You voted. QP listened. Top Product winners stand out from the pack. Compiled by Karen Lowery Hall
he inaugural Quick Printing Readers' Choice Top
Products Awards competition was conducted in
early 2013. The goal was to gather opinions from
print service providers about what they
consider to be the most significant
products introduced to the commercial
printing industry between September 1,
2011 and December 31, 2012. We asked
readers to vote for the products within
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each category that had the strongest impact on their businesses or created the most excitement in the industry.
The contest covered 21 categories, from digital color
printers and offset presses to finishing equipment,
inks, software, prepress, and mailing products.
There was only one winner in each category.
Next year's contest will include products
introduced to the industry between January 1 and December 31, 2013.
QuickPrinting
includes a range of whites and its most popular
business colors.
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Digital Print Media: Premium Digital
Carbonless with Biomaster Silver Ion Technology
from Nekoosa Coated Products
Nekoosa Coated Products created the world's first antimicrobial carbonless paper by
adding Biomaster silver ion
technology, a non-toxic, naturally occurring antimicrobial
technology to protect against
the spreading of bacteria. Biomaster will not affect the paper's
properties such as dry toner/
laser compatibility or carbonless
image permanence, and does
not cause product degradation,
discoloration, or deterioration.
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Ink & Toner: Kodak Nexpress Gold Dry Ink from Eastman
Kodak Company
Create a beautiful gold metallic,
sparkle effect using
gold-tinted dry ink
for
applications
such as direct mail,
certificates, photo,
tickets, and many
others. Create different variations of gold-toned tints or different effects by
putting combinations of process colors underneath gold.
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Fine Papers: Royal Sundance Paper
Collection from Neenah Paper
Neenah Paper's Royal Sundance Paper
Collection brings together two popular
brands to make paper selection a simple
and affordable process. These economically priced papers are available in a variety
of colors, textures, weights, and envelopes.
The collection consists of five finishes—
Felt, Fiber, Smooth, Linen, and Laid—each
with its own unique color palette that
Pressroom Supplies: Thumbs Up Hand Cleaner from
Burnishine Products
Thumbs Up is a hand cleaner formulated specifically for
pressroom use. It is manufactured with detergents to gently,
yet quickly remove ink, grease,
dye, tar, paint, adhesives, and
other materials from hands. Pleasantly scented, it has a neutral pH
and contains skin moisturizers.
Thumbs Up is made with soft
polymer scrubbers which remove
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