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IN THE AISLES long-lasting, gleaming graphic display. Enhancer 6300 series works well on flat or moderately curved surfaces and is guaranteed up to five-year outdoor durability. Circle 142 MGE, Inc., booth 726, showcases its patented i-cut vision systems on various cutters, routers, multi-purpose cutting/routing plotters, and laser systems, showing that i-cut’s ease-of-use and precision can be tailored to any cutting devices that a printer might need depending on volume, materials, and manufacturing. i-cut ensures that regardless of the errors in contour that may arise due to materials, lamination, or the printing process, no graphic is ever finished incorrectly. SEAL Eco Mount. SEAL Eco Mount is a water-based, polyacrylate, unsupported, pressure-sensitive adhesive that is both recyclable and biodegradable. With no carrier film, and a selective chemistry that offers optimum bonding performance while minimizing the impact on paper recycling streams, Eco Mount offers customers a mounting adhesive that can be recycled with corrugated and paper products. SEAL Eco Mount comes self-wound on a siliconized Kraft paper release liner. It is 1-mil thick and is available in rolls 38-inch by 200-foot and 51inch by 200-foot. Sample rolls are available in 38-inch by 25-foot. Circle 144 integrated Pantone library, and custom media profile creation capabilities. sublimation printer and VersaCAMM printer/cutters in 30 and 54-inch models will be featured along with new RWear custom apparel solutions and ADA signage solutions featuring the Roland EGX-350 engraver. Circle 147 Triangle Digital INX Co., booth 360, exhibits additions to its current arsenal of products. Where much of the company’s earlier developing revolved around solvent based inks, now nearly 50 percent of their inks being formulated and commercially launched are UV-curable. Triangle now boasts UV-curable inks designed for use in the VUTEk PressVU series printers, Durst Rho, and NUR Tempo and Expedio printers. Additionally, Triangle formulated a unique UV-curable ink (PEX) designed specifically for use on poly- Plus, regardless of the printer, RIP, or cutting device used, only one workflow is needed—fully automating manufacturing capabilities from design—Adobe Illustrator—through the RIP to print and cut. This iscript enabled workflow allows efficiency and throughput to remain constant while devices may change due to improvements in their technology. Circle 143 Océ North America, booth 436, exhibits the winner of the 2007 DPI Product of the Year Award and the 2006 DPI Vision Award, the Océ Arizona 250 GT. It offers printing without compromise for a broad range of applications. Using UV curable inks and Océ VariaDot imaging technology to deliver near-photographic image quality, it includes a true flatbed platform to print on a wide variety of rigid substrates—up to 49 inches wide by 98 inches long by 1.89 inches thick, and features an optional roll-to-roll module for printing onto flexible media— up to 87 inches wide. The Océ ONYX Graphics software packages are designed for entry-level and highproduction environments with one to many printers. ONYX software contains an impressive array of software modules including RIP-Queue, Preflight, Layout, Media Manager, and CUT-Server. These software modules contain advanced color correction and image modification tools that allow you to analyze profile quality with gamut mapping, profile grading, and 3D viewing. Users have the ability to easily perform difficult output requirements with consistent results. Circle 146 Roland DGA, booth 836, showcases innovative solutions for the sign industry, including its inkjet printer and printer/cutters, vinyl cutters, engravers, and photo impact printers. Live vehicle wrap and Versaworks productivity demonstrations are scheduled throughout the show. ISA marks the industry debut of the 2008 SOLJET PRO III XC-540 printer/cutter, a high-volume production tool for indoor and outdoor banners, signs, vehicles, decals, POP displays, and more. The 2008 XC-540 features new proprietary Roland Intelligent Pass Control technology for unsurpassed image quality and twice the speed as the previous model in standard print mode on vinyl. A white ink configuration is offered featuring new White ECO-SOL MAX ink. ethylene substrates. All of their UVcurable inks have great adhesion to even the toughest substrates including styrene and coroplast. Triangle’s BondAid is a specially formulated product designed to improve adhesion between any UV curable ink and hard to print surfaces such as metal, glass, tile, and plastics. There are two formulations of BondAid, each designed to handle specific substrates. BondAid is an optically clear alcohol base coating that works to create a chemical bond between the ink and substrate. CristalBond D007 is a water based clearcoat designed to help colors pop on UV prints as well as offer a protective shield against elements of the environment. When used with Triangle’s optional crosslinker, the resulting coating has increased resistance to chemicals and abrasion. Triangle will also display its ECOS (environmentally conscious outdoor substrates) line, environmentally friendly media for billboard and poster printers. The Flexilite line is for bulletins and the Posterflex line for poster placements. Benefits include a lighter media—minimizing shipping costs and www.digitaloutput.net Mutoh America, booth 1178, shares the winner of the Sign Shop Make Over contest at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 28. Mutoh teamed up with 3M, GBC, GEI Wide Format, Korographics, and SA International to present the first ever Arizona 250 GT uses four-color UVcurable inks and delivers a true production print speed of 172 sf/h. In addition to superior image quality, Océ VariaDot imaging technology with four-color inks uses significantly less ink compared to six color printers with fixed-droplet inkjet technology. The less ink consumption results in ink savings of up to 35 percent over fixed-droplet, six color printers. Circle 145 Sign Shop Make Over contest. One lucky winner will be awarded over $100,000 worth of equipment, supplies, and services. Equipment includes a digital printer and cutter, laminator, software, media, training, and a Colortrac MFP scan-to-print system. Circle 153 Neschen Americas, booth 622, debuts its newest product from the SEAL brand Eco-Logic Manufacturing program, ONYX Graphics, booth 820, displays ONYX Graphics RIP software, helping regain control over color with consistent, accurate, and predictable output. With ONYX PosterShop and ONYX ProductionHouse, these color management tools include recalibration, Roland also demonstrates its Pure Print Performance line of wide and grand format inkjet printers including AdvancedJET and SOLJET models ranging from 54 to 104-inch width. The Hi-Fi Express FP-740 74-inch 14 Digital Output March 2008 http://www.rolanddga.com/print http://www.neschenamericas.com http://www.onyxgfx.com http://www.mactac.com http://www.mge-us.com http://www.triangleinx.com http://www.oceusa.com http://www.rolanddga.com http://www.mutoh.com http://www.onyxgfx.com http://www.neschenamericas.com http://www.digitaloutput.net

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