Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Kodak to Unveil New Printing Solutions For Users of Digital Paper

Working with digital paper whether it is decal paper, vinyl paper or waterproof paper can be a challenge to some, but with the right paper product and the correct digital printer amazing things can happen.
Next month at the "drupa" 2012 industry show in Dusseldorf, Germany, Kodak will be unveiling 10 new digital print solutions. This is a quick overview of those 10 new products and solutions for the digital print world. These new solutions will enable printers to offer customers new applications and improve on efficiencies in their operations.

"The industry has undergone dramatic change since the last drupa in 2008, and we've listened carefully to understand our customers" challenges. Today, Kodak is delivering digital your way, solutions tailored to help them deliver specifically what their clients need," noted Chris Payne, Kodak's director and vice president marketing, Commercial Business. "Kodak's portfolio of solutions and services optimize the delivery of higher-value images for our print customers to better serve their clients and grow their business. Come to the Kodak stand at drupa and see how Kodak can make your business a success by giving you digital your way."

Here's the preview of the 10 new digital print solutions:
1. The 1,000-fpm Kodak Prosper 6000XL press is a four-color inkjet press that delivers monthly print volumes of up to 160 million A4 pages. Great for direct mail and publishing as well as other commercial print jobs.

2. A 3,000-fpm Kodak Prosper S30 imprinting system that will print at the highest speed in the industry for hybrid printing (the combination of offset and digital).

3. The new Timson T-Press is powered by Kodak Stream inkjet technology. This digital press is great for productivity and delivers cost savings when printing books. A new cost effective method that will improve business models for book printers and publishers.

4. Kodak's new Paper Rating Program will give printers the freedom to print inkjet on any substrate.

5. The company is offering a new gold, pearlescent and neon pink printing effects using their Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions.

6. The new Kodak Flexcel Direct System is an energy efficient, high-power direct laser engraving solution.

7. The new Kodak Achieve is an all-in-one CTP System, which makes printers in the emerging markets of the world to transition to CTP. This will increase efficiency.

8. New suite of workflow production tools, including Kodak Prinergy 6 software, Kodak INSITE Prepress Portal Software and App for iPad Devices, and new versions of Kodak Colorflow Software and Kodak PREPS Imposition Software.

9. The new Kodak Sonora XP process-free plates will provide mainstream quality and print capability without a processor or chemistry - providing a smaller environmental footprint.

10. And finally the new Kodak Intelligent Prepress Manager 2.0, which is the update to, connected proactive services that enable printers to become more productive and to increase quality and efficiency for the prepress systems.

The Kodak stand at drupa will include application stations for commercial print, publishing and packaging, where attendees can learn more about how they can grow their businesses with KODAK Solutions.
"The drupa show is a marquee event for Kodak and for the industry. The technology unveiled at the show will set the direction of the markets we serve-commercial print, publishing and packaging-for years to come," added Payne.

 
Oliver David writes articles for publications on topics like sticker paper and synthetic paper.

 
 

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