All Digital Printing

The speed of digital presses has been on the low side when compared to the well-developed traditional printing technologies. Renton points to the success of the HP Indigo ws6000 introduced last year as an example of how improved speed will further entice printers to get into digital printing. "The HP Indigo ws6000 can can print 4-color process labels at 100 fpm," he notes. "Even though this is an expensive press, it has sold very well in the midst of the worst economic downturn in a generation. This tells me that label converters value speed. When we get to 200 fpm, flexo manufacturers are in big trouble."