Which 'Must See' Technologies Should You Target at PRINT 2017?

With PRINT 17 back in Chicago — after taking a Florida holiday last year when GRAPH EXPO relocated to Orlando — in-plants are busy planning their itineraries. To help you figure out which exhibits to put on your list, a panel of industry experts has chosen 44 MUST SEE ’EMS — technologies that attendees simply can’t miss. These innovative technologies represent the most compelling advances in 11 categories spanning the print production workflow.

“These MUST SEE ’EMS winners demonstrate a vision that will advance the future of our industry,” says Thayer Long, President of NPES, the printing equipment manufacturers’ trade association that now owns 100% of the PRINT and GRAPH EXPO shows.

The 44 MUST SEE ’EMS winners named below will be highlighted at PRINT 17, taking place September 10 - 14 at McCormick Place South in Chicago. The “Best of Category” winners for each of the 11 categories will be revealed during the pre-show conference OUTLOOK 17, which takes place on Sunday, September 10 from 8 am to 12:00 pm, immediately prior to the noon opening of PRINT 17. Additionally, OUTLOOK 17 will also feature the announcement of this year’s Legacy Award, given to a previous MUST SEE ’EMS winner that has had a lasting and profound impact on the graphic communications industry.

An in-depth look at this year’s MUST SEE ’EMS will be offered via the pre-show webinar, “New Technologies from the PRINT 17 MUST SEE ’EMS,” featuring host and program coordinator Hal Hinderliter. This free webinar will air live on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT to highlight this year’s MUST SEE ’EMS winners. Viewers will receive a valuable roadmap to the latest, most cutting-edge products and technologies on the PRINT 17 show floor.

Here are the 2017 MUST SEE ’EMS award winners in each of the 11 categories, listed in alphabetical order:

Sales and Order Entry

• MarcomCentral – JobDirect® Plus
• OnPrintShop – Radix – OnPrintShop Wide Format Module
• Taopix – 3D Designer

Prepress and Premedia

• CGS Publishing Technologies International – ORIS Flex Pack // Web Visualizer
• Electronics For Imaging – EFI Corrugated Packaging System with Esko ArtiosCAD Integration
• Electronics For Imaging – EFI Metrix for High-Speed Inkjet
• Enfocus Software – PitStop 2017 with PDF Geomapper
• Xerox Corp. – Xerox Specialty Imaging

Color Management and Quality Control

• Epson America, Inc. – SureColor P5000 Commercial Edition with SpectroProofer
• Konica Minolta – IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer
• Lake Image Systems Inc. – Discovery READ&PRINT for RFID

Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel

• Color-Logic Inc. – Security-FX for Digital Presses
• HP Inc. – HP SmartStream Edge and Spine Printing
• Pitney Bowes – Synchronize Mail + Mobile

Pressroom: Analog Presses

• Eltosch Grafix America, Inc. – LED Powerline Focus
• RYOBI MHI Graphic Technology – RMGT 920PF-8+CC+LED-UV 8 Color with Coater Perfecting Press

Pressroom: Digital Presses

• Electronics For Imaging – EFI Cretaprint C4 Twin Digital Inkjet Printer
• Fujifilm – J Press 720S
• HP Inc. – HP Indigo 50000 Digital Press
• Ricoh USA, Inc. – RICOH Pro VC40000
• Screen Americas – Truepress Jet 520HD with SC Ink
• Screen Americas – Truepress Jet 520NX
• Xerox Corp. – Trivor 2400 HF Inkjet Press
• Xerox Corp. – Xerox iGen 5 Press with White Dry Ink

Pressroom: Wide-Format

• Canon U.S.A., Inc. – Océ Colorado 1640
• Electronics For Imaging – EFI Cubik printer
• Electronics For Imaging – EFI VUTEk 3r and 5r LED printers

Postpress and In-line Finishing

• MGI – JETvarnish 3D Web
• Muller Martini – Connex Workflow System
• Rollem International – Insignia Die Cutters
• Standard Finishing Systems – Hunkeler POPP8 Finishing Line
• VITS International – EXPRESS Cutter

Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment

• Pitney Bowes – Epic 3.0 Inserting System
• W+D North America Inc. – W+D HALM iJET
• (One additional winner in this category is under embargo until the show.)

Management Systems

• Avanti Systems – Avanti Slingshot Scheduling Reservation System
• Avanti Systems – Avanti Slingshot Wireless Warehouse Management
• Electronics For Imaging – EFI iQuote Dynamic Intelligent Estimating for Labels, Tags and Folding Cartons
• Electronics For Imaging – EFI Productivity Workbench
• SpencerMetrics LLC – SpencerMetrics CONNECT, version 6
• Ultimate TechnoGraphics Inc. – Ultimate Bindery v5

The Future of Print

• Electronics For Imaging – EFI Industrial Textile Ecosystem
• Fujifilm – Samba
• MGI – Ceradrop F-Serie

For more information about the PRINT 17 MUST SEE ’EMS, or to register for the free webinar: “New Technologies from the PRINT 17 MUST SEE ’EMS,” visit www.mustseeems.com.

The preceding press release was provided by a company unaffiliated with IPG. The views expressed within do not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of the staff of IPG.