PRINT 13 Must See ’Ems Winners Revealed

RESTON, VA—The PRINT 13 Must See ’Ems winners have been announced. The 49 winning technologies were selected from a record number of entries submitted by a record number of individual companies.

For the competition, organizers and judges responded to the changing technology landscape with the creation of three new categories in which to judge entries and made a name change to better define another category. Three “Finishing” categories have been combined into one “Postpress and In-Line Finishing” category. Two new categories have been split off from the “Prepress” category. They are “Color Management and Quality Control” and “Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel.” Finally, the name of the “Future Print” category has been updated to “The Future of Print: Technology Demonstrations.”

“Best of Category” winners for each of the 11 categories will be revealed during the pre-show Executive Outlook conference, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 7, prior to the opening of PRINT 13 and the co-located CPP EXPO. Also to be announced at Executive Outlook: the Legacy Award, given to a previous Must See ’Ems winner that has had a lasting and profound impact on the graphic communications industry.

The PRINT 13 Muse See ’Ems winners are:
Sales and Order Entry: EFI—EFI IQuote; Hybrid Software—Hybrid Software Facelift; Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.–EngageIT Automation.

Prepress and Premedia: CGS–IC3D suite; Enfocus–Enfocus Connect ALL; GMG Americas–GMG ProductionSuite 2.0; Recosoft Corp.–PDF2ID Enterprise 2012.

Color Management and Quality Control: EFI–EFI Fiery Color Profiler Suite v4.5; GTI Graphic Technology–Soft View Model SOFV-1xiQ; Masterwork USA–MK420MINI fully automatic sheet inspection machine; Xerox Corp.–Xerox IntegratedPLUS automated color management.

Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel: Ricoh–Ricoh Critical Communications Solutions suite; Transformations–Uluro uDeliver; Transformations–Uluro uSecure; Xerox Corp.–Xerox FreeFlow Digital Publisher; XMPie Inc.–XMPie Circle.

Pressroom, Analog Presses: ACTEGA Kelstar–UltraSheen UV-8820ST; Air Motion Systems and AMS UV–UV LED XP5 series; Goss International–Magnum Compact press autoplate system; Mark Andy Inc.–Mark Andy Performance series flexo printing presses.

Pressroom, Digital Presses: Allen Datagraph Systems–AXXIS digital label system; Fujifilm North America–Graphium; Konica Minolta and Komori Corp.–KM-1/IS29 inkjet press; Xante Corp.–Impressia digital multi-media press; Xerox Corp.–Impika iPrint Compact 24-24;
Xerox Corp.–Xerox iGen4 Diamond edition.

Pressroom, Wide-Format: Canon Solutions America–Océ Arizona 660 XT; Canon Solutions America–Océ ColorWave 900; EFI–EFI VUTEk GS-TF system; EFI–EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro; Xante Corp.–Excelagraphix 4200 P series, high-speed, wide-format inkjet.

Postpress and In-line Finishing: Allen Datagraph Systems–AXXIS HS digital die-less label finishing system; C.P. Bourg–Bourg BB3202 perfect binder; LasX Industries–LaserSharp on-demand finishing system; Masterwork USA–MK21060STE foil stamping/diecutting combination with stripping; MGI Digital Graphic Technology–JETvarnish 3D Twin with iFoil; Muller Martini–Presto II digital saddlestitcher.

Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment: Pitney Bowes–Print+ Response inkjet module; Printware LLC–iJetPress digital inkjet printer with iJetColor workflow; RISO Inc.–RISO Inline Print to Mail Solution; W+D North America–W+D 234d BP.

Management Systems: Avanti–Avanti Slingshot; EFI–EFI complete integrated workflow for inkjet; EFI–EFI Radius Business Intelligence v5; SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory–SpencerMetrics iDPA PLUS; Ultimate Technographics–Ultimate Bindery v.3.

The Future of Print: Technology Demonstrations: AccuZIP Inc.–AccuTrace with LIVINGMAIL; EFI–EFI GlossControl; EFI–EFI SmartSign Analytics.