iJetColor

What iJetColor does

iJetColor, operated by Printware LLC (a member of the Vanguard Graphics International group) and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, manufactures a family of digital inkjet envelope presses. Founded in 2012, the company builds hardware around Memjet (HP PageWide) Waterfall Printhead Technology and integrates Navigator Harlequin RIP and proprietary iJetColorFlow 2.0 workflow software. Its press portfolio spans the iJetColor Classic (1,500–4,000/hr), NXT (up to 6,000/hr), 1175 series (7,810–10,000+/hr), and the 2025-launched flagship Q (over 20,000/hr), plus the HP iJetColor PXG for short-run packaging using HP FI-1000 technology. Notable technical features include 4-edge bleed color, variable data printing, pigment-based water-safe ink, a top-load friction feeder, and Color Boost automated PMS matching.

The company sells to commercial printers, mailing/fulfillment operations, packaging printers, and government entities (e.g., election ballot envelopes) across North America, with 900+ systems installed since first shipments in 2012. Reference customers include Modern Postcard, Basin Printers, Tandem Printing, Print Pro Columbus, and Michigan Election Resources. Customers cite payback periods as short as 4.5 months, 50% gross-margin gains over outsourcing, and per-piece costs below one cent.

iJetColor generates revenue through hardware sales (entry units from $15,990), recurring consumables (Memjet inks and replacement printheads), 24/7 managed-service support contracts, and three-year leasing via American Financial Partners with 0% Power-of-Zero financing and Section 179 tax positioning. Go-to-market is direct, via Printware's phone sales (800-456-1400), website inquiries, a Profit Predictor ROI tool, and active presence at trade shows including Print 17, Graphics of the Americas, and PackExpo. The supplies storefront at shop.ijetcolor.com provides a separate e-commerce channel for consumables.

Name

iJetColor

Legal name

Printware LLC

Website

https://ijetcolor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

iJetColor, a Printware LLC brand, manufactures digital inkjet envelope presses powered by Memjet/HP PageWide technology, serving North American commercial printers, mailing operations, and packaging printers with hardware, consumables, and support contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331), Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

SIC

Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Production & High-Volume Printing Systems (HDACAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Direct-to-Container & Digital Printing (Inkjet/Laser) (IMALAKAF), Receipt, Label & Card Printers (Thermal/Impact) (HDACAKAD)

Keywords

• Envelope printing presses
• Digital inkjet printing
• Direct mail equipment
• Commercial printing presses
• Variable data printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of iJetColor inkjet envelope presses including 1175, 1175 Pro, 1175C, and Q models. Complete turnkey systems with integrated workflow software, printheads, and accessories.
2. Consumables and Supplies: Recurring revenue from ink cartridges, printheads, and other consumables. Memjet Formula inks available in single color and combo packages.
3. Service and Support Contracts: 24/7 technical support, remote diagnostics, and maintenance services under support contracts.
4. Financing and Leasing: Three-year leasing program through American Financial Partners with 'Power-of-Zero' financing options including 0% financing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

iJetColor (a brand of Printware LLC) designs, manufactures, and sells high-speed digital inkjet envelope and packaging printing presses powered by Memjet Waterfall printhead and HP PageWide technology. Its turnkey systems — spanning the iJetColor Q, 1175/1175 Pro/1175C, NXT, Classic, and HP iJetColor PXG — are sold to commercial print shops, mailing providers, packaging converters, and government entities, with speeds from 1,500 to over 20,000 envelopes per hour. Revenue is generated through hardware sales, recurring consumables (Memjet inks and printheads), 24/7 support contracts, and 3-year lease financing through American Financial Partners.

Product overview

iJetColor is a family of inkjet envelope presses and related products offered by Printware. The portfolio includes multiple press models (iJetColor Q, 1175, 1175 Pro, 1175C, NXT, Classic) with varying speed capabilities ranging from 1,500 to over 20,000 envelopes per hour, plus the iJetColor PXG for packaging applications. The products are powered by Memjet printhead technology and supported by iJetColorFlow workflow software. The iJetColor Q represents the flagship fastest model while the 1175 series provides scalable options for different production volumes. The PXG Feeder is an accessory that enhances the PXG's production capabilities. All presses support variable data printing, full-bleed color, and are marketed as alternatives to offset printing, outsourcing, or toner-based solutions for short-run envelope production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HP iJetColor Q: Envelope press with output speeds over 20,000/hr
• HP iJetColor 1175 Pro
• HP iJetColor 1175C
• HP iJetColor 1175
• iJetColor Flow 2.0
• HP iJetColor PXG
• HP iJetColor PXG Feeder
• iJetColor NXT

Products and services

• iJetColor Q Envelope Press Flagship iJetColor envelope press delivering over 20,000 envelopes per hour for high-volume commercial and direct mail envelope production. Targeted at commercial printers and mailing operations needing maximum throughput full-color variable-data output.
• iJetColor 1175 Envelope Press High-speed, full-color inkjet envelope press with output up to 7,810 envelopes per hour, providing compact short-run production for commercial printers entering the iJetColor product family.
• iJetColor 1175 Pro Envelope Press Professional-grade envelope press in the 1175 series delivering over 10,000 envelopes per hour with large-format feed capacity up to 12" x 17" and 2" thickness, targeted at higher-volume commercial printers.
• iJetColor 1175C Envelope Press Full-color high-speed envelope press in the 1175 family with output over 10,000 envelopes per hour, suited to direct mail and commercial envelope production.
• iJetColor NXT Envelope Press Mid-range envelope press with speeds up to 6,000 envelopes per hour, recommended for monthly print volumes of 50,000–100,000 envelopes, targeted at printers scaling from short-run to higher volume commercial envelope work.
• iJetColor (Classic) Envelope Press Most affordable entry-level iJetColor envelope press with speeds between 1,500–4,000 envelopes per hour, recommended for monthly volumes of 20,000–50,000, aimed at small commercial printers.
• HP iJetColor PXG Packaging Press Short-run, full-color, personalized packaging solution using HP FI-1000 PageWide print technology with 11.7" max print width, targeted at packaging converters and label printers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% reduction in turnaround time
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MemjetcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2012Memjet is the core technology partner providing Waterfall Printhead Technology that powers all iJetColor presses. The partnership provides exclusive access to high-speed inkjet printing technology designed for remarkable speeds and affordability. Memjet maintains offices in San Diego, Dublin, Sydney, Taipei, Singapore, and Boise, Idaho.
• XitroncoreTechnology or IntegrationXitron provides color management tools and professional workflow software integrated into iJetColor Pro systems. The Brand Color Editing feature allows brand colors defined as spot to be specifically defined for CMYK reproduction.
• Printware LLCcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerPrintware LLC is the parent company and manufacturer of iJetColor products. They design, engineer, and market iJetColor envelope printing systems. Printware is a member of Vanguard Graphics International group of companies and has over 30 years of experience in the printing equipment industry.
• Navigator (Harlequin RIP)coreTechnology or IntegrationNavigator Harlequin RIP technology provides professional color management, variable data output, and workflow automation. Used across all iJetColor Press systems.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Quadient: Quadient offers envelope-imaging, mailing, and customer-communications-management solutions targeting the same commercial printers and mailing/fulfillment operations as iJetColor. It is a direct competitor in the in-house envelope production workflow and overlaps with iJetColor in the iJetColor NXT/1175 envelope press use cases.
• Afinia Label: Afinia Label (by Primera Technology) produces desktop and short-run digital color label printers for commercial and industrial users. It overlaps with iJetColor's PXG packaging/label line and serves the same short-run, full-color, on-demand printing buyer persona in print shops.
• Kirk-Rudy: Kirk-Rudy manufactures inkjet envelope addressing, printing, and mailing equipment for commercial printers and mailing operations. Its envelope printers and addressing systems compete head-to-head with iJetColor's lower-volume NXT and Classic envelope presses for short-run in-house jobs.

Broad incumbents

• Xerox Inkjet / Production Presses: Xerox's iGen and Baltoro production presses address commercial print and direct-mail applications for many of the same print-shop buyers targeted by iJetColor, positioning it as an indirect incumbent competitor in the short-run full-color envelope and direct-mail workflow.
• Ricoh Production Inkjet: Ricoh offers Pro VC and continuous-feed inkjet systems for commercial print, direct mail, and transactional printing. It competes indirectly for the same commercial printer and mailing provider customers, especially as those operations scale beyond iJetColor's 20,000/hr envelope presses.
• Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes sells mailing and shipping technology including inserters and production mail solutions. It is a broad incumbent whose mail-production customers overlap iJetColor's mailing/fulfillment segment, and it competes indirectly on in-house vs. outsourced envelope production economics.
• Canon Production Print: Canon's production inkjet portfolio (e.g., ColorStream, varioPRINT) addresses commercial print shops producing high-volume transactional and direct-mail output. It is a broad incumbent whose commercial customers overlap iJetColor's mid-market and enterprise envelope/direct-mail buyers.
• HP (PageWide Industrial Presses): HP supplies the PageWide/FI-1000 inkjet technology that powers iJetColor's PXG and broader envelope press family, and also sells large-format PageWide Web Presses into commercial print. It is the ultimate upstream incumbent and potential direct competitor if HP chooses to address the envelope short-run segment natively.

Regional players

• Neopost (Quadient) Mailing Systems: Neopost-branded Quadient mailing systems offer folder-inserter and envelope-handling solutions used by mailing/fulfillment operations in Europe. It overlaps iJetColor's mailing/fulfillment segment on workflow integration but is geographically weighted differently from iJetColor's North American base.

Emerging players

• Memjet: Memjet is the core technology partner providing Waterfall Printhead Technology that powers every iJetColor press. It also OEM-licenses the same printhead modules to other label, packaging, and commercial-printer OEMs, making it a partial peer and the most important supply-chain counterparty in iJetColor's stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/iJetColor
• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=90hqkr69SpU&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ijetcolor.com%2F
• Facebookfacebook.com/ijetcolor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ijet-color

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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