Accomplishments of Kodak Prosper Inkjet Printing

Kodak’s Sustained Impact on Inkjet Book Printing
Under the Hood of the Prosper 1000
Two Engineering Approaches to Implementing Inkjet on Press
Getting Real: The New Definition of “High Speed”
Truth in Actual Performance – Not Advertising
How Does Kodak Do It?
Inkjet Mechanism Analogy
Kodak Stream Ink Jet Engine
Kodak Prosper Inkjet Inks
Nanoparticle Ink-Kodak’s Micromedia Milling Secret
Kodak Reduces Humectants, Reduces Cost, Reduces Sensitivity to Area Coverage and Achieves Better Printing
Concluding Points on Ink
Kodak Prosper vs. HP T Line of Inkjet Presses
Opposites with Attractive Printing
Examples of Opposites
Common Elements – Both Print on Paper in Same Market
Kodak 5000XL and HP T400: Dot Structure Assessment Image Comparison
Attributes of Higher Quality Printed Images
Inject Dot Morphology Comparison
Included – Printed Kodak Prosper Image Quality Demonstration
Kodak’s Three Level Inkjet Paper Program
Solution 1: Print on Selected
Solution 2: Work with paper Manufacturers to Engineer Papers for Kodak Inks and Presses
Solution3: Integrate a Pre-coating Subsystem within the Inkjet Press to Adapt to Plain Papers
On-Press Pre-coating with the Kodak Image Optimized Station – IOS
IOS Coating Mechanism
Evaluating an IOS Sample
Kodak’s Paper Rating Approach
NewPage TrueJet Paper

List of Illustrations and Demonstrations

Kodak Prosper 1000 and Prosper 1000 Cutaway Drawing
Inkjet Printing Engine Mechanism 1
Inkjet Printing Engine Mechanism 2
Kodak Stream Ink Jet Engine
Color Gamut Plot Demonstrating Kodak 5000XL Exceeds Offset SWOP 3 Color Gamut
Conventional vs. Kodak Micromedia Milling Pigment Particle Microphotographs
Coated Paper Higher Quality Prosper 5000XL on Gloss Coated Stock Print Demonstration
First Tonal Inkjet Photograph Used as Production Art
Cutaway Annotated Drawing of Kodak IOS Unit with Drying
Photograph of Kodak’s Paper Experimentation System
Photograph Wet End of TrueJet Paper Machine Running at 3,000 fpm
Table Kodak Five Level Paper Rating Star Assignment Program Description

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