Ирис принтері: Дайындалуға дейінгі түсті сынақтарға арналған сіңіргіш принтер

Color inkjet printer for prepress proofing
An Iris printer is a large format color inkjet printer designed for prepress proofing. It was introduced in 1985 by Iris Graphics, originally of Stoneham, Massachusetts, and is currently manufactured by the Graphic Communications Group of Eastman Kodak. It is also used in the fine art reproduction market as a final output digital printing press, as in Giclée. Prints produced by an Iris printer are commonly called Iris prints, Iris proofs or simply Irises.

The Iris printer was developed by Iris Graphics, Inc. originally of Stoneham, Massachusetts. Iris was founded in 1984 by two former employees of Applicon, Inc., Dieter Jochimsen and Craig Surprise, who had worked with Professor Helmuth Hertz of Lund University in Sweden, from whom Applicon had licensed the continuous flow inkjet technology used in an Applicon manufactured large format printer. Jochimsen and Surprise were joined in founding Iris by John Oberteuffer and Richard Santos after being introduced by the U. S. licensing agent for Professor Hertz' inkjet patents, Arthur D. Little of Lexington, Massachusetts. The Iris model 2044 large format printer, capable of printing on paper up to 34" × 44" (864 × 1118 mm), was first shipped in 1985. A smaller model, 3024, which supported automatic handling of 11" × 17" (279 × 432 mm) paper, was introduced at the September 1987 "Lasers in Graphics" show in Miami. The company was acquired by Scitex in 1990, which was then purchased by Creo Products Inc. in 2000. In 2005, Creo was purchased by Kodak. The Iris product line evolved into the Veris printer line.

The Iris printer is an inkjet printer designed to interface with digital prepress systems to produce a hard copy that shows what the exact image will look like before the job goes to press. Such prepress output devices are used to check the image and for critical color match on industrial printing jobs such as commercial product packaging and magazine layout. Their output is also used to check color after mass production begins. Iris printers use a continuous flow ink system to produce continuous tone dot free output. The paper used in the machine is mounted on a drum rotating at 150 inches per second.