Crowds Return to Graph Expo

Though certainly unintended, the absence of the big offset vendors sent a message to attendees about offset's place in the industry—a message amplified by the stepped-up presence of digital print vendors like Xerox, HP, Kodak and Ricoh, all of whom had prominent booth locations.

What's more, offset's diminished presence coincided with the first U.S. showing of several large inkjet presses from Kodak (the Prosper 5000XL inkjet press), Fuji (the Digital Inkjet J Press 720) and Screen U.S.A. (the Truepress Jet520ZZ), making this a show worthy of the title "The Inkjet Graph Expo." (HP's much touted T350 Color Inkjet Web Press appeared only on video.)