drupa 2012, the graphic arts industry’s largest exhibition that takes place every four years, marked a major turning point for the industry and for Kodak. The print, publishing, and packaging markets are undergoing dynamic change, and Kodak is helping customers add value to print with the broadest portfolio of traditional, digital, and hybrid solutions. Over the course of the show, Kodak exceeded its sales goals and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees around the world.

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Continuing to offer consumers a no-compromise choice in home printers, Kodak today introduced its new KODAK ESP 3.2 All-in-One Printer combining advanced features, quality, and affordability. And offering more ways to connect and print from mobile devices, Kodak revealed its new KODAK Pic Flick HD App1, which lets consumers create personalized photo cards, collages, and prints on an iPad and send them to their KODAK Printer.

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AdoramaPix.com, a leading provider of photographic print services for consumers and professionals, has selected the new KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Premier Papers, to create high-quality, long-lasting prints for their professional photographer clients. As part of its decision, AdoramaPix.com cited Kodak’s market commitment to professional and consumer imaging, customer service, and trusted product quality and consistency. The paper, first introduced by Eastman Kodak Company late last year, showcases Kodak’s continued investments in developing the highest quality products to market and leverages advanced breakthroughs by Kodak in imaging science research.

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Kodak recognized NewPage Corporation with the first 5 Diamond rating in its new Paper Rating System for KODAK PROSPER Presses. The NEWPAGE TRUEJET line of gloss coated digital inkjet paper received the 5 Diamond rating—the highest in the program—for its image quality and performance, which equates to “offset quality” within the rating structure.

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Find out what PantoneLIVE can do in your packaging prepress workflow! For more information, read more here.

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The KODAK PROSPER S-Series Imprinting Systems include the S5, S5 with CMYK, S10, S10 CMYK, S20, and S30. Each solution produces laser-like quality for imprinting at a range of speeds and resolutions, bringing high-quality personalization to offset print jobs. With the PROSPER S-Series Imprinting Systems, print providers are able to leverage their capital investments in offset presses and bridge the gap to digital in a one-step, inline process.

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Kodak and Graphic Innovators Inc. are partnering to provide newspaper and packaging customers with new opportunities to expand their offerings using hybrid inkjet printing. A new agreement expands an existing relationship and establishes Graphic Innovators as the first reseller of KODAK PROSPER S-Series Imprinting Systems to customers in the Americas region.

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CIP4 announced the 2012 winners of the Jürgen Schönhut Memorial CIP4 International Print Production Innovation (CIPPI) Awards.

W&R Etiketten wins with Esko solution:
W&R Etiketten of Tilburg, The Netherlands for “Biggest improvement in quality production & customer responsiveness as a result of process automation,” with support by CERM, Esko, and Xeikon.

The CIPPI awards are given annually to the printer, publisher or prepress service who applies with the most compelling case study in three topical categories and four regions.

The winners are:

• W&R Etiketten of Tilburg, The Netherlands for “Biggest improvement in quality production & customer responsiveness as a result of process automation,” with support by CERM, Esko, and Xeikon.
• Imprimerie Rochelaise of La Rochelle Cedex 1, France for “Best cost/benefit realization and improvement in efficiency as a result of process automation implementation,” with support by RHAPSO, AGFA, manroland, and Koenig & Bauer AG.
• Druckerei Köller + Nowak GmbH of Düsseldorf, Germany for “Most innovative use of process automation technology in an implementation,” with support by HP HIFLEX, Kodak Graphic Communications, and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

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Kodak has selected wobe-team's wNewsNet as a workflow complement to the industry-leading KODAK computer-to-plate (CTP) newspaper publishing portfolio.

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Kodak’s digital technology will help to modernize digital document printing systems and increase value for the Sociedad del Estado Casa de Moneda, the secure printing site of the Argentine government. Kodak’s innovative solutions will help the Sociedad del Estado Casa de Moneda achieve objectives of high performance levels, quality, consistency and efficiency across its print operations. Digital capabilities will improve the print production of security transactional documents, lottery tickets, catalogs and other applications its produces.

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