GE07: Digital Printing — Applications Being Taken

New at the show was version 2.0 of the HP Indigo Commercial Job Estimator/Business Planner for comparing digital versus offset job costs. It suports spot colors and comparing multiple presses.

MGI USA also featured a solution for UV coating, but its unit is positioned for use in offset, as well as digital printing environments. UVarnish is an off-line unit with integrated infrared dryer that can apply coatings to paper and plastic substrates in an ozone-free, pushbutton process. The company reportedly is exploring additional channels for selling the coater, along with offering it as a companion to its own Meteor DP40 Pro color press that prints on paper and plastic.