Konica Minolta Business Solutions

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A new initiative to encourage and support women in professional excellence has been launched by Konica Minolta.

Expanding their existing partnership, EFI and Konica Minolta Business Solutions (KMBS) are bringing advanced, high-quality wide-format inkjet imaging technology to a broader selection of the printing industry. Under a new, non-exclusive agreement, KMBS and its authorized dealer network will service and sell EFI wide-format LED and UV inkjet printers.

Bringing improved accuracy in color management to users in the printing industry, Konica Minolta has developed the FD-9, an auto-scanning spectrophotometer capable of measuring a standard color chart, commonly used in the printing industry for profile creation, at the fastest speed in the world. This model will be launched worldwide in the summer of 2015.

The 40th annual Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference, scheduled for February 26-28, in Miami Beach, FL, promises to bring attendees the most cutting edge, in-demand solutions in the industry today.

Worldwide industry and global players will present their latest print and crossmedia solutions at the upcoming drupa 2016, the international trade show that has been running for 60 years. Even now, 18 months before it begins on May 31, 2016, 80 percent of the exhibition space has been booked.

This year's Graphics of the Americas will be held Feb. 26 - 28, 2015, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL. Esko, Konica Minolta, Mac Papers, MGI USA, Mutoh America, Nilpeter USA, Oki Data Americas, Perez Trading Co., Ricoh, RTA Digital representing HP and more have signed on for the 2015 show.

CHICAGO—More than 200 attendees turned out Monday night for the annual Gold Ink Awards & Printing Industry Hall of Fame Gala, held in the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Regency Ballroom during GRAPH EXPO 14 and CPP EXPO. The 2014 event was co-sponsored by Konica Minolta, Canon USA, Fujifilm and Domtar, and hosted by Printing Impressions magazine.

I, like many others trying to fly to Chicago for this year’s GRAPH EXPO, had my Saturday morning flight cancelled due to an intentionally set fire at a nearby FAA radar facility. Most of the out-of-towners I spoke with were exhibitors, and some did note cases where their printer prospects and existing clients opted to skip GRAPH EXPO altogether after their flights were cancelled.

The following is a sampling of some new wide-format, cutsheet and continuous-feed digital presses that were highlighted or on the show floor at GRAPH EXPO 14 in Chicago.