Digital Printing-Toner - Cut Sheet (Color)

Marketing Services firm Plum Grove of Hoffman Estates, IL, has announced two major equipment investments with the addition of a black-and-white Savin 8120 and a color Savin Pro C90, both from Ricoh.

Konica Minolta organized a press conference, held in its Customer Engagement Center on Lexington Avenue in New York, to announce its new 100 page-per-minute (ppm) color printer, the bizhub PRESS C1100, along with a new cloud-based document management solution, FileAssist for Graphic Communications. But executives took the opportunity to lay out Konica Minolta's blueprint for the future, the key to which is understanding customers' business requirements.

According to Mitch Kremer of The Messenger Press in Carthagena, OH, the new MGI DP8700XL digital press, installed by Graphco, will not only enhance the company's services for its customers, but the company will now be able to make substantial improvements in productivity.

A new Ricoh Pro C901s+ color printer has been installed at Copresco in Carol Stream, IL. The new system is the final step in a complete updating and modernization of the digital printer’s on-demand press lineup. Five Digimaster presses have already been installed.

Westamerica Communications in Lake Forest, CA, has added a Kodak NexPress SX3300 digital production color press with the long sheet option. "This press is not just a four-color device—it’s ideal for us because we try to push the limits and we are selling solutions outside the box," said Doug Grant, president.

The Kodak NexPress VII Front End with System 15.1 Software offers a highly scalable and configurable architecture, that allows an operation to expand in processing power as production needs in image and data intensity grow in parallel.

India’s elections are a significant event that has to be carried out with precision and accuracy. With the assistance of the MGI Meteor DP8700 XL digital press, seven states are now able to produce plastic voter ID cards.

The new bizhub C3110 all-in-one and bizhub C3100P single function unit, from Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., features support for user authentication and enhanced energy efficiency, and are ideal for small- to medium-sized print environments seeking high-speed, high-quality performance without compromising space.

C&D Printing in St. Petersburg, FL, has replaced an older Kodak NexPress digital production color press model with a new Kodak NexPress SX2700 digital production color press that includes the long-sheet option and Kodak Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions, enabling features such as Gold ink, Dimensional printing, and more. The new press joins an existing NexPress 2500S that the company purchases a few years ago.

The next Xeikon Café event, an informal knowledge exchange and educational platform covering different aspects of digital print production, will take place on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at Ryerson University's School of Graphic Communications Management in Toronto.