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FOTOFABRIEK FOCUSES ON PICTURE-PERFECT PRINT PRODUCTION

4 FACTORS DRIVING CHANGES IN THE SHEETFED MARKET

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WELCOMEWelcome to this special publication for attendees of the 2020 PRINTING United Digital Experience.In June, PRINTING United announced the decision to transition from an in-person event in Atlanta, to a comprehensive digital platform. The PRINTING United Digital Experience, taking place Oct. 26-Nov. 12, offers attendees three weeks of live, guided programming, education-al sessions, and panel discussions with the experts; along with access to a complete online exhibitor showcase featuring information about the newest industry technology, case studies, whitepapers, the chance to speak with exhibitor representatives, and more.

Today is Day 12 of this 14-day event. Focused on the commercial printing market — specifi-cally dry and liquid toner — attendees have a packed schedule of content and product demos (see the detailed agenda on page 4).

Digital printing offers many valuable benefits to commercial printers. It is agile, because digital technology enables affordable short-runs that can be produced as needed with a fast turnaround. It is efficient, because digital presses are driven by digital workflow that are highly automated that enable print providers to produce more and efficient profitable work. There is also an experiential factor when it comes to products created with digital technology; they can include tactile embellishments that are eye-catching and memorable.

Marketers and organizations use print to enhance their customer’s experiences, build relationships, and create a positive perception or impression of the company. Digital printing enables marketers and brand owners to do that because they can personalize their printed materials with images that might reflect the recipient. These pieces can be printed on a variety of unique and interesting substrates. They can also feature special effects beyond four-colors.

So digital printing — once considered an emerging technology, but no longer — offers value to both commercial printers and their customers. It has become a staple technology.

In 2020, many OEMs planned product launches to coincide with drupa 2020. But with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting us worldwide, print providers have not had the opportunity to see the new products released earlier this year. As part of the product demos today, you’ll be able to see products from Konica Minolta, HP, Xeikon, Duplo USA, and Graphic Whizard.

Dino Pagliarello, senior VP, Konica Minolta will give us an exclusive glimpse into the Accurio-Press C14000, a breakthrough in digital revolution from their customer center in Ramsey, N.J.

From HP’s customer center in Georgia, attendees will have the opportunity to see the new Indigo 12000 and Indigo 7900, as well as hear first-hand from customers using the Indigo 100k and Indigo 15k.

From Xeikon’s Innovation Center in Chicago, Ill., James Quan, demo room manager, will showcase the Xeikon SX30000, its new press built on Xeikon’s SIRIUS technology.

Direct from Duplo’s showroom in Orange County, Calif., Si Nguyen, VP of Sales, will present the DDC-810 Raised Spot UV coater, the DC-646 slitter/cutter/creaser, and UD-310 rotary diecutter.

Graphic Whizard has a wide variety of print finishing equipment suitable for all shop sizes and budgets. In this video they will demonstrate productivity through automation with the PT 335SCCMulti.

As a companion to the 2020 PRINTING United Digital Experience, these 14 special daily publications will provide attendees with a reference guide to the day of content, as well as much-needed insights into how print services providers can best position themselves now for the recovery — and growth — to come.

We hope this information will help serve as a valuable resource as you plan the next steps for your business, and determine where — and how — to expand and grow.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 Welcome to Day 12 of the 2020 PRINTING United Digital Experience

4 Day 12 Agenda and Sponsors

6 Nothing’s Toning Down Progress in Toner Printing

8 Fotofabriek Focuses on Picture-Perfect Print Production

10 4 Factors Driving Changes in the Sheetfed Market

12 Product Demo Videos

14 Products

GROUP PRESIDENTChris Curran

EDITORIAL DIRECTORDenise M. Gustavson

EDITORSToni McQuilken Ashley Roberts

CONTRIBUTING EDITORSPatrick Henry

Anthony Sarno

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVESJude Baker

Roger Baker Bill Curran

Steve DuccilliJack Noonan

PRODUCTION MANAGERMike Packard

PRODUCTION DIRECTORBob Gibbons

ART DIRECTORSMichelle Appalucci

Julie Lamond

VIDEOJohn P. Gelety

Ryan Hallas

VIDEO ASSISTANCE Andrew Baer

Annie Dimock

CEOFord Bowers

PRESIDENTDave Leskusky

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT James Martin

PRESIDENT, EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

Mark J. Subers

VP, MARKETINGPatty Perkins

VP, TECHNOLOGYThomas Perkins

1500 Spring Garden St., Ste. 1200Philadelphia, PA 19130-4094

Phone: (215) 238-5300 Fax: (215) 238-5484

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DAY 12: NOVEMBER 10, 2020COMMERCIAL: Dry and Liquid Toner

10:00 a.m.RESEARCH: INDUSTRY OUTLOOK FOR DRY AND LIQUID TONERPresenter: Lisa Cross, Principal Analyst, NAPCO Research

Digital printing is an economic mainstay for most commercial printers, as it offers many valuable operational and customer benefits. Using NAPCO Research survey data, this session explores the reasons printers are investing in dry and liquid toner devices, and why buyers are specifying work produced on those devices.

10:15 a.m.KEYNOTE: ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY — DIGITAL PRINT OF THE PAST AND FUTURE!Presenter: David Zwang, Principal, Zwang & Company

Toner printing technology and products ushered in the age of digital printing, and then with the introduction of production inkjet, people were starting to write off toner. Well, guess what — not only is toner still viable, it is going through a renaissance and

becoming more competitive, giving inkjet and even analog printing technologies a new run for the money.

10:45 a.mPRODUCT DEMO: KONICA MINOLTA ACCURIOPRESS C14000 Dino Pagliarello, senior VP, Konica Minolta, gives attendees an exclusive glimpse into the company’s new AccurioPress C14000, a breakthrough in digital, featuring next-gener-ation printing capabilities. Konica Minolta is rethinking and reimagining print to help us-ers enhance experiences and open up new opportunities for growth, ensuring customers come back time and time again.

11:00 a.m.PRODUCT DEMO: HP INDIGO 12000 WITH VP, HP INDIGO 7900, HP INDIGO 100K, AND HP INDIGO 15KAhead of drupa, HP Inc. announced new HP Indigo presses designed for print service providers and converters to digitally print significantly higher volumes profitably. The new B2-format HP Indigo 100K Digital Press for commercial print, the first press in the new Series 5 platform, is engineered for higher productivity to deliver more than one million B2 duplex sheets per month. The portfolio also delivers continued

innovation in additional presses including: the B2 HP Indigo 15K, the HP Indigo 7K, and the HP Indigo 12000 with VP. Value packs with upgrade options will allow existing customers to benefit from these new features and capabilities.

11:15 p.m.PANEL DISCUSSION: COMMERCIAL PRINTERS DRIVE THEIR BUSINESSES FORWARD WITH TONER-BASED DIGITAL PRINTINGModerator: Mark Michelson, Editor-in-Chief, Printing Impressions

Panelists:David Bennett, President, Bennett GraphicsLawrence Chou, CEO, Printivity

Amid consolidation in the segment and new approaches for differentiation, sucessful commercial printing companies are making careful choices to maintain profitability and productivity with toner-based digital printing devices. Join Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions mag-azine, as he discusses with two commercial print owners how dry and liquid toner-based presses are helping drive their success.

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12:00 p.m. PRODUCTS DEMO: XEIKON SX30000The Xeikon SX30000 is a new, groundbreaking press, built on Xeikon’s SIRIUS technology. It’s designed to be the cornerstone of a print provider’s profitable business, delivering a series of unique benefits. Unique sets you apart, enables you to garner a higher price, and makes you a value partner not a commodity print shop. The Xeikon SX30000 features variable print length enabling high quality book content and covers – think art books; real estate documents; photographers samples; wall coverings that fit floor to ceiling and signage that stands out; direct mail/marketing pieces. POS and POP; In addition to this application/job value–the Xeikon SX30000 is the fastest B2 press in the market, producing more than 2500 B2 sheets 4/4 or 5/5 per hour.

12:15 p.m.PRODUCT DEMO: DUPLO DDC-810 RAISED SPOT UV COATER, DC-646 SLITTER/CUTTER/CREASER, AND UD-310 ROTARY DIECUTTERSi Nguyen, VP of sales for Duplo USA, joins us from the Duplo showroom in Orange County, Calif. Utilizing inkjet technology, the DDC-810 applies a gloss varnish to defined areas of the substrate giving images a raised effect with texture and depth. Its CCD

camera recognition system ensures image-to-image registration, and its PC Controller software offers an easy-to-use operation. Performing up to eight slits, 25 cuts, and 20 creases in a single pass, the DC-646 eliminates white borders and prevents toner cracking on fold lines up to 30 sheets per minute, and also offers optional rotary tool and cross perforating modules — both with strike-perforating capabilities — for increased versatility. Processing up to 4,000 sph, the UD-310 utilizes a magnetic cylinder and interchangeable flexible dies that affix to it to process paper, laminates, adhesives, and synthetic stocks up to 400 gsm.

12:30 p.m.PANEL DISCUSSION: FINDING SUCCESS WITH DIGITAL TONER- VS. INKJET PRINTING PROCESSES. IT’S NOT NECESSARILY AN “EITHER OR” SCENARIOModerator: Mark Michelson, Editor-in-Chief, Printing Impressions

Panelists:Cheryl Kahanec, CEO, Quantum GroupJoe Maloy, President and COO, Polaris Direct

While the emergence of production inkjet printing technology captures the majority

of the headlines, dry and liquid toner-based press adoption continues to grow and make technological improvements. Hear from two leading printers who have embraced both digital printing processes within their operations.

1:00 p.m.PRODUCT DEMO: GRAPHIC WHIZARD PT 335SCC MULTI The Graphic Whizard PT 33LSC is the world’s first fully automated laminator that slits and cuts to finished size, saving hours of trimming and cutting after the laminating process. Designed to meet the demands of the digital short-run printer, the PT 33LSC not only cuts to bleed, but has pouch mode where users can choose their encapsulation size or perform true singled sided laminating with the ability to easily control the curl with the anti-curl device. Automatic setup, pro-ductive speeds, and the efficient pile feeder makes for a “set it and forget it” laminating experience.

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Electrophotographic (EP) printing with toner presses will nev-er stop being an option for commercial printers. Offset lithogra-phy reigns supreme for high volumes, and production inkjet is commanding most of the attention right now in the digital realm. But for as long as the commercial market continues to prize print quality and application flexibility in low- to mid-range quanti-ties, the place of toner — the first digital printing process — will remain secure.

As the following highlights from the principal EP vendors’ new-product announcements over the last 18 months make clear, the pace of technical innovation in this category shows no signs of slowing down. It’s worth pointing out that although all of these suppliers are thoroughly committed to inkjet, they’re keeping toner firmly in their portfolios as a complementary offer-ing. EP may have rivals in that market, but it has no usurpers — its reputation for adding value is too well established.

CanonCanon launched the new imagePRESS C10010VP / C9010VP digital color presses, built for high productivity of up to 90 ppm (imagePRESS C9010VP) and 100 ppm (imagePRESS C10010VP), with one-up images on letter sized sheets; and up to 112 ppm (imagePRESS C10010VP) with two-up images on tabloid sized sheets. Both support up to 150-lb. cover stocks, and are opti-mized for synthetic media.

Long sheet feeder options offer automatic duplex printing and

continuous feed of banner stocks up to 30". Canon says this en-ables the presses to create cost effective posters and signage, as well as six- and eight-panel marketing collateral pieces.

HP IndigoHP Indigo expanded its already extensive lineup of liquid-toner EP presses for the commercial market with the launch of the seven-color, B2-format, HP Indigo 15K, based on the HP Indigo 12000 platform. Features include stochastic screening and the ability to RIP images at 1,600 dpi. Existing HP Indigo 12000 presses are fully upgradeable to the 15K advancements.

First to market from the new Indigo Series 5 platform is the HP Indigo 100K, a 6,000-sph device designed to run 100,000 B2 impressions per shift, generating 12 million duplex B2 sheets annually. Among its assets are a five-source feeder; offset-like, gripper-to-gripper paper feeding; and color calibration with an on-press spectrophotometer.

HP Indigo also introduced two A3-format devices: the HP Indigo 7K, featuring heat transfer applications and silver and invisible yellow Electroink; and the entry-level HP Indigo 7eco, in a four-color configuration with a fifth color station option.

Konica MinoltaKonica Minolta’s flagship toner press for commercial print is the AccurioPress C14000, boasting print speeds up to 140 ppm, and resolution equivalent to 3,600x2,400 dpi. The press can handle

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Commercial printers doing check printing and other types of financial work may be interested in a new MICR version of the AccurioPress 6136, which uses a high-security toner formulation said to make toner scraping nearly impossible. As an added layer of security, red dye is released to void the check if chemical alteration is attempted.

High Chroma, another specialty toner from Konica Minolta, enables the AccurioPress C83hc to reproduce images that are difficult to achieve with standard CMYK, such as bright purples and vibrant greens. This creates brighter and more saturated images that faithfully portray colors seen on graphic workstation monitors, according to the company.

RicohRicoh USA now offers a pair of what it calls “right-sized” sheetfed presses, the RICOH Pro C5300s and RICOH Pro C5310s. These light-production devices create images in full color at 2,400x4,800 dpi, with the Pro C5300S printing letter-sized pages at 65 ppm, and the Pro C5310S at 80 ppm. Commercial printers can use the presses as high-quality proofing devices, according to Ricoh, which is also targeting the devices to in-plants and marketing agencies.

XeikonXeikon champions dry-toner as the most sustainable digital printing

technology, promoting it as complementary to high-speed inkjet, and capable of high-quality results on all types and weights of stocks.

The company’s 2020 Xeikon Café event featured the virtual debut of a new dry-toner press platform: the SX30000 is a B2-format, continuous-feed device built for a broad range of graphic arts and commercial applications. The SX30000 can print a 20.4" web 5/5 at close to 100 fpm, equivalent to 426 letter-sized pages per minute, or 2,545 B2 sph. Coated and uncoated offset papers and digital stocks from 27-lb. text to 130-lb. cover can be imaged at up to 1,200x3,600 dpi, along with paperboard and synthetic media.

Books, high-quality direct mail, retail signage and display ma-terials, security printing, and general commercial print are among the things the SX30000 can produce with offset quality, says the manufacturer.

XeroxXerox added two new optional capabilities for its iGen 5 production press: the extra-long sheet (XLS), and Fluorescent Yellow Dry Ink.

The iGen 5 XLS enables printing sheet sizes up to 35" at rated speed. The extra-long capability delivers more pieces per sheet, increasing productivity of the iGen 5 by up to 25%. Xerox says print providers can take advantage of the iGen5’s versatility in applications such as four-panel brochures, book covers, banners, large-format clings, panoramic artwork, and multiple-up printing.

Printers now also have the option of using the iGen 5’s fifth print sta-tion to run Fluorescent Yellow Dry Ink in addition to orange, green, and blue gamut extension colors, as well as white and clear.


“It has to be perfect. And it has to be on time. Always.” Stephan De Vries, CEO at Fotofabriek, sets a high standard for the company and its print products — and does so to great results: it has won the largest annual independent photo book test in The Netherlands for five consecutive years. “We have been printing on the KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Platform since 2004, because of its superior print quality. And now having tested the new KODAK NEXFINITY Digital Press, and recently making the decision to pur-chase two of these presses, we are looking forward to expanding and improving the types of products we offer.”

Fotofabriek was established as an online portal for photo related applications in 2008 by Chris Russell, a full-service advertising agency in Groningen, The Netherlands. Chris Russell’s “full service” includes in-house print production, so it can deliver on its promises at all times. “We need to be fast and highly flexible, and at the same time be in complete control of quality. As we handle many very short run jobs, often even just one-offs, we only get one chance to do everything right; our product has to be impeccable on arrival at our customer’s desk,” says De Vries.

The print production site in Groningen serves Chris Russell’s retail customers and Fotofabriek’s photo applications users, as well as the Studentendrukwerk portal catering to the needs of students. “Although we consolidate very different types of customers and markets into our one production flow, we treat all jobs to the same standard. Quality has to be perfect. And delivery must be on time,” notes De Vries. “To achieve that we need to have the right people, reliable equipment, and a highly intelligent workflow system.”

At the facility, digital presses — including one NEXPRESS 2500, one NEXPRESS 3300, and one NEXFINITY — are running next to large-format printers and a variety of finishing systems. But this is no ordinary printing house. “We have arranged our production flow completely differently compared to most reg-ular print companies,” explains De Vries. “We have an average equipment utilization of only 20-30%. This ensures there is always enough production capacity available for peak volumes or any unexpected rush jobs.”

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operation. “We not only need to always know the exact location of any one print job, but we also need to have an up-to-date overview at any time of the amount of work that has been processed, and the jobs that still need to be done,” says De Vries. “Throughout the facility, you see large screens that show status updates on the actual pro-duction flow — ‘21 minutes of lamination to be done,’ ‘three hours of book covers to be done’— that we can act upon quickly. The system alerts us to any bottlenecks, and allows us to quickly respond and scale up production adequately where and when it is needed. This makes scheduling the wide variety of jobs much easier and more flexible, as the system takes full advantage of available capacity at all times. Also, it enables us to produce and deliver photo books within only three days, where others will keep you waiting for five to 10 days.”

Connecting to Customers “We put a lot of effort into new ways of connecting to our customers,” notes De Vries. “For example, Fotofabriek offers customers the option to watch a video of how their individ-ual order is being produced. Cameras inside our production systems take shots of every step in the process and show what we do. These ‘public production’ videos allow custom-ers to also share their ‘making-of’ story on the Web.”

Looking for additional print volume, the company is constantly adding new products and testing new business models. De Vries also explains how Fotofabriek plans to ex-pand its business on a European scale, and even globally.

“We have decided to open up our bespoke back-office system to third parties by developing an API that connects to third parties’ apps, software, and portals. Through our ‘Print API’, anyone can make use of our back-office and ex-tensive portfolio of print products to sell their own artwork, designs, and applications. PrintAPI.io also enables you to set up a responsive web2print editor for your own website. And it allows printers and portals from around the globe to use Fotofabriek as their European production hub or, vice versa, to sell print products from Europe to other parts of the world and have them produced locally.” Print API is available for free, and has already signed up 200 users — large and small — in just one year.

De Vries has every intention to again excel at the next annual Photo Album Test. “By using KODAK NEXPRESS devices, we know we have the best technology on offer for photo books — nobody can beat us when it comes to quality and value for money. When we started out with our first NEXPRESS unit in 2004, Kodak was miles ahead of its competitors. We expect to see the same thing now with the NEXFINITY Press. It offers awesome quality, consistency, and color uniformity that will allow even better products at more competitive pricing. With its long sheet option at 120 cm, we will be able to expand our photo offering by making beautiful lay flat albums, and with the ability to run thicker substrates we see the possibility to add new products for the retail market, like boxes and cardboard signs.”


The sheetfed market, like so much else, has been changing at a remarkable pace recently. It’s hard to boil it all down into small, manageable, describable drivers of change, but four stand out in particular.

Technological innovation has done a lot to shape today’s market. Demand has been shifting in some notable ways, as consumers increasingly stay home and avoid high-traffic areas where posters, flyers, and the like would be particularly effective in days past. Those needs will be there as things open up again, but so will new needs such as entrance and site signage instructions that will likely need to be updated more frequently. That versatility is rooted in a massive expansion in capabilities. Today’s sheetfed presses are delivering higher print speeds, along with overall higher print quality. We’re seeing improvements in perceived texture and depth, as well as expanded color gamuts — helped in large part by increasingly afford-able five-color platforms. Being able to stand out and grab audienc-es’ attention is incredibly important right now, and sheetfed presses deliver a lot of options for earning eyes on your applications.

Those improvements are also inspiring a resurgence in designing for print, with the industry’s most creative minds at work, now with

greatly expanded toolboxes. Today’s sheetfed presses are turning around arresting applications at impressive speeds — and with great cost-efficiency. With so many options to choose from, it’s import-ant to decide which strengths you should emphasize to best drive growth.

Substrate expansion has brought exciting media into the conversa-tion, including linens, metallics, and window clings, as well as thicker stocks and banner-size sheets. Today’s presses are increasingly being designed with accommodating diverse substrates in mind, so sheetfed shops can leverage interesting combinations to grab audiences’ attention. With customers frequenting high-traffic areas less and less, you want to make sure your communication is the one they see. A unique substrate can go a long way.

Finishing equipment continues to improve, and the “finishing touches” can be the difference between an acceptable product and an exceptional product. From folder/cutter/creasers to saddle stitch-ers, cover interposers to hole punchers, finishing equipment has been making incredible strides in efficiency, reliability, and expanded capabilities. Whatever kind of applications your shop produces, there is likely a way for finishing equipment to give it an extra edge.

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All of these are interacting in a variety of ways to drive appli-cation trends. New on-the-rise applications are emerging all the time, including some you might not have thought your shop could produce. Think of what is most sought after today, such as games, instructional materials to accompany remote learning, and new mail applications as businesses attempt to keep the lines of communica-tion open. With new and exciting technologies, you can keep these applications and revenue in house. Two major examples we see in today’s market:

• 5th station applications, such as white, clear, security red, neon pink, and yellow to expand the color gamut.

• Long sheet capabilities to expand your portfolio, such as gate folds, dust jackets, pocket folders, light packaging, and land-scape saddle-stitch booklets.

If your shop is ready to deliver on these, you have to be sure to communicate that to customers. Just because you might not be able to see customers in person doesn’t mean you should stop reaching out. Strive to have regular conversations with customers and pros-pects, to not only communicate what you can offer, but listen to what they are looking for — they can give you an advance look at what new applications may be on the rise, and therefore a good idea for you to add.

Sheetfed presses open up a wide range of applications printers can offer brands and print buyers looking to stand out from the crowd.


Konica Minolta Demos AccurioPress C14000From Konica Minolta’s location in Ramsey, N.J., Dino Pagliarello, senior VP, demonstrated the new AccurioPress C14000 cutsheet inkjet toner device.

It was first introduced to the public through a technology preview at PRINTING United 2019, with high-speed, outstanding image quality, and the new TU-510 four-side full-bleed trimmer — attributes that offer increased efficiencies and profitability.

The AccurioPress C14000 prints 140 A4 ppm at a resolution equiva-lent to 3,600x2,400 dpi; can print on a range of media, from textured stocks to synthetics and envelopes up to 450 gsm; is capable of ban-ner printing, duplexing up to 35", and simplex capability of 51"; and has flexible in-line finishing with the new TU-510 four-side full-bleed trimmer.

Other highlights of the press include:Advanced Automation with increased productivity • Unparalleled quality, print after print • Enhanced media options for output, automatic detection of substrates • IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer-automatic density correction and front-to-back registration prior to printing • Monitoring and adjustments on the fly

Highlighting the HP Indigo LineupIndigo was at the forefront of the digital print industry from the early1990’s, a position that was enhanced with HP’s acquisition in 2001/2002. Today, HP Indigo has invested billions of dollars to con-tinue to lead and innovate in this market, with a lineup of HP Indigo presses to fit any need. A few of them, highlighted in this PRINTING United Insight Days video include:

• HP Indigo 12000 • HP Indigo 7900 • HP Indigo 100K • HP Indigo 15KHP Indigo 12000 HD Digital Press is the next step in the evolution of

HP’s Series 4 large-format press platform. The High Definition Imaging System for the B2-sized press doubles image resolution, delivering sharper, smoother, finer print, enabling print service providers to surpass offset quality and open new digital possibilities in high-end commercial and photo applications. The press uses 48 parallel laser beams and high screen sets up to 290 lpi.

HP Indigo 7900 Digital Press continues to offer new innovations to help improve productivity, versality, and quality to be empowered to print anything. New capabilities include: HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver which, in combination with standard process colors, can generate a wide gamut of mid-to-high brilliance metallic colors, combining me-tallic effects with digital capabilities in one printing process; premium

white ink offering the widest range of opacities in a single print process; and HP Indigo ElectroInk Invisible Yellow and Blue, only visible under a UV light, deliver high performance for high value unique applications, security, and process control applications.

The new B2-format HP Indigo 100K Digital Press for commercial print, the first press in the new Series 5 platform, is engineered for higher pro-ductivity to deliver more than one million B2 duplex sheets per month. Printing at 6,000 sph, the press is designed for offset players to adopt highly productive, on-demand printing with less waste.

The B2 HP Indigo 15K digital press sets higher quality standards with new high definition modes and FM screens, support for thick substrates, and new inks, expanding the application possibilities of the market-leading HP Indigo 10000 series. It brings wider range of substrates, now offering additional options with up to 600 microns (24 pt.). New inks include ElectroInks Premium White and Invisible Yellow, and new high definition FM stochastic screens support increased sharpness for halftone text. The HP Indigo 12000 is upgradeable to new features of the HP Indigo 15K.

Demoing the Xeikon SX30000From the Xeikon Innovation Center in Chicago, James Quan, Technol-ogy Center Manager, gave viewers a closer look at the new Xeikon SX30000, built on the company’s SIRIUS tech-nology.

It is designed to be the cornerstone of a PSP’s profitable busi-ness, delivering a series of unique benefits. It features variable print length, enabling high quality book content and covers — think art books, real estate documents, or photographers samples; wall coverings that fit floor to ceiling; signage that stands out; finished sizes for direct mail/marketing pieces; and POS and POP. The Xeikon SX30000 is the fastest B2 press in the market, producing more than 2,500 B2 sheets 4/4 or 5/5 per hour.

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Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000

HP Indigo 15K

Xeikon SX30000

HP Indigo 7900

HP Indigo 100K

HP Indigo 12000


Duplo Demonstrates Finishing SolutionsSi Nguyen, VP of Sales for Duplo USA, will talk to viewers from the com-pany’s Orange Country, Calif., location to highlight several of the finishing solutions it offers, including the DDC-810 Raised Spot UV Coater, DC-646 Slitter/Cutter/Creaser, and UD-310 Rotary Diecutter.

Utilizing inkjet technology, the DDC-810 applies a gloss varnish to defined areas of the substrate, giving images a raised effect with texture and depth. Its CCD camera recognition system ensures image-to-image registration, and its PC Controller software offers an easy-to-use opera-tion. Designed for short run applications, the DDC-810 can process up to 21 spm (A3), and paper weights from 157 to 450 gsm (coated paper).

DC-646 is Duplo’s versatile digital color finisher with the ability to create a multitude of full-bleed applications. Performing up to eight slits, 25 cuts, and 20 creases in a sin-gle pass, the DC-646 eliminates white bor-ders and prevents toner cracking on fold lines up to 30 spm, and also offers optional rotary tool and cross perforating modules, both with strike-perforating capabilities for increased versatility. With the DC-646, users can create 24-up business cards on 12x18" or 36-up on 14x26" paper sizes, slit-score greeting cards, micro-perforated coupons, direct mailers with tear-away cards, and more.

The high-speed UD-310 Rotary Diecutter delivers packaging and print marketing applications in distinctive shapes and sizes. Processing up to 4,000 sph, the UD-310 utilizes a magnetic cylinder and interchangeable flexible dies that affix to it to process paper, laminates, adhesives, and synthetic stocks up to 400 gsm. Suited for both long and shorter runs, the UD-310 is a highly productive and cost-efficient solution with minimal job setups and fast turnarounds.

Graphic Whizard Highlights Postpress AutomationGraphic Whizard has a wide variety of print finishing equipment suitable for all shop sizes and budgets. It specializes in automating postpress processes to maximize time and profit in digital print workflows. In this video, it will demonstrate productivity through au-tomation with their most popular machine — the PT 335SCC Multi.

With the PT 335SCC Multi, PSPs can save up to 70% in setup time and produce more profitable jobs with Fiery Driven print engines and the Graphic Whizard finisher. PSPs can also reduce labor to maxi-mize efficiency, controlling costs and maximizing profits for loss leaders. Graphic Whizard also has more than 50 different finishing options from 12 different product lines, covering the new shop basics to the print+ profit enhancer options.

Duplo DDC-810

Duplo UD-310

Graphic Whizard PT 335SCC

Duplo UD-646


HP Indigo 100K Digital Press — Intertech Award WinnerThe first Series 5 HP Indigo press, the HP Indigo 100K Digital Press produces up to 6,000 B2 spr, giving it the highest digital B2-sheet (29.5x20.81"/750x530 mm) throughput in the commercial printing market. The 30% faster engine process speed and the dramatic increase in throughput grabbed the judges’ attention. Clever engineering changes include a five-source feeding system, a continuous stacking mechanism, offset-like grippers for paper feeding, and smart color measurement system.

Rollem InsigniaX3 DiecutterRollem’s InsigniaX3 model was produced specifically to diecut through 0.030" (0.76mm) thick materials. Its 24×24" sheet size adds to its feeding and layout versatility. Use InsigniaX3 to convert an extensive range of stocks, including paper and card-stock, PVC, PET, plastic, vinyl, adhesives, and even lightweight aluminum. It’s ideal for digital printers offering customized products such as folded cartons, craft boxes, bever-age labels, retail hang tags, card carriers, and much more.

Rollem Jetstream Postcard and Business Card High Volume XY Rotary SlitterJetstream’s XY Slitter is the preferred choice for higher volume professional con-verting of postcards, business cards, retail shelf tags, and photo books and speeds up to 5,000 sph with 100% cutting accuracy plus scoring and perforating, this fully automated system offers a new flexible stacker, auto-collator, bar code reader, or in-line folder/gluer to maximize any type of product delivery. Streamline finishing with the 24" or 30" Jetstream XY Slitter.

Rollem Insignia ‘H’ Model DiecutterThe H is Rollem’s latest hybrid model sheetfed flexo-magnetic diecutter. Users will benefit from it’s ability to handle dual magnetic scoring using a male and female die, with the added ability to use a single die configuration for kiss-cutting functions.

Rollem Semi-Slitter for PSA Liner SlittingThe Semi-slitter is the top choice for applying back slits to PSA adhesive materials such as decals and labels. Depth of cut accuracy is consistently maintained with Rollem’s patented partial slitting technology. It handles sheets of all widths up to 42", starting with an 18" model.

Muller Martini Corp Primera ProThe all-new 14,000 cph Primera Pro is an advanced and highly efficient sad-dle stitcher that can be used for small, medium, or large print runs. It features a revised operating concept, as well as a fully automated three-knife trimmer.It is engineered to be digital ready for future opportunities.

Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080 SeriesLaunching in a few weeks, the AccurioPress C4080 Series continues to bring growth and expansion into new markets for customers through advanced automation and ease of use in one compact, affordable footprint. The Accurio-Press C4080 series provides a unique level of automation with the TU-510 Trimmer Unit and the IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer. The combination provides customers with increased uptime, productivity, and quality – meaning increased profits.

Muller Martini Corp. Roll-Fed Ventura DigitalA revolution in digital book sewing, the Ventura MC Digital enables the faster production of short-run, high-quality, highly customized books, and features barcode-driven, touchless workflow that eliminates makereadies.

Tamerica TCC-1400F+ 14" Foil Fuser and Two-Sided LaminatorDon’t be fooled by its size – Tamerica’s TCC-1400F+ 14" laminator is a highly capable and trustworthy hybrid of a machine, combining its ability to Foil Fuse media in colorful foil finishes and laminate it afterwards. With variable speed & temperature settings and very efficient heating elements, laminating jobs up to 10 mil in thickness are a walk in the park.

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Products included in this section were updated as of October 13, 2020. For additional products within this category and others, please visit digital.printingunited.com/new-products.


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