EFI, Jetrion Industrial Inkjet Systems

Hot wide-format products for in-plant printers from companies including Agfa Graphics, Canon Océ, EFI, FUJIFILM North America, Epson, HP, Mimaki, Mutoh and Screen USA

While Imaging Services, the in-plant for the University of Colorado-Boulder, has been dedicated to offering high-quality, full-service printing to its campus since 1923, the shop has never worked smarter than it does today.

"Fireside chats" featuring RR Donnelley President/CEO Thomas J. Quinlan III and Avi Reichental, president/CEO of 3D Systems, will highlight the 15th annual EFI Connect Users Conference.

As Mark Baker sees it, providing prompt, painless service is imperative at his company.

"Our brands enjoy being able to get something done immediately," says the manager of Office Services for Wolverine Worldwide, a footwear and apparel manufacturer based in Rockford, Mich.

With equipment specs, pictures and video all available online, why should an in-plant manager bother going to Graph Expo any more? Those who made the trip to Chicago last month have lots of good reasons.

EFI has acquired key intellectual property assets for digital inkjet printing of thermoformed products from Polymeric Imaging, a provider of UV and LED inks for industrial and graphic arts applications.

Today is the third and final day of the 2014 SGIA Expo in Las Vegas. The "specialty imaging" show got off to a great start Wednesday, with attendees lining up in the Las Vegas Convention Center to get on the trade show floor.

The official numbers aren't in yet, but the crowds at this week's Graph Expo show in Chicago seemed larger than in previous years. Those who attended certainly had a number of new products to check out. Here are just a few of the new machines unveiled at Graph Expo.

Sylvia Marmon says she and her staff have wanted to get a Web-to-print system for about 15 years, but they could never justify the cost. Then last year a consultant reviewed all of the City of Boise’s printing and copying activity and recommended that Print & Mail Services add online job submission software, along with some digital printing upgrades. The mayor’s office approved it in a heartbeat.

With its acquisition this week of DiMS! organizing print, a developer of MIS/ERP systems for print and packaging companies, EFI continues to extend its reach into the MIS market.