Pinnacle InterTech 2023: An Overview of Award-Winning Innovations Driving Printing Technology 【1-6】

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Recently, the Printing United Alliance in the United States unveiled the winners of the 2023 Pinnacle InterTech Awards, with a total of 14 leading-edge technologies receiving this prestigious honor. The Pinnacle InterTech Awards, formerly known as the PIA InterTech Technology Awards, are highly esteemed within the printing industry for recognizing innovations that have the potential to significantly impact the sector. They serve as a hallmark of technological innovation and a beacon pointing towards future trends, attracting global attention from the printing industry.

Below is an overview of some highlights among the awarded technologies:

1. Alchem-e by RACAMI

Alchem-e is a groundbreaking tool designed to facilitate seamless workflow orchestration within printing enterprises. It integrates business systems, efficiently manages data, assigns tasks, and provides real-time status reporting through a user-friendly dashboard. Tailored to the needs of the digital age, it features an intuitive and visually appealing interface that enables smooth interoperability between key equipment, technologies, and systems without requiring extensive data migration. Offered in both on-premises and cloud-hosted options, Alchem-e reshapes operational models with modern technology, streamlining workflows and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

2. Canon UVgel White Ink

Canon's newly introduced UVgel 460 white ink enhances the Colorado M series printers, with its unique gel matrix ensuring high stability and color intensity. The ink rapidly reduces viscosity upon ejection and instantly gels upon catalyst exposure, overcoming stability issues associated with conventional white inks due to pigment settling. Compared to water-based latex or eco-solvent inks available in the market, UVgel technology significantly reduces ink maintenance needs, prolongs nozzle readiness, and ensures efficient color gamut coverage while minimizing ink consumption.

3. ColorBase Profiles

COLORBASE's ColorBase Profile Search addresses the growing demand for color consistency in the market, offering an unprecedented color management solution with approximately 1.3 million profiles, covering over 3,700 print materials, 430 printers, and 96 RIP software types.

4. HP PageWide Advantage 2200 Series Presses

As the latest addition to HP's PageWide Web series, the 2200 series employs HDNA printhead technology, combining two drop sizes for high speed and quality. Its modular design allows flexible configurations adaptable to various paper weights, with a substantial increase in energy efficiency, reducing per-page printing energy consumption by up to 60%.

5. Fujifilm JPress FP790 Digital Inkjet Press

Targeting the personalized and short-run trends in the flexible packaging market, the JPress FP790, with its single-pass web design, aqueous inks, and broad compatibility with PET and BOPP films, achieves high-quality printing while meeting food packaging safety standards.

6. Kornit Digital’s Kornit Atlas MAX POLY

This breakthrough technology from Kornit is designed for polyester and blended garments, combining high-quality direct-to-garment printing, automated processes, and XDi technology. It creates rich visual effects, including 3D effects and fluorescent colors, on various polyester materials, pioneering on-demand customization in polyester decoration, opening new market avenues, and enhancing competitiveness for businesses.

These award-winning technologies exemplify the forefront of exploration in the printing industry regarding digitalization, sustainability, and personalized production, demonstrating how printing technology perpetually propels industrial upgrades to meet increasingly diverse market demands.

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