Oops! Here's the Chinese entry into the inkjet web business.

I'm sure it's only news to me. But then I'm firmly situated in the the Brooklyn region of Euromerica. Anybody want to guess when this gets to Eastern Europe, the Middle East or South America?

It's just one more reason that Oce, HP and Screen better move more quickly, rather than more slowly. My bet is that Founder Electronics doesn't work in corporate time.

Founder Electronics launches Xaar 1001-enabled printer - from WhatTheyThink: Friday, May 29, 2009

Founder Electronics, China has launched the EagleJet C4200 digital printer, a single-pass narrow web inkjet system featuring Xaar 1001 greyscale printheads.

A full-colour UV printer, the EagleJet C4200 has been developed for on-demand commercial print markets in China. Production flexibility enables duplex mono and two-colour printing simultaneously, and duplex four-colour printing with a tandem configuration. The precision imaging capability of the industrial-strength Xaar 1001 printhead produces amazing print results (1080dpi apparent resolution) across the 420mm paper web width at speeds of 25 metres per minute."