Digital Does It

pP: What are some current drawbacks to digital printing and what development efforts are taking place to address the current weaknesses?

Faust: The current drawbacks to digital printing are the high cost of equipment and consumables, as well as ink properties in some cases. The cost of equipment should decrease as production increases, R&D costs are recovered, etc. This would also hold true in our case with the UV-curable inkjet inks. We fully expect this price to decrease as the technology advances forward. They will not be at the same price level as traditional inks due to the fact that they require a more advance manufacturing process. However, they will become less of an obstacle each year and should not restrict future growth based on ink costs.