Top ten product launches at Pamex

Canon: The launch of the C10000 VP was one of the highlights at Pamex. The machine is an upgrade at various levels to its predecessors, first introduced in Ipex in 2007. The make of the machine is such as to produce 100ppm in colour with a 2400x2400 dpi resolution. Upgrades have also been made in the front end and the finishing assembly contributing to a better imaging process.

 

EFI: EFI marked its first appearance at Pamex with an expanded portfolio of advanced print technology, which included the debut of EFI Matan roll-to-roll LED printers, workflow software and the EFI Fiery digital production printing technologies. But for me, the highlight at the EFI stall was spotting the company CEO Guy Gecht. A true fan boy moment for a young upstart like me.

 

Konica Minolta: Konica Minolta showcased the new Bizhub Pro C71hc and the new smaller version of Jetvarnish 3D, the Jetvarnish 3DS. From MGI, the Jetvarnish 3DS smaller footprint than its predecessor, but this format takes in 14.33x40 inches, which fits in to digital space. The advantage of the Jetvarnish kit is that it can not only do photo embellishing, but can be used for packaging finishing.

 

Pratham Technologies: Pune-based Pratham Technologies, the manufacturer of paper folding machines, displayed its carton sorting system, Supersort at the show. The offline inspection system was launched during PrintPack India 2015. The speed of the machine is 200m/min. It works out to be 50,000 cartons per hour for smaller cartons and 20,000 cartons per hour for larger cartons. The machine can handle a maximum size of 500X500 mm.

 

Proteck Machinery: Proteck Machinery, distributor of post-press machines from Horizon, highlighted the RD 405 a rotary die-cutter and Smart Finishing Solution which has folding, stitching, binding and sheet processing system, to cater to the e-commerce and digital segments respectively.

 

Reprographics India: The KIP 800 colour series printer saw its launch at Pamex. The printer is AO sized LED-based multi-functional printer and has the functions of printing, scanning and photo copy. It offers a comprehensive solution for wide-format printing and the help to improve the quality and performance of print. The systems workflow provides print control for a range of print submission applications of cloud printing, scanning, variable data printing and fully integrated stacking and folding.

 

Ricoh India: The Ricoh Pro C9100 series and the C7100x presses were the star products. The C9100, which was launched in September 2015, can deliver a monthly volume of one million A4 pages, as well as high print speed of 110ppm and 130ppm. The machine prints at a print resolution of 1,200x4,800dpi and accepts a wide media range from 52-400gsm.

 

SLKCG: Beijing Daheng Image Vision Star JP420 carton inspection machine was on display at the SLKCG stand. The Star JP420 can inspect at a speed of up to 1.30-lakh cartons per hour and look for print defects; foil and emboss registration and defects; and lamination defects, all at one go. “It’s perhaps the only proven machine that can inspect for defects on metpet,” claimed Munipally.

 

Suba Solutions: The Chennai-based Suba offered a range of UV systems for offset printing. The UV curing system has the technology of electronic ballast, water cooled UV shutters and quartz mirror reflection. Not as sexy as some of the other offerings during Pamex. But very useful.

 

Xerox: There was a capability upgrade to the Xerox Versant series 2100 and 80, where the kit can now print banner sizes (330x660mm) in production mode. Xerox also showcased the Color 1000i, capable of printing gold, silver and clear inks. Saw lots of products samples. The results were yum.

 

If you saw a product at Pamex, which you think will benefit the print industry, please ping me at krishna.naidu@haymarket.co.in