New Products
By Bill Esler -- Graphic Arts Online, 10/1/2007
Kohl & Madden VOC-free Liberty Ink represents just part of Sun Chemical's growing offerings of sustainable inks and chemistries, including its UV curable inks and low-VOC Rycoline press chemistries and washes. www.sunchemical.com
HubCast PrintManager, (not shown) a subscription service utility debuted at Graph Expo, won Worth-a-Look honors for connecting printers to a network of secure, color-controlled digital and offset print firms for distributed global printing. CSRs upload a job, enter a few pieces of data and submit for production. The job is routed, produced and delivered via the utility. www.hubcast.com
Böwe Bell + Howell JETVision Express, shown at Graph Expo, can now be configured with a universal mount to monitor any mail or shipping process, using machine vision modules (single-camera to complex mail integrity trackers), also ensuring they comply with the latest postal requirements. The company's Turbo Premium Inserter won Must See 'em honors at the show. www.bowebellhowell.com
InfoPrint 5000 color printing system, nominated for a Must See 'em at Graph Expo, prints at speeds up to 209.9 ft./min. or 916 full-color, letter-size impressions/minute in two-up tandem duplex mode, using a 20.4´´ web with 19.96´´ maximum print width. The system uses a piezo-electric drop-on-demand inkjet print head, which only jets ink when it's needed on the paper, so ink is never recycled or reconstituted. www.infoprintsolutionscompany.com
Kodak Web-to-print Solutions (not shown) won Graph Expo Must See 'em honors for integrating order placement to final output, without hot folders or manual work-arounds, linking its Insite online job submission, Prinergy workflow with JDF, NexPress or third-party printers to any CTP device. Variable print jobs use Kodak Darwin software and Web Composition Solution. www.graphics.kodak.com/web2print
neopost DS86, shown at Graph Expo, gathers and inserts up to eight-page tri-fold mailers, handling any document size or paper type. Optical Mark Recognition secures document set integrity. www.neopostinc.com
Fujifilm C-Fit Image Intelligence won Worth-a-Look encore honors at Graph Expo for automating color-correction. Fujifilm's Taskero Universe suite, controlling color prep, proofing and on press, won Must See 'em honors. www.fujifilmgraphicsystems.com
Heidelberg eCall (not shown) earned a Graph Expo Must See 'em for the online system that speeds service for impending mechanical or electronic issue. An eCall button automatically appears on the control center console; if the operator clicks it, a service notification is automatically created and relevant data relating sent to the Heidelberg Expert Support Team for review and action. The customer instantly receives a job ticket. Remote diagnostics are performed, and the problem is solved or an onsite technician is sent. www.us.heidelberg.com
Agfa :Energy Elite high-speed and quality, grained and anodized aluminum thermal plate, designed for 500,000 runs (over 1 million baked), won a Must See 'em at Graph Expo. Daylight handling, it is compatible with UV inks, alcohol substitutes and aggressive press chemicals. www.agfa.com
Océ ColorStream 10000 earned a Graph Expo Must See 'em for this digital color press that changes the amount of color it prints based on job requirements, from full process to 1/1, charging clicks only for colors used. This dynamic pricing guarantees cost-effective color printing; no other printer can change speeds and costs automatically, on demand, even within an application, says Océ. Another standard feature is GraphicArtsplus dot modulation, said to deliver brilliant reproduction. www.oceusa.com
Standard Horizon IM-30, at the center of this configuration andnew from Standard Finishing, was shown at Graph Expowith the StitchLiner SaddleStitcher and SPF-200A Bookletmaker. Geared for commercial printers and trade binders, the IM-30 inserts up to three independent sheets into booklets at up to 4,000 per hour, from bins with 4.9´´ of capacity, minimizing reloads. The IM-30 uses a patented rotary-pulse vacuum feeding system, handling nearly all paper stocks for inserts such as post cards, hole-punched sheets and folded sheets. www.standardfinishing.com
Xanté Impressia GTO platesetter, debuted at Graph Expo, uses toner-on-metal imaging to create durable, no-process plates at speeds up to 72 seconds per plate for the 16.5×25´´size. Shipping this quarter, the direct-to-metal system includes an Adobe Postscript 3 RIP for 2400 dpi/150 lpi. Plates are rated at 25,000 impressions. www.xante.com
Duplo DPB 500 single-clamp perfect binder was shown at Graph Expo. It handles offset or digital output at up to 500 cycles per hour. Minimizing need for operator skills, it can automatically changeover for different book thicknesses. www.duplousa.com
