Must See ’Ems Winners to be Shown Off at Graph Expo
Each year, a panel of industry experts, journalists and consultants analyzes the graphic arts technologies that will be on display at the Graph Expo trade show and assembles a list of those they feel will have the greatest impact on the printing industry. This list of “Must See ’Ems” winners has traditionally been revealed at the pre-show Executive Outlook Conference, just a day before the Chicago show opens.
Responding to requests that the Must See ’Ems winners be announced earlier—to allow show visitors to better plan their booth visits—conference organizers have released the list in advance this year. In-plant managers attending the show should make plans to view these exciting new technologies. The 2012 Must See ’Ems award winners are:
Sales and Order Entry
- EFI DSFdesign Studio for EFI Digital StoreFront (Booth 2000)
- EFI M500 self-service copy and print station (Booth 2000)
- XMPie uStore Facebook Connect (Booth 1200)
Prepress and Premedia
- Dalim Software - ES 3 (Booth 229)
- EFI Fiery SeeQuence JobMaster (Booth 2000);
- Esko Studio 12 (Booth 427)
- Ricoh Clickable Paper (Booth 2600)
Pressroom, Analog Presses
- Heidelberg USA Prinect Image Control Next Generation (Booth 1214)
Pressroom, Digital Presses
- Eastman Kodak NexPress Gold Dry Ink (Booth 1221)
- HP Indigo 10000 digital press (Booth 1227)
- HP Indigo WS6600 digital press (Booth 1227)
Pressroom, Wide-format
- Epson America SureColor S50670 (Booth 636)
- HP Designjet L26500 printer (Booth 1227)
- Xante Excelagraphix 4200 (Booth 2449)
Postpress Finishing, Digital and Small-format
- MGI JETvarnish 3D (Booth 3623)
- Xerox IntegratedPLUS finishing solution for booklets (Booth 1200)
Postpress Finishing, Wide-format
- EFI Layout Option for Fiery wide-format solution (Booth 2000)
- Esko Kongsberg XN (Booth 427)
Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment
- Avanti Computer Systems Advanced Fulfillment V12.4 (Booth 864)
- Böwe Systec North America Fusion Cross (Booth 3627)
- Pitney Bowes Mailstream Wrapper inline envelope converting module (Booth 1238)
Management Systems
- Eastman Kodak INSITE prepress portal software Version 6.5 (Booth 1221)
- EFI PrintFlow Dynamic Scheduling - Employee & Tool Constraints (Booth 2000)
- XMPie Circle (Booth 1200)
Future Print Technology Demonstrations
- Eastman Kodak FLEXCEL direct system (Booth 1221)
- PadPublisher’s PadPublisher and PadCloud (Booth 4836)
- Pageflex Dynamic Media (Booth 867)
At the conclusion of the Executive Outlook Conference on October 6, “Best of Category” selections will be announced, as will a new “Legacy Award,” created to recognize one past Must See ’Ems winner that has had a lasting influence on the graphic communications industry.
