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Finch Releases Three Products for High-speed Inkjet

Finch Paper, during its 150-year anniversary celebration, launched three inkjet product families designed for book, direct mail, and transactional markets. This includes Finch Smartbook Jet and Finch Mailstream for printing high-speed inkjet, which expands on the company’s existing line of Finch Fine iD and Finch Inkjet Pi substrates.

Finch explains that paper manufacturers have been challenged with drying issues associated with lighter basis weights being used in the growing inkjet production of books. Finch has engineered new paper with a surface treatment to maximize ink density and absorption, which, according to the company, results in instantaneous drying on its uncoated Smartbook Jet 606 PPI (50 lb text), 750 PPI (45 lb text) and 830 PPI (41 lb text) grades.
 
Finch explains its high pages per inch (PPI) in the new product, combined with strong opacity and NASTA compliance, makes Smartbook Jet a well suited uncoated sheet for high-speed inkjet. The company also explains Smartbook Jet holds a silky-smooth surface for producing the full-colour images sought after by textbook publishers. Finch Smartbook Jet is engineered for pigment ink systems on Canon Colorstream, HP T-series, Kodak Prosper, Ricoh Infoprint, Screen TrueJet production inkjet presses.
 
Finch Mailstream is designed for transactional and direct mail printing. The Finch Mailstream family of products includes Mailstream DS, a treated inkjet product optimized for both dye- and pigment-based systems (DS refers to dual systems). It is offered in 20 lb/74 gsm to 9 pt. reply/209 gsm, featuring a premium blue-white shade for duplex printing. Its 20-lb bond has a 95 opacity.
 
Finch Mailstream XP96 is surface enhanced for inkjet and laser production environments. This cross-platform (XP) substrate holds a 96-bright blue white shade, well suited for colour logos and graphics. Mailstream XP92 is also surface enhanced as a bright white substrate for more universally compatible graphics.
 
Finch MOCR Laser is an untreated, 92-bright choice that rounds out the company’s new products for the transactional segment. Finch MOCR Laser is available in 20 lb, 24 lb and 28 lb.

For direct mail and commercial print inkjet applications, Finch Inkjet Pi is treated for pigment inks (PI) and well suited for what the company refers to as house sheet status. The company states Inkjet Pi does not require any bonding agents. Finch Inkjet Pi is available in a range of basis weights from 45 lb text to 130 lb text and 9 pt reply. It holds a 96-bright balanced Alpine White shade. Finch Inkjet Pi is suited for systems like Canon ColorStream, HP T-series and Kodak Prosper.