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Wednesday November 12, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Conference Registration
2:00 p.m. Opening session
INTRODUCTION TO 16TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN INK JET PRINTING CONFERENCE
Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Carrabassett Valley, Maine, USA & Director, IMI Europe, Cambridge, UK
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources, Cambridge, UK
Debbie Thorp, VP EMEA Operations, iTi - imaging Technology international,
Session 1:
INK JET MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS - WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING?
THE PAST 10 YEARS; THE NEXT 10 YEARS: WHERE ARE WE ON THE EVOLUTIONARY SCALE OF THINGS?
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources Ltd, Cambridge, UK
• How far has ink jet technology really progressed?
• We are beyond the adoption phase for desk-top; does that mean no further developments?
• Where is ink jet on the evolutionary scale of things?
• The future for digital commercial printing – page chasing or new applications?
• Ink jet as a manufacturing process
• Will the pace of change change?
WHERE ARE THE MARKETS FOR HIGH-SPEED INK JET PRINTING?
Mark Hanley, President, I T Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts, USA
• Where will fixed array IJ technology establish its base?
• Will fixed array fulfil its promise - what are the elements that need to be in place?
• Proof of reliability
• Economic justification of its true cost
FROM VAPOUR TO VALUE - SINGLE PASS INDUSTRIAL INKJET: HOW USERS MIGHT MINIMISE THE ADOPTION PAIN
Peter Walsh, Business Manager, FFEI Limited, Hemel Hempstead, UK
• Application sectors
• Does it make sense to adopt?
• Things to consider
• How does a user go about adopting inkjet technology?
• Why does it cost so (or too) much?
• Value proposition versus cost model
• Reality check & summary
THE PROOF IS IN PRODUCTION – INKJET COMES OF AGE FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Dr Alan Hudd, President & CTO, Xennia Technology Ltd, Letchworth, UK
• Leveraging recent developments in inkjet printhead technology for reliable production printing
• Key success criteria for inkjet as a manufacturing process
- Considerations for fluid formulation
- Ink supply
- Motion handling
• R&D - developing new applications for inkjet from concept to production
- Development of novel chemistries for non traditional print applications
- Developing application driven printing processes
• Production solution examples
- Ceramic tile manufacture
- Production line product decoration
Session 2:
HIGH-SPEED WEB PRINTING ENABLES COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
OCÉ DIGIDOT: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO MAXIMIZE USER BENEFITS
Crit Driessen, Vice President Marketing and Strategy, Océ Production Printing, Poing, Germany
• Océ DigiDot inkjet technology
- Core of the JetStream web press
- Key for a wide application window
• DigiDot enables JetStream users to provide print services that go beyond those provided by traditional inkjet systems
- Media diversity
- High print quality
- Lower costs
HP INKJET WEB PRESS – A TRANSFORMATION FOR DIGITAL PRINTING
Bruno Trouvé, EMEA Business Development Manager, HP Inkjet High-speed Production Solutions, Paris, France
• How the Inkjet Web Press fits within HP’s strategy for the Graphic Arts market
• HP GA portfolio
• Target markets and applications for Inkjet Web Press
• Press overview and how it works
• HP Scalable Printhead technology – a flexible building-block
KODAK INKJET TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY WITH STREAM INKJET TECHNOLOGY
Donald R. Allred, Director, Business Development, Inkjet Printing Solutions, Graphic Communications Group, Eastman Kodak Company, Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Continuous inkjet technology provides high print speed and expandable width capabilities for very high productivity for real production processes
• Industrial applications began in direct mail production
- Grew with production of transactional documents
- Transitioned into full production applications ranging from high volume book production to wood floor panels
• New Stream inkjet technology offers offset class printing, providing the speed, quality, and costs necessary to be successful in industrial production environments
• Status of current Kodak continuous inkjet technology
• Interesting new industrial applications
• Stream inkjet technology - Potential applications
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Join us and enjoy local wines and beers, canapes, and of course good company!
Thursday November 13, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Session 3:
PRINTHEAD TECHNOLOGIES - THE ENGINES FOR GROWTH
SILICON MEMS RAISES THE BAR FOR PIEZO INKJET PRINTHEADS
Martin Schoeppler, CEO and President, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. , Santa Clara, California, USA
• Silicon MEMS
- Technology & implementation
- Utility for inkjet fabrication
- Features & benefits
• Q-Class platform
- Key attributes & performance
- Product configurations
• VersaDropTM imaging in practice
• SAMBATM technology
- Key attributes
- Range of application
INDUSTRIAL INKJET: WHAT’S NEW “TODAY”
Julian Bane, Technology Specialist, Xaar, Cambridge, UK
• Key factors in delivering single-pass print
• Speed
- Quality
- Reliability
• Latest developments of Xaar technology
- Faster printheads
• Applications that are now a reality
- Inline varnishing
- Single-pass label press
- High speed web barcodes
OCÉ PRINTHEAD & CRYSTALPOINTTM TECHNOLOGY
Marcel Slot, Vice President Development, R&D, Océ-Technologies, Venlo, The Netherlands
• Océ piezo printhead technology
- Basic design & key characteristics
- High temperature capability to enable wide ink range - up to 140oC
- Paint Technology: 100% prediction and compensation of nozzle failure
- High speed, single pass banding free printing
• CrystalPointTM technology explained
- TonerPearls: Solid in - Solid out
- Main challenges & advantages
• Application in wide format printing
- Océ’s ColourWave 600
- Market - Technology fit
Session 4:
LABEL PRINTING - INK JET ENTERS PACKAGING APPLICATIONS
LINOPRINT TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
Dr. Clemens Rensch, Product Manager, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, Germany
• Heidelberg at a Glance
• Trends in Market and Technology
• Trends & Requirements in Packaging Industry
• Current Solutions
• Piezo Inkjet DoD
• Integration of DoD in Blister Packaging
• Print Samples
• Summary and Outlook
INKJET PACKAGING APPLICATIONS – MARKET DEMANDS AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
Stefan Slembrouck, Business Manager Digital Print Solutions, Sun Chemical Digital, Niedernhausen, Germany
• Opportunities and drivers for inkjet in packaging
- Corrugated board
- Labels
• User demand and requirements
• Machine configurations
- Matching inkjet considerations with user needs
• What is being printed? How users use inkjet in packaging
A METHOD OF PRINTING WITH UV INKS ON PAPER LABEL STOCKS
John Corrall, Managing Director, Industrial Inkjet Ltd, Cambridge, UK
• Review of previous work on plastic films (wet-on-wet works!)
• Initial results on coated paper label stocks
• Use of primers
• Ink Jet method
1:00 p.m.
Luncheon
Join us for traditional and modern Portuguese cuisine, plus some local wines
2:30 p.m.
Session 5:
EMERGING INK TECHNOLOGIES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
INK JET INKS FOR ADVANCED PACKAGING PRINTING APPLICATIONS
Marc Graindourze, Business Development Manager Integrated Inkjet Solutions, Agfa Graphics, Mortsel, Belgium
• Integrated inkjet solutions from Agfa Graphics
• Advanced packaging printing applications
• Inkjet opportunities in packaging
• Inkjet ink development for packaging
• Low migration inkjet inks
• Smart inkjet inks
• Future trends
CONDUCTIVE, EDIBLE, ECOLOGICAL AND A WHOLE LOT MORE – HOW INK JET INK IS RISING TO THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN PRINTING
Peter Walshe, Business Development Manager, Sunjet, Bath, UK
• Where ink jet ink technology has come from
• From graphics to manufacturing processes
- Steps along the way
• Technology available and current development
• The partnerships and hardware that make it possible
• Case studies
• .... And so to the future
ALUMINIUM BASED METALLIC INKS: THE SILVER FREE APPROACH
Dr. Stefan Engel, Development Manager Digital Ink, Eckart GmbH, Velden, Germany
• Properties of aluminium flake pigments
-Size, shape, reactivity
• Manufacturing process
• Ink jet inks
- Solvent
- UV
- Water
• Markets and applications
THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PRINTING IS HERE – HP’S NEW LATEX PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
Vicenç Llorens, Product Regulations Manager, Customer Experience - Product Regulations Large Format Printing Division, Hewlett Packard Española S.L., Spain
• New latex inks and Wide Scan Printing Technology
- Ink technology
- Scalable Printing Technology
• Future/Present products
- Applications
- Market potential
- Benefits to printers
• Designed to reduce the impact of printing on the environment
- Environmental benefits, health and safety considerations in the print shop & to the end user
- Technology, product, substrates
• Customer case study
- Total cost of ownership
- Impact on business environment
- Customer reaction
- New business opportunities
SUPPLIERS FORUM
5 minute presentations related to technology, capabilities, services, new product introductions etc. The Supplier’s Forum is open to all registrants.
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Join us and enjoy local wines and beers, canapes, and of course good company!
Friday November 14, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Session 6:
PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS & TESTING - KEY FOR PRODUCT SUCCESS
MINIATURISATION IN LED CURING – INCREASING POWER, REDUCING FOOTPRINT
Adrian Lockwood, Managing Director, Integration Technology Ltd, Upper Heyford, UK
• What benefits does LED curing have to offer inkjet?
• Review of recent technical developments
• The progress of LED curing to date
• An evaluation of barriers to LED technology
• Peak irradiance, dose, wavelength - which is the most important?
• Miniaturisation: driving up the power; driving down the size
• A roadmap to the future
TO PIN OR NOT TO PIN IN UV DIGITAL PRINT WEB PRESSES
John J. Kuta, Director of Business Development and R&D, EXFO Life Science and Industrial Division, Mississauga, Canada
• Challenges to print quality in single pass digital web presses
• The pinning process
• Pinning technology options and constraints
• Laboratory studies
- Test methods to quantify degree of cure
- Recent experimental data
• Real world experience – print samples discussion
• Why the debate?
• Recommendations and conclusions
THE NEW CHALLENGES CREATED BY FLOW-THROUGH INKJET PRINTHEADS
Clive Ayling, Meteor Business Development Manager, The Technology Partnership, Royston, UK
• Flow-through ink supply design
• Practical issues of ink supply design for large print systems
• Added demands on data path systems for such systems
• Setting up a small system for lab-based ink and drop optimisation
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NIR DRYING
David Pelling, Director and General Manager, Adphos UK Ltd, Wantage, UK
• What makes NIR special?
• Applications of NIR from 2.5 kilowatt to 25 megawatt
• The use of NIR for ink jet today
• Using NIR to meet the customer demands
• What are the real benefits to the user?
LIGHTFASTNESS STUDIES OF WATER-BASED INKJET INKS ON COATED AND UNCOATED PAPERS
Jeffrey Quill, Director of Technical Applications, Q-Lab Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Coated & uncoated papers printed with water based inkjet inks using continues binary array inkjet equipment
• Lightfastness tests preformed in a QUV with Cool White florescent lamps, A Q-Sun xenon arc test chamber using. window glass filters, & under glass outdoor in Florida
• Results compared to two indoor exposure locations
• Rank order collation showed good collation between the various exposure methods.
• Lightfastness of water-based inkjet inks can be complex and dictated by the substrate
• Coated substrates more susceptible to UV light than bonded or uncoated substrates
1:00 p.m. Adjournment
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