Digital printing

LONDON, Feb. 08, 2010  -- Today at the IPEX Media Summit, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) demonstrated its leadership in the global digital production print) market by announcing several new deals with customers using Xerox technology and services to boost their bottom lines. The company furthered this leadership position with a preview of IPEX announcements, including news about Xerox's first production inkjet system.

"The strategy behind adding inkjet to the Xerox portfolio is comparable to how automobile manufacturers offer cars powered by gas, diesel or electricity - each meets a different performance standard," said Eric Armour, president, Global Business Group, Xerox Corporation. "We delivered breakthrough toner-based color continuous feed solutions allowing new levels of cost, image quality and speed for transpromotional applications. Our new offering will meet similar requirements for those looking for an inkjet option."

At IPEX, the company will also show enhancements to the Xerox 650/1300™ Continuous Feed Printing Systems, toner-based monochrome devices. These include heavy-weight media compatibility, ...

Xeikon’s donation of card printing and finishing services helps support 2009 Holiday Greetings program

Boston, MA and Itasca, IL, Feb 09, 2010 – Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, legendary for pioneering the first digital color presses, and the Jimmy Fund, a leading supporter of the fight against cancer in children and adults at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, today announced that more than $318,000 was raised through the 2009 Holiday Greetings program to support cancer care and research.

In 2009, Xeikon and the Jimmy Fund entered into a corporate partnership in which Xeikon donated all printing and finishing services to produce festive holiday cards, helping to offset the costs of the Holiday Greetings program.

Through this initiative, holiday cards and exclusive gifts, such as handcrafted ornaments and candles, could be purchased for friends or family members, with proceeds benefiting the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund.

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Lier, Belgium, February 2, 2010 – Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, announced it is under contract with one of the primary energy suppliers in Belgium to utilize 100% green power from renewable energy in its toner manufacturing operations based in Heultje, Belgium, as of January 1, 2010. Xeikon has been a leader in the digital printing market in ensuring that its technology results in as little environmental impact as possible throughout the entire printing supply chain.

“Often when people speak about ‘green’ printing, they are primarily concerned with whether materials are printed on recycled paper or paper from managed and renewable forests,” explains Lode Deprez, Vice President of Toner R&D and Production at Punch Graphix. “But that barely scratches the surface. The printed paper must also be recyclable, the printing process must conserve water and use no VOCs, and the energy use and production of waste must be drastically reduced. Xeikon has met all of these requirements and more, both in its manufacturing processes and in the way its customers use the equipment throughout its lifecycle in the field. The new energy contract ensures ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Xerox Corporation's (NYSE: XRX) digital technology will bring speed and exceptional image quality to books produced on demand by the patented Espresso Book Machine®. This cutting-edge book solution, sold by On Demand Books, LLC, produces millions of copyrighted, public domain, out-of-print, or rare texts for consumers in a matter of minutes.

Xerox and On Demand Books will jointly market and sell, on a worldwide basis, the Xerox 4112™ Copier/Printer together with the Espresso Book Machine - a fully integrated solution that prints, binds and trims books with full color covers on demand in retail locations and libraries. The Espresso Book Machine can produce paperbacks in variable combinations of trim sizes between 4.5" x 5.0" and 8.25" x 10.5" for a production cost less than one cent per page.

With the Xerox 4112, the Espresso Book Machine produces a 300-page book in less than four minutes and has the capacity to print more than 40,000 paperback books per year.

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ISSY LES MOULINEAUX, France, 26 November 2009 - HP today announced that print service provider (PSP) Michel LATA, of Reims, has perfected an industrial system of authentication and tracking for unitary labels, in partnership with Advanced Track and Trace (ATT). These unique highly secure labels are produced using the company's HP Indigo press ws4050.

For more than two years, Michel LATA pushed the flexibility of its HP Indigo press ws4050 to develop a unique workflow and database management process, to authenticate and trace every label unitarily. This service has been so success that in 2008 the company invested in a second HP Indigo press, to meet increasing customer demand.

"We are proud to have developed an unprecedented system that allows the printing of encoded information within the framework of profitable industrial production," said Luc Jorand, technical director, Michel LATA. "The HP Indigo press ws4050 showed a high level of flexibility and productivity which made this project possible."

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HP today announced at Paris Photo 2009, the European launch of ARTtrust, a simple, self-certification system that allows photographers and artists to provide individual identity to any Digital Fine Art Collection Pigment Print (Pigment Print), produced on HP Designjet Z series printers using HP Vivera pigment inks with any compatible media.

A joint development between HP and Prooftag™, and endorsed by Wilhelm Imaging Research, ARTtrust is specifically designed to meet the need for artwork traceability and authenticity. With increased control and availability of information online, artists, photographers and end-customers can be assured of artwork provenance, protect investments and ensure future value.

ARTtrust users include creators (photographers, designers, digital or traditional artists), printmakers (artists who print themselves, pro photo labs, specialised fine art print makers print service providers), art retailers (galleries, auction houses) and owners (private collections and public institutions or museums).

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LONDON, England, 02 November 2009 – HP today announced that Marsh Labels Ltd, of Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, has bought an HP Indigo press ws4050 and the first Digicon Lite converting unit from A B Graphic International.

Marsh Labels is a family-owned business specialising in hot foil labels, but also offering litho, flexo printed labels, primarily in short runs. These services are provided to a broad customer base ranging from private individuals to agencies and print-buyers for blue-chip companies and brands.

“We have handled digital label jobs for customers for a number of years, but subcontracted the printing,” said Gary Burnley, director, Marsh Labels. “Having our own press and finishing capabilities means that we control the process, the production and ensure the quality.”

In addition to hot foil stamping, the company has also established a niche in the short-run printing of barcodes. Its new HP Indigo press, due to be installed and fully operation by November, in time for the peak season, will be able to handle barcodes, batch numbers and sell-by dates using its variable ...