Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group Offers New Workflow Solutions Integrated with CREO Color Servers
New workflow solutions to be shown at Kodak Stand D01, Hall 5 at drupa 2008
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 16—Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group announces a new set of workflow solutions for digital production printing to its OEM channels at drupa 2008.
“Our OEM customers, resellers, and print providers will benefit from best in class workflow products and solutions, based on open standards, backed by Kodak’s technology and integrated with our CREO Color Servers,” said Chris O’Connor, Director Global Accounts & Business Development, CREO Branded Products.
“OEM partners can grow their business and profitability by enlarging their solution portfolio and providing full end to end workflow solutions,” O’Connor said. “Value added resellers in the industry will also see opportunities to offer these solutions to their customers by entering a business alliance with the Print On-Demand Solutions Group.”
At Kodak’s Stand D01, Hall 5, the new workflow products will be demonstrated as a simulation of a real print provider site. The print provider has complete visibility and control over for both static and variable data print jobs across the entire production cycle, including prepress and web-to-print solutions.
The demonstration shows tight integration between the various solution products within the workflow portfolio, as well as between these products and the family of CREO Color Servers, which provides effective gateway to a wide range of digital presses.
“Our strategy is based on open JDF standards. It is geared to develop automation between all elements of the print process; connect in a modular way an array of leading applications that are offered by the Print On-Demand Solutions Group or by other industry vendors,” O’Connor said.
About Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group
Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group develops and supports high-performance CREO Color Servers and key workflow solutions for a range of digital production printers and presses. It also develops advanced on-demand applications to enable the creation of personalized direct mail, targeted catalogs and other powerful one-to-one marketing communications tools.
The group currently supplies CREO Color Servers to such industry leaders as Hewlett-Packard, IKON, Konica Minolta, and Xerox Corporation.
This independent unit of Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group will continue to help its customers leverage their investment in digital printing.
For more information about CREO Color Servers, visit www.creoservers.com
About Kodak
As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.
To learn more, visit www.kodak.com, and our blogs: 1000words.kodak.com, and 1000nerds.kodak.com.
For more information about Kodak's Graphic Communications Group, visit www.graphics.kodak.com. For downloading photos and videos from Kodak's image library, visit: http://graphics.kodak.com/gcgimages.
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(Kodak and Creo are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.)
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