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GraphExpo Show Daily September 14 2015

TGRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ’EMS Winners Announced he 2015 MUST SEE ’EMS winners have been selected and are on exhibit at GRAPH EXPO 15 and the co-located CPP EXPO show. Chosen by a panel of industry experts, these innovative technologies represent the most compelling advances in 11 categories spanning the entire graphic communications industry. “Every year, the MUST SEE ’EMS competition is one of the highlights of the GRAPH EXPO and PRINT shows,” says Ralph Nappi, President of the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). “This year is certainly no exception with an exciting lineup of new technologies and innovative advances in each category and industry segment.” “Best of Category” winners The “Best of Category” picks in the 2015 MUST SEE ’EMS competition were announced at the close of the EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK Conference on Sunday, September 13th, immediately prior to the opening of GRAPH EXPO 15. These “Best of Category” award winners were chosen from among all of the 2015 MUST SEE ’EMS entries and represent the best of the best among this year’s technology offerings demonstrated across the show floor at the year’s industry event for the graphic communications industry. “The annual MUST SEE ’EMS competition seeks out the year’s best technology offerings,” says Nappi. “From among these winners judges select their top choices for the best product in each category to honor as ‘Best of Category’.” The judging committee, comprised of industry experts, journalists, and consultants, combed through the 2015 MUST SEE ’EMS winners to find what they consider the best technology offered in each category. The committee also made its selection for the annual “Legacy Award,” which this year went to the printCafe PrinterSite web-toprint GRAPH EXPO 15 system, first honored as a MUST SEE ’EMS in 2000. The “Legacy Award” is selected from among all past MUST SEE ’EMS winners and is awarded to one product that has had a significant, lasting, and continuing influence on the graphic communications industry. Read more about it below. Below listed in alphabetical order are the 2015 MUST SEE ’EMS award winners in each of the 11 categories along with the “Best of Category” winners: Sales and Order Entry AccuZIP, Inc. (Booth 1258): AccuZIP Direct Mail Configurator (Best of Category) EFI (Booth 1902): EFI Fiery Smart Estimator for Specialty Toners Opensoft (Booth 225): DaVinci Prepress and Premedia CGS Publishing Technologies International (Booth 645): Creative Edge IC3D Suite, Version 3 EFI (Booth 1902): EFI Fiery Job Parallel HyperRIP (Best of Category) EFI (Booth 1902): EFI Metrix Layout Engine for EFI Pace Xerox Corporation (Booth 613): Xerox FreeFlow Core Cloud Color Management and Quality Control EFI (Booth 1902): EFI Fiery CMYK+ (Best of Category) Lake Image Systems, Inc. (Booth 2263): Discovery MaxScan Variable, Transactional, and Multi-Channel AccuZIP, Inc. (Booth 1258): AccuZIP Maps and AccuZIP Geo-Information Services EFI (Booth 1902): EFI DirectSmile Cross Media version 7 HP (Booth 1202): HP SmartStream Mosaic (Best of Category) Pressroom: Analog Presses Air Motion Systems | AMS UV (Booth 460): LED UV | XP9 High Energy Curing for Sheetfed Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology Ltd. (Booth 4213): Ryobi MHI 925 LED UV with Smart Insta.Color and RPC (Best of Category) Pressroom: Digital Presses Canon U.S.A., Inc (Booth 1213): Canon imagePress C10000VP MGI Inc. (Booth 3013): MGI Meteor DP1000 & DF Pro Integrated Inline Product Suite (Best of Category) Xeikon (Booth 849): Xeikon 9800 Digital Color Press Xerox Corporation (Booth 613): Xerox iGen 5 Press Xerox Corporation (Booth 613): Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press (Best of Category) Pressroom: Wide-Format EFI (Booth 1902): EFI SuperDraw Ink EFI (Booth 1902): EFI VUTEk H2000 Pro Clear Ink Epson America, Inc. (Booth 841): Epson SureColor F9200 HP (Booth 1202): HP T1100 Simplex Color InkJet Web Press (Best of Category) Postpress and In-line Finishing Highcon Systems Ltd. (Booth 1939): Highcon Euclid II+ (Best of Category) MGI Inc. (Booth 3013): iFOIL T Scodix (Booth 2231): Scodix FOIL VITS International (Booth 563): VITS Sprint Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping, and Fulfillment AccuZIP Inc. (Booth 1258): AccuZIP 7 Pitney Bowes (Booth 1239): Productivity Tool Suite: Workcell Productivity Interface & Inserter Production Dashboard (Best of Category) Management Systems Avanti (Booth 654): Avanti Slingshot Automated Press Sheet Optimizer Avanti (Booth 654): Avanti Slingshot Grand Format Estimating Module EFI (Booth 1902): EFI PrintFlow for Packaging (Best of Category) Opensoft (Booth 225): Scissorhands The Future of Print Documobi Ltd (Booth 557): DocumobiFuse EFI (Booth 1902): EFI Fiery Final Fix HP (Booth 1202): HP High Definition Nozzle Architecture Technology (Best of Category) MUST SEE ’EMS 2015 Legacy Award Goes to eCommerce Pioneer: printCafe PrinterSite Web-to-Print System The 2015 Legacy Award for a technology having a significant, lasting, and continuing influence on the graphic communications industry went to printCafe’s PrinterSite web-to-print system, first honored in 2000 as a MUST SEE ‘EMS selection. The honor was announced at the conclusion of the EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK Conference on the opening day of GRAPH EXPO 15. Later acquired by EFI (Booth 1902), printCafe’s PrinterSite was instrumental in introducing the “dot-com era” to the graphic communications industry and was at the time chosen as a 2000 MUST SEE ’EMS winner. It was picked for the Legacy Award by a selection committee composed of industry experts, journalists, and consultants who looked for a past MUST SEE ’EMS product that has inspired real innovation and change, not just one that has been popular. “It is hard to recall the days before eCommerce and web-toprint had permeated the graphic communications industry,” says GASC President Ralph Nappi. “PrintCafe’s web-to-print product pioneered the industry’s entry into an area that is now both essential and commonplace.” Among the comments from the selection committee: “The ‘dot-com era’ introduced eCommerce to the printing industry, and printCafe’s web-to-print offering brought an unprecedented level of integration with Management Information Systems.” “The collection of offerings put together by Marc Olin and the printCafe team was truly groundbreaking, although I don’t think many people saw it that way at the time. The proof is in its longevity and the ultimate powerhouse portfolio it is today under the EFI umbrella.” “There is a heavy use of webto print that is currently being utilized in the labels market and other forward thinking groups are offering “packaging on demand” in growing numbers. This all has its roots in the offerings of printCafe from 15 years ago.” CMYK Distributors Announces Drawing for a Free SpectroPocket for Android at GRAPH EXPO CMYK Distributors, Inc. (Booth 455), the exclusive North American distributor of Digital Information’s InkZone ink-presetting and closed-loop technology, announces it is partnering with Digital Information to offer a drawing for a free SpectroPocket for Android at GRAPH EXPO. CMYK Distributors is the industry authority on products and services that bring automation and waste reduction technology to the pressroom. It is demonstrating its product offerings, including InkZone Ink-Presets & Closed Loop technology, the DJet Double-Sided Imposition Proofer, the all new SpectroPocket for Android, the Filter Klear Fountain Filtration System, and the Ink Can Dispenser. The SpectroPocket for Android is the world’s first system for measuring discrete color patches on different substrates using commercially available spectrocolorimetry and displaying the recorded color values on any mobile Android device. Last week, Digital Information shipped the first SpectroPockets to customers in Japan and South Africa. Visit http://www.digiinfo.com/spectropocket/GraphExpo2015.html to fill out an entry form for your chance to win a free SpectroPocket. 4 September 14, 2015 | GRAPH EXPO Official Show Daily | PrintingNews.com


GraphExpo Show Daily September 14 2015
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