4 ■ October 5, 2010 • GRAPH EXPO
2010 Must See 'ems T
he Must See ‘ems technology and product recognition awards is sponsored by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC)
and conducted independently by the PrintCom Consulting Group. A technology achieves Must See ‘ems recognition as selected by an indus- try panel of experts and deemed compel- ling for a large number of exhibition attendees. Visit:
www.mustseeems.com for Must See ‘ems and Worth-a-LOOKs.
Epson America, Inc. (Booth 617) Stylus Pro 7900CtP System
Digital Presses Production Color - Sheetfed
Fujifilm NA Corp. (Booth 627) Digital Inkjet J Press 720 Hewlett-Packard (Booth 1200) Indigo 7500 Toner Digital Press
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Booth 2244) Bizhub Toner Press C8000
Xerox Corporation (Booth 400, 600) Color 1000 Toner Press
Production Technologies: Software
Agfa Graphics (Booth 844) :Apogee Impose
Color-Logic (Booth 155) Process Metallic Color System
EskoArtwork (Booth 217) i-cut Suite (digital pre-production) interlinkONE (Booth 969) QReate and Track
Pitney Bowes (Booth 3601) TransPromo Portal
Presses: Offset Products Direct Imaging (DI) Press Presstek, Inc. (Booth 2600) 75DI direct imaging press
Offset-Digital Imprinter Eastman Kodak (Booth 1227) Prosper S10 Imprinting System
Offset Printing Plates Agfa Graphics (Booth 844) :Amigo TS Eastman Kodak (Booth 1227) Trillian SP Thermal Plate
Production Color - Inkjet Rollfed Eastman Kodak (Booth 1227) Prosper 5000XL Press
Screen (USA) (Booth 1637) Truepress Jet520ZZ
Wide-format
Agfa Graphics (Booth 844) :Jeti 1224 HDC FTR EFI (Booth 2000) VUTEk GS3200 Hewlett-Packard (Booth 1200) Scitex LX800 Printer
Postpress
Muller Martini Corp. (Booth 637) Sigma Line Digital Finishing
Encore Selections MGI Digital Graphic Technology (Booth 3217) JETvarnish UV coater Océ North America (Booth 1217) JetStream 1000 Digital Press Pitney Bowes (Booth 3601)
Print Messenger + Color Ink JetSystem
Xerox Corporation (Booth 400, 600) Nuvera 288EA Perfecting System
Ricoh Debuts New Digital Color Production Press
R
icoh chose GRAPH EXPO 2010 to introduce its new- est digital color produc- tion press, the Ricoh PRO
C901/C901S Graphic Arts Edition, an advanced digital color production press designed specifically for professional production printing.
“With its remarkable image color and consistency, and the ability to handle a broad range of substrates, the RICOH Pro C901/C901s Graphic Arts Edition is the ideal production system for cus- tomers seeking professional results at an affordable price,” said Carl Joachim, Vice President of Marketing for Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “The Pro C901 is designed for the demanding requirements of today’s graphic arts professional, as more and more applications migrate from offset to digital.”
According to Joachim, this
Ricoh intros newest digital production press at GRAPH EXPO.
newest product in the Ricoh line-up will take color quality to a new level approaching off- set, and handle a broader spec-
Official Show Daily • Cygnus Graphics Media
HP Strikes Gold with New High-Speed Inkjet Presses
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f you could use ‘gold rush’ and ‘printing’ in the same sentence, this would be it,” said James Lucanish, president, O’Neil Data Systems during last night’s HP press conference. He was referring to the 50% increase in volume he has seen over the last year. “But,” he continued, “there is a caveat. The print has to be highly customized and highly personalized.” Under the theme of “momentum,” Christopher Morgan, SVP, Graphics Solutions Business, out- lined the progress and suc- cess HP and its custom- ers have made over the past year. According to Morgan, collective page volumes for the high-end HP Indigo 7000 series presses, for example, grew 90 percent year-over-year for the first three quarters of 2010, compared to the same time period in 2009. “The fact that our cus- tomers’ digital color print business continues to grow—while the overall volumes are flat or down— reflects that PSPs are real- izing the benefits of HP’s digital printing solutions,” said Morgan. “People are printing smarter, with tar- geted, high-quality output printed on demand with less waste, more stream-
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was presented by HP’s Aruelio Maruggi, VP and GM, Inkjet High-Speed Production Solutions Division, Imaging and Printing Group, when he unveiled the new HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press, the newest addition to the inkjet web press line. O’Neil Data Systems has the world’s first HP T350 beta unit. With a speed that exceeds the HP
T300’s, the new HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press expands what graphic arts professionals can do with digital, offer- ing a more productive platform for streamlined, high-volume full-color printing. The four-color, 30"-wide HP T350 also extends an up to 1200x600- dpi native resolution HP Inkjet Web Press product line that also includes
trum of media including stocks up to 300 gsm at rated speed. The 350,000 monthly duty cycle makes it suited for true production environments. It comes with controller options from EFI and Creo. To address the evolving need for
the 30"-wide HP T300 and the 20.5"- wide, single-engine, duplex HP T200. Expected to be available in the second half of 2011, the HP T350 features a new writing system and improved data processing workflow. “O’Neil’s expanding business is directly linked to success of the HP
Christopher Morgan, SVP, Graphics Solutions Business, HP outlined the company’s momentum in the industry.
HP’s Aruelio Maruggi, Vp/GM, Inkjet High-Speed Pro- duction Solutions Division, Imaging and Printing Group, unveiled the newest inkjet press, the T350 web press.
lined supply chain processes and a reduced environmental impact.” The big news of the day, however,
T300 inkjet press,” said Lucanish. “With the new T350 web press, pro- ductivity has increased from 400 feet per minute to 600 feet per minute with the usual HP color quality. We’ve added to our portfolio the T200, which will also be used to increase our capac- ity. O’Neil is excited with the portfolio of products that HP has supplied to us. We continue to see the quality of color and productivity that sets them apart from the competition.”
HP also announced updates on its
new magnetic ink character recogni- tion (MICR) production solution for HP Inkjet Web Presses. Currently in the development and testing process, the HP MICR solution will be based on a new print bar that will insert into existing expansion slots on all HP Inkjet Web presses.
online, mobile, print, and social media solutions, Ricoh has partnered with Printable Technologies to bundle soft- ware, hosted services, and profes- sional services which will be offered at substantial savings when purchased with the C901 Graphic Arts Edition.
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