GSE Hall 3, Stand F50

A newly developed MIS will be one of the features of the GSE stand this year. As well as providing total control of ink budgets through real-time information on ink availability, ink recipes and an immediate overview of ink costs per order, the system is also geared towards waste-reduction through improved stock forecasting and utilisation.

Optimus Hall 4, Stand D4

Optimus will be unveiling new functionality for its Dash MIS at the show. New features include Dash Sales Generator, which provides instant analysis of sales to highlight things such as top selling goods and most profitable goods, while also enabling customer profiles to be built up. Also new is Dash Campaign Manager, which uses the data available in the Dash Sales Generator to enable the sending of email or printed mail-shot campaigns to targeted customers, and Cloud Mobile, a module specifically designed for the sales team on the road using mobile tablet devices. This device enables them to prepare instant quotations and take orders for standard pre-defined products and finished goods. They are also able to view customer-specific information, including job history, current job status and quotation history.

Rhapso Hall 7a, Stand 3

Rhapso will present the latest version of its Graphisoft MIS, the Graphisoft 2012, on its stand. The new version features solutions for multichannel distribution, a web solution for online sales, a scheduler for full optimization of print jobs, extended JDF/JMF connections and management solutions for hard- and soft-cover books.

Shuttleworth Hall 9, Stand E3

Shuttleworth will launch Business Intelligence for its eponymous MIS. The company says Business Intelligence is a "fantastic set of innovative tools, including enhanced dashboards, customer-specific KPI’s, user-definable reporting, executive analysis, web-based reporting and mobile apps". It will also showcase its recently launched new user interface, which is based on a Microsoft Outlook-style appearance. Joint managing director Paul Deane says: "Business Intelligence is the business tool that every printer has been waiting for and is a must-see for any visitors to Drupa. It takes the user experience to another level and provides customers with the tools to increase performance and profitability".

Tharstern Hall 5, Stand A36

Tharstern is using Drupa to launch its new estimating module, branded as ‘estimating Pro’. This new module is all about intelligent estimating – you get a very easy user interface to enter the job details and the system will return all the ways in which the printer can manufacture the job, providing cost analysis for all the different manufacturing scenarios", says the company. It will also be showing Job Ganging features within Primo with the option to link to Lithotechnics Metrix for automatically creating ganged impositions. Tharstern Primo and the new e-commerce solution e4print Pro with Chili Publish, will also be on stand.

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PLATESETTERS

Agfa Hall 8a, Stand B64

Agfa Graphics is introducing two new high-speed platesetters for the high-volume newspaper market. The Advantage N PL HS (pallet-load, high-speed) and the Advantage N TR HS (trolley-load, high-speed), both produce up to 350 printing plates per hour. At Drupa, the Advantage N PL HS will be running live and imaging Agfa Graphics’ N94 VCF chemistry-free violet plates. With a completely new design, it can store more than 6,000 plates configured on two pallets of 3,000 plates each plus an additional cassette in a fully-automatic setting.

BasysPrint Hall 8a, Stand 44-1

BasysPrint will unveil its next generation of 4up and 8up Computer-to-Plate (CTP) UV platesetters for the digital exposure of UV-sensitive offset printing plates. According to the company, the new UV-Setter Series 460x and Series 860x deliver "unsurpassed exposure quality" with resolutions of up to 2,400dpi. The company says the unique flatbed design of the new products enables digital imaging of a wide variety of plate sizes. It can achieve formats as small as 200x200mm and up to 680x830mm with the 460x, and a maximum of 940x1,150mm with the 860x. It adds that the dual plate-loading option also offers the flexibility of loading and imaging two plates at the same time. This allows the systems to image up to 145 plates per hour with a plate size of 400x550mm, improving productivity significantly. "As well as imaging UV plates for offset printing, the UV platesetters can be used to image coat plates for spot-varnish printing; photoengrave magnesium or copper plates of thicknesses of up to 10 mm for hot-foil stamping or embossing; image-screen meshes for all kinds of screen printing applications and even image dies for flexible die-cutting. This offers the opportunity to generate additional revenue – all from the same engine," says director of sales and marketing Christophe Lievens.

Esko Hall 8b, Stand A23

On display at the Esko stand will be the company’s flexo plate technology, including the CDI Spark 4835 Auto with unique digital Inline UV 2 exposure and the CDI Spark 2530 with Inline UV and magnetic drum. The CDI Spark 4835 Auto combines plate imaging with inline digital main and back exposure in the same device. Visitors can also learn more about Esko’s latest HD Flexo technology and Inline UV2 exposure unit. Esko will launch Pixel+, an optical, electronic and screening enhancement for HD Flexo imaging to support flat top dots creation, a solution for those customers who use partner technologies for the oxygen-free curing of imaged plates. "We’re excited to have Drupa as the platform for our newest digital flexo solutions. Flexo print service providers will learn how our solutions produce plates at a previously unseen high quality in flexo printing with bright and vivid colors, sharp details and smooth vignettes, while guaranteeing consistent and reliable reproduction of brand colours," says Esko vice-president of Flexo Business Jürgen Andresen.

FFEI Hall 5, Stand C18

FFEI will have an Alinte CTP engine on the stand. There is no specific news or updates to the product to be announced at the show, but the product will still be there due to its continued success in the emerging markets. FFEI’s violet CTP system has seen the company become the leading manufacturer and supplier of CTP systems to India, with their own-brand Alinte range and solutions manufactured on behalf of Fujifilm, Founder Electronics and TechNova.

Fujifilm Hall 8b, Hall 25-1 & 25-3

The Flenex DLE (Direct Laser Engraving) B2 CTP system wll be on show, which Fujifilm says offers an "incredibly simple and high-quality method of producing flexo plates". Fujifilm’s FLH-Z ZAC processor, which is part of Fujifilm’s ‘low-chemistry’ family and allows printers to reduce chemistry usage, maximise bath life and minimise processor cleaning, will also be available on the stand. Meanwhile, the XR-1200F developer waste reduction and water re-use system, designed to reduce pre-press developer waste ( for use with Fujifilm Brillia HD LH-PJE, Brillia HD LH-PLE and Brillia HD LH-PXE plates processed using the Fujifilm developer) and water use for printers with plate production systems requiring chemistry, will get an airing as well.

Heidelberg Hall 1

With security applications in mind, Heidelberg will unveil a 5,080dpi version of its Suprasetter A52/A75 Suprasetter. Also, a new compact Auto/Dual cassette loader for the Suprasetter 105 will be unveiled with a smaller processor to reduce chemistry and power usage. Lance O’Connell, UK and Nordics business executive, Heidelberg, says: "In today’s tough marketplace, printers cannot afford not to go to Drupa to pick on on tips and tricks that help to make them more efficient and stand out from the crowd. Heidelberg will certainly have plenty that will interest British printers, and aims to make sure they feel their journey has been money well-spent."

Kodak Hall 5, Stand F9-1

Kodak will showcase its Achieve All-in-One CTP System, which it says delivers "all the benefits of Kodak’s thermal imaging technology, such as exceptional image quality, true stability on press and operational efficiencies". The Achieve CTP System includes platesetting, plates, workflow software, processing, and chemistry. The Kodak Achieve CTP System is currently being introduced in the Asia-Pacific region. Later in the year, availability will expand into emerging markets in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.