Benny Landa proved the main drawcard on Day Two of Ipex, with the super showman spruiking the benefits of his yet to be released nanographic press technology.
It was standing room only as Landa delivered his presentation at the World Print Summit, in a session chaired by ProPrint columnist Professor Frank Romano, which also had EFI chief executive Guy Gecht on the menu.
Landa assured the hundreds of printers that the future of print was safe, providing printers recognised the needs of the market, developed a mindset to exploit emerging opportunities and adopted new technology.
On the platform, Gecht said that workflow automation is essential to profitable performance for printers, as it reduces costs, waste and human mistakes.
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On the show floor Xeikon announced that it was putting its Triillium liquid toner webfed printer into beta testing at French printer TagG, and expected the system to be ready for sale as early as next year.
According to Xeikon, Trillium offers all the benefits of high speed inkjet printing, but with the quality of toner based systems. Greg Neesham, Australian sales manager at Xeikon says: “Trillium produces 1200dpi print with 16 grey levels, that is better than any high speed webfed inkjet printer."
Xeikon was also promoting its Packaging Week, to be held May 20-22 this year, which will run along the same lines as the Hunkeler Innovation Days by having a multitude of partner companies come together to present solutions for the week.
Also in digital printing Riso launched its new range of ComColor XL inkjet printers, which it says give instant drying on uncoated stocks thanks to a cold fusing inkjet technology married with oil based pigment inks.
There are three printers in the range, ouputtting from 90 to 150ppm on sheet sizes 340x550mm in stock weights 46-210gsm.
Presstek unveiled three new eco-friendly CTP plate technologies including: Zahara – a plate for waterless press platforms; GemPlate – an open platform no-bake thermal plate that offers pH neutral biodegradable processing; and JT-BL – an aluminum plate designed for inkjet imaging.
The company also highlighted the longevity of its Presstek DI presses by havinf a refurbished 52DI on the stand.
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Epson showed its latest range of inkjet large format, dye sublimation, direct to garment, label and proofing printers at the show, with the SureColor range providing most of the hardware. The exception was the SurePress digital label press, which Epson launched a white ink for.
Ipex isn't the only big show on the agenda, the biggest two in the world were making their presence known on Day Two, with drupa representatives patrolling the aisles and Print China making a presentation. The next Print China will be held April 7-12 next year in Guangdong and will be just the third show, but expects to attract 180,000 visitors and 1300 exhibitors, and as such is already the world's number two show.
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