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Though digital printing equipment made the biggest splash at the On Demand Conference and Exposition in March, the Washington, D.C. show was chock full of bindery equipment too. IPG visited all of the major bindery vendors. Here's a look at what we saw.

CAMBRIDGE, UK—03 November 2006—The premier event in printed electronics is pleased to announce an exciting roster of thought provoking speakers and topics. Covering all aspects of printed electronics, from technical to financial, Printed Electronics USA 2006, is being held in Phoenix, Arizona December 5-6th. Delegates will hear from companies looking to the promise of this nascent technology to solve real world problems and open entirely new markets. For example, given that situational information is mission critical for military applications, delegates will hear from Dr. Darrel Hopper of the US Air Force Research Laboratory and the diverse opportunities the USAF sees for the

Want to bring polyester platemaking or film production in-house? Check out the latest imagesetters that will help you bring home the savings. In-plant managers who have brought film and plate work in-house have been thrilled with the time and money they save. No more expensive outsourcing—and no more waiting around for work to arrive from the outside. If this sounds good to you, maybe it is time your shop brought in a new imagesetter. Here's what vendors are offering. The Tanto 5120 imagesetter from Screen (USA) is an entry-level CTP device. The eight-page unit is able to provide direct-to-plate digital imaging on flexible, polyester

High-end scanning and imagesetting systems continue to push the limits of image manipulation and consistency. WORKING TOGETHER, scanners and imagesetters provide the powerful and precise images needed to create the products your customers expect and deserve. "Today's properly managed workflows allow close monitoring of input [scanner] and output [imagesetter] conditions to assure the consistency of the desired results," says Al Eddy, special promotions manager for electronic imagining at Fujifilm. "If printing parameters are known, the scanner can be the first level of control to create image files that already have the proper characteristics of a press and/or printing condition 'embedded' in them.

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