Graph Expo Part I--The Future On Display

Xeikon also showed its eMerge digital front end, with automated workflow capabilities and PPML input. It uses job tickets to communicate all job parameters and tracks all job activities into a database that integrates into a management reporting system.

U.S. printers got their first look at the NexPress 2100 digital color printer from NexPress Solutions, a Heidelberg/Kodak joint venture. Built with a blanket and an impression cylinder like a press, the 2100 prints 2,100 tabloid sheets an hour on a variety of stocks. It has auto perfecting and electronic collation, so it delivers completed, collated jobs.