GRAPH EXPO 2010's Must See 'ems

Presentation of the Must See ‘ems technology and product recognition awards is a highlight feature of the Executive Outlook Conference, held the day before GRAPH EXPOofficially opens its doors. The program is sponsored by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) and conducted independently by the PrintComConsulting Group.

Must See ‘ems and their companion Worth-a-Look products were selected from the more than 2,000 individual products being shown at GRAPH EXPO by just over 500 exhibitors.  Products were nominated in a reiterative process from supplier information including pre-show briefings and input from an independent Selection Committee.  To achieve Must See recognition, nominees are reviewed and voted on by a 19- person committee in a secret ballot that required more than majority agreement that a product was compelling for a large number of exhibition attendees.  Products identified as compelling but of importance to a more limited audience have been identified as Worth-a-Looks. 

Encore 2010 selections were made from products and technologies that received Must See ’ems recognition in 2009. Eight of last year’s selections were voted to receive continuing recognition because, although not new, they still represent compelling products.

 

Production Technologies:

 Software

 

As print production has become computer-centric, there are an increasing number of software products on the exhibition floor.  Software is embedded in many if not most production products --- sometimes visible and sometimes invisible to production operators. It is the most difficult technology for a printer to evaluate prior to a purchase.

 

Agfa Graphics (Booth 824)

Apogee Impose

 

 

Color-Logic (Booth 155)

Process Metallic Color System

 

 

EskoArtwork (Booth 217)

i-cut Suite (digital pre-production)

 

interlinkONE  (Booth 969)

QReate and Track

 

Pitney Bowes (Booth 3601)

TransPromo Portal

 

 

Presses: 

Offset Products

 

Direct Imaging (DI) Press

Presstek, Inc. (Booth 2600)

75DI

 

Offset-Digital Imprinter

Eastman Kodak Company (Booth 1227)

Prosper S10 Imprinting System with Process Color

 

Offset Printing Plates

 

Agfa Graphics (Booth 844)

Amigo TS

 

Eastman Kodak Company (Booth 1227)

Trillian SP Thermal Plate

 

Epson America, Inc. (Booth 617)

Stylus Pro 7900CtP System

 

 

Digital Presses

 

Production Color - Sheetfed

Fujifilm North America Corp. (Booth 627)

Digital Inkjet J Press 720

 

Hewlett-Packard  (Booth 1200)

Indigo 7500 Toner Digital Press

 

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Booth 2244)

Bizhub Toner Press C8000

 

Xerox Corporation (Booth 600)

Color 1000 Toner Press

 

Production Color - Inkjet Rollfed

Eastman Kodak Company (Booth 1227)

Prosper 5000XL Press

 

Screen (USA) (Booth 1637)

Truepress Jet520ZZ

 

 

 

Wide-format

 

Agfa Graphics (Booth 844)

Jeti 1224 HDC FTR

 

EFI (Booth 2000)

VUTEk GS3200

 

Hewlett-Packard (Booth 1200)

Scitex LX800 Printer

 

Postpress

 

Muller Martini Corp. (Booth 637)

Sigma Line Digital Finishing

 

Encore Selections

 

MGI Digital Graphic Technology (Booth 3217)

JETvarnish UV coater

 

Océ North America (Booth 1217)

JetStream 1000 Digital Press

 

Pitney Bowes (Booth 3601)

Print Messenger + Color Ink Jet System

 

Xerox Corporation (Booth 600)

Nuvera 288EA Perfecting Production System

 

WORTH A LOOKS

 

 Production Technologies: Software

 

Agfa Graphics   (Booth 844)

Apogee Portal

 

Aleyant Systems   (Booth 341)

Pressero v4.0 (Web-to-Print)

 

Bitstream Inc.    (Booth 451)

Pageflex Campaign Manager

  

CGS Publishing Technologies Itnl.   ( Booth 432)

ORIS Aproove

 

Dalim Software GmbH    (Booth 227)

ES2 (workflow)

 

Datatech SmartSoft     (Booth 967)

PressWise (workflow)

 

Eastman Kodak Company  (Booth 1227)

ColorFlow Software

 

Eastman Kodak Company   (Booth 1227)

Prinergy Packaging Layout Automation

 

EFI    (Booth 2000)

Colorproof XF v4.1

 

Enfocus NV    (Booth 217)

PitStop Connect (preflight)

 

EskoArtwork   (Booth 217)

Studio 10 package design

 

EskoArtwork     (Booth 217)

Suite 10 integrated production

 

GMG Americas    (Booth 644)

SmartProfiler and ColorServer

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