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Full speed on thick stock: how Canon imagePRESS V rewrites quotes
Most toner presses quietly halve their speed on heavy covers; Canon’s POD-SURF fusing holds the imagePRESS V1350 at 135 ppm even on 450 gsm board. That single fact reshapes capacity, quoting and colour economics for packaging-heavy shops — here is how.
Foil look without the foil press: Xerox Iridesse and Adaptive CMYK+
The Iridesse runs CMYK plus two specialty dry inks — gold, silver, white, clear or fluorescent pink — in a single duplexed pass at rated speed, layering metallic under and over process colour. Add the Adaptive CMYK+ kit for the Versant and Xerox has an embellishment story at two price points.
The press that proofreads itself: Konica Minolta AccurioPress
The IQ-501 unit measures colour and registration on every sheet and corrects the press in real time, while the High Chroma C84hc chases the sRGB gamut that wedding photographers actually shoot in. A look at why AccurioPress dominates first-press purchases across Asia.
Seven embellishments, one press: the Ricoh Pro C story
White, clear, neon yellow, neon pink, invisible red, gold and silver — the fifth station on a Ricoh Pro C swaps between seven specialty toners in under 15 minutes, turning an SRA3 workhorse into an embellishment press. Here is what each toner sells and who is buying.
Why luxury brands ask for HP Indigo by name
ElectroInk liquid electrophotography, One Shot transfer, seven ink stations and the PrintOS cloud are the reasons cosmetics, spirits and fashion brands write HP Indigo into their print tenders. Here is what each capability actually does and which jobs it wins.