OnDemand 2008 Exposition Show Guide

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Pace Systems Group — Booth #230

ePace by Pace Systems Group
The ePace print management system is comprised of a complete suite of fully-integrated software modules for estimating, scheduling, production, accounting and e-commerce.  Our advanced, secure system architecture is customizable, XML driven, JDF and ODBC compliant and allows browser-based access from Mac and PC platforms. For more information: www.pace2020.com.

Paloma Print Products — Booth #516

Print Perfect—A software solution that automates the testing of document applications. 
Saves time and money with lower error rates—comparing, on average, 15,000 pages/hour. Print Perfect consists of three distinct modules—

• STREAMdiff print comparison—STREAMdiff digitally compares AFP, PDF, Postscript, Metacode, and PCL files, at speeds exponentially greater than manual document testing processes. STREAMdiff compares documents on both a structural and visual level, comparing files generated by different applications, compare different file types (e.g., AFP to PDF).
• PowerSWITCH—is the glue that holds the document testing process together, including pre-change and post-change print file generation, and comparison, difference analysis, time/date stamping, file balancing, email notification, and archival of test results, files, etc.
• Mercury—builds accountability and transparency into your document testing process by archiving STREAMdiff project files, pre-change and post-change files, etc.  In addition, Mercury is used as an archive, retrieval, and internet presentment solution for companies which produce large volumes of customer-focused documents. For more information: www.palomaprintproducts.com.

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Pitney Bowes — Booth #1052

About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes Inc., (NYSE: PBI) is a mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage the information flow, mail, documents and packages. Their 35,000 employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920 and has annual revenues of $6.1 billion.

Pitney Bowes to Highlight Mailstream Solutions
Printers, mailers and marketers will learn about the products and services that transform customer communications into business growth opportunities. Experts will be on hand to share best practices and advice about the USPS® Intelligent Mail® barcode, transpromo and postal rate and postage management.

Pitney Bowes will showcase its document processing, records and information management solutions. Booth visitors will learn about—

• End-to-end Customer Communication Management (CCM) hardware and software solutions are designed to accelerate intelligent communications throughout the enterprise.
• Enterprise content management (OpenEDMS) and e-Messaging solutions that enable businesses to engage in one-to-one interactions with customers while centrally managing all customer information in a closed-loop communication process.
• Production Intelligence™ solutions that link print and mail workflow. Color and transpromo features will be highlighted in demonstrations on how to personalize documents with one-to-one marketing messages, variable envelope messaging, and monochrome and color printing.
• The DI950 Integrated Document Printing Solution that provides outstanding levels of security and process integrity. With integrated printing, the DI950 can help optimize the mailstream by creating, formatting, printing, inserting and metering in one solution.
• The AddressRight® shuttle-head and fixed-head technology-based printers that offer black-and-white and color printing. The printers allow customers to print addresses, graphics, barcodes and personalized messaging almost anywhere on the envelope.
• Used in tandem with Pitney Bowes’ SmartMailer™ 7 or AddressRight® Pro mail management solutions, businesses can target customers with powerful, easy-to-use software that also cleanses and updates existing lists. For more information: www.pb.com.

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Plustek Technology Inc. — Booth #2943

About Plustek Technology Inc.
A Leader in Scanner Technology – Plustek Technology Inc. is a leading manufacturer of sheet-fed and multifunction scanners. In business since 1986, Plustek delivers a wide range of document scanners meeting diverse decentralized and distributed capture needs for different applications and vertical industries. Plustek solutions comprise portable, mobile, workgroup, departmental to low volume production scanners.

Several New Scanners
Plustek's wide range of scanners to be showcased, include portable, mobile and workgroup scanners. Plustek scanners allow data capture anytime, anywhere and in whatever form. Plustek will introduce the newest scanners designed to meet the needs of companies looking to take control of their electronic information. A hands-on demo will be available. For more information: www.plustek.com.

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Presstek — Booth #441

At On Demand
Presstek at to feature live demonstrations of Presstek DI® digital offset presses and solutions that help make a printer be more capable, profitable and competitive. DI is a registered trademark of Presstek, Inc.

Presstek DI Digital Offset Product Line—Presstek 52DI and 34DI presses offer a competitive advantage in the fastest growing segment of the short-run on-demand print market—500 to 10,000 page range—filling the strategic gap between toner-based and conventional offset printing. Presstek DI presses save 50 percent on average per letter-size page compared to a production color toner-based digital device and job profitability is 13 percent higher on a DI compared to a conventional press, according to research firm InfoTrends.

Presstek DI presses are highly automated, robust and ideally suited for fast turnaround, high-quality color printing: delivering sellable color within 10 minutes. DI presses offer printers expanded capabilities with a wider range of substrates than are functional with toner-based digital devices. Supporting up to 300 lpi and FM screening on substrates ranging from onionskin to heavy card stock to synthetics, DI presses offer the efficiency of all-digital workflow with offset printing versatility, durability and quality.

• Presstek 52DI—This landscape digital offset press operates at up to 10,000 impressions (20,000 letter size pages) per hour with a maximum sheet size of 20.47 x 14.76”.
• Presstek 34DI—This portrait format digital offset press produces up to 7,000 13.39 x 18.11” sheets (14,000 letter size pages) per hour.

Presstek Momentum Workflow and Press-sense Suite—Presstek adds the Press-sense suite to its Momentum workflow solutions for a Web storefront that manages and automates the entire operation. Press-sense iWayTM and Press-sense Manager™ are a complete Business Flow Automation, workflow and tracking system that seamlessly integrates the entire process from a request for a quote all the way through to delivery and billing in one, out-of-the-box solution. For more information: www.presstek.com.

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PrintLink — Booth #412

PrintLink is North America's leading professional placement firm specializing in the graphic communication industry.  Our industry-savvy managers offer discreet, confidential permanent placement for all printing, publishing, packaging and document management positions. Our objective is to make introductions that result in productive, long-term employer-employee relationships.  We have earned a reputation for consistent, successful results. For more information: www.printlink.com.

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Ricoh Americas Corporation — Booth #631

The Production Printing Business Group (PPBG)
The Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) of Ricoh Americas Corporation is dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art, high-speed production systems that provide efficient document workflows with high-volume production printing and finishing. Incorporating superior engineering, service, reliable technology, and extensive software and finishing options, PPBG helps production centers to cost-effectively modernize and streamline their operations to meet today’s rapid turnaround and high-quality demands.

Partner Alliances
Ricoh Americas Corporation’s Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) has formed alliances with partners focusing on solutions that will help printing professionals in high-volume print production environments. Among the PPBG partners that will be featured—

• EFI - Electronics for Imaging—Electronics for Imaging (EFI), a leading provider of imaging and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing, offers users web-to-print and workflow management solutions. Their solutions deliver increased productivity, brilliant and consistent color, robust security and enhanced flexibility, enabling users to maximize the performance and productivity of PPBG’s production printing products.

• GMC—Boston and Switzerland-based GMC Software Technology offers end-to-end software solutions providing full data integration for designing, composing, and producing customized variable documents. Its PrintNet software, combined with PPBG production printing products, helps businesses implement high impact, personalized communications programs that improve productivity and cut costs. With PrintNet, Ricoh customers can easily access and utilize valuable content and information to create complex personalized documents.

• Objectif Lune—Canada-based Objectif Lune is widely known as a leader in the development and commercialization of variable data documents production software for high-volume applications. Objectif Lune’s software is highly compatible with PPBG’s production printing products, and covers the whole spectrum of printing and output management of variable data documents. Its solutions are at work across Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific Rim. 

• RSA—Rochester Software Associates, Inc., an industry-leading supplier of print workflow solutions, has been delivering integrated workflow results since 1986. RSA's solutions ensure reliable, automated job submission, DataStream transform, and output management for enterprise print centers. Combined, Ricoh’s PPBG and RSA offer hardware and software printing production solutions that provide customers increased productivity and low costs through automation and enhanced efficiency. 

Production Print Equipment in booth 631

• Ricoh Pro C900—As part of Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group (PPBG), this color digital printer offers large production capacity, and high-productivity with speeds of 90 pages-per-minute (ppm) in black and white and full color, even when printing on heavy stock paper.

• The C900 is user-friendly and includes the latest Ricoh image processing technology as well as the Fiery controller for high-image quality and precise printing for high-volume print customers to enjoy. In addition, this device offers flexible media options, supporting large format up to SRA3 size and heavy stock up to 300 gsm. This production-printing device will also utilize an expanded range of inline finishing devices, including ring binder, perfect binder, Plockmatic booklet maker, and GBC punch unit. The official international launch of the C900 will be at Drupa, May 29-June 11 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

• DDP 184—An additional product from Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group (PPBG), the DDP 184 is a leader in the emerging dual-engine printer technology. At 184 images-per-minute (ipm), it is one of the fastest duplexing cut-sheet printers on the market, and is ideal for production and data center environments. Combined with the ability to add highlight color, in addition to Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR), the result is an exceptional printer that offers unmatched flexibility and speed. Furthermore, the DDP 184 is designed with customer replaceable consumables. Toner, developer, drum, and the fusing web can be replaced by the customer, maximizing uptime and increasing overall productivity. 

• Ricoh Pro 1356EX—Ideal for a variety of environments, the Ricoh Pro 1356EX boasts output of 135 ppm; fast and efficient workflow with superior dependability.  In addition, the 1356EX features a large, dual language color touch panel display for simple access to all functions, and enables uninterrupted output with dual toner bottles.

• Aficio MP C7500—The recently introduced Aficio MP C7500 is a high performance, color multifunctional product (MFP) that features fast speeds of 70 pages per minute (ppm) for full-color and 75 ppm for black & white. The Aficio MP C7500 is well suited for CRDs and commercial printers. This product creates professional-looking documents with finishing options such as stapling, booklet finishing, and hole punching. For more information: www.ricoh-usa.com.

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RISO — Booth #138

About RISO, Inc.
RISO, Inc. is a leader in digital printing solutions, with award winning printing technologies that are at the forefront of the printing equipment industry. RISO printers help improve productivity, increase versatility, and reduce costs.

RISO HC500 - High Speed, Full Color Printer
The RISO HC5500 printer delivers fast and affordable color printing for everyday communications. The HC5500 prints at speeds up to 120 pages per minute and at sizes up to 11"x17"—making it the fastest sheet-fed inkjet printer on the market today—with low running costs of $.03 per page in full color. For more information: https://us.riso.com.

Rochester Software Associates — Booth #625

WebCRD 7.0 Gets More Powerful and More Affordable at On Demand
New configurations (Base, Pro, and Enterprise System) starting at $15K MSRP bring RSA's Award-winning Portal to the Print Center to a larger audience. Enhanced Variable Data personalization capabilities make WebCRD a no-compromise Web-to-Print solution.

QDirect.SCAN now supports Xerox EIP Multi-Function Printers
RSA's unique and powerful Scan to Print Center solution now supports MFPs that use Xerox's Extensible Interface Platform. Users can scan hardcopy jobs and select ticketing options directly from the friendly MFP touchscreen. A confirmation page is printed directly at the MFP.

QDirect.SCAN now supports Xerox EIP Multi-Function Printers
RSA's unique and powerful Scan to Print Center solution now supports MFPs that use Xerox's Extensible Interface Platform. Users can scan hardcopy jobs and select ticketing options directly from the friendly MFP touchscreen.  A confirmation page is printed directly at the MFP. For more information: www.rocsoft.com.

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