the world, digitally printed and delivered to the show every morning. These full-colour newspapers in different languages will be digitally produced by Kodak Versamark customer Digitaldruck Bayerlein, based in Neusäss, Germany. Special editions for IFRA will include The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Times of India (India), Sovjet Sport (Russia), Beeld (South Africa), and Sports Nippon (Japan). In a real-world example of the power and efficiency of digital printing, they will be printed at Bayerlein and delivered to the IFRA exhibition every morning when the exhibition opens at 10:00 am.Kodak Versamark has developed a Newspaper Printing System, based on the KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 digital printer, with the ability to cost-effectively print full colour digital newspapers on standard newsprint at web speeds of 150 meters per minute (500 feet per minute). This system can produce over 1,000 40-page colour newspapers per hour at a cost comparable to black-and-white laser printing. In addition, a full-speed inline finishing system is under development that will be able to produce a folded, multi-section broadsheet or tabloid newspaper, or mixed broadsheet and tabloid. The ability of high-speed inkjet-based systems to print newspapers in full colour offers a variety of benefits. While today’s black-and-white laser-based systems can provide some of the benefits of remote printing, they cannot address the need for colour photos and advertising. With the KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 printing system, most newspapers can be printed cost effectively with process colour on one side and black on the other side, and IfraExpo 2005 will highlight this emerging application.Distribute and print for newspapers in real-world useDigitaldruck Bayerlein is the first company in the world to use the Newspaper Printing System, based on the KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 system. Earlier this year the company began production of digitally printed, four-colour newspapers for foreign publishing houses. Previously, the respective publishers would offset print their foreign market editions, together with the national editions, and then deliver them all over the world. This new system offers the advantages of more efficient local production, combined with cost-effectiveness, high quality and true newspaper look and feel.Christian Bayerlein, Managing Director at Digitaldruck Bayerlein, says the speed of his press is a great advantage for digital newspaper production. “For most publishers who want their publications to be available on the German market, standard distribution to the appropriate newsstands is not economical,” he explains. “In contrast, digital printing on a KODAK VERSAMARK digital printing system is ideally suited for short-run newspaper production, since production and delivery can be handled locally.” Two weekly titles, the Washington Post Weekly and the Jerusalem Post Weekly, are currently being produced at Digitaldruck Bayerlein and distributed at international traffic hubs, such as Munich’s central train station or various airports. Bayerlein receives PDF file data via e-mail or ISDN in the evening, prints during the night, and delivers finished newspapers early in the morning. Three-quarters of the print run is sold at the train station alone. The KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 printing systemWith a capacity of up to one million impressions per day, the VX5000 is an integrated digital printing system capable of producing 100 percent variable data in black, highlight colour and CMYK process colour. The roll-fed VX5000 system is designed to handle very heavy-duty production, yielding more than 2,000 pages per minute with an exceptionally low cost per page. In addition to its ability to handle daily newspaper production, the VX5000 system offers a variety of model configurations to handle virtually any variable data printing application, making it ideal for custom, personalized marketing materials using multiple versions.The KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000-4/1W system can print most newspapers with process colour on one side and black on the other side, while the VX5000-4/4W printing system outputs full colour on all pages. The throughput of the VX5000 printing system is not the same as offset production speeds, but it is the fastest digital printer in the world. Some of its features include:· Print speed of more than 40,000 pages per hour· Multiple title newspaper production, with “instant” changeover· Capable of printing a 10-sheet / 40-page paper· 100% process colour, or 50% process colour and 50% B&W· PDF-based workflow for greater efficiency· Twice the speed of the fastest laser printer available· Provides the look and feel of standard newspaper; ink-on-paper quality· Consistent image quality, first page to last, paper to paperIn addition to daily demonstrations at the Kodak Versamark stand (4I 200) at Ifra, Kodak Versamark representatives will highlight the advantages of the new VX5000 Newspaper Printing System during two presentations held at the Drupa Pavillion.
Download Kodak Versamark to Showcase Production of Five Different Full-Colour, Digitally Printed Daily Newspapers at IfraExpo 05, Stand 4I 200 - Company’s High-Speed Inkjet System Helps Users Create and Grow a New Market (Word file, 36 kb)
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