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“Labor and cost pressures in offset environments are accelerating the move to digital print platforms.”
This is one of the main findings from an industry forecast published by consulting firm Keypoint Intelligence for U.S. and Western Europe print markets. The other main insight: large production colour inkjet is projected to grow thanks to digital printing consolidation and print volume shifting from large single runs to multiple short runs.
This means print service providers need to adapt their offering to take advantage of this changing demand.
Let’s dive into potential bottlenecks commercial printers encounter using a toner commercial printer when compared to an inkjet production printer.
Inkjet printers have predictable print costs
You need a compelling TCO, leading to a predictable and transparent cost per page so you can price work with confidence.
One university print studio in Prague moved to inkjet and began delivering colour textbooks at the cost they once paid for black-and-white, after testing jobs and switching to a setup that cut steps and waste.
That kind of move turns the rising toner cost issue into a problem from the past: inkjet printers provide manageable, stable economics.
Inkjet printers are reliable every day
When printers are down, people are stuck, and trust with your clients takes a hit as deadlines need to be pushed.
A children’s hospital in the United States asked for near-constant uptime across hundreds of sites and even integrated printing with its electronic medical records, so clinicians could rely on it during care.
After consolidating their devices, leaders reported that printing was no longer an issue, because it simply worked without error.
Production inkjet printers are built for a wide range of modern print jobs.”
Inkjet printers allow you to do more work in-house
Saying “no” to a potential client or outsourcing is costly, both for your time and your margins.
A UK mailing house replaced a high-speed laser with production inkjet so it could keep colour jobs under its own roof, raise capacity, and cut lead times by two to three days for the work it brought back inside.
The result was faster turnarounds, lower energy use, and more control over quality – an outcome unattainable with toner.
Inkjet printing requires fewer machines
A fleet of multiple printing machines also means multiple contracts, more interactions with support when things go south and poor document confidentiality and access visibility.
A French local authority standardised its mixed device fleet and introduced secure card-release printing to protect confidential documents and reduce waste.
By doing so, it expects to save €1.5 million over five years while improving compliance with data protection laws and making life easier for its staff.
Inkjet renders better colour with more runs – faster
Customers want richer colour, more short runs, and quick turnarounds, all in one go.
An Australian marketing and print firm added two TASKalfa Pro 15000c devices, a commercial inkjet printer, to fill the gap between offset and short-run digital so they could personalise at scale, speed up their delivery, and reduce running costs associated with power use from offset printing.
That kind of flexibility which turns “urgent and complex” into “routine and repeatable”.
Meet our production inkjet
Kyocera’s TASKalfa Pro 15000c is the production inkjet printer designed for all the above-mentioned reasons.
Inkjet printing allows for dependable speed and straightforward operation, with workflows that feel intuitive to busy teams. It runs steadily across different media, handles longer runs with ease, and adapts quickly to last-minute changes – exactly what’s needed when every day holds a new type of job.
For operators, this means a clean path from the client file to the final product. For managers, it means consistent performance that’s easy to forecast.
Put the TASKalfa Pro 15000c to the test! Contact our team to book a trial.
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