World Association of News Publishers


Inkjet Newspaper Printing

Inkjet Newspaper Printing

Newspaper printers, as service providers to publishing houses, can use digital printing 
to create additional business. Printers can offer new services with short print runs and personalised printing. They might also attract new printing customers, such as event organisers, associations, institutions and ad agencies.

A creative approach is needed

Digital printing enables new business processes. If it enters the newspaper sector, it will not replace another printing process, but open up new business opportunities. Publishing houses, printing plants, distributors and printers are called on to take a creative approach to digital printing, to develop niches, establish new services, and offer innovative and interesting media products that previously were not feasible.

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  • 2017-02-03 11:12
    Last autumn Hubert Pédurand invited me to visit the French digital newspaper printing plant “Digitaprint” in Avesnes-sur-Helpe. On 11 January 2017 we met in Paris and drove across the countryside to the small town, which is situated more than 200 km north of Paris and quite close to the Belgium border. Read more ...
  • 2016-11-16 09:28
    15.11.2016 – The Mengis Group has decided to outsource the printing of the “Walliser Bote” from 2017 onwards. For subscribers, however, everything will remain the same. Read more ...
  • 2016-07-27 12:38
    July 13, 2016 – drupa 2016 was the arena for demonstrating the growing capabilities of digital printing, from newspaper up to book printing. Of the greatest interest: manroland web systems, Augsburg, setting the pace in industrial digital production. The secret: solutions for Workflow integration in existing production environments. The performance of manroland web systems is described perfectly by Alwin Stadler, head of digital printing as follows: “We establish the post press pro-cessing/inline finishing as the central part of the system in the digital printing sys-tems and additionally ensure integration in the customers workflow.” The results are manifold business models, which are being implemented worldwide by offset as well as digital printers. This digital know-how has been continually developed by manroland web systems and has today been established as the cutting edge com-petence in three distinct fields: Workflow integration, outstanding automation as well as trailblazing hybrid solutions. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-30 13:51
    30.06.2016 – The world’s first inkjet web printing system with a web width of over 30in (76.2cm), the RotaJET L-Series from Koenig & Bauer (KBA), has been officially certified by the International Association of the Deinking Industry (INGEDE). Test prints with newly developed inks which were used to print on coated stock at this year’s Drupa and were evaluated by INGEDE were shown to be extremely deinkable. Deinking, the process of removing ink or toner from paper, is of great importance when it comes to an orderly recycling chain. “The very good results achieved once again by the high-volume inkjet press from KBA clearly show that it is possible to design inkjet printwork in such a way that they can be easily integrated into existing recycling chains,” says Axel Fischer, expert for recycling print products at INGEDE. RotaColor inks from the previous press series the RotaJET 76 were certified as extremely deinkable in 2014. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-31 14:23
    31.05.2016 – The clear focus on growth markets, such as digital, packaging and industrial functional printing, as well as innovative processes, such as LED-UV printing, defined the Koenig & Bauer Group’s (KBA) trade show stand and press conference at Drupa 2016. This follows the Group restructuring last year. Two announcements made a few days before the start of the trade fair underscore KBA’s goals to systematically expand its already strong position in the diverse packaging market: KBA plans to takeover Spanish die-cutter manufacturer Iberica AG S.A. from the Cerutti Group in Italy and KBA-Sheetfed has joined forces with XEROX Corporation in America to develop a digital B1 sheetfed press, the KBA VariJET 106 Powered by XEROX, for folding carton printing. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-31 13:32
    May 31, 2016 – Pacific Daily News, a Gannett Company in the US Territory of Guam, has selected manroland web systems’ FoldLine finishing system for new digital inkjet newspaper press installation. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-27 09:58
    Stockholm, 24 May 2016 – In order to fulfil current needs, Tolerans has taken in-line stitching into digital printing presses. The world’s first solution has now been successfully implemented, representing the next generation of stitching systems for newspaper and commercial digital print, with stitching as an integral contribution to improved reader experience. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-18 12:33
    (UPM Paper ENA, Augsburg, 17 May 2016 at 16:30 EET) – Digital print is being talked about more and more due to its ability to deliver high quality print with accurate personalisation. At this year's drupa, many new products will be presented in this field. However, digital printing is a process with specific demands on the papers used, for example, regarding flexibility. Whether it be books, photo books, covers or mailings, whether it be toner or inkjet printing: UPM's product portfolio has the perfect solution for every requirement. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-17 09:58
    Watford, UK, Friday, May 13, 2016 – KP Services (Jersey) Limited, a collaboration between Kodak and Guiton Group Limited, marked the grand opening of their new inkjet printing facility in Jersey, Channel Islands, with an official opening ceremony attended by customers, partners, suppliers and employees. Read more ...
  • 2016-04-27 09:01
    26.04.2016 – Service design executive Olli Mannerkoski joins Conmio as Chief Design Officer. Mannerkoski has more than 15 years of experience in mobile and internet service design and development. Previously he has worked as a Managing Director as well as Design Director in design consultancy Fjord, which is part of Accenture Interactive. Read more ...

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  • To make the best use of industrial inkjet digital printing in a newspaper environment, it is imperative to identify the applications and niches that can be served better and at lower cost by digital printing than by conventional printing processes.

  • Will digital printing replace the offset process in the future? Does the advent of digital webfed presses herald the end of coldset newspaper printing? There is at any rate a growing interest in digital newspaper printing, and the topic is increasingly being talked about in the industry.