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) RYOBI Print Roundtable Panel Discussion Today Graphic Systems North America (GSNA), the Authorized Distributor for RYOBI MHI Graphic Technology Ltd. (RMGT) offset presses in North America, is hosting a print roundtable panel discussion today at the RYOBI booth (4213). Mark Vruno, Editor of Printing News, will moderate the discussion among commercial printers who have reinvented their businesses by leveraging RMGT technology. “The Commit to Print” Roundtable Discussion takes place in Booth 4213 at 2:00 pm. “RMGT has sold over 20 new presses in North America during the last 12 months,” states Don Barbour, GSNA Chairman and Co-founder. “We have organized this roundtable discussion to allow our customers to share Printing News editor Mark Vruno the innovative ways they are leveraging print to grow their business.” Visitors to the RMGT booth have the unique moderates opportunity to see live press demonstrations every hour on the half hour in Booth 4213. Visitors can register at www. ryobimhi-gsna.com/graph-expo to secure their personal, in-depth VIP demonstration of the press during GRAPH EXPO. Xanté Showcases Digital XPrint Line at GRAPH EXPO 15 anté (Booth 431) is exhibiting its entire digital print line and workflow software available for live, hands-on demonstrations. The Impressia Digital Multi-Media Press, ILUMINA Heavyweight Champion Production Press, Excelagraphix 4200 wide format inkjet, and iQueue Prepress Workflow are all on display. The Impressia Digital Multi-Media Press features rapid print speeds (78 full color envelope per minute), crisp color quality (2400 dpi), and the industry’s lowest cost-per-print. It also accompanied by the Enterprise High Speed Feed System and the shorter Enterprise SL Feed System. The ILUMINA Heavyweight Champion is a heavy stock digital print system that prints on a wide array of media. The Excelagraphix 4200 wide format inkjet is powered by Memjet’s Waterfall Printhead Technology and features ultra thick printing capabilities including corrugated and foam board up to 5/8" thick. All Xanté machines are driven by iQueue Prepress Workflow that features easy-to-use file editing tools such as independent CMYK density adjustment, Right-On Spot Color Matching, imposition/tiling, sequential numbering, variable data with Intelligent Mail barcodes, universal print driver, and much more. It also boasts the new, optional PDF-Out feature, which allows users to export iQueue settings to a PDF document making it possible to print custom jobs to any printer. Xanté also welcomed José the Barber back for the second year in a row. José is a barber in the Chicago area who set up shop in the Xanté booth to provide attendees with free haircuts. Additionally, Xanté’s Impressia Digital Multi-Media Press and Enterprise High Speed Feed System are also on display at Ricoh’s booth (1231) thanks to a sales and distribution partnership. 4 September 15, 2015 | GRAPH EXPO Official Show Daily | PrintingNews.com
GraphExpo Show Daily September 15 2015
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