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SHMOONDAWY, SeptemDber 2A6, 20I16LY September 25-28, 2016 Orange County Convention Center-North Orlando, Florida Crowds started gathering early in anticipation of opening day at GRAPH EXPO 16, as print service providers look to see and explore new ways to “refresh” and grow their businesses. (continued on page 61) (continued on page 61) NEWS BRIEFS GLOBAL CHANNEL PARTNERS special industry presentation, “The Channel in the Global Print Economy,” starts at 8:30 am in room N310G. PRINTERVERSE THEATER SESSIONS, sponsored by Print Media Centr, runs from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm in Booth 701. IDEALLIANCE’S SOLUTION THEATER sessions takes place from 11 am to 3:30 pm in Booth 1009. NPES IS HOSTING TANGO! A GRAPH EXPO Party at Mango’s Tropical Café, beginning at 5:30 pm. GRAPH EXPO 16: Preston Herrin, 4Over PrintingNews.com/12261439 GRAPH EXPO 16: Tawnya Starr, PrinterPresence PrintingNews.com/12261441 INSIDE DAY 2 PRIMIR 2016-17 Research Lineup ............................ 12 Exhibitor List ...................................30 Exhibitor Map .................................32 Education Main Street ...............55 GRAPH EXPO 16 is Inkjet Full Throttle! By Richard Romano Wide-format. Signs and displays. Transactional. Books and periodicals. Industrial printing. Labels. Textiles and fabrics. Folding cartons and corrugated. Flexible packaging. Every year, inkjet technology proves itself suitable, if not ideal, for another class of printing applications. Advances in printheads, inks, substrates, and materials handling systems have allowed inkjet to physically print in high quality on a wider variety of materials at the higher speeds needed for print service providers to meet today’s demand for super-fast turnaround. At the same time, digital printing’s ability to economically produce short and personalized/customized runs has driven demand in inkjet’s direction. Certainly in the wide-format printing market, inkjet is helping create all-new print applications that had never been possible before, but in small-format commercial printing, the conversation still revolves mainly around analog replacement, although that is changing. “When we look at continuous-feed inkjet, we’re seeing a lot of offset to digital,” says John Fulena, VP Production for Ricoh’s Printing Business Group (Booth 2035). “Look at the insurance business and high-end benefi ts books. Once you’d have to print everything offset and then do imprinting separately. The quality of inkjet has gotten to the point now where it’s acceptable.” It’s not just quality, but also the ability to link the print engine with data to produce highly personalized materials. “It’s fl exible, it’s customizable, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a run of one,” says Fulena. New technology is pushing inkjet into new applications, especially those that involve higher coverage. “Magazines, catalogs, high-quality books, and marketing collateral,” says David Murphy, Worldwide Director of Marketing & Business Development, HP PageWide Web Press Division. “It extends across a broad range of commercial print, including new applications that in the past would not have been appropriate for inkjet because of quality restrictions.” At GRAPH EXPO 16, HP (Booth 1825) is announcing four new 30-inch HP PageWide To Succeed in Today’s Marketplace, Know Thy Customer Mal Baboyian is an industry thought leader with his fi nger on the pulse of the industry. As chairman of NPES, as well as executive VP, LFS/PPS, Canon Solutions America, Inc. and SVP, BISG Océ Products Marketing & Support, he has a bird’s eye view of the trends and technologies impacting the graphic communications industry. Baboyian shared his insights with us in the interview that follows. Show Daily: Based on your insights as NPES Chairman and executive VP of Canon Solutions America, what are the top three graphics industry trends? Mal Baboyian: One trend proves to stand alone as a fundamental difference maker revamping the industry as we know it. It’s no secret that revolutionizing technology continues to move to inkjet. The accelerated shift to higher quality inkjet technologies is apparent throughout organizations of all sizes that are looking to optimize workfl ow and dramatically reduce cost per page. At Canon, we’ve recognized that inkjet is both the present Mal Baboyian NPES Chairman The Future is Now. Meet the Future. Daily Presentations 10am, 11am, 2pm & 3pm Booth #1849 September 25 28


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