Drupa 2012, the Inkjet Drupa…again? A closer look at Memjet and three unique OEMs

An excellent, very thorough article about Memjet is now up on whattheythink.com

Here’s the beginning of the article, and, later, you’ll find a link to access the full article:

Commentary & Analysis

Drupa 2012, the Inkjet Drupa…again? A closer look at Memjet and three unique OEMs

By David Zwang
Published: March 9, 2012

Until now, each article in this series has focused on a specific printer manufacturer’s technology and offerings. While many of them share integral component partners, or even the same equipment manufacturer as in the case of Ricoh InfoPrint and Screen, the Memjet OEM relationship is a bit different.

Memjet is San Diego CA color printing technology company that is a partner of Silverbrook Research, an Australian R&D company that was co-founded in 1994 by Kia Silverbrook, an inventor (one of the largest single individual U.S. patent holders), scientist, and serial entrepreneur. It is the largest non-governmental research company in Australia. Silverbrook co-founded Memjet as a spin off in 2002, and the fruits of its labors are starting to come to market to wide acclaim.

David’s article is long, but very well written, and I urge you to read the full article, which you can access at this link:

http://whattheythink.com/articles/56686-drupa-2012-inkjet-drupaagain-closer-look-memjet-three-unique-oems/

Excelagraphix 4200 Memjet-enabled wide-format ink-jet printer from Xante - What are the answers to these questions?

The other day, I noticed that Xante (www.xante.com) now has up on its site information about its new Excelagraphix 4200. This is Xante’s Memjet-enabled wide-format ink-jet printer. This printer can produce output up to 42” wide.

According to the technical specs, this printer can print up to 12” per second. Which means, to a Reprographer who is printing 24 x 36 A/E/C plans, that, mathematically, the Excelagraphix 4200 is capable of producing 30 – 24 x 36 prints per minute! That’s blazing fast.

However, we do not know yet if this printer is capable of doing high-volume print-production work at the blazing speed advertised.

I submitted a brief list of questions to Xante, but, so far, I’ve not received a reply.

These are the questions I’d like Xante to respond to:

1) what is the price of the Excelagraphix 4200?

2) what is the cost of service?

3) what are the costs for consumables?

4) will Xante be offering a print-stacking unit?

5) can the unit print from roll-media?

6) when will Xante begin deliveries?

Reprographers, how about submitting these same questions to Xante on your own. Maybe that will provoke a response from Xante.

Here’s a link to the advertisement for the Excelagraphix 4200 wide-format, Memjet-enabled ink-jet printer:

http://www.xante.com/product-information/excelagraphix-4200/

Xante Goes Beyond Wide Format (Memjet-enabled wide-format ink-jet printer)

Published on October 19, 2011

Last month at GraphExpo Frank Romano stopped by the Xante booth and was blown away by a machine that he thinks will change the industry.

Link to video of Frank Romano commenting on the new Memjet-enabled, blazing fast, Xante wide-format ink-jet printer, while he watches it operate:

http://whattheythink.com/video/54717-xante-goes-beyond-wide-format/?utm_source=whattheythink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WhatTheyThink+Daily