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It’s hard to improve on a winning formula, but EFI has continued to raise the bar for its Connect users’ conference as illustrated by last month’s 15th annual event in Las Vegas. Approximately 1,500 attendees—1,000 of them EFI customers from 25 different countries (a 20 percent jump from the previous year)—gathered at The Wynn Las Vegas for four days of educational and breakout sessions, plus several keynote presentations.

The University of Tennessee in-plant stays on the cutting edge of technology with a new Kodak NexPress SX3900. The NexPress SX3900 had only been up and running for a few weeks when IPG spoke with him, but Jack Williams, director of University Printing and Mail, says he hopes to soon see it producing brochures, landscape saddle-stitched books, perfect-bound books and posters.

When cracking appeared in a Christmas card that his in-plant produced for the university president, John Keating knew it was time to bring a new creaser on board.

Hot products for in-plants from companies including Riso, Canon U.S.A., Xanté, Fujifilm North America, Roland, Heidelberg, On Demand Machinery and Agfa Graphics

In December, The University of Texas at Austin Document Solutions installed a new five-color 24x29˝ Komori Lithrone SX29 press with a coater.

Production of digitally printed softcover brochures will be a highlight of Heidelberg's booth at the upcoming Hunkeler Innovationdays.

The big news coming out of the 15th annual EFI Connect Users Conference was the announcement of the EFI Productivity Suite. The new software will encompass all of EFI's MIS, web-to-print, and cross-media solutions. 

The next generation of digital printing systems from Heidelberg is set to launch, expanding on the company's strategic relationship with Ricoh. The Linoprint CV and Linoprint CP will replace the C751 and C901 models.

Determining the CO2 footprint of any print project can now be done online with this new tool from Heidelberg.

As Abbas Badani sees it, print and mail services alone aren’t enough for an in-plant any more. Attracting new customers means catching their attention with unique, value-added services.