Graph Expo: 'Heavy Iron'Comes Up Light

• A five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 with Anicolor zoneless short inking technology and aqueous coater, able to run six, 300-sheet jobs on different substrates, with one operator, in 30 minutes.
• A Presstek 52DI 52cm digital offset press, which can go from digital file to printed sheet in 10 minutes.
• A small-format, two-color BaumPrint 18 press in Baum's booth.
• A second BaumPrint 18 in Mitsubishi Imaging's exhibit operating as part of a platemaking demonstration.

That's not to say that exhibitors like KBA North America, Komori America, MLP U.S.A., Goss International and others didn't have a presence this year. It's just that they opted for video presentations, interactive displays, print samples and standalone press consoles/units to emphasize new developments, enhanced press monitoring and consumables.