by DPS Magazine Staff
Printing United is a comprehensive printing event designed to bring together the entire printing industry in one place. This year, the show takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV from September 10 to 12, 2024.
Above: Sharp shows off its production press lineup in booth C2490.
Exhibitor Highlights
Aleyant, booth C100, launches PDF2Press, a workflow software designed to automate the artwork file upload process for consumers. Integrated seamlessly with Aleyant’s print ecommerce software; Pressero, PDF2Press promises to enhance efficiency and accuracy in print production workflows.
ASLAN, booth SL10214, spotlights its latest self-adhesive specialties and establishes strategic alliances with industry leaders.
Aurigma, booth C163, showcases a new version of its editor with improved preflight capabilities and introduces updated 3D preview functionality, enhanced workflows for products with embellishments, and a new solution for direct mail applications.
Baumer hhs, booth C1990, features its Field Smart camera-based verification system, tesla 24VDC electrically-activated hot melt applicators, and cold glue dispensing solutions.
Bluecrest, booth C1173, features the Epic inserter with OttoMate Cobot workcell automation, the BlueCrest Strata cloud-based software platform, and mailing preparation software from BCC Software, a BlueCrest company.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., booth C348, invites attendees to get a close look at its range of production and large format products and solutions, from the newly announced varioPRINT iX1700 sheetfed inkjet press to innovations in production printing solutions, display graphics, and wallcoverings. Live demonstrations take place throughout the show with experts ready to answer questions.
The Challenge Machinery Company, booth C2815, features the CHAMP 185Pro hydraulic paper cutter, which brings large cutter strength and accuracy to the 18-inch cutting market.
Duplo USA, exhibits its portfolio of automated print embellishment, packaging, and finishing solutions with B2 format equipment front and center. The booth highlights the DuSense DDC-8000 B2 Raised Spot UV Coater, the DSM-1000 B2 Platen Die Cutter, the DC-746 B2 Slitter/Cutter/Creaser, and the 700i Pro Digital Booklet System.
Durst Group, booth C1543, showcases its hybrid P5 350 HS with D4 configuration, the high-speed roll-to-roll P5 350 HSR, the P5 TEX iSUB, and the Tau RSC E label printer. These printers are supported by UV- and water-based inks, a software ecosystem, and a knowledgeable team.
Elitron, booth SL6004, shows the Spark Series flexible cutting system and the Kombo TH. INFO# 209
EMT International, booth C2731, highlights its full line of direct mail offerings for finishing equipment. The company announces its latest development—a postcard solution offering flexibility, precision, and speed.
Epson, booth SL8101, features technology for a range of applications, from indoor and outdoor signage to photography and graphics to textile.
Fiery, booth C335, invites attendees to unlock their digital printing superpowers with the latest digital front end, color management, and automated workflow innovations. See the Fiery Impress for packaging workflows, Digital Factory for direct to film printing, new artificial intelligence-driven workflows, and color and imaging tools.
Four Pees, booth C222, provides automation solutions that streamline print and packaging production across the globe, inclduing Atomyx, a cloud-based print production management platform.
Gelato, booth C1215, showcases GelatoConnect, a print production software platform designed to support production hubs in optimizing efficiency and quality and expanding revenue by accessing additional product categories and geographical markets.
Global Garage, booth C934, allows attendees to buy or sell equipment with premier experts in pre-owned grand format print equipment.
Global Imaging, booth C1375, shows off its display made from T3 framing systems. Don’t miss the opportunity to get a first-hand understanding of this tool-free, modular system.
Graphic Whizard, booth C1727, showcases its latest innovations including a new inline Slit/Cut/Crease machine. See the latest advanced automated perfect binders, designed for impeccable binding quality and increased efficiency. Also debuted is a new PT 33LSC Micro duplex laminator with cut-to-bleed and encapsulation technology. Don’t miss the new multi-piece inline folders for the GW SCC line, engineered to handle complex folding tasks with precision.
GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. (GTI), booth C140, highlights the new D50 LED lamp, which offers a high CRI solution for its Graphiclite portfolio of products. This lamp combines the benefits of LED technology with a close match to D50 spectral specifications ensuring tight conformance to the ISO 3664:2009 viewing standard.
Harris & Bruno and Taktiful, booth C928, team up to showcase the “Next Big Thing in Digital Embellishment.” Combining Harris & Bruno’s ZRX digital embellishment machine with Taktiful’s innovative software for design, sales, and estimating, this partnership promises to revolutionize the world of digital embellishment. Stop by and learn how you can flood coat, spot coat, and foil stamp on uncoated media in a single pass, while your sales team consistently meets competitive pricing.
Inkcups, booth C2749, highlights its direct-to-object digital printing and pad printing solutions, which includes cylindrical UV inkjet printing technology for printing on cylindrical objects and vessels, flatbed UV printing technology for digital decoration of bags and industrial applications, as well as pad printing solutions for applications such as promotional products. This includes the XJET Switch UV flatbed printer.
IST America, booth C3083, is the North American arm of IST Metz in Nurtingen Germany. IST, along with sister company IST INTECH, showcases several technologies including FREECure, SMARTcure, and UV Analyzer.
Kavalan, booth SL13078, features its banner materials, which offer an alternative to PVC that doesn’t compromise on quality, appearance, or performance. Available through Media One, the range includes materials for indoor, outdoor and backlit applications, as well as a double-sided block-out textile material, a mesh banner material, and a coated wall covering material. All Kavalan materials hold LCA certifications, confirming their superior eco-performance over traditional PVC banners.
Konica Minolta, booth C3491, presents a number of devices to help printers see the potential to expand their business in new ways. The company features the AccurioPress C1410s, AccurioWide 250, AccurioLabel 230, PKG-1300, and AccurioShine 3600 with iFoil One.
Kyocera Document Solutions America, booth C2175, shows off its innovations in the TASKalfa Pro 15000c and TASKalfa Pro 55000c, as well as gives booth visitors a look at its textile printer, FOREARTH. Kyocera is ready to once again show the international print community how its high-volume inkjet printers continue to drive industry trends and create new possibilities.
Landa, booth C2995, invites attendees to learn about the Landa S11 & S11P digital B1 offset presses driven by Nanography. These presses offer versatility and productivity, handling various substrates with ease. With unmatched color gamut and printing 11,200 sheets per hour, the S11 & S11P maximize profitability and efficiency. Gain insight on how these groundbreaking presses can streamline your operations and drive growth.
MBO America, booth C2149, highlights its new Collaborative Robot technology, the CoboStack 30i. The company also showcases its web embellishment modules, the SpotCoater (SC23) and ContourCutter (CC23), expanding its portfolio of commercial-quality, roll-fed finishing solutions. Don’t miss the chance to meet with its industry experts and discuss roll-fed finishing, commercial folding, pharmaceutical folding, or die-cutting needs.
MH+P Technology, booth C306, the pioneers of canvas stretching and frame assembly machines, invite attendees to enjoy some original German Biergarten refreshments while experiencing an immersive 360 degree experience of the new MHP ULTRA fully automated canvas stretching machine. And attendees can test its unmatched canvas tension live on its canvas drum kit.
Muller Martini, booth C2561, introduces innovations from both Muller Martini and Hunkeler in digital saddle stitching, digital perfect binding, and paper finishing solutions, seamlessly integrated into Muller Martini’s Connex Workflow System. This display will highlight how Muller Martini is “Driving the Digital Transformation” with these latest in cutting-edge print finishing technologies.
Nobelus, booth C2545, demonstrates its thermal laminating systems and provides samples of its tactile finishes. The company showcases double-sided lamination on its Amiga 52 Double and Podmaster IDH-54 Quatro lamination systems. It also highlights the silver halide replacement (SHR) digital photofinishing solutions using an Amiga 52 Emboss and PlatinumSHR Laminate.
printIQ, booth C3343, specializes in delivering an intelligent, cloud-based MIS solution directly to the core of your business. Its focus is to maximize visibility and connectivity across the workflow while driving efficiencies and creating new revenue streams. Its team of specialists will be on hand to discuss your current print production workflow and how an MIS solution like printIQ can help scale your business through digital transformation.
Quadient, booth C2931, showcases the new Quadient MACH 9DS full-color dynamic envelope printer, along with the Quadient DS-700 iQ folder inserter system. Visitors will also get a sneak peek at the new Quadient DS-1200 G5 iQ inserter system and Quadient MACH 7 color inkjet printer. In addition to the mail systems, Quadient demonstrates its advanced software offerings.
Ricoh, booth C2161, features the Pro C7500, RICOH Pro C9500, Ricoh-powered EFI 30h, and the RICOH Auto Color Adjuster. Ricoh’s Direct-to-Garment Ri4000 is also highlighted. Learn more about the new RICOH Pro VC80000 through a interactive experience and hear from Ricoh’s experts about its suite of software and services solutions ranging from print MIS, workflow integration, and automation, and job on-boarding and batching.
RISO, booth C539, highlights its cutsheet inkjet solutions with a specific focus on its ability to address the changing climate of print. Print is keeping the same volumes, but breaking up long run jobs into multiple short run jobs—and the versatility, small footprint, and low price point of RISO allows for multiple units to be in the same space, printing multiple jobs simultaneously. In addition to the ComColor GL and VALEZUS printers, it showcases an envelope feeding accessory and the SDD three-sided booklet trimming accessor.
Rochester Software Associates, booth C1986, provides prepress, transform, output management, and web to print software solutions for in-plant print centers, commercial printers, and print service providers. The company has all its products available to experience, including WebCRD, QDirect, and ReadyPrint.
Rollem International, booth C1461, demonstrates two Insignia Die Cutters, a B2 plus the IS6H PLUS model, offering die-cutting, kiss-cutting, creasing, perforating, embossing, hole punching, and automated waste removal. Their ease of operation and fast changeovers guarantee profits in folding cartons, packaging, and custom postcard markets. The Jetstream XY system features automated postcard converting—a B2 sheet with 9-up jumbo postcards. The Champion 990 economical slit, score, and perf model and the Semi-Slitter kiss-cutting system are also displayed.
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (Sharp), booth C2490, presents its newly expanded line of digital press technologies. Show attendees are invited to witness major advancements in its production print capabilities, including its flagship four- and six-color printing systems and high-speed, monochrome production printing systems launched this Spring. Additionally, Sharp highlights the recently launched Pro Series production models featuring exciting new enhancements. Building on Sharp’s theme of having the right products together with the right partners, the 111-year strong technology powerhouse also includes representation from various companies in its booth to provide consultative support for the Sharp printing systems, such as organizations specializing in finishing, custom print embellishments, packaging, software solutions, and helping digital embellishment users become more profitable designing, operating, selling, and marketing embellished products.
Standard Finishing Systems, booth C1561, features live demonstrations of the latest finishing and feeding technologies from Horizon and Hunkeler including the new Horizon BQ-300 Perfect Binder, the Hunkeler Gen8 Roll-to-Stack system, and the Hunkeler/Horizon Roll-to-Saddlestitch system.
Tecnau, booth C513, exhibits two new lines for first U.S. showings. The labor-saving Revolution 50 AutoSetup line offers fully automated job changeovers with no manual intervention. The Automation-assisted StreamFolder 5152 produces glued book blocks for offline binding. Tecnau also exhibits CutReady including the cost-effective TC 7000 TS guillotine cutter for straight clean-bleed-cut heavy paper applications, and Stack 1212 B2 sheet finishing inline with Kompac Phoenix 20 coater.
Ultimate Tech, booth C3277, showcases Automation in Overdrive where the key to automation is combining hardware automation with software workflow. Ultimate Tech leads in imposition, nesting, and finishing automation and visitors can see its latest Ultimate Impostrip with true shape nesting and Ultimate BestCut driving the Itotec Paper Cutter in action at the booth.
Wausau Coated Products, booth C1815, is a family-owned and operated manufacturer of adhesive-based label products that has been crafting label excellence for more than 40 years. It is a one-stop resource worldwide for premium quality stocked products and custom-engineered constructions to meet customer-specific applications and end-user needs. Visit the booth to learn more about sheet label products and custom capabilities.
Xeikon North America, booth C1143, features the first North America showing of the TX500 (TITON) Press in collaboration with Kurz Digital Embellishment Solutions. The company also highlights collaboration with Kurz. The Xeikon Café features coffee and happy hours.
Xerox, booth C2614, showcases the company’s end-to-end Production Ecosystem. From feeding and finishing to predictive AI and fleet management solutions, innovative digital print solutions including the Xerox Iridesse Production Press and Xerox Versant 280 Production Press, Xerox helps print providers grow their business and deliver the high-quality output clients require. The Xerox exhibit also features automation workflows including Xerox FreeFlow Vision Connect and XMPie’s omni-channel marketing platform that helps clients deliver personalized, relevant communications across print and digital media.
Zünd, booth C1161, features the latest advances in high-performance digital cutting automation—from the latest, most advanced, industrial Q-Line system to the ultra-versatile Zünd G3 “workhorse” now available with UNDERCAM registration system, adapted from the Q-Line and specifically designed for processing materials that benefit from cutting/creasing from the back, unprinted side. Also displayed is a Robot PortaTable setup for automatic material-advancing from rolls and robotic picking for a fully automated, non-stop, unattended production process. INFO# 243
Continued Convergence
For those looking to scope out the broad trends happening in the print industry, Printing United provides access to a variety of technologies under one roof.
Sep2024, DPS Magazine
