Visitors will also experience sophisticated printing technology through a wide range of applications. They range from printing books, magazines, calendars and transpromotional applications to printing on plastics. The applications will be driven by the latest products and software solutions from both Ricoh and InfoPrint Solutions.
"To learn more about Ricoh, our services and solutions, we invite print service providers to come and see us at Ipex 2010. We are communicating our 'Just Ask Ricoh' theme to encourage them to do exactly that. Visitors will experience our wide portfolio excelling in practical, commercial applications," says Graham Moore, Director, Business Development, Ricoh Europe Production Printing Business Group.
"A perfect-bound copy of the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will be created on the Ricoh stand using the Ricoh Pro C900 illustrating superb registration. We are printing children's colouring books, saddle stitched and three edge-trimmed inline," adds Moore. "The colouring books' lifespan extends well beyond Ipex 2010 as all copies will be used by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London after the event."
The Ricoh Pro C900 is demonstrating its ability to print on plastic substrates, by creating polyester plant tags. The tags are UV coated on a Morgana Digicoater 33 and die cut using an Ernst Nagel die cutter for a fully finished product. The Ricoh Pro C720 is printing A5 desktop calendars, with holes already punched for wire-o binding. The calendars also feature personalised colour images and will be produced in seven different languages.
Visitors will have the opportunity to experience fully integrated colour-managed workflow on the Ricoh stand. The Ricoh Pro C900 is producing an 86 page yachting magazine using the solutions from Ricoh's partner, Ready4Print, that will ensure that digitally printed pages are colour compliant compared to the offset samples printed to ISO 12647-2. Sample pages of the magazine will be proofed on multiple devices to the ISO standard, showing the versatility of Ricoh's colour devices for both proofing and production.
On demand printing of personalised sections of the Print Production Handbook are being created using NowPrint®, a web-to-print solution from Ricoh's partner, NowDocs. They are being printed on the Ricoh Pro C900 production device with Creo C-80 controller, saddle stitched and three edge-trimmed inline.
The latest advances in transactional printing are being showcased with a live demonstration of the InfoPrint® 5000. Featuring a built-in AFP colour management architecture, the InfoPrint® 5000 ensures accurate, consistent and device-independent colour rendering.
Learn new ways to grow your print business
Visitors to Ipex 2010 are invited to attend a series of seminars, running daily, in the Ricoh Business Driver Theatre. They feature Ricoh, InfoPrint Solutions, industry experts and clients. They are sharing their real-world business experiences and providing practical and innovative insight for print service providers to develop new business, drive growth and profitability.
Keynote speakers include Kasper Roos, Senior Consultant at InfoTrends, who is exploring the latest workflow technologies and the integration of documents into a multi-channel campaign. Laurel Brunner, Managing Director of Digital Dots, is discussing how print service providers can use digital technologies to improve their carbon footprint. Chris Jordan, from Jordan & Jordan, is examining the critical issues surrounding digital workflow, web-to-print and media. Selling variable data printing (VDP) as a marketing service is assessed by Ulf Sunnberg, South Bridge Consulting. And John Charnock, Print Research International, previews the life of a print service provider in 2020, and how today's print service provider needs to adapt to prepare for the future.
To register for a seminar visit Ricoh at Ipex 2010 - Hall 12, Stand D130 or www.ricoh-europe.com/ipex
Easy stand navigation
On the stand, visitors will be able to experience Ricoh's full production printing capabilities best by following a wayfinding navigation system that enables them to follow the path of a typical workflow process – from capture, prepare and manage to output and finishing. They will be able to see Ricoh's commitment to world class service and support exemplified by the new Ricoh Business Driver Programme. This online and face-to-face support package designed to support print service providers in reaching their business development goals will be demonstrated on the stand, and Ricoh customers will be able to register for the programme.
For more information about Ricoh's products and services visit www.ricoh-europe.com or visit Ricoh at Ipex 2010, on stand 12-D130.
