`Best of Category' Must See `Ems Revealed

CHICAGO—The top new technology products in each of the Graph Expo 2012 Must See ’Ems categories were revealed at the close of the annual Executive Outlook conference that precedes the opening of the show. These “Best of Category” winners were selected from the pool of winning entries in the Must See ’Ems competition judged by a panel of industry experts, journalists and consultants, who based their choices on the impact they believe these new technologies will have on the industry.

“Changing technology is a constant in the graphic communications industry and these Best of Category selections, along with the other Must See ’Ems winners, highlight some of the most intriguing new technology products introduced within the past year,” said GASC President Ralph Nappi.

For the first time this year, Must See ’Ems winners were announced prior to Graph Expo to allow attendees to best plan in advance their show floor schedules.

This year’s Must See ’Ems “Best of Category” winners are:

• SALES AND ORDER ENTRY—EFI M500 Self-Serve Copy and Print Station, which allows users to access, pay and print in a completely self-serve environment, whether accessing files from their USB drives, mobile devices or cloud accounts.

• PREPRESS AND PREMEDIA—Ricoh Clickable Paper, a new cross-media service enabling consumers to point an iPhone or Android smartphone at any printed surface and be automatically linked to any kind of online media.

• PRESSROOM (ANALOG PRESSES)—Heidelberg Prinect Image Control Next Generation, a print shop workflow that integrates and manages the entire print production process.

* PRESSROOM (DIGITAL PRESSES)—HP Indigo 10000 digital press, a B2 format designed to be compatible with standard sheet sizes and conventional finishing devices to provide digital print at the same quality as offset.

• PRESSROOM (WIDE-FORMAT)—Xanté Excelagraphix 4200 which features Memjet Waterfall printhead technology that delivers more than three billion drops of ink per second, for print speeds up to eight times faster than traditional inkjet technology.

• POSTPRESS FINISHING (DIGITAL AND SMALL FORMAT)—Xerox Integrated PLUS finishing solution for booklets, which enables automatic job preparation and finishing to increase productivity.

• POSTPRESS FINISHING (WIDE-FORMAT)—EFI Layout Option for Fiery wide-format solution which can create advanced nestings that are set up either for minimum waste or minimizing cut paths for a smoother finishing workflow.

• IMPRINTING, MAILING, SHIPPING, AND FULFILLMENT—Bowe Systec Fusion Cross, an inserting system capable of processing a wide spectrum of envelope formats and filling thicknesses while still being fast, gentle to the material and reliable.

• MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS—EFI PrintFlow Dynamic Scheduling—Employee and Tool Constraints, a new capability that can optimize a printing company’s complete schedule automatically, taking into consideration multiple, concurrent constraints.

• FUTURE PRINT—Pageflex Dynamic Media, which lets users create customized in-stream and in-banner videos that speak directly to the viewer in a personalized and cost-effective way.