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Interquest has announced the 2013 London Digital Book Printing Forum will be held on June 20 and will focus on trends and opportunities in digital book
manufacturing. The event will be held at the Royal Society, Carlton Terrace, in
London. more
InfoTrends has completed a new study entitled Print on Demand: India
which, the company's press release says, "sheds light on the current usage of print equipment in
conjunction with digital applications, and on future requirements and
trends in the on demand printing market in India." more
Inca Digital Printers has released Inca
ReporterPro, a digital production analysis tool the company says is designed to give
managers a clearer understanding on the productivity and efficiency of Inca Onset and Spyder wide-format printers. The tool allows printers to monitor Inca
flat-bed printers and provides a detailed overview
across a range of metrics and can generate a variety of internal
management reports, allowing managers better insight to fine-tune
production schedules and increase efficiencies. more
Color-Logic
has announced it has certified
the Presstek 75DI press for use with the Process Metallic Color System. According to information provided by Color-Logic on its Web site, the company will certify a press when the press manufacturer has printed specific and relevant test forms and
submitted them to Color-Logic for certification, and Color-Logic has verified the output produced is within its tolerance of visual and measurement
qualifications. more
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced an on-demand print and fulfillment program for journals. According to the company, journal publishers will now be able to upload and manage content through a Web site and use the site to create and manage subscription lists, designate fulfillment requirements, place print orders for subscriber delivery, as well as order one-off issues for claims fulfillment. more
Kodak has announced a new digital, full color press; the Prosper 5000 XLi has a print width of up to 24.5" (62.23
centimeters). Kodak says the press can image at speeds up to 650 feet (200 meters) per minute with a
duty cycle of 90 million A4 or US letter pages a month with print quality up to 175 lpi. The next issue of the Seybold Report will contain more details about the press. more
Plantin has signed an agreement with Scodix to market and sell the Scodix S Series Digital Presses and the Scodix Rainbow Station, in Belgium and Luxembourg. more
EarthColor has announced it has
signed a Letter of Intent to purchase an unspecified number of Landa
Nanographic Printing Presses. EarthColor is a privately-held full-service provider of print and digital communications. The company is headquartered in New Jersey and has production
facilities in New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Texas, with additional prepress
operations in Arizona. more
EFI has announced new Xerox digital front ends powered by Fiery are available for the Xerox Color J75 and C75 Presses. The company says these front ends are among the first to market built on EFI's new Fiery FS100 Pro platform. more
PODi has announced the addition of 24 new case studies to its online database of hundreds of digital printing-related case studies. The new case studies cover ten vertical markets including nonprofits, universities, manufacturers, retailers, insurance, telecom/cable, business services, and entertainment and include case studies for the 2013 Best Practice Award Winners. more
Océ
has announced a new JetStream 5500 full-color, inkjet printer, and the company says the new press is the
fastest inkjet printer the company offers. more
QuadTech
has added a Digital Ink System to its suite of color, register, and
inspection controls for web offset printers. The company says the system replaces
conventional ink fountains with computer-controlled ink injectors,
providing much more accurate density control across the printed image at
press speed and eliminates the costs of contamination from
open fountains, resulting in significant, immediate savings in ink,
paper, and maintenance. more
Océ
showed the ColorStream 3900 at Graph Expo, a new ColorStream digital
full-color inkjet printing system. The company says the ColorStream 3900
is the fastest model in the ColorStream 3000 family, printing at 417
feet-per-minute or 909 letter-size images per minute on a single unit.
more
Xerox has announced the Nuvera 157EA Production system and Nuvera 314EA
Perfecting Production System. The company says the Nuvera system is designed to provide quick setup and document production with sharp image quality on a variety of paper sizes and types. more
Xeikon
NV has introduced Xeikon Vectorizor, a software add-on to the Xeikon
X-800 digital front-end for communication with laser die cutting
devices. The company says this add-on creates new
opportunities to automate label production and increase
productivity. Xeikon is demonstrating the software in the technology
corner at Labelexpo. more
