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drupa 2008 InfoPrint highlighted its suite of Transpromo solutions which include InfoPrint ProcessDirector (IPPD); the InfoPrint 5000 press and other software such as Prinova’s messagepoint which connects business users to their customers across all customer touch points; Mapping Suite to change the customer experience by leveraging distributed print’s marketing potential; as well as GMC PrintNet Suite and Exstream Dialogue. The company also announced that it had added SAS Customer Intelligence to its Transpromo suite. The SAS solution SAS is a market leader in business intelligence and predictive analytics software --enables organizations to deepen their customer relationships and improve ROI from their direct marketing campaigns. InfoPrint also demonstrated a new full-colour cut-sheet printer featuring speeds of 90 ipm at a resolution of 1200 dpi. Based on the same print engine as the new Ricoh Pro C900, this new unit is expected to be officially announced in the fourth quarter. - the million letter-size impressions. It features speeds of 250 feet/minute, equivalent to 1,090 A4 ipm. The VL2000 uses piezoelectric inkjet print heads which offer a resolution of 600x600 dpi and a print width of 18.67 inches. HP Inkjet Web Press Source: INTERQUEST In the software area, HP added the SmartStream Director to its SmartStream workflow portfolio announced in March. The new solution, which is the result of an OEM partnership with Press-sense, provides small to large businesses with an integrated and open workflow that can automate, manage, customize, and optimize business and production processes from job creation through fulfillment, including online job submission, placement of variable data, and integration with partner solutions. InfoPrint Solutions On the monochrome front InfoPrint demonstrated its 4100 MD1/2 system incorporating the image enhancement feature and working in-line with Hunkeler pre- and post-processing equipment in book and newspaper printing applications. For the newspaper demonstration InfoPrint teamed with Newspaper Direct and it used Ultimate Technology Software along with Abitibi Bowater’s new groundwood paper specifically developed to run on electrophotographic systems. InfoPrint also announced two entry-level continuous-feed units—the InfoPrint 75 and InfoPrint 100, which feature speeds of 115 ipm and 154 ipm, respectively. These new units, based on a Ricoh print engine, are targeted at midvolume invoicing, direct mail, label printing, and distribution centre picking slips applications. In the colour area InfoPrint exhibited its InfoPrint 5000 inkjet press which features speeds of 64 meters/minute or 862 A4 images in two-up tandem duplex mode at a resolution of 720x360 dpi. At the booth, the unit was demonstrated in-line with Lasermax Roll Systems pre- and post- processing equipment (including in-line hole punching and dynamic perforations) producing transpromo documents. Kodak Versamark VL2000 Source: INTERQUEST Kodak also demonstrated for the first time its new Stream inkjet technology. According to the company, Stream technology will enable printing speeds of up to 3,600 ipm with print quality comparable to offset for a cost per page of less than one cent. The Stream system demonstrated at drupa 2008 featured a resolution of 600 dpi, but according to Kodak the technology is capable of achieving 1,200 dpi. Other key advantages of the technology relate to its ability to work with a wide variety of ink types and viscosities, as well as its flexibility in terms of substrate compatibility. Kodak full-colour presses incorporating the Stream technology are expected to be on the market in 2012. InfoPrint new full-colour cut-sheet production system Source: INTERQUEST Kodak Kodak Electrophotographic Division announced the Digimaster EX 300 which combines two Digimaster 150 EX monochrome systems working in-line to produce speeds of 300 impressions per minute. The division also announced the NexPress S3600 a colour press capable of producing 120 full-colour impressions per minute. Both units are expected to be available in the summer of 2009. On the inkjet front, Kodak ran the first public demonstration of its new Versamark VL2000 system announced in January. This new press is targeted at transactional printing operations with monthly volumes ranging from 1 million to 5 Kodak demonstrated its new Stream inkjet technology Source: INTERQUEST Kodak also demonstrated the Stream technology in a hybrid printing application. The "Stream concept print head" was running up to 1,000 feet/minute in-line with a Muller Martini offset press. The four-inch print head is designed to 5 Issue 5 July 2008 The VIEW Journal Xplor European Edition

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