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Eastman Kodak Company: Kodak Helps Photo Service Providers Grow Their
Businesses with KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Presses at Photokina
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:23092008
Cologne, Germany -- Photo service providers looking to differentiate
and strengthen their positions in serving the ever expanding market for
photo rich applications will find a number of unique capabilities and
features in the digital press section of Kodak's Photokina stand. The
exhibit spotlights a recently introduced, unique in-line process for
printing images with a tactile or dimensional effect that mirrors
thermography. The latest versions of photobook, personalization, image
enhancement and photo authoring software, the ability to deliver spot
color and attention grabbing glossing are featured with a KODAK
NEXPRESS S3000 Digital Production Color Press with KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth
Imaging Unit Solutions.
"As print providers try to capture the growing demand for photo rich
applications, our goal is to deliver competitively advantaged solutions
that enable photo service providers to differentiate themselves with
high value services and unique photo applications," said Stephen
Fletcher, General Manager, Electrophotographic Printing Solutions, Vice
President, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group. "At Photokina, we'll
show how KODAK NEXPRESS Production Presses deliver professional print
solutions with market leading image quality, innovative production
capabilities, and productivity enhancing workflow solutions to help
photo service providers generate greater sales and profit
opportunities."
Visitors to stand B-002 in Hall 5.2 will learn how KODAK NEXPRESS
Presses provide an efficient solution for building, processing,
printing and finishing photobooks, greeting cards, calendars, flip
books and other items that capture the attention of consumers.
The new KODAK NEXPRESS Intelligent Dimensional Coating Solution and
KODAK NEXPRESS Dimensional Clear Dry Ink give images a look and feel
unlike any other and will change the way images are viewed. These two
unique capabilities combine to create a raised or tactile printing
effect that provides images with a dimensional feel that mimics the
surface of the items in a photograph. Customers, for example, can print
an image of an orange that feels like an orange. For added versatility,
users can identify specific areas of the image to be raised and specify
variable heights. Both photo service providers and their customers will
have a "must have" approach for this distinctive look.
In conjunction with the KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions,
Dimensional Clear Dry Ink works with the wide range of substrates that
NEXPRESS Presses support to further expand the applications that can be
digitally produced. Raised text or graphics can be placed on materials
such as photobooks, calendars, greeting cards, invitations, collateral,
business cards, certificates or direct mail.
KODAK NEXPRESS Photobook Software Version 2.5 debuts at Photokina. With
this integrated end to end solution for developing photobooks,
consumers have the option of building and uploading their orders online
or creating a photo product offline that can be placed on a removable
media option and taken to a photo service provider for completion.
Other features include templates for new applications such as brochures
and ads, an enhanced user interface, and support for additional file
formats and of the additional use of character sets for several eastern
European languages.
To efficiently personalize digital photo products, KODAK DARWIN VDP
Software Version 3.0 streamlines the process of creative content
development while giving higher productivity to users with advanced and
professional VDP requirements. The scaleable software integrates with
KODAK Web Composition Solution and allows users to share templates on
the KODAK INSITE Storefront System or through third party web to print
solutions. A new graphical user interface makes working with DARWIN
Version 3.0 Software even easier and more intuitive.
Other solutions for photo rich applications shown with the NEXPRESS
S3000 Press include the KODAK NEXPRESS Image Enhancement Server and
photo authoring software from photo service provider DigiLabs, Inc. The
NEXPRESS Image Enhancement Server automatically makes image quality
adjustments in the PDF file before it is sent to the KODAK NEXPRESS
Front End, resulting in richer details and more vibrant colors. The
customized software from DigiLabs supports WINDOWS and MAC computer
platforms, integrates with a print service provider's existing back
office system, and provides full support for the NEXPRESS Image
Enhancement Server. The end result with these KODAK Photo Digital
Solutions is an easy to use workflow for improved operational
efficiency and image enhanced output that helps drive higher
profitability.
Leaf, Kodak's Digital Capture Group, will display its new medium format
professional digital cameras and camera backs that were announced
earlier this month, as well as the IQSMART3 Scanner. The LEAF AFi-II 10
Digital Camera System and the new line of LEAF APTUS-II Digital Camera
Back Systems are featured at the Leaf stand, B-009 in Hall 4.2. With
its 56 mm x 36 mm sensor, internal sensor rotation, pre shot cropping
technology, outstanding image quality and a host of other new features,
the AFi-II line serves as a flexible and easy to use medium format
camera system.
About Kodak
As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers,
businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures
and printing to enrich their lives. To learn more, visit
http://www.kodak.com, and our blogs: 1000words.kodak.com,
PluggedIn.kodak.com, and GrowYourBiz.kodak.com.
Editor's Note: Kodak corporate news releases are now offered via RSS
feeds. To subscribe, visit www.kodak.com/go/RSS and look for the RSS
symbol. In addition, Kodak podcasts are viewable at
www.kodak.com/go/podcasts. Our podcasts may be downloaded for viewing
on iTunes, Quicktime, or other PC-based media players. Users may also
subscribe to Kodak podcasts via the iTunes application if already
installed on your computer.
From the iTunes store, type "Kodak podcast" in the search field to view
all of our podcast offerings.
For more information about Kodak's Graphic Communications Group, visit
www.graphics.kodak.com. For downloading photos and videos from Kodak's
image library, visit: http://graphics.kodak.com/gcgimages.
(Kodak, NexPress, Darwin InSite, iQSmart, Leaf and Aptus are trademarks
of Eastman Kodak Company.) 2008
((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information
provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties.
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Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd.
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