2001 International Conference on Digital Production Printing and Industrial Applications

Antwerp, Belgium
May 2001 , Volume 1 
ISBN / ISSN: 0-89208-233-X
400 pages

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© 2001, The Society for Imaging Science and Technology

The following papers are included in this publication. 

Plenary Session

• Not your Father’s Printing Press
  Frank Cost; Rochester Institute of Technology (USA) pages 1-1.
• Digital Printing and the Internet: Necessity Meets Invention
  Benny Landa; INDIGO (Israel) pages 2-2.
• Digital Printing, Printing on Demand, Short Runs and Variable Data Printing, Promises in the 20th Century, Realities in the 21st Century ?
  Patrick P. Bergmans; iXerox (Belgium) pages 3-3.
• New Products and Technologies at DRUPA 2000
  Josef Schneider and Ralf Schlözer; MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG (Germany) pages 4-12.

DPP for Documents and Publications

• Key Issues for Future Book Production
  Oliver Kranert; Geschaftsfuher Bertelsmann GGP Media (Possneck, Germany)pages 13-14.
• The Landscape of Digital Printing
  C. T. Ashley; Cap Ventures (USA) pages 15-15.
• Book Net: Innovation in Book Publishing and Distribution
  Uri ADLER; Aprion Digital (Israel) pages 16-20.
• The Fundamentals of Indigo's Digital Offset Color Printing Process and How It Rivals Mechanical Offset Printing
  Udi Chatow; Indigo (Israel) pages 21-25.
• On Demand Book Publishing
  Didier Bioche, Alain Flament; Xeikon N.V. (Belgium) pages 26-26.

Finishing in the Digital Printing Environment

• "Digital Finishing" the Strategic Bottleneck of DPP
  Arved Hübler; Institute for Print and Media Technology (Germany) pages 27-30.
• Merging Black/White and Color Document - Automated Off-line Finisher
  Eijiro Hori; Horizon International Inc. (Japan) pages 31-32.

Hybrid Printing Solutions

• Print Technologies and Design Concepts for Hybrid Printing Systems
  Walter d'Heureuse and Helmut Kipphan; Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Germany) pages 33-38.
• Digital Offset Printing for Newspaper Production
  Thomas Buck and Max Schaeble; Nussbaum Medien (Germany) and MAN Roland (Germany) pages 39-43.
• Impact of DOP on Short-Run, Fast Turnaround Printing
  Isabelle Fusey, Doug Goertzen, Michael Joy, Gord MacKenzie, and Brad Palmer; CreoScitex (Canada) pages 44-48.
• Direct Imaging: Engine for Change
  David Ventola; Presstek, Inc. (USA) pages 49-49.
• Applications of Page Wide Piezo Ink Jet Printing to Commercial and Industrial Market
  Yong Zhou and Clemens Rensch; Spectra, Inc. (USA) and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Germany) pages 50-53.
• Plateless Digital Offset Printing with Agfa LiteSpeed
  Jo Van der Aa, Joan Vermeersch, Eric Verschueren, and Johan Van Hunsel; Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Belgium) pages 54-57.
• New Coating Technology Enables Color Inkjet Printing of 4 Color Offset Pre-Printed Documents
  Keizaburo Matsumoto; Matsumoto Inc. (Japan) pages 58-60.
• Multicolor Production Printing using Computer to Plate Technologies
  Martin Schmitt-Lewen; Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Germany) pages 61-66.

Production Printing Workflow Management

• Job Definition Format (JDF) and Its Role In the Future of Digital Printing
  Bob Schaffel; Adobe Systems Incorporated (USA) pages 67-67.
• P2QM: Prepress and Print Quality Management
  Yasuhito Shirashi; Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 68-72.
• Document Workflow Support: Applications and Controllers
  Roelof Hamberg; Océ-Technologies B.V. (The Netherlands) pages 73-76.
• Workflow requirements for Hardcover-on-Demand
  Michael Thielen *, Michael Reiche, Arved Hübler, and Klaus Kreulich; Institut für Print- und Medientechnik (Germany), and *Short Run Solutions, (Switzerland) pages 77-81.
• Process Control: From Developer Charging to Production Shop Management
  Steve Bolte, Kenneth J. Mihalyov, Sudhendu Rai, Tracy E. Thieret; Xerox Corp. (USA) pages 82-85.
• Representing Books Digitally
  Mike Clarke; Adobe Systems Benelux BV (The Netherlands) pages 86-89.
• Integrated Architecture for Embedded Control-Command
  Denis Genon-Catalot*, André Lagreze*, and Jean Berezné**; *Université Pierre Mendès-France (France) and **Université Joseph Fourier (France)pages 90-92.

Business Integration and E-Commerce

• Publishing in the Digital Age
  Dirk Salens; VIGC (Belgium) pages 93-94.
• E-Business Futurama
  John Harrison; Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Belgium) pages 95-95.
• The Job Definition Format and e-Commerce
  Christian Anschuetz; Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Germany) pages 96-100.
• Manage Your Channel or Loose Your Customer...
  Evert Ouwerkerk; MOORE IMS NL B.V. (The Netherlands) pages 101-101.
• Digital Printing-From Theory to Practice
  Matthias Rübelmann; Druckhaus Beltz (Germany) pages 102-104.
• E-commerce, After The Hype, the Naked Truth
  Eddy Hagen; VIGC (Belgium) pages 105-107.

Variable Data Printing

• Variable Data Printing
  Manfred Wiedemer; Océ Printing Systems GmbH (Germany) pages 108-113.
• Variable Printing in Japan (What is the Approach of TruePress)
  Fumihiro Hatayama; Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 114-118.
• Trends and Solutions in Personalization 
  Hans Huijsing; Atlas Software BV (The Netherlands) pages 119-119.
• Euro 2000 Ticketing - A One to One Mailing?
  Alex Joos; Group Joos (Belgium) pages 120-122.
• Synergy Between New Technologies: The Online World and Digital Printing: The Keys for Enabling New Possibilities in One-to-One Communication
  Dirk Van Thillo; Xeikon N.V. (Belgium) pages 123-126.
• Efficient on-line Architectural Scheme for Variable-Printing of Mixed One-sided and Two-sided Monochrome or Color Sets
  Ravi B. Sahay; Ravi & Associates (USA) pages 127-130.
• Total Solutions for a Productive & Flexible Variable & Personalised Digital Printing
  Christian Verbrugghe; Barco Graphics (Belgium) pages 131-133.
• Variable Data Output and the Advantages of AFP
  George Promis; IBM (USA) pages 134-134.
• 1:1 Marketing. Myth or Reality?
  Joachim Gross; NexPress GmbH (Germany) pages 135-140.

Packaging

• Digital Color Printing in Flexible Packaging (DCP) - Threat or Opportunity?
  Karolina Rosenberger and Fabian Bönsch; Algroup Lawson Mardon Packaging Services Ltd. (Switzerland) pages 141-144.
• Development of an Inline Digital Printing System for Industrial Packaging Applications
  Henry M. Dante and Georgios Karles; Philip Morris (USA) pages 145-149.
• Digital Printing and the Future of Corrugated Packaging
  Gerhard Schäfer; Lasercomb Systems Ltd. (Germany) pages 150-151.
• Opportonities in Digital Packaging Printing
  Klaas-Jan Stol; Xeikon N.V. (Belgium) pages 152-154.
• IJT Opportunities in Sheet Fed Packaging
  Rick Bigaouette; MacDermid ColorSpan (USA) pages 155-155.
• Preproduction of Printed Packaging Samples
  Berend Dielemans; IPT Teampack (The Netherlands) pages 156-160.
• Industrial Application of UV-Curing Jet Inks
  Nigel Caiger; Coates Electrographics (England) pages 161-164.
• Digital Offset Printing For Media Packaging
  Addi Burmanje and Max Schaeble; The Impac Group (Germany) pages 165-165.
• On-Line Carton Printing: Realistic Solutions at Last
  R.F. Mitchell; Domino Printing Sciences Plc (United Kingdom) pages 166-169.

Digital Printing for Anti-Fraud and Identification

• Future Directions in Reprographic Technologies and Their Impact on Security Printing
  Annette Jaffe; Annette Jaffe Consulting (USA) pages 170-170.
• Personalizing Digital Printing Using Digital Watermarking
  J. Scott Carr; Digimarc Corporation (USA) pages 171-172.
• Centralized Production of Documents in Government Applications
  Jan Van Laethem; Barco Graphics (Belgium) pages 173-176.
• Countering Counterfeits in a Digital Color World
  Sara E. Church and Lorelei Pagano; Bureau of Engraving and Printing (USA) and The United States Secret Service (USA) pages 177-179.
• Categorisation of Digital Print Security 
  Michael R. Chamberlain; Pira International (United Kingdom) pages 180-183.
• Central Bank Cooperation in Deterring the Counterfeiting of Currency
  Eugenie E. Foster; Special Studies Group 2 (Canada) pages 184-187.
• How Signum's Digital Watermarking Combats Counterfeiting and Forgery
  Graham Shaw; Signum Technologies Ltd. (UK) pages 188-191.
• How Digital Printing Can Address the Smart Card Industry
  Paul Morgavi; GEMPLUS (France) pages 192-196.

Printing on Novel Substrates and Emerging Applications

• Inkjet Printing in the Electronics Industry 
  Peter E.J. Legierse; Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. (The Netherlands)pages 197-200.
• Industrial Applications of Thermal Transfer Printing
  Daniel J. Harrison; International Imaging Materials, Inc. (USA) pages 201-202.
• Means for Improving Ink-Jet Printing Processes
  Pascal Pierron and Cyril Schlemer; ARDEJE (France) pages 203-207.
• Recent and Emerging Industrial Applications Using Ink Jet Technologies
  Nathaniel R. Schwartz; Flint Ink Corporation (USA) pages 208-213.
• Toner Performance and Toner Properties Relating to the High Speed Printing of Cheques, Bills and Targeted Mail
  Ian Neilson; Coates Electrographics (England) pages 214-219.
• Applications for Polyester Media in Digital Printing Presses
  Yoni Glickman; Hanita Coatings (Israel) pages 220-222.
• Ink Jet Plate Creation: Promise or Present
  Linda T. Creagh and Victor Lopez; Spectra, Inc. (USA) and OLEC Corporation (USA) pages 223-224.

Tags and Labels

• Digital Label & Specialty Printing Come of Age
  Mike Englander; Indigo Europe (The Netherlands) pages 225-226.
• Integrated Digital Printing and Finishing Solution for the Label Market
  Ken Daming; Mark Andy, Inc. (USA) pages 227-229.

Large and Grand Format

• Micro-Piezoelectric Head Technology of Color Inkjet Printer
  Takao Mimura and Shinri Sakai; Seiko Epson Corporation (Japan) pages 230-234.
• Ink Jet Based Wide Format Printing Presses: Architectures and Opportunities
  Marc K. Torrey and Joseph A. Lahut; Spectra, Inc. (USA); and VUTEk Inc. (USA) pages 235-238.
• Wide Format Digital Printing Industry
  Ron Michael and Itay Shalit; NUR Macroprinters Ltd. (Israel) pages 239-242.
• Trends in Wide Format Digital Printing
  Amir Veresh; Scitex Vision (Israel) pages 243-243.
• Ink Jet Technology based dot-for-dot digital proofing system
  W.Van Dromme, E.Dutoit, M.Graindourze; Agfa-Gevaert N.V (Belgium) pages 244-244.
• Industrial Flat Bed Printer Design
  William Eve; Inca Digital Printers Ltd. (England) pages 245-247.
• MAGIC Drop-on-Demand Inkjet Technology Opens New Applications in Large Format Printing
  Asa Ziv; Aprion Digital Ltd. (Israel) pages 248-252.

Textiles and Decoration

• Until Now There was No Industrial Digital Printing Solution
  Geert Van den hole; Barco Graphics (Belgium) pages 253-257.
• Applications for On-Demand Flatbed Printer & Cut Combination System
  Akira Ikeda; Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 258-261.
• Industrial Digital Press for Decorative Printing
  Eric Van Lancker and Freddy Dolhen; N.V. Chiyoda Europa S.A.(Belgium)pages 262-266.
• Commercial Production by VISCOTECS, Digital Printing onto Fabric
  Koichi Yuikawa; Seiren Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 267-270.
• Creating Colour Profiles to Ensure Colour Reproducability Across Different Digital Textile Printers
  Ann Noonan; Sophis Systems, NV (Belgium) pages 271-275.
• The Future of Textile Printing... Will Be Digital
  Brooks G. Tippett; Digital Printing Systems (USA) pages 276-280.
• Going Totally Digital: The Opportunities and Practicalities
  Jasmine Geerinckx; Barco Graphics (Belgium) pages 281-281.
• Digital Printing on Textiles -- A User's Story
  Eric Van Tuyckom; S.PrinT BVBA (Belgium) pages 282-285.
• Digital Textile Printing
  Rick Bigaouette; MacDermid ColorSpan (USA) pages 286-286.

Digital Photofinishing with NIP Technologies

• Ink Jet Photofinishing Printing Systems
  David Clark; Phogenix Imaging (USA) pages 287-287.
• EPSON Perfect Imaging System and New Colorfast Ink
  Katsuhiko Iida; Seiko Epson Corporation (Japan) pages 288-290.
• High volume digital printing solution for photofinishing applications
  Bendix De Meulemeester; Xeikon N.V. (Belgium) pages 291-294.
• Requirements for Printing Technologies in Digital Photo Finishing
  Tobias Damm; Agfa Gevaert AG (Germany) pages 295-298.
• High Speed Digital Photofinishing for the Internet Era
  Yishai Amir; Indigo (Israel) pages 299-302.
• The Development of High Quality TA (Thermo-Autochrome) System
  Hirokazu Shimada, Toshiyuki Watanabe and Akira Igarashi; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Japan) pages 303-306.
• Internet Printing Services in Consumer Imaging Applications
  Chris Tuijn and Jan De Clippeleer; Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Belgium) pages 307-313.
• Future of Digital Camera in the Home Entertainment Network
  N.Bennani, D.Donsez, S.Lecomte; Université de Valenciennes (France) pages 314-317.

Poster Session

• HISTACK-One-Inch Modular Printhead
  Alessandro Bellone; Olivetti I-Jet (Italy) pages 318-321.
• Intelligent Interfaces for Content-Based Retrieval of Images and Designs from Digital Databases
  Geert Caenen and Eric J. Pauwels,; ESAT-PSI K.U. Leuven (Belgium) and CWI (The Netherlands) pages 322-326.
• Research on paper-ink-process interactions in Electrophotographic and Ink Jet Printing
  Pirkko Oittinen, Hussain Al-Rubaiey, Katja Sipi and Katri Vickman; Helsinki University of Technology (Finland) pages 327-330.
• Paper and Digital Printing - What is Happening?
  Ingvar Lamperth; Silverdalen Paper Mill (Sweden) pages 331-334.
• Versatile Ink-Jet Printer
  Cyril Schlemer, Pascal Pierron; ARDEJE (France) pages 335-338.
• Electrostatic Printing of Electronic Components for Novel, Inexpensive Electronic Products
  Robert H. Detig; Electrox Corporation (USA) pages 339-341.
• Experiences With Paper and Board Substrates for Digital Printing
  Petri Sirviö; Stora Enso Oyj Research Centre(Finland) pages 342-345.
• Print Quality Considerations in Ink Jet Printing in Industrial Applications
  Georgios Karles and Henry Dante; Philip Morris (USA) pages 346-350.
• Electrostatic Printing of Functional Liquid Toner Materials on 3 Dimensional Objects and Thick Glass Substrates
  Robert H. Detig; Electrox Corp. (USA) pages 351-354.
• Digital Printing for Sampling
  L. Van Langenhove*, S. Sette* and P. Bernard**; *Universiteit Gent, Department of Textiles (Belgium) and ** Sophis Systems, NV (Belgium) pages 355-358.

Large and Grand Format

• Inks for digital offset printing
  Bernhard Fritz; SunChemical Hartmann (Germany) pages 359-363.

Poster Session

• A Dot-gain Analysis of Inkjet Printing
  Shen-yu Chang; Chinese Culture University (Taiwan) pages 364-368.
• Quality Limits for the Future Development of Digital Printing
  Werner Sobotka; VFG- Research Organisation for the Austria Media Industry (Austria) pages 369-372.
• The Role of Quantitative Data in Graphics Arts Production Facilities
  Yair Kipman; ImageXpert Inc. (USA) pages 373-377.
• VIGC, The Flemish Innovationcentre for Graphic Communication, A Unique Network of Innovative Manufacturers and Users
  Steven De Weirdt; VIGC (Belgium) pages 378-379.
• A Comparison of Print Quality Between Digital, Offset and Flexographic Printing Presses Performed on Different Paper Qualities
  Ole Norberg, Patrik Westin*, Siv Lindberg**, Marianne Klaman* and Lars Eidenvall; Mid Sweden University (Sweden), * Framkom (Sweden), and ** STFI (Sweden) pages 380-385.
• Competence of Human Capital for Digital Printing
  Anastasios Emm. Politis; Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Sweden) pages 386-391.
• Thermomentry Inside Inkjet Actuators
  Werner Zapka,* Jurgen Brunahl*,**, Onne Wouters***, Mike de Roos***; *Xaar Jet AB (Sweden), **Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), ***University of Groningen (The Netherlands) pages 392-392.