FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EFI™ (Nasdaq:EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today introduced two new entry-level production wide-format digital inkjet UV printers, the Rastek H652 UV hybrid and the Rastek T1000 UV flatbed, aimed at production print shop environments where fast service, superior image quality and printing on the widest range of substrates are the keys to customer satisfaction and increasing profits. The new printers will be on display in EFI's booths at Graph Expo (Booth #2000, October 3-6 in Chicago) and SGIA (Booth #413, October 13-15 in Las Vegas).

"The Rastek H652 and T1000, the newest wide-format printers from EFI, offer stunning grayscale print quality up to 1200 dpi along with white ink capabilities, all at production speeds. This provides print shops the opportunity to expand their offerings into new, unique applications to both grow and differentiate their businesses," said Scott Schinlever, vice president and general manager of EFI Rastek and EFI ink business. "Bringing these printers to market is yet another example of EFI's dedication to providing customer-focused solutions that provide superior profits to our customers."

EFI's Rastek H652 UV hybrid builds on the success of the popular H650, adding nearly twice the speed without sacrificing image quality. Reaching speeds of up to 455 square feet per hour in  grayscale print quality with resolution up to 1200 dpi, the new Rastek H652 handles a wide range of rigid and flexible materials up to 1.8 inches thick and 64 inches wide, making it the perfect, affordable entry-level production UV hybrid solution for businesses that want to offer wide-format applications ranging from banners and billboards to posters and point-of-purchases graphics. With white ink capabilities and grayscale high resolution print quality, the H652 delivers saturated colors and smooth gradients.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has made the best digital color production press even better. Hundreds of successful customers and billions of profitable images after the company launched its breakthrough iGen4^® press in 2008, the company has unveiled an even more productive version.

The iGen4 EXP – the latest model built on the award-winning iGen4 platform – gives users an immediate productivity spike with a host of new prepress and finishing capabilities and the industry’s largest digital cut-sheet solution available today.  

The new system offers nearly 50 percent more image area than competitive devices – translating to more sellable output and increased profits. Order taking for the Xerox iGen4 EXP begins immediately with fourth quarter installations, and beginning in 2011 users can easily convert traditional iGen4 presses to iGen4 EXP.

“The high-end capabilities of the iGen4 press have allowed print service providers to push the boundaries of digital print and spur growth in areas such as direct mail, sales collateral and photo publishing,” said Eric Armour, president, Graphic Communications Business Group, Xerox Corporation. “iGen4 EXP puts even more power in the users’ hands – set-up time is reduced, productivity is increased and new high-value applications can be created with 24/7 production.”

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At GRAPH EXPO 2010, EFI™ (Nasdaq:EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, will showcase its complete portfolio of solutions that continue to lead the industry's progression from analog to digital technology. EFI's suite of offerings will be on display in booth 2000 (Oct. 3-6^th, Chicago's McCormick Place) and in partner booths, including Canon U.S.A., Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Ricoh Americas Corporation, Xerox Corporation and others.

The newest versions of EFI products will be highlighted, including print MIS, Web-to-Print and proofing solutions; the next-generation Fiery® digital print server; EFI VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers; EFI Rastek™ UV wide format printers; and EFI Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing systems.

"GRAPH EXPO is a great opportunity for print providers of all sizes and specialties to learn about the latest technologies available to help them grow and diversify," said Guy Gecht, EFI CEO. "EFI continues to focus on the areas of print where the opportunities for profitable growth are real and significant. We look forward to demonstrating first-hand how our innovative, integrated solutions can make customers successful in these growth areas."

Throughout the show floor, EFI will run 33 Fiery products, demonstrating once again that Fiery is the industry's most popular digital print workflow. In its own booth, the company will highlight its diverse portfolio and strong integration between solutions by displaying its products around vertical markets that match customers' business needs, divided into eight segments: On Demand/Print for Pay, Small Commercial/CRD, Commercial/Specialty Printers, Large Commercial/Publishing, Digital Sign and Screen, Packaging and Labels, Creative Agencies/Color Professionals and Office Solutions. While many EFI products address customer requirements in multiple verticals, here's what visitors can expect to see in each area of the booth:

TRUMBULL, CT – September 28, 2010 – Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced that Ideal Printers has acquired two Océ VarioPrint^® 6160 Ultra systems to achieve more productive, integrated workflow for customers' complex kitting applications.

Ideal Printers President Larry Vaughn saw an opportunity to use automated kitting to improve production of a specialized application for an important manufacturing client. From their previous experience with an Océ VarioPrint 6250 system, Ideal Printers knew they could count on the digital platform for reliability and horsepower.

"By reducing costs and being more efficient, print service providers can deliver more value to their customers, and the Océ solutions help us do this," said Vaughn. "As with many industries today, our clients are trying to run more efficiently. Inventory obsolescence and waste are critical issues for our customers, so managing inventory and warehousing efficiently is increasingly important."

With the Océ VarioPrint 6000 system, Ideal Printers has gone from printing thousands of copies on an offset press to producing just what is needed on demand. Clients don't incur the operational cash outlay to carry inventory. While the on-demand program is in its early stages, Ideal Printers anticipates a savings of 15 to 20 percent for clients currently using the program.

By Dmitry Sheynin, Research Editor, September 28, 2010

Brother today announced the refresh of three lines of SOHO devices, with nine new units boasting faster print speeds, more robust feature sets, and street prices on par with the devices being replaced.

“We’re very strong on retaining our price points,” said Jeff Sandler, director of marketing, laser products for Brother International Corporation. “Our goal was to offer greater productivity at a great value, and we’ve done that with these products.”

At a small subterranean satellite office in Greenwich Village, Brother employees turned out multiple prints of a vivid floral design in full color, which might be frowned upon at some offices, but at 2400-x-600-dpi the prints were nonetheless impressive, especially given the pricing.

“Our newest family of color laser all-in-ones deliver the ideal combination of performance and value that small businesses and small office workgroups need,” said Sandler. “For example, these machines can allow a realtor to quickly and economically print color setup sheets for an open house.”

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2010 - HP today announced integrated solutions that simplify operations and accelerate IT resource consolidation, enabling clients to streamline their delivery of mission-critical application services.

Chief information officers must ensure high availability of their most critical applications while simplifying management of the technology infrastructure and reducing costs. The new HP StorageWorks P9500 Disk Array and enhancements to the HP-UX portfolio for Integrity systems improve application service delivery by providing an open, integrated architecture for the most demanding workloads, virtually anywhere and at any time.

“Enterprises need to simplify their technology environments and reduce overall costs, but cannot afford to sacrifice reliability, availability or security of mission-critical applications,” said David Roberson, senior vice president and general manager, StorageWorks, HP. “The HP Converged Infrastructure breaks down costly and inefficient technology silos to reduce complexity and improve resiliency.”

Accelerated consolidation with lower total cost of ownership
The new P9500 builds on five generations of HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array technology. With a new user-centric design and standards-based architecture, the P9500 increases the amount of data managed per administrator and doubles power efficiency while cutting data center floor space requirements in half.(1)

Application-level quality of service controls enable clients to efficiently use and share storage resources while enabling the delivery of mission-critical service-level agreements. A fact sheet on the HP StorageWorks P9500 is available here.

Background
Xerox (Europe) Ltd operates a European Business Service Centre at Ballycoolin, Dublin, which includes customer services and a shared financial services centre. As well as providing Finance and Administration Services to Xerox customers, the Shared Service Centre processed Xerox’s own accounts payable and other financial documents, including invoices, credit notes, statements, travel and expenses, and purchase orders.

The Challenge
When the Shared Service Centre was established in 1998, it offered the most cost and process-effective way of administering Xerox’s business on a European basis. The main Xerox locations in Europe; UK, France, Germany and DSE sent their invoices and other financial documents to the Centre, where they were scanned and indexed according to category. Each document was processed and entered into the ERP and approved for payment. SLA’s were set to ensure payments were made in good time to ensure Xerox achieved maximum discount capability for early payment to Preferred Suppliers.

Over a period of time it became apparent that the Centre was struggling to deliver the economies of scale it had once achieved and a decision was made to assess the benefits of invoice processing outsourcing. Having reviewed the responses from the invited companies on the Shared Service Centre solution, Xerox made a corporate decision to enter into an outsource agreement for end-to-end processing of its accounts payable and other financial  documents, in order to improve productivity and cost efficiencies awarding the management of the Accounts Payable Process to Xerox Global Services (XGS) and all other financial management processes including control of the ERP to IBM.

The Solution
The implementation of the Accounts Payable Scanning, indexing and workflow solution and feed to IBM was completed and the project transferred to operations in just six weeks. Delivering full operational capability inclusive of SLA and full reporting suite for assessment of both XGS and IBM performance.

Many legal cases brought against businesses are lost due to an inability to provide the information or documents necessary to prove innocence. This costs businesses billions of dollars a year in lawsuits and hurts shareholders and employees.

However, with today’s document management technology, you can help your company be prepared for any future legal issues by providing an easily-searchable database for all business documents including emails, paper documents, invoices, spread sheets, presentations and contracts.

With an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) you will have complete control of who accesses particular documents or files and you will have a record of document views and changes made.

KnowledgeTree, provider of cloud-based document management solutions today announced a joint offering with Fujitsu, the market leader in document imaging scanners and services, to marry bulk scanning and document management. A union made in virtual heaven, KnowledgeTree has extended its third-party application interface, Hot Folders, to work seamlessly with Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners, helping businesses streamline processes, and more importantly, reduce the incidence of headaches from sorting and organizing volumes of paper.

Accounting departments rejoice. The KnowledgeTree Hot Folder integration with Fujitsu ScanSnap enables businesses to scan invoices (individually or in bulk) and have them directly uploaded into the KnowledgeTree repository. Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners take the complication out of document imaging with one-touch ease of use, and bring duplex multi-sheet scanning to everyone by combining performance and affordability in a compact size. Utilizing the ScanSnap scanners with KnowledgeTree’s Hot Folders interface, high-quality images of scanned invoices can be entered into a workflow that leads them through various customizable process steps, turning what was once manual and labor-intensive into a smooth and efficient process. It’s almost magic.

“Desktop scanners, like the Fujitsu ScanSnap series, are the heroes of simplified document storage, doing the heavy lifting of converting paper to bits,” said Daniel Chalef, CEO of KnowledgeTree. “The KnowledgeTree Hot Folders integration adds logic, organization and process to a seemingly endless well of billing information and invoices. For accounting departments the combined solution is a bookkeeper’s dream come true.”