1. Everything that’s new
This year’s “Innovate, Integrate, Communicate” theme covers digital, offset, flexo and hybrid technologies, as well as products and services for commercial, package printing and converting, display, in-plant, transactional, publishing, mailing, photo imaging, marketing…the list seems endless. New and “re-imagined” attractions include Deliver (Mailing & Fulfillment Center), the Photo Finish (Photo Imaging Pavilion), Sidelines (Expanded Revenue Streams Pavilion) and a New Wide Format Pavilion. Every time you turn your head, expect to see new technology.
2. The CPP Expo
This co-located event will reveal the latest in packaging and print technologies, along with dedicated seminars and networking opportunities. If you’re a packaging printer, you’d be insane to miss the latest developments in digital, flexo, gravure and offset package printing hardware, software and converting. Print 13 attendees will have access to both events with their show pass.
3. The 49 Must See ’Ems
The show’s “Must See ’Ems” winners include 49 compelling technologies that truly show the ingenuity of their originators. Best of Category winners will be highlighted during the preshow Executive Outlook Conference that takes place Sept. 7. Executive Outlook will also announce the Legacy Award, given to a previous Must See ’Ems winner that has had a lasting and profound impact on the graphic communications industry.
4. The Future of Print Pavilion
New technologies will include RFID, printed electronics and 3D printing. The Pavilion will be an “Experiential Lab” where you can get up close to these technologies. Seminars include “The Future of Print” by Frank Romano; “Printed Electronics/Functional Imaging: Advanced Workflow and Printing Techniques” by Cal Poly’s Colleen Twomey; “Printed Electronics: How to Implement Your Next Profit Opportunity” by Cal Poly’s Xiaoying Rong; “3D Printing for the Commercial Printer” by the PIA’s Julie Shaffer; and “21st Century Print Technologies Explored” by Industry Consultant Steven Schnoll.
5. Value-added printing and finishing
PRIMIR (the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization) will feature the research findings from its new study, “Value-Added Printing & Finishing for Improved Profitability.” It addresses high-end colour, new finishing products and techniques, special coatings, foiling, laminating, scented inks, raised inks, brand protection and security, metallic inks, metalized substrates, stitching and die cutting, and more. It explores their effectiveness and examines cost constraints and ROI, along with usage trends and opportunities.
6. Marketing and creative opportunities
The Marketitng Pavilion, Marketing Theatre, Targeted Seminar Slate, and marketing-targeted co-located events are ideal for printers who want to add marketing services to their product mix. And that includes new and integrated print solutions for online and mobile. Topics include Integrated Media Services & Management; Digital Marketing; Direct Mail; Lead Generation/Management; Analytics; List Brokers/Compilers; Online Presentations, Tools & Events; Branding; the Latest Marketing Tools & Services; and shifting from PSP to MSP.
7. IDEAlliance Workflow Pavilion
IDEAlliance will present best practices to create, manage, and distribute content for multi-channel media production and distribution. Its Integrated Media Workflow Lab will explore creating and managing media for multiple channels through six stages: creation, ingestion, production, transformation, distribution and engagement. The Pavilion will also host a series of events beginning Sept. 8 that you should definitely check out.
8. Deliver – The new Mailing & Fulfillment Center
Mailing and fulfillment experts will be available to answer your specific questions. Free daily 30-minute solution-oriented sessions will cover topics ranging from “Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM)” to “Designing for Variable Data” to “Best Response Cross-Media Campaigns” to “Effective QR Code Use with Mail” and “Social Media + Mail = Re$ponse”. New this year as well, the Association of Marketing Service Providers will host “Ask the Mailing Expert” where you can get advice from mailing experts on ways to increase response rates and grow profits.
9. Photo Finish – The Photo Imaging Pavilion and Conference
See the latest in photo, photo book, wide format, specialty photo, all-sized imaging, creation, and finishing-related equipment, software and substrates. A new Photo Imaging Conference on high-margin photo opportunities will take place Sept. 11 and 12. The conference will also offer a luncheon on Sept. 11 titled “High Margin Business Models for Photo” that will explore how you can develop new business models for the evolving photo imaging and mobile photo market that integrate the latest software approaches.
10. Sidelines Pavilion for specialty print
Sidelines will showcase specialty products that can boost a printer’s bottom line. These include tickets, tags, labels, plastic cards, stickers, specialty envelopes, decals, awards, apparel, games, mouse pads, key chains, sports items, etc. According to research, 90% of consumers own a promo product they received in the last 24 months and 89% can recall the advertiser featured.
11. Executive Outlook Conference
This half-day conference on Sept. 7 showcases the issues most relevant to CEO’s, COO’s, shop owners and other stakeholders. Industry experts discussing the latest trends will include Alan Beaulieu of the Institute for Trend Research; Black Canyon Consulting’s Wayne Peterson; NAPL President Joseph Truncale; Consultant Hal Hinderliter; RIT Professor Chris Bondy; consultant Steven Schnoll; Jim Hamilton of InfoTrends; Henry Freedman, Editor of Technology Watch; and JohnHenry Ruggieri of SunDance Marketing Solutions.
12. The wonderful windy city
The Chicago skyline is absolutely gorgeous. This city is alive with sports, great restaurants and has a thriving arts scene, an inviting downtown core and a host of attractions. Check out the Architecture River Cruise, SkyDeck Chicago, Skyline Lake Tour and the Chicago History Museum, to name a few.
13. The Chicago Blackhawks
And now for my final reason to attend – the Blackhawks won a grueling Stanley Cup battle with the Boston Bruins this year. So c’mon Canada, let’s show some respect here. (Editor’s note: How could they lose? They had 19 Canadians on their team…ooops!).
Our personal picks
No matter where you venture at Print 13, you’ll find inspiring technology and services at every turn. But try not to miss these….
4over Inc. – Booth 4261
4over is hosting a VIP-themed booth in honour of its loyal customers and will be debuting a new product line that will “revolutionize the company’s branding division and is sure to wow the crowd.” You can also see samples from its new deluxe line of roll labels available on white or clear substrates in several shapes, sizes and colours. The 4over Team will also be giving away promo packs filled with samples of its most popular products.
Amazing Print Prepress Software Pavilion
Toronto’s Amazing Print Tech has gained international recognition through its flagship product, eCardBuilder. The web-to-print leader will be demonstrating the new release of its software as well multiple profit centres for printers. New releases include eCardBuilder Retail Web-to-Print Storefronts, eCardBuilder POS Kiosks, B2B Web2Print Storefronts, QR Code Generators, Mobile Website Page Generators, Marketing Platforms and Mobile App and Website Selling Storefronts. The company’s eCardBuilder is an award-winning, ready-to-implement printing storefront technology that allows printers to take in orders from their own custom templates, from 20,000 pre-made templates and over 22 million stock photo images, or from a customer’s own uploaded files. Its easy-to-use ordering interfaces allow for design online and full e-commerce functionality in under 24 hours, and can integrate easily with popular MIS or B2B systems. Be sure to check out its new QR barcode engine. TheVCard.com allows for white label, analytics-driven QR barcode generation, with automatic upsells for printed and promotional messages. You can leverage the power of colour Quick Response Barcodes to enhance printed products, or just give away that capability for free to your website visitors for a chance to advertise to them.
ATS-Tanner Canada – Booth 238
The banding machine manufacturer will be showcasing its automatic US-2000 FAB-A inline stacking and banding-off folder that can count, stack and band up to 40,000 printed products per hour. Visitors will also see how easy it is to imprint a band. Banded products are increasing in popularity. ATS’ ultra-sonic and heat-seal machines operate so fast that they involve little or no labour costs and occupy very little floor space.
Avanti – Booth 4242
Check out Must See ’Ems winner Avanti Slingshot, the next generation Print MIS, incorporating business intelligence (CRM, dashboards and reporting), production planning (estimating, imposition, planned purchasing, sales orders, inventory management and scheduling), fulfillment, shipping and billing into one, easy-to-use and easy-to-implement system. It’s browser-based, and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, on any device. Designed to easily integrate with third-party applications and equipment, it includes a robust Application Programming Interface (API) leveraging industry protocols such as JDF and XML. Avanti will also be demonstrating zero-touch workflow automation and integration in the HP Booth 1241, Ricoh Booth 1931, and XMPie Booth 1202.
Bell + Howell – Booth 2614
Many of its print, mail and digital platform solutions will be running live, including its flagship Producer 30 high-speed inserter capable of handling 30,000 #7 to #10 envelopes or 26,000 6” x 9” envelopes per hour. The Producer series is designed for environments that demand mail-piece quality and integrity controls, high-production volumes and low operating costs. Producer inserters are easily maintained with the fewest number of operators, which is extremely important in this market.
B&R Moll Inc. – Booth 3958
B&R Moll pioneered the first simple and affordable folder gluer over 40 years ago. The company will be demonstrating its Premier 36 Folder Gluer that will fold and glue “an extremely complex product.” Its Vantage 720 In-Line Folder Gluer will be folding a carton at high speeds while labeling/placing a coupon on the outside of the box. B&R will also be running its new Mailing System featuring scoring, inserting, folding and gluing.
Color-Logic Inc. – Booth 5049
Color-Logic streamlines the prototyping of metallic inks in packaging and labels – which in this market connotes product value and integrity. Its technology lets designers use their traditional software to create compelling metallic designs that can be executed with unprecedented speed using inkjet printers to produce prototypes, and digital presses to produce test-market samples. Its system also enables visualization of those effects on a monitor before printing. Its Color-Logic Design Suite enables designers to add or alter decorative effects in seconds, rather than hours or days. The technology brings cost-efficient metallics into mainstream printing.
C.P. Bourg – Booth 1912
Several innovations in finishing for inline, offline and unique dual-mode production will make their North American debut. The latest Bourg perfect binding products include the Bourg BB3202 inline/offline perfect binder running inline with the Xerox Nuvera 314 EA Perfecting Production System and Challenge CMT330 Trimmer; Bourg BB3102 for unattended offline operation; and the new BB3002 PUR-C that delivers state-of-the-art PUR perfect binding in a compact and user-friendly setup. Bourg document finishing products include a versatile Bourg BSF Sheet Feeder production system (with BCM Bleed Crease Module and BM-e Booklet Maker) equipped with a new scanner option that combines the integrity of a barcode-driven workflow with JDF compatibility, as well as the new PowerSquare 224, running inline with a Xerox 8250.
Duplo USA – Booth 202
The OEM will debut its new mid-range DC-646 Slitter/Cutter/Creaser, which offers optional rotary tool and cross-perforating modules for increased versatility, as well as its low-volume 150C Booklet System, that incorporates the new DBM-150 Bookletmaker with the DSC-10/20 Collator. Other solutions include the DBMi Duetto Saddle System (a combined sheet feeding and collating saddle-stitching solution), and the Mitabook (an automatic hard cover casing-in machine for applications such as photo books). Finishing solutions include the mid-volume 350 Digital Booklet System, the high-production 500i Booklet System, the UD-300 On Demand Die Cutter, the Ultra 300Ai In-Line UV Coater, the KB-4000 PUR Perfect Binder, and Duplo’s full range of Slitter/Cutter/Creasers including the high-production DC-745 model along with the Integrated Folding System. In short, visitors can see workflow demos of complete digital print finishing and hard-cover book making.
EFI – Booth 2602
EFI will focus on the technology behind its unprecedented eight Must See’Ems Awards. This year’s awards recognized “several new competitive advantages EFI offers to printing companies seeking to improve productivity, reduce costs, enter new markets and grow profits.” Check out the winners: EFI IQuote cloud-based estimating; EFI Fiery Color Profiler Suite, Version 4.5; TEFI VUTEk GS-TF System; EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro Inkjet; EFI Complete Integrated Workflow for Inkjet; EFI Radius Business Intelligence, Version 5; EFI GlossControl; and EFI SmartSign Analytics.
Enviro Image Solutions (EIS) – Booth 760
The Vancouver company will introduce clients who are benefiting from the environmental and cost savings in its Blanket Renewal Program. Pazazz Printing and Quantum Group, who have been customers for over four years, will be profiled. Pazazz Printing reached its goal of environmental sustainability by continually renewing its printing blankets multiple times, transforming them from one-time consumables into multi-use assets. Quantum Group’s master pressman of over 35 years, Ted Cnota Senior, continues to apply the pressroom changes suggested by the EIS blanket experts, which adds hundreds of thousands of dollars to Quantum’s annual bottom line.
Esko – Booth 4231
Esko will be showing its updated Suite 12.1 workflow and colour management solution as well as an ultra-fast i-XP24 Kongsberg cutting table demonstration of materials printed with FullHD Flexo plates (allowing flexo to compete with gravure), and wide format workflow. They will be giving away sanitizer bottles with labels printed by partner HP (with an Esko front end), the substrate provided by MACtac, and cut on the Kongsberg table.
Fujifilm – Booths 1218 & 2990
Fujifilm will have two North American premiere launches – the J Press 540W roll-fed digital inkjet press and the Onset Q40i UV wide format inkjet press. Fujifilm will also feature the J Press 720 press, Acuity Advance HS and Acuity LED wide format printers. Fujifilm will premiere v5.5 of the XMF workflow demonstrating robust handling for variable-data printing applications. XMF ColorPath cloud-based colour management will highlight cross-media and cross-platform (digital, wide format, offset) integrated colour management solutions.
Gateway Bookbinding Systems – Booth 1058
The Winnipeg manufacturers of Plastikoil will be showing their entire equipment line – from a new basic office unit, to more productive equipment for the digital print shop, to their interline automated system for the larger in-plant or trade binderies. Be sure to check out its new Total Koil Binder. This machine has two modes of coil insertion that can handle coil diameters from 6 mm to 50 mm. Plastikoil binding and filament products are available in 45 colours and are CPSIA-compliant.
Goss International – Booth 2312
Goss will focus on commercial, packaging and newspaper production, continuing its “See Things Differently” theme. The new Goss Magnum Compact press will be introduced to the American market at the show, with live demonstrations of its Autoplate system. The company will highlight Goss and Ferag technology, recent projects in the Americas and its manufacturing and support resources in the region. The projects in the Americas include Sunday web presses, a triple-width newspaper press at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Goss-Ferag finishing solutions and creative aftermarket projects. For the packaging sector, the company will present updates of its Sunday Vpak web offset presses.
Graphic Whizard – Booth 3509
The Canadian company continues to add new products to its industry-leading line of print finishing equipment and will debut several machines including a PUR perfect binder, a UV Coater with multi-tank distribution and easy cleanup features, a cost-effective pile feeder, an economic receding stacker and new models of creasers in the PT series. Also launching will be the PT SCC – a slitter/cutter/creaser capable of producing finished pieces quickly and accurately.
Kodak – Booth 3187
Kodak’s presence at Print 13 will be focused on its partner relationships with Konica Minolta, Komori and MCS. Many innovative digital printing solutions, such as the NXP digital press and Prosper series hybrid digital imprinting systems, will be shown. Kodak executives will be present to showcase these and other new offerings and will be available at a small booth and meeting area, where they will also be sponsoring a customer breakfast.
Konica Minolta – Booth 518
The OEM will feature its EnvisionIT Production solutions and services that offer “the capabilities commercial printers need to improve productivity and increase profitability.” It will also feature a dedicated “Solutions Circle” where visitors can learn more about its All Covered IT Service, including cloud services, managed IT services and application solutions. Additionally, EngageIT Automation (a web-enabled order automation portal), EngageIT XMedia and Dispatcher Phoenix Professional solutions will be profiled. Other technologies and services will include: the KM-1/IS29 Inkjet Press; bizhub Press C1070/C1070P/C1060 Digital Press Series with expanded paper-handling, inline finishing and image-control capabilities; bizhub Press C1100 Color Digital Press; and the IC-602 Image Controller that mounts internally to bizhub presses to streamline workflow.
Metafix – Booth 110
Montreal-based Metafix Inc. will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in conjunction with Print 13 with its “strongest lineup of products ever to help printers monitor and control processes previously thought unmanageable.” Its breakthrough Metafix Fountain Solution Control System (FSC) gives pressroom operators the same level of measurement and control they expect in every other aspect of their printing processes. FSC actively monitors and manages the Fountain Solution and provides real-time alerts to potentially harmful changes during a press run. New for Print 13, Metafix is introducing an FSC dedicated to the sheetfed printer as well as offset. Another notable technology, the Metafix CTPpH Control System, collects, monitors and neutralizes CTP waste.
Muller Martini – Booths 831, 1281 & 3490
The company’s Investment Protection Program will be showcased as visitors will receive an industry-first, customized proposal that details available machine upgrades for both new and legacy Muller equipment. The Presto II Digital mid-size stitcher and the Solit Three Knife Trimmer, performing at 4,500 cycles per hour with an 85mm trim thickness capacity, are must-sees. Booth visitors will be able to take home their own Personal Journal trimmed on the Solit. The OEM’s ingenious MMInspect is an operational improvement program similar to an automobile’s 20 point inspection. It helps users achieve optimum performance levels. Muller’s Modular Component Design will help you understand how its machines are engineered “to grow as business grows.” Finally, check out The Muller Movie Theatre with product engineers and specialists providing live presentations with video back-up detailing MM equipment and technology.
MultiCam – Booth 3976
MultiCam will be showing its affordable Digital Express CNC Router that combines high-speed digital registration with powerful routing and knife-cutting in a fast, wide format, sheetfed platform. These features make it ideal for the printing and packaging industries. The Digital Express’ EZ Knife cartridge system can perform mechanized knife-cutting, creasing and perforation operations specifically for the digital finishing market. It supports tangential drag, oscillating and ultrasonic cutting techniques with a wide variety of knife types including rotary, spear point, utility, kiss cut, and more.
PDQ North America – Komori America
– Booth 1251
Edmonton-based Predictive Dynamic Quoting (PDQ) will be unveiling its new system, AXIS MIS, alongside OEM Komori. Both PDQ NA and Komori will be demonstrating “Paths to New Efficiencies and Success in Print.” PDQ Axis estimating is one of the most advanced estimating systems available with powerful production-route-based intelligence and easy of use. PDQ’s data is available to an entire office’s production workflow teams without the expense of re-inputting and with direct integration into Komori technology. Along the way, key analytics on current and historic business and production performance can be easily accessed. The AXIS Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) can measure strengths and weaknesses in a workflow so that “Key” changes can be made.
PressClean USA – Booth 4257
The PressClean USA team will show its extensive inventory of pre-owned Heidelberg presses available for sale. The 15-year-old company produces the finest refurbished Heidelberg presses available from its purpose-built 40,000 sq.ft. facility in North Carolina. PressClean has refurbished over 1,000 presses ranging from a single colour GTO to a 12 colour SM102. The company is the only remarketed equipment dealer to have “Preferred Business Partner” status with Heidelberg USA and Heidelberg Canada. Its main focus is selling and installing quality Heidelberg pre-owned machines throughout North America. In fact, it was the first dealer to install a Heidelberg XL162 worldwide! PressClean’s staff is made up of former Heidelberg engineers and employees. All machines purchased through PressClean USA come with new Saphira rollers, a Heidelberg parts and service credit, a free consumables start-up kit, and 12 months of free technical phone support from Heidelberg USA (free phone support in USA only).
Presstek – Booth 4851
Presstek will feature its DI digital offset presses, thermal CTP equipment and plate solutions, service offerings and parts. Check out the company’s certified pre-owned Presstek 34DI digital offset, Presstek’s family of thermal CTP plates and its Service and Parts Showcase. The 34DI is a highly automated four-colour digital offset press ideally suited for fast turnaround, short-run, high-quality colour printing. It produces up to 7,000 13.39” x 18.11” sheets per hour. Go from file to sellable printed sheet in only 10 minutes. This streamlined workflow reduces the time and cost to turn a job around.
PrintSites2Go – Booth 5140
Canadian company PrintSites2Go Inc. (www.printsites2go.com) offers breakthrough website design that is actually affordable, mostly by eliminating the hundreds of hours required for inputting pricing and shipping data. The company delivers a turnkey platform with over 55,000 price permutations and more than 30 of the most popular products for just under $150 per month. PrintSites2Go also comes with vendor management, where printers can outsource some products to their favourite trade printer, or print the products in-house. In addition, there are powerful reporting and analytics tools that yield business-critical data. The company has also integrated e-mail and coupon marketing. Oh, and its solutions are extremely user friendly.
Prisco – Booth 3502
Prisco’s PriscoDigital affiliate will be conducting continuous end-to-end workflow demos on various rigid media, utilizing the Kongsberg XN Automatic Cutting System from Esko. In addition, a flexible media workflow ideally suited for commercial printers will also be running live. Of particular note is PriscoDigital’s introduction of HP Latex Media, inkjet media from Kodak and various media finishing solutions into their customer offerings. PriscoDigital’s aim is to demonstrate that integrating wide format inkjet technologies within a traditional offset manufacturing environment can be easy and seamless. In demonstrations, prepared files will be processed through EskoArtwork i-cut suite software, ripped though the Caldera RIP (where colour management also takes place), and then printed utilizing the HP Scitex FB700. Printed images comprised of intricate shapes will be cut from the media utilizing Esko’s Kongsberg XN automated cutting system. The XN processes the image files through i-cut Vision Pro software, which calculates the cutting position information that drives the cutting heads. For flexible media applications, PriscoDigital will demonstrate the HP Latex 850 Inkjet system. Prisco is also introducing a completely new range of humidification equipment essential for digital and offset pressrooms and paper storage areas. Finally, Prisco will be demonstrating a number of proven solutions for fountain solution, press solvent and plate processor rinse water recycling.
Reprographic Technology Int. – Booth 3790
The Kitchener, Ontario company has been turning heads here, in the U.S. and in the UK with its aptly-named Vortex 4200 Printer. You can see this flagship device print about 9 metres per minute at a resolution of 1600 x 1600 dpi, with a faster option of 18 mpm at 1600 x 800 dpi. The high speed is due to 70,400 nozzles that produce up to 700 million drops per second. It accepts two rolls with three-inch cores and also has a sheet feeder, but is best suited to inkjet-coated media. Its Memjet-powered technology results in top quality, single-pass printing up to eight times faster when compared to traditional inkjet. RTI now has dealer agreements in Canada and the U.S. close at hand – so watch for more news about this innovative Canadian company and its products.
Spiel Associates – Booth 3526
Print 13 will be the 45th consecutive show where Spiel has been displaying exceptional bindery equipment. Check out all its machines, but don’t miss the Sterling Digipunch that punches paper without an operator. You can pile five reams of paper into its feeder and it will be punched and waiting for you in as little as two minutes! The unit, now 20% faster, can punch up to 72,000 sheets per hour. And if you’re thinking about inline versus offline, consider that the Digipunch can handle work from several digital engines and has a long lifespan. Its automatic touchscreen makes it extremely user friendly, allowing the operator to set up and change over automatically.
Standard Finishing Systems – Booth 1902
Get ready to see Standard’s post-press and paper handling solutions, including a complete lineup of perfect binding, folding, saddle stitching, creasing, inspection systems, and continuous-feed print solutions for the digital and offset print markets. Consistent with its show theme “The World Loves Books,” Standard will demonstrate an all-inclusive range of equipment used in the book production process – from creasers that score covers for perfect-bound books to automated book solutions that convert printed rolls to finished books with no manual intervention.
Tembec Kallima Paper – Booth 661
Kallima (manufactured by Tembec) will be showcasing its full line of FSC-certified coated cover products. Visitors will be able to see Kallima’s new C2S 14-pt. substrate. This is yet another Kallima grade that offers commercial printers superior printing and press run capabilities as well as cost savings. The Kallima staff will be on hand to explain how the C1S, C1S Plus and C2S products’ lightweight construction can save up to 20% over competing grades when purchasing the paper as well as shipping out printed material. Make sure you pick up Kallima’s 2013 comparison piece – a compelling demonstration of how well Kallima performs on-press versus its major competitors.
TKS USA – Booth 3340
The TKS Jetleader 1500 Digital Inkjet Web-Fed Press is the world’s first digital inkjet printing system that produces sectionalized newspapers inline. The first Jetleader in North America was installed at Newsweb Corp., a U.S. printer headquartered in Chicago. Specifications include: 4/4 Process Colour Printing Units; Piezo Electric Drop-On-Demand Printhead; Maximum printing speed of 492 ft./min and maximum print resolution of 600 x 600 dpi. Its Inline Newspaper Folding System handles a maximum of 72 pages and five sections. At Print 13, TKS can arrange for you to see this press in action at Newsweb. It’s now being disassembled and will be re-installed at Newsweb’s new production facility alongside a second Jetleader that will be installed in the first quarter of 2014. Both presses will be using the new TKS variable cutoff folder and new variable-data printing package.
Ultimate Technographics – Booth 4844
The Montreal company will demo its new imposition and finishing JDF automation solutions, including Must See’Ems winner Ultimate Bindery V.3. Ultimate Bindery is designed to solve bottlenecks in finishing for production of short runs and personalized printing by combining a main device with optional finishing attachments. It offers features for sheet-level integrity when using the C.P.Bourg SheetFeeder for hybrid jobs with Xerox FinishingPlus or EFI Fiery. It’s also fully integrated within the HP SmartStream PrintServer enabling the definition of a finishing plan at the DFE. For the first time in the industry, it introduces direct connectivity integrating the Horizon JDF controller to automated Standard Horizon perfect binders with the 3-knife cutter and saddle stitchers. Ultimate will also show its Impostrip OnDemand Automation and Scalable v8 with new book-stacking options, advanced connectivity with web2print and MIS such as Avanti demonstrating the fastest and most automated imposition today.
