UV inkjet digital printing provides variable-data-printing capabilities for package printers.

By Tom Polischuk

According to Rosenbaum, further developments are needed. “The current limitations are obvious—speed, consumables costs, and quality,” he says. “The technology is maturing—every year digital gets better and better. However, it’s still no match for flexo’s, gravure’s, or offset’s abilities to deliver high-value, low-cost mainstream packaging.”