CEIF: How print succeeds in a digital age
At the world's third largest Photo Fair, one lakh visitors is no exaggeration. From 7 to 10 January, hordes of printers and professional photographers flocked to the CEIF in Mumbai. One thing that emerged is the innovation in photo albums and print accessories. What was palpable was the willingness among visitors to enjoy photographs in the smartphone era.
A look at the best stalls and their world class ideas, product launches and print concepts.
Words and photograph
08 Jan 2016 | By PrintWeek India
Massive crowds: More than one lakh visitors are expected to attend the CEIF show by the end of the four days
A busy Shadow Digital Creative stall during the show
Top HP customers from across India showcasing their photo album products at the HP booth
A Appadurai with the HP Indigo 10000 which is "capable of printing large sized prints with dimensions of up to 20 X 30 inches has fuelled the scope of professional photo printing application to unimaginable levels.'
Devang Karia, country manager, larger format design PPS-GSB with the HP DesignJet Z3200
A Appadurai: "The Indian photography industry is constantly evolving and CEIF is the best platform that enables this evolution."
The Glo booth with a dazzling array of photo samples. The Coimbatore-based digital player shall inaugurate production units in Benglauru and Hyderabad; in addition to its existing units in Madurai, Chennai and Salem
T S Ramanan, managing director, Glo, with the B2 sized photo albums produced on the HP Indigo 10000
Fujifilm promoting the camera segment plus the prowess of its sheetfed inkjet press at its stall
CEIF visitors could attend workshops and lecture demonstrations about how to shoot a cutting edge photograph
Parag Shah of Hi-Tech giving demo to the customers. Hi-Tech Systems had showcased the Digi Binder and Photofast machine at the stall
The Smart Book stall with a range of their product
Chennai-based Monotech System’s digital enhancement and finishing division is upbeat about Scodix - what with the second sale to Aakruti which it announced at the show
Jetvarnish 3DS has digital spot UV coating on different page sizes from A4 to 36.4x104cm
Konica Minolta showcased the Jetvarnish 3DS along with its popular Bizhub
Team TechNova at the Konica Minolta stall. TechNova is one of the dealers for KM's bizhubs in the Indian market which have ensured more than 400 installations in the past 12 months
Vimal Parmar of TechNova, said, "Our target audience at the show are print service providers, wedding photographers, photo studio owners, and fine art photographers for whom, we have segment specific substrates."
Epson's Vasudevan with the global launch of Epson SureColor-P20070 at CEIF
The Epson SC-P20070 has the new media inductive roller system and paper feed stabilizer for productivity
A sand artist from Telangana who turned on his art form at the HP stall
Delhi-based Daya has some nifty products for the photo finishing. Lot of finishing, in terms of lamination, gloss, super gloss, matt, 3D, velvet, silky, is required to protect digital prints
The growth story is visible at a key stall. Overall, the total Indian imaging market is Rs 22000 crore and expected to grow at 15% year on year for the next five years
Armed with a HP Indigo 5500 and 5600 plus a Scodix S75 4, Ludhiana-based GEE7 has created photo albums with 3D effect and embossed print
Aakruti has bought the second Scodix at CEIF 2016
Bhola's from Bangalore, showcasing the photo books at the show
Three printers from Delhi having a quick bite at the cafeteria
Krishna Naidu of PrintWeek India indulges in a bit of photo surrealism at the TechNova booth
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