Wednesday, February 3, 2010

11:00 a.m.

Conference Registration

1:30 p.m.

Opening Session - The Expanding Ink Jet Industry

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Dr. Ross N. Mills, President, Vexajet, Boulder, Colorado
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources, Cambridge, England

INK JET MARKETS: SIZE, STRUCTURE & TRENDS
Mark Hanley, President, I.T. Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts

• Consumer, Office & Production Documents Markets
• Wide Format
• Labels & Packaging
• Applications Development Trends: Ink Jet as A Manufacturing Process

IMAGE QUALITY STILL COUNTS: HP’s WRITING SYSTEM APPROACH
Rob Beeson, R&D Competitive Intelligence Team Leader, Hewlett Packard, Corvallis, Oregon

• Ink Jet has Successfully Challenged more Mature Technologies & Won Market Share over Past 25 Years
  - Meeting Mono Quality & Introducing Color was late 80's Emphasis
  - Much of 90's spent successfully Challenging Silver Halide as Photographic Choice & Improving Plain Paper Color
  - As we finish 1st decade of 21st century, Conversion to Digital Printing is well underway & Offset Printing is being Conquered by Ink Jet
  
• HP has been a Leader by taking a Writing System Approach where Ink, Printhead, Media & Printing Architecture all play Important Roles in Printing Solution
• Image Quality has always taken Center Stage of Development Efforts
  - UIQ: Ultimate Image Quality Originally used for Early Development Goals
  - PIQ is now Better Metric: Permanent, Professional, Practical, Portable & Profitable
  
• How HP has Designed Products to Address these PIQ Attributes
• ColorLok Paper is Good Example of how One Industry can help Raise the Image Quality Bar for all Ink Jet Products

WHAT'S NEW IN DESKTOP INK JET MARKET
Tom Ashley, Director, Pivotal Resources USA, Kentucky

• Desktop Printers
  - Latest Products from the OEMs
  - Recent Technology Advances
  - Marketing Strategies
  
• Inks & Media
  - Dyes, Pigments & Chemistry
  - Inks & the Environment
  - Media Developments
  
• Original vs. Aftermarket Supplies
  - Trends in Suppliers Markets
  - Litigation Continues
  - Ever-Changing Laws
  

TRANSITION OF BOOK PUBLISHING FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL & HOW STREAM INKJET TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATES THAT TRANSITION
Daniel B. Denofsky, Director, Future Product Marketing, Inkjet Printing Solutions, Eastman Kodak Company, Dayton, Ohio

• Market Overview of Book Publishing
• Digital Technologies Provide Significant Benefits in Terms of Supply Chain Efficiencies
• Critical Digital Printing Technology Factors of Print Speed, Image Quality & Running Costs
• Stream Inkjet Technology: an Ideal Technology to Accelerate Transition to Digital Book Printing
• Updates on Stream Inkjet Technology

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR INK JET IN DIGITAL FABRICATION
Dr. Ross N. Mills, President, Vexajet, Boulder, Colorado

• Ink Jet In The Printing World
• Traditional Printing Vs. Digital Fabrication
• Special Requirements
• The Complete Solution
• The Future for Ink Jet & Digital Fabrication

THE ROUTE TO INK JET INDUSTRIALIZATION: FROM DESKTOP TO HEAVY DUTY MANUFACTURING
Dr. Alan L Hudd, President & Chief Technical Officer, Xennia Technology Limited, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK

• Ink Jet for Industrial Applications
• The Ink Jet Proposition for Decoration & Functional Deposition in Production
• Current Ink Jet Technology Offerings: Progress & Limitations
  - Printheads
  - Chemistry
  - Ink Jet Integration - Ink Jet Modules
  
• Achieving Productivity & Reliability: Addressing the Ink Jet Compromise
• Ink Jet: Transforming Traditional Industries
  - Textiles
  - Ceramics
  - Packaging
  

Thursday, February 4, 2010

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Session 2 - Technology Advancements

THE LATEST INDUSTRIAL INK JET PRINTHEADS
Clive Ayling, Consultant, TTP, Royston, Hertfordshire, UK

• Recently Released Powerful Industrial Ink Jet Printheads
  - Dimatix Q-class
  - Kyocera KJ4
  - Toshiba TEC CF1
  
• Where they are being Adopted
• How Meteor Electronics & Software Supports their Adoption
  -Time-to-market & Reliability through Proven Hardware
  -Datapath Software & Speed that Supports Demanding Applications
  
• How to Optimize their Waveforms for good Greyscale Drop Formation

SONY'S LD SHOT (LINEAR DEFFLECTION) PRINTHEAD TECHNOLOGY
Masayuki Kano, R&D Planning Manager, Printer Business Division, B2B Solutions Business Group, Sony Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan

• Single-pass Technology Begins to be Implemented mainly for Enterprise Inkjet Printing Systems
• How Meteor Electronics & Software Supports their Adoption
• Also for Lower-cost Systems - the Potential Demands for Compact Single-pass Solution may exist
• Sony, an Experienced Industrial Printing Engine Supplier is Developing a New Technology to Meet the Demand
  - "LD Shot" Printhead Technology: A Method to Control Jetting Direction
  - Uniqueness: Easy Single-pass Implementation, Compact, Low Cost & Photo Quality

TECHNOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE - SEEING OVER THE HORIZON
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources Ltd., Cambridge, UK

• Are Patents a Good Way to Understand Technology Trends?
• Distinguishing between Likely Developments & Red Herrings
• Trends in Ink Jet Patent Filings
• Latest Developments
  - Silverbrook & MEMJET
  - Page Array Technologies
  - New Ink Chemistries
• What Might the Future I
  nk Jet Industry Look Like?

PRINTING ON NON-POROUS SUBSTRATES WITH THERMAL INK JET
Mark Thackray, R&D Engineering Manager, ImTech, Corvallis, Oregon

• Solvent & UV Curable Inks for HP45 TIJ Printheads for Printing on Non-porous Substrates
• Technical Challenges
  - Material Compatibility
  - TIJ Jetting Performance
  - Ink/Media Substrate Interactions
  
• Future Development Trends

ANALYSIS OF INKJET PROCESSES AND PRINT QUALITY FOR SOLAR AND OTHER PRINTED ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
Yair Kipman, President, ImageXpert, Nashua, New Hampshire

• JetXpert: Camera & Strobe-based System for use in Analysis of Drops in Flight, Supporting Fluid Development & Printing System Optimization
• Camera & Scanner-based Systems to Assess Print Quality & Material Interactions: Flexible Options for Part & Print Inspection
• Specialized Camera Options for Functional Testing & Defect Detection

ELECTROFORMING MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY FOR INK JET NOZZLE PLATES
Luigi M. DeVito, Business Development, Stork Veco NV, Eerbeek, The Netherlands

• Electroforming Technology
• Range of Applications & Functionalities
• Application to Ink Jet Nozzle Plates

12:00 Noon

Luncheon

1:30 p.m.

Session 3 - Consumables: Lifeblood of the Industry

THE FUTURE OF INK JET INKS - WHERE NEXT?
Peter Walshe, Business Development Manager, SunJet, Bath, UK

• Evolution of Jetting Technology & Formulation
• Is UV Really a Cure-All?
• Applications Review
• Ink Jet & Printed Electronics
• Main Challenges for Ink Formulation, Printheads & Integration

DYNAMIC SURFACE TENSION FINGERPRINTS' ROLE IN SUCCESSFUL INK FORMULATIONS
Victor P. Janule, Chem-Dyne Research Corporation, SensaDyne Instrument Division, Mesa, Arizona

• Ink formulators & Users must understand Principles & Relationships of Surface Tension & Surface Energy or "Wetting Tension"
• Formulation & Coating Problems can be greatly mitigated by Measuring Dynamic Surface Tension Fingerprints
• Ink Formulators can Improve Transfer, Spreading & Adhesion of inks by choosing Surfactant & Additive Combinations that provide the Best Surface Tension Profiles
• Methodology for Obtaining & Utilizing Dynamic Fingerprints

THE TAMING OF THE PHOTON FOR CONSISTENT UV DIGITAL PRINTING PROCESSES
Dr. John J. Kuta, Director of Business Development, EXFO Life Sciences and Industrial Division, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Role of UV Light Sources on UV Ink Jet Print Quality
  - Full Cure
  - Pinning
  
• Properties of UV Light Sources that Influence Print Process Consistency
  - Types of Sources & their Properties
  - Impact on Process Consistency
  
• Radiometry: Why isn't Measuring Light Straight Forward?
• Existing UV Process Control Options for Integrators & Digital Printers

UV LED: The Good, The Bad & The Truth
Alan Mills, Business Development Manager, Nordson UV, Slough, Berks, UK

• UV LED Overview
• UV LED's vs. Traditional Arc Lamps
• Advantages of UV LED Technology
• What Affects their Performance?
• Restrictions to the Use of UV LED Technology

SUPPLIERS' FORUM: 5-Minute Presentations Related To Technology, Capabilities, Services, New Product Introductions, etc. The Suppliers' Forum is open to all Conference Registrants

6:30 p.m.

Networking Reception in Display Area

Friday, February 5, 2010

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Session 4 - Integration & Implementation for Real World Applications

THE PARADIGM SHIFT TO SINGLE-PASS
Martin Schoeppler, CEO & President, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc., Santa Clara, California

• Stepped-up Product Development in Spite of Economic Uncertainty
• Leveraging & Enhancing Earlier Successes (Systems Integration, Materials Deposition, OEM)
• More Products Introduced than Ever Before
• Bridging a Path to Single-Pass
• Full Single-Pass Jetting Technology

ARE ADVANCED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY INTEGRATORS THE KEY TO INDUSTRIAL INKJET MARKETS?
Clayton Sampson, Managing Director, Cyan Group, Yarnton, Oxford, UK

• Inkjet's Penetration of Graphics Markets has been the Inkjet Story of the Decade - But Where Next?
• Is Inkjet Poised to Take on New Industrial Product Markets?
• Evolution of Inkjet Integrator Towards New Markets
• Cultural Issues in the Non-print Industrial Sectors
• Multi-disciplinary Profile Required by the Industrial Integrator
• Unlocking the Future of Inkjet in the Industrial Context

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR SINGLE-PASS UV INK JET PRINTING
Chris Lynn, VP Sales & Marketing, Xaar Americas, Inc., Marietta, Georgia

• Ink Jet has become a Viable Printing Technology
• Success Requires Many Challenges to be Overcome
• Many Disciplines Required to Place Millions of Drops on Web/Product every Second with Accuracies of a few tens of microns or better
  - Precision Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
  - Image Science
  - Physical Chemistry
  - Fluid Dynamics and More
  
• Key Factors Influencing Quality ink Jet Printing & How to Get Them Right
  - Choice of Ink & Printhead
  - Mechanical Setup
  - Image Processing
  - Ink/Substrate Interaction
  - Curing
  

INK JET PRINTING FOR PERMANENT DECORATION OF CERAMICS & GLASS
Stewart Partridge, Asia Pacific Sales Director, Chimigraf, Singapore

• Market Expectations: Why "First Generation" Digital Could Not Deliver
• Technology Challenges for Ink Jet for Ceramics & Glass Decoration
• Market Sizing: The Global Opportunity
• Emergence of Industrial Solutions: Project Design, Partnering & Technology
• Current Solutions for Permanent Decoration
• Potential Future Directions in Ceramic & Glass Decoration
• Examples & Samples of Ink Jet Decorated Ceramic Tiles & Glass

MID-VOLUME PRODUCTION COLOR GAP: WHERE DOES INKJET FIT?
David Murphy, Vice President of Marketing, Riso, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts

• Alternatives in the Mid-volume Production Color Space: Where is the Gap?
• Applications for Cut-sheet Inkjet
• Buying Criteria: Cost, Productivity, Efficiency & Quality

INKJET: NOT JUST FOR LABELS!
John Corrall, Managing Director, Industrial Inkjet, Cambridge,UK

• Recent Change of Focus in Ink Jet Applications
• Other Markets Areas for 1-Pass Inkjet
  - Product Decoration
  - Security
  - Active Materials
  
• Key Technical Requirements
  - Ink/Materials Interaction
  - Print Accuracy
  - Reliability
  
• Relevant Technical Developments from Industrial Inkjet & Konica Minolta

GROWTH OF AQUEOUS INKJET IN HIGH SPEED DIGITAL PRINTING
Bryan Palphreyman, Inkjet Consultant, Sensient Colors UK Ltd, Norfolk, UK

• Transpromo: Is this the "Killer App" Inkjet has been Waiting For?
• Why Aqueous? UV vs. Aqueous Performance & Benefit Analysis
• Increasing Use of Primer Technologies: The Fifth Color?
• Challenges to Inks & Colorants in High Speed Inkjet Presses
• Sensients' Development of S.M.A.R.T. Technology

INKJET COLOR PRICING: PUTTING A VALUE ON COLOR
Guy Broadhurst, Vice President, New Technologies and Client Development, Oce North America, Boca Raton, Florida

• Are You Really Ready for Inkjet Color Business?
• Great Opportunities - But Challenge of Accurately Calculating True Costs
• Ink Usage Varies Greatly: Number of Color Images, Actual Colors & Color Density
• Ability to Calculate Total Ink Coverage & Provide Accurate Quotes Maximizes Revenues, Provides Better Service & Improves ROI

1:30 p.m.

Adjournment

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