Xeikon

Towards Fixing Performance Bottlenecks in Transactional and Transpromo Printing

This is the second of a series of three articles prepared for Output Links.Danny Mertens, Business Development Manager Document Printing at Xeikon, focuses on workflow performance and on how digiral technology can contribute to improving it. Feedback is included of some of the Xeikon expert users on their requirements and the perceived relative importance of the individual componenents on overall workflow performance.

New Technology Announcements Extend Xeikon’s Market Reach

Xeikon’s technology announcements in 2008 included higher speed, higher imaging addressability, and increased productivity. The higher addressability, along with new toner technology for the Xeikon 8000, brings the latest technology platform to new levels of quality. Xeikon’s 2008 technology announcements build on a strong history of platform developments, new toner formulations, and a dedication to productivity and ecological friendliness. This analysis provides an overview of the new products and places them in perspective with existing and past Xeikon products.

Impact of Device Parameters on Image Quality

If the proliferation of digital technology has not launched an outright specifications war, it has at least contributed to the plethora of dots, spots, pixels and other loosely applied terms, causing a lot of confusion about specifications.
These can easily be misinterpreted, and also the relationship between the various specifications is not always clear. The aim of this paper is to clarify those parameters and specifications that play a role in determining digital print quality and to briefly explain how they interrelate.