Gotta Go - Gotta See Opportunities at PRINT 13 (Commentary)

Ricoh—A Smorgasbord Array
Giving the Big Three a run for the market, Ricoh, which includes the acquired IBM inkjet and related products, is continuously upgrading its offerings. In addition to the rollfed inkjet InfoPrint 5000, Ricoh will demonstrate four toner production color cutsheet digital presses, a black-and-white sheetfed and two wide-format machines, all supported by innovative software. Ricoh also offers a variety of finishing features including complex folding and inline trimming, GBC punching and ring binding capabilities. An interesting array for the smorgasbord commercial printer.

Xeikon—Pushes the Old and Touts the Future
Xeikon, one of the original digital press pioneers along with Indigo, introduced digital printing at Ipex ’93. Recently focusing on the label and packaging markets, Xeikon has settled into a comfortable second tier marketing position. At PRINT 13 Xeikon will exhibit its 8000 presses, based on dry powder electrophotography with LED array imaging, in perfector configurations with a 20.5˝ wide web that can run up to 230 ppm.