Wednesday, February 6, 2008

11:00 a.m.

Conference Registration

1:30 p.m.

Opening Session The Expanding Ink Jet Industry

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Dr. Ross N. Mills, Chairman & Chief Technology Officer, imaging Technology international, Boulder, Colorado
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources, Cambridge, England

INK JET: NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS ENABLE EVER GROWING APPLICATIONS
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources Ltd., Cambridge, UK

• The Changing Technology Base
  - Use of Silicon
  - MEMS Actuators
  - Emerging Technologies
  
• Single Pass: The Entry Point to the Commercial & Industrial Print Market
  - Key Requirements
  - Is the Technology up to it Yet?
  - Commercial Considerations
  
• The Patent Scene: Update on Vendor Filings
• Patent Research: A Crystal Ball?

SIZING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INK JET
Michael J. Flippin, President, Web Consulting Inc., Boston, Massachusetts

• Big Markets vs. Profitable Applications
• Targets for Ink Jet vs. Analog Technologies
• How to Judge Ink Jet as a Manufacturing Process
• Digital Markets Looking Traditional (in Structure & Profitability)

TRENDS IN DESKTOP INK JET PRINTER MARKET
Tom Ashley, Director, Pivotal Resources USA, Kentucky

• Desktop Printers
  - Latest Products
  - New Technologies
  - Creative Marketing
  
• Inks and Media - Dyes & Pigments
  - Ink Branding
  - Media Developments
  
• Aftermarket Supplies
  - Trends In Aftermarket Supplies
  - Litigation & Changes In The Law
  - Other Challenges

INDUSTRIAL (NON-OFFICE) INK JET STATE-OF-THE-ART & MARKET
Mark Hanley, President, I.T. Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts

• Heading for $10B Vendor Revenues in 2011
• Who gets what Parts of These Revenues?
• When Will the Ink Jet Curve Peak?

Thursday, February 7, 2008

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Session 2 Technology Advancements

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS & IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR GROWTH MARKETS: PRINTHEADS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES

BRIDGING THE PATH TO A SILICON FUTURE
Howard Baldwin, Vice President Sales, Fujifilm Dimatix, Lebanon, New Hampshire

• Piezo Printhead Market Update
• Printhead Construction Techniques
  - Silicon MEMs
  - Traditional Construction: Stainless, Carbon, Glass, Polyimide, etc.
  - Hybrid Technology: Bridging the Gap
  
• Grayscale and VersaDrop™ Jetting Technology
  - Performance Characteristics
  - User Benefits
  

LILO - LIGHT INITIATED LIQUID OFFSET - PRODUCTIVITY BENEFITS OF DIGITAL, AT THE OUTPUT SPEED & QUALITY OF OFFSET
Bryan Palphreyman, Director of Business Development, Inkski Ltd., Cambridge, UK

• Technology Overview
• Speed & Resolution Potential
• Scalability Opportunities
• Market Roadmap
• Development Tools

REBIRTH OF ELECTROSTATIC INK JET TECHNOLOGY?
Dr. Ross N. Mills, Chairman & Chief Technology Officer, imaging Technology international, Boulder, Colorado

• What Is It & How Does It Work?
• Modes of Operation
• Technical Challenges
• Printing & Deposition Applications
• Is the Technology Viable?
• Where does the Electrostatic Technology Fit?

MICROPIEZO TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIAL INK JET MARKETS
Mark Elsbernd, Senior Manager Ink Jet Device Business Development, Epson America Inc., Long Beach, California

• Use of Epson's Printhead & Ink Technology Beyond the Desk-top
• Current Applications
  - Sign & Graphics
  - Photo/Minilabs
  - Textile Printing
• Commercial Printing
• OEM Ink Flexibility
• Future Markets for Epson's Technology

1:30 p.m.

Session 3 Innovation: Lifeblood of the Industry

INK JET INKS FOR PRINTING & PUBLISHING - TRADEOFFS OF DYES VS. PIGMENTS
Dr. Douglas E. Bugner, Senior Laboratory Head, Graphics Inkjet Platform Center, Graphic Communications Group, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York

• Historically, Dyes have been Colorants of Choice for DOD & Continuous Ink Jet Inks: Ease of Formulation & Manufacture, Accessibility of Brighter Colors & Larger Color Gamuts Compared to Pigmented Inks
• Dye Based Inks Suffer from Overall Lack of Permanence & Durability
• Performance & Permanence Perspective on Use of Dyes & Pigments as Ink Jet Ink Colorants
• Recent Advances in Pigemented Ink Jet Inks
• Recent Product Introductions In Commercial Printing Markets

ADVANCES IN INDUSTRIAL TEXTILE INK JET PRINTING
Dr. Alan L Hudd, President & Chief Technical Officer, Xennia Technology Limited, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK

• Digital Textile Printing Applications Overview
• Ink Jet Proposition for Technical Textile to Decoration Solutions
• New Production Textile Ink Jet Printer Solution for High Throughput & Reliability
• Novel Textile Pigmented Ink Jet Inks
• Platform to Leverage to Suit a Myriad of Other Production Line & Web Based Decoration Applications
• Outlook for Single Pass Production Line Printing

INK JET ANALYSIS USING MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS: FROM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PRODUCTION
Yair Kipman, President, ImageXpert Inc, Nashua, New Hampshire

• Visualization & Measurement of Drops in Flight - System Design Considerations - Unique Features
• Functional Printhead Testing in Production - Dot Position Analysis
• Print Quality Analysis - Tools & Common Methods

UV INK JET PROGRESSES TO NEXT GENERATIONS
Alan Mills, Business Development Manager, Nordson UV, Slough, Berks, UK

• Challenges with UV Curing Equipment on Ink Jet Printing Machines
• Methods for Dealing with Heat from UV Lampheads
• Different Types of UV Systems Available
• UV Applications

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

Friday, February 8, 2008

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Session 4 Integration & Implementation for Real World Applications

NEW EXPANDABLE EVALUATION KITS FOR BINARY, GREYSCALE, SCANNING & SINGLE PASS INK JET TECHNOLOGY
Clive Ayling, Printer Business Manager, TTP, Royston, Hertfordshire, UK

• What Do People Want To Evaluate (When They Consider Using A New Printhead)?
• How Much Application Software is Required to Evaluate Ink Jet (or just Test a New Printhead) in Your Application?
• How to Progress from an Evaluation Text to a Working Product in the Shortest Possible Time

HIGH SPEED INDUSTRIAL INK JET DESIGN & INTEGRATION CHALLENGES
Yuan Chang, Vice President of R&D, Amica Software, Irvine, California

• Software, Hardware & Mechanical Integration Issues
• High Speed Data Path Integration Challenges
• Grayscale Printhead Challenges
• Case Study: High Speed, Single Pass Array, Wide Format UV Press
• Application Challenges & Results

WIDE FORMAT INK JET: PRINTER DESIGN TRANSITIONS
Paul Yandell, Global Business Development Manager, Fujifilm Sericol, Broadstairs, England, UK

• Move from Multipass to Single Pass
• System Design & Solution Provision
• Dawn of "Industrial" Ink Jet
• Last of Wide Format Multi Pass Printers?
• Technology Improvements that will Make This Possible
• Will the New "Ink Jet" Technologies Replace Conventional Piezo

INK JET'S ROLE AS A MANUFACTURING TOOL
Dr. Rich Baker, Director-Business Development,Technology Integration, Fujifilm Dimatix, Lebanon, New Hampshire

• Ink Jet Technologies Increasingly being Adopted as Industrial Fabrication Method for Depositing New Exotic Materials
• Review of Ink Jet Technologies for Use in Industrial Applications
• Criteria Ranging from Economic Considerations to Process Practicality
• Commercial Examples
  - High End Electronics Device Fabrication
  - Digital Coatings
  - Commercial Food Decoration
  

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR D-O-D INK JET PRINTING OF PACKAGING
Peter Addington, Packaging Business Manager, Xaar, Cambridge, UK

• Theoretical & Practical Benefits of Digital Printing in Packaging Arena
• Review of Projects to Date
• Advantages of Xaar 1001 Printhead When Employed in Packaging Projects

INCORPORATING SINGLE PASS INK JET INTO A HIGH-END LABEL PRESS
Peter Walsh, Business Manager, FFEI Limited, Hemel Hempstead, UK

• The Challenge
  - Customer Requirements
  - Speed
  - Configurations
  - Substrates
  - Synchronisation
  
• The Technologies - A System Approach
  - Printheads
  - Cleaning Systems
  - Datapath
  - Web System
  - Ink Delivery
  - Ink Formulation
  - Curing Systems
  - Screening & Color Management
• The Pitfalls
• The Result
• Lessons Learned

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Product Demonstrations - Free Displays

Printer and other product demonstrations/displays by both conference speakers and registrants are encouraged. IMI will cooperate with all interested parties to provide appropriate space so products can be displayed and demonstrated during the conference breaks. There is no charge in addition to the conference registration fee to have a display table. Interested companies should contact Al Keene at IMI to ensure that proper arrangements are made for product displays and demonstrations.

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This exclusive market report is updated on an ongoing basis and provides a source of market information based on a consistent methodology and reporting structure. The report authors, I T Strategies, generate this report from their worldwide model of the printer industry.

All registrants to the 17^th Annual Ink Jet Printing Conference on February 6-8, 2008 at the Radisson Orlando Resort - Celebration will receive a complimentary copy of the latest edition of the "Worldwide Printer and Supplies Market Report."

IMI Completed Conferences on this Topic 3rd Ink Jet Technology Integration Symposium October 15-16, 2007 16th Annual Ink Jet Printing Conference January 31-February 2, 2007 A Complete Listing of IMI Completed Programs

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