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AUG 2014

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PRESSING ON 6 Q U I C K P R I N T I N G / A u g u s t 2 0 1 4 GROUP PUBLISHER Kelley Holmes kelley@quickprinting.com 800-616-2252 x6104 EDITORIAL Denise M. Gustavson Denise. Gustavson@cygnus.com DIRECTOR 800-616-2252 x6218 EDITOR Mark Vruno mark@quickprinting.com 800-616-2252 x6225 Senior Bob Hall browndawg@aol.com Consultant Sr. Contributing Tom Crouser tom@crouser.com Columnists David Fellman dmf@davefellman.com John Giles john@johngiles.com Contributing David Claerbaut drdc46@yahoo.com Columnists Nancy DeDiemar nancy91762@gmail.com Mitch Evans mitch@mitchevansconsulting.com Steve Johnson steve@copresco.com Stuart Margolis bPfaff@margolisbecker.com Joe Rickard jrickard@intellectives.com Tawnya Starr tawnya.starr@firespring.com Debra Thompson debra@tgassociates.com CORPORATE 3 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 301 North OFFICE Melville, NY 11747 Phone: 800-308-6397 Fax: 631-845-2741 Account Executives Kimberly Jorgensen x6103 kimberly@quickprinting.com Paul Zimmerman x6214 paul@quickprinting.com Production Manager Suzette Schear x6260 suzette.schear@cygnus.com Art Director John Sidor x6362 john.sidor@cygnus.com European Sales Representative, ITSL Media Julian Maddocks-Born, Sales Director julian@itsluk.com, +44 (0)1442 230033 Benedict Hume, Sales Manager benedict@itsluk.com, direct line +44 (0)1442 288287 CIRCULATION Tammy Steller x1393 tammy.steller@cygnus.com For change of address or subscription information, call 877-382-9187, fax 920-563-1704, or circ.quickprinting@omeda.com REPRINT SERVICE For reprints and licensing, please contact Nick Iademarco at Wright's Media 877-652-5295 ext. 102 or niademarco@wrightsmedia.com LIST RENTALS Elizabeth Jackson ejackson@meritdirect.com 847-492-1350 x18 CEO John French CFO Paul Bonaiuto SVP, Strategy & Business Development Blair Johnson VP, Marketing Gerry Whitty VP, Audience Development Julie Nachtigal VP, Technology Eric Kammerzelt VP, Production Operations Curt Pordes VP, Human Resources Ed Wood w w w. M y P R I N T R e s o u r c e . c o m Q U I C K P R I N T I N G • P R I N T I N G N E W S • W I D E - F O R M A T I M A G I N G With Product Innovation T his year's Top Products (full coverage begins on page 12), as voted on by QP readers, feature some predictable powerhouses as well as a few surprises. For graphic design and layout, for example, prepress/preme- dia readers selected QuarkXpress 10 as their software of choice. For print firms with PDF preferences, Markzware's PDF2DTP (Desktop Publishing) software is ideally suited for converting data, our readers agree. For variable-data printing, the majority of QP readers who voted like FreeFlow Variable Information (VI) Suite 12.0, the latest version from Xerox. In the Mailing Software space (there's a Mailing Hardware category, too), the winner is the Mail Integrity suite, a professional services portfolio from Ricoh designed to alleviate the mail workload so that customers can focus on grow- ing their businesses. Other software categories include Color Management, Web-to-Print, and Workflow. Under Consumables, readers also like Inkjet Computer-to-Plate from the Printers Shopper, which introduced a first-of-its-kind polyester-based plate production system that brings real CTP affordability to small and mid-size print shops. The Digital Print Media vote goes to PoliPrint, which is designed for high- heat, dry toner production equipment such as the Xerox iGen and the Kodak NexPress. Distributed exclusively by xpedx, the bright white, ultra smooth synthetic paper features a specialized coating for excellent toner adhesion, making it well suited for most environmental conditions with resistance to water, grease, and other contaminants -- rendering secondary post-print lami- nating unnecessary. In the Fine Papers category, readers favored the relaunch of Neenah's Environment Papers, a premium recycled line. Fresh, new, natural colors and a uniquely tactile "Raw" finish, position it to meet the needs for sustainable communication programs, luxury packaging, and other digital print applica- tions. There also is an Ink & Toner category winner. There are hardware winners, too, of course. In the Color Digital Devices category, the imagePRESS C7010VPS received top honors. The digital press was the first offering from Canon following its acquisition of Océ: built on Canon's imagePRESS C7010VP platform and featuring an integrated Océ PRISMAsync front-end controller. In the Offset Press category, the medium-format KBA Rapida 105 perfecting sheetfed press is our readers' choice. Read why inside, where we also reveal the wide-format printer winning product. There is a Pressroom Supplies category as well. Under Postpress Equipment, the Spartanics L-350 Laser Converting Machine is the leading vote-getter. With UV varnish, lamination, slitting, and rotary sheeting options, it can run as a roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheet system. You'll have to turn the page to see who received the Binders & Bookletmakers honors. Please keep these products in mind, as well others featured at the annual GRAPH EXPO show next month, as you mull over equipment purchases and upgrades for 2015. Happy shopping! Technology continues to pave the way for profits in the business of print. By Mark Vruno

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