Kodak Nexpress M700 Press Wins ON DEMAND Best Of Show

The KODAK NEXPRESS M700 Digital Color Press received the Best of Show Award in the Process Color Digital Printing Equipment category and the KODAK INSITE Storefront System received an Honorable Mention in the Web to Print Solutions category at the ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition.

ON DEMAND is the world’s leading digital printing conference and exposition, encompassing all of the technologies that are used to create, manage, personalize, print and deliver content. InfoTrends, a leading market research and consulting firm in the digital imaging and document solutions industry, partnered with the ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition to produce the awards program.

“Kodak is committed to providing our customers with the best possible solutions to start or expand their digital printing businesses. This significant recognition is validation of Kodak’s digital portfolio and the leadership we are providing to help printers seize the benefits of digital printing,” said James Langley, President, Graphic Communications Group, and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. “The KODAK NEXPRESS M700 Press enables print providers to profitably launch a digital printing business and offer short run color, web to print and variable data printing to their customers.”

The M700, a mid level press launching at ON DEMAND, helps print providers build their digital color print volume and then migrate to higher volume NEXPRESS presses with additional capabilities as their businesses grow. The M700 and other presses on the KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Color Platform are built on an unparalleled operator replaceable component architecture that provides quality, cost and uptime control. Operator replaceable components can be easily replaced by operators, allowing them to maximize uptime, control turnaround time and manage costs, all of which help optimize the bottom line.

NEXPRESS presses are ideal for customers alternating between offset and digital environments because they provide an open workflow, outstanding color matching capabilities, and the broadest range of offset substrate compatibility.

The M700 four color press runs at 70 pages per minute across all supported substrate weights and produces output with excellent quality text and graphics, high density, a wide color gamut and high resolution (1200 x 1200 dpi). Targeted monthly print volumes range from 50,000 to 150,000 A4 pages. The M700 will be available in the United States and Canada at this time.

KODAK Web-to-print Solutions enhance and expand on traditional web to print offerings, allowing print service providers to more efficiently implement a web to print program with unprecedented levels of workflow integration via the KODAK PRINERGY Workflow System. KODAK Web-to-print Solutions, built on proven KODAK INSITE Software and KODAK PRINERGY Workflow Systems, provide connectivity to KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Presses and additional third party print devices via KODAK’s Print-On-Demand Solutions CREO Color Servers. KODAK Web-to-print Solutions include three components: a storefront that facilitates online ordering; a variable data print application; and workflow automation with connectivity to many digital printing devices.

KODAK products are backed by KODAK Service and Support. Named Best Support Organization at the 2006 International Business Awards, KODAK Service and Support includes more than 3,000 professionals in 120 countries. These professionals are fully qualified to help customers control costs, maximize productivity, and minimize business risk.