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Print Fast. Print Any Print Easily. File Format مجلة متخصصة في عالم الطباعة في الشرق اﻷوسط Arabic Inclusive Registered with IMPZ Vol. 7 / Issue 71 / Aug-Sep 2010 PRINT FAST. PRINT EASILY. PRINT ANY FILE FORMAT. THE HP DESIGNJET Z5200PS WILL TRANSFORM YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.hp.com/me For best results, always use Original HP Designjet printing materials which deliver vivid colours and reliable, trouble-free printing on Original HP Media. For more information visit hp.com/supplies © 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 21504 cover18.3x21.indd 1 7/25/10 12:07 PM إقـرأ فـي قسم اللغة العــربيـة FESPA MUNICH 2010 PRINTING MANAGEMENT معرض فيسبا ميونخ POST-SHOW REPORT & AUTOMATION 2010 تقرير د. نيكوﻻس هيلموث من فﻻر DR. NICHOLAS HELLMUTH AN UPDATE ON إدارة وبرمجة الطباعة FLAAR REPORTS WORKFLOWS تحديث عن نظم السير العملية Perfect printed products require first-rate tools. High quality is your demand – and ours too. 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P.O.Box: 50 2183 Dubai Media City, Dubai – UAE Tel: +971 4 391 1210 Fax: +971 4 390 9561 E-mail: [email protected] مجلة متخصصة في عالم الطباعة في الشرق اﻷوسط Internet: www.meprinter.com Arabic Inclusive Registered with IMPZ Group Publishing Director Vol. 7 / Issue 71 / Aug-Sep 2010 Technology Morteza Karimian [email protected] PRINT FAST. ME Printer Editorial Team PRINT EASILY.FAST. Editor-in-Chief Printing Management at the 34 PRINT ANYEASILY. touch of a button Eskandar Jahanbani [email protected] FILEPRINT FORMAT. ANY An update on workflow FILETHE HP DESIGNJET FORMAT. 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PRINTING MANAGEMENT معرض فيسبا ميونخ POST-SHOW REPORT & AUTOMATION 2010 تقرير د. نيكوﻻس هيلموث من فﻻر AN UPDATE ON 21504 cover18.3x21.inddDR. NICHOLAS 1 HELLMUTH 7/25/10 12:07 PM إدارة وبرمجة الطباعة FLAAR REPORTS WORKFLOWS تحديث عن نظم السير العملية Editors Hiba Moussa +971 4 391 1208 Case Study [email protected] Included in this issue a post- Dennis Mathew Daniel show analysis of FESPA Munich +971 4 391 1598 2010, highlighting UV-cured [email protected] printers. For printers seeking Carbon Footprints of 40 Dr. Younes Shokr Khah efficiency and cost-effective Digital and Offset Presses [email protected] methods to manage their printing operations, don’t Specialist Contributing Editors miss our special feature on A case study on HP’s Indigo 7000 USA - Frank Romano leading workflow solutions By Laurel Brunner [email protected] available in the market. 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The good news is that after a rendezvous with one of the worst recessions, we managed not only to survive but thrive. Following a very successful Ipex, which was dubbed as the recovery Ipex The summer by almost all the pundits in the Industry, Fespa Munich, held from 22 to 26 holiday is a great June, 2010, brought another major boost to the industry this year. We have a comprehensive round-up about the event in this issue. Our contributing opportunity to editor Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth from FLAAR offers a firsthand account of this reflect on what has most important signage industry event. The event was hugely successful with visitors from all over the world happened in the flocking to Munich. Major large format printer manufacturers featured industry so far and Eskandar Jahanbani their solutions for the signage industry as well as screen printing markets. Editor in Chief Fespa has been steadily evolving into a major global event during the past what is in store for decade. The show is now a springboard to launch state-of-the-art digital the rest of the year technologies and innovative materials as well as e-signage and traditional screen printing equipment, which are increasingly being replaced by large format printers. Our next highlight is an article on the current state of workflow solutions in the market, including the latest updates on web-to-print solutions and MIS systems. Digital workflows have truly revolutionized the entire graphic communication process. The workflow continues to evolve, and during Ipex, major prepress vendors offered their latest versions of workflow systems. The trend seems to be heading towards total integration between digital and offset printing equipment.
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