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Idealliance G7 Summit to Present Leading Industry Speakers Idealliance will host a free G7 Summit today from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. in room N320BC. Idealliance (Booth 1009) will host a free G7 Summit today from 1:00 to 4:30 pm in room N320BC of the Orange County Convention Center North. The program will feature a roster of leading industry technology and process experts on the latest developments in G7 standards and proven production best practices. G7 is Idealliance’s industry-leading set of specifi cations for achieving gray balance, and is a driving force for attaining visual similarity across all print processes, substrates, and inks, a key component in effective brand management. The G7 method outlines an easy-to-follow recipe for implementing ISO printing standards and additional metrics, resulting in a simple, but powerful way to match from proof to press. The industry’s most experienced technology and process experts will share valuable insights and instruction for both G7 novices and experienced premedia and print production professionals. Program sessions include: • “G7 News: We Answer Your FAQs” with Don Hutcheson, Founder, HutchColor, and recognized as “the father of G7.” • “Test Forms: What, Where, When, and Why” with David Hunter, Founder, Pilot Marketing Group. • “Expanded Gamut: Beta Test Results & Next Steps” with Ron Ellis, Ron Ellis Consulting. • “Brand Matters: Quantifying the Value of G7” with Sonja Dearden, Associate Print Production Manager, Lindt Chocolate. • “G7 for Digital Presses” with Lou Prestia, Senior Product Line Manager, EFI. • “Grand Format: Printing G7 at 4x the Speed of the Fastest Digital” with Mike Ruff, Mike Ruff Consulting. • “Visualizing G7: Creative Tools and Techniques for Making it Work” with John Thorburn, Senior Analyst, Canon. SpencerMETRICS Announces Job Tracking Upgrade SpencerMETRICS LLC (Booth 2185), a leading provider of real-time press productivity analytics, announced an upgrade, version 5.1.7, to the SpencerMETRICS CONNECT system. The CONNECT system is being demonstrated during GRAPH EXPO 16 at the SpencerMETRICS booth. The Job Tracking Module enables users to determine the true cost of job production. The feature allows CONNECT users to analyze actual job cost data, enabling more accurate pricing and scheduling decisions. The job-tracking feature provides metrics on both productive and non-productive job time, so that managers can make informed production planning and accounting determinations. The CONNECT system automatically picks up job names from the Digital Front End (DFE) and tracks associated printing and processing time, good impressions/ page printing, waste and rework printing, and other shop fl oor support activities for each job. The Job Analysis feature allows for comparison of job cost estimates with actual time and resources required to complete the job. This feature is extremely valuable for commercial printers and in-plants looking to get accurate job-related data to refi ne their estimation, billing, scheduling, and time-resource planning. “Enhancements and feature additions to CONNECT are driven by customer feedback. Tracking job data automatically was one of our most popular user demands; this feature increases the CONNECT system value proposition even further,” says David R Spencer, President/CEO of SpencerMETRICS. The CONNECT system is meeting the demands of automation and real-time information delivery, providing its users with detailed knowledge of revenue- and non-revenue-producing tasks. With the ongoing development of the system – enhancing the ease of data collection, facilitating the incorporation of operator knowledge, browser-based data analysis, dashboard reporting, and availability of drill-down details—CONNECT enables production printing facilities to improve uptime and productivity and to drive down waste and costs. Cloud-based SpencerMETRICS systems can be cost-effective with a single press as well as with a fl eet of presses and intelligent production equipment from various vendors in multiple locations; local and centralized management analytics are supported. Designed for today’s security and IT environments, CONNECT can be installed and operational in just days. HP Completes Installation of 300+ Indigo Presses Print service providers capitalize on HP investments to expand their businesses. On Sunday, HP (Booth 1825) announced that it is fulfi lling its packed order pipeline from June, delivering more than 300 of its industry-leading HP Indigo digital presses to customer sites worldwide. These new presses are now in full production, reinforcing HP’s robust manufacturing capabilities to deliver proven technology on schedule to meet the quality specifi cations of the most demanding production environments. Customers across the globe, including Shutterfl y, Cimpress, MonAlbumPhoto, Pureprint, Precision Printing, Rotolito Lombarda, Truyol, and Pageworks, are now taking full advantage of the quality and productivity breakthroughs g enabled by y the fl agship g p HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press to address holiday oliday peak season demand. “As an HP customer for more than 10 years s with the highest coned confi dence in HP Indigo technology, we replaced our half-size tradidigo traditional offset press with the B2-format HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press,” says Dan Goris, President, Pageworks.ks. “Since the installation in July, we’ve more than doubled the number of jobs we produce per shift and anticipate our productivity to inlor increase even further, enabled by automated color management and the on-press Optimizer, which prioritizes our job queue for non-stop printing.” HP Indigo 7900 and 5900 Digital Press customers, including Millet the Printer and Duggal Visual Solutions, respectively, are capitalizing on the presses’ step-function enhancements in quality, productivity, and application versatility. These benefi ts enable customers to gain competitive advantage and “wow” end customers with faster turnaround times and impeccable, one-of-a-kind general commercial printing applications. “For more than 80 years, staying on the cutting edge of printing technology has been critical to how Millet the Printer anticipates our customers’ needs and adapts to changing markets,” says Dan Millet, Vice President, Millet the Printer. “The HP Indigo 7900 Digital g Press has performed p fl awlessly y since its J July installation, and its speed, print quality, and substrate versatility have allowed us to pursue new application allo p supe opportunities on substrates that were previously unavailable to us. We are very impressed with HP Indigo’s superior support and commitment to innovating for and with us.” HP Indigo customers are also leveraging PrintOS to simplify and automate print production management across their existing fl eets and with the new HP l a m i Indigo 12000, 7900, and 5900 Digital Presses. Digital ich ng.” HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press 50 | September 26, 2016 | GRAPH EXPO 16 Offi cial Show Daily | PrintingNews.com


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