Kodak intros faster print head, sets digital press release date

CHICAGO — Kodak last week unveiled the latest iteration of its Stream inkjet high-speed on-press variable printing system and also said its full-color digital press would be released next year.
The vendor, at a Print ’09 media preview here, said it is rebranding all of its Stream technology under the Kodak Prosper banner.
The first product under that moniker, the Prosper S10 Imprinting System, is the second generation of the variable printing system Kodak introduced in 2008 in a partnership with manroland.
The monochrome S10, available now, sports a resolution of 600 dpi and can be used at speeds in excess of 90,000 copies per hour. Kodak said it would introduce a spot color option later this year.
Meantime, Kodak moved up the release date of its full-color, continuous inkjet digital press. The machine, now called the Prosper Press, will be released in early 2010, Kodak said.