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2019–2020 Xerox® Production Portfolio Powering Print and Beyond Xerox Business Development Support Drive Growth, Promote and Transform Your Business 2019–2020 Xerox® Production Portfolio Powering Print and Beyond Xerox Business Development Support Drive Growth, Promote and Transform Your Business 2 XEROX DIGITAL HOT SPOT WEBSITE XEROX CUSTOMER BUSINESS XEROX PREMIER PARTNERS GLOBAL NETWORK This website provides one-stop access for Xerox DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A collection of the world’s top printers and marketing production print customers to business-building Resources, tools and professional services designed services providers, this global network builds digital resources, industry insights and business to support efforts such as sales and marketing, business through information sharing, innovation, development webinars. business planning, operations and new application insights and business collaboration. development. Customers have access to: It’s also your connection with the Xerox Premier Exclusive membership benefits include business Partners Global Network to find a digital print • Xerox® ProfitAccelerator® and ProfitQuick® digital enhancement tools, regional networking opportunities partner with the right experience and equipment business tools and kits to create marketing plans, and first looks at emerging technologies and solutions. for your needs. calculate ROI, target vertical markets, conduct You can expand your own capabilities, or the open houses, manage a sales force and more geographies you serve, by finding a print partner via • Consulting and training services, business our Global Directory. You can search by application, development webinars and white papers/ location, equipment and more. case studies For more information about our business development support, visit: xeroxdigitalhotspot.com or xerox.com/driveprofit Powering Print and Beyond 3 Xerox® Production Workflow and Software Solutions Automate Physical and Digital Workflows 4 INNOVATE AND GROW INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY WEB-TO-PRINT A U T O M AT I O N PREPRESS Enable seamless online ordering with Integrate multiple systems seamlessly Simplify job preparation activities personalization, while increasing sales while automating every step in print and and reduce errors with these powerful opportunities for print and non-print ePublishing processes. prepress tools. via the web, 24/7. ® ® ® ® • Xerox FreeFlow Core • Xerox FreeFlow Core ® ® ® ® ® ® • XMPie PersonalEffect StoreFlow™ • Xerox FreeFlow Digital Publisher • Xerox FreeFlow Makeready ® ® ® ® (includes prepress automation from • XMPie Circle • Xerox FreeFlow Express to Print ® ® Xerox FreeFlow Core) • XMPie® PersonalEffect® StoreFlow™ J O B M A N A G E M E N T VARIABLE DATA PUBLISHING Automate processes across the entire FEEDING AND FINISHING Create applications that deliver high- fleet to get jobs in and out faster; Complete jobs with a professional finish value, relevant, 1:1 communications improves output efficiency. — be it wire bound, perfect bound, saddle with unmatched throughput and stitched, folded, creased or cut. Run • Xerox® FreeFlow® Core print efficiency. finishing devices inline, offline, or in dual • XMPie® PersonalEffect® StoreFlow™ • Xerox® FreeFlow® mode, providing high-speed, high-quality Variable Information Suite and high-value output. COLOR MANAGEMENT • XMPie® uDirect® • Xerox® and Partner Solutions ® ® Deliver consistent, accurate, repeatable • XMPie PersonalEffect Print • Xerox® IntegratedPLUS Finishing Solution and dependable color with Xerox® Confident Color. CROSS-MEDIA MARKETING ® Leverage digital media (email, web • Xerox IntegratedPLUS Automated browsers, mobile apps and social media) Color Management to complement print and deliver messages through multiple diverse channels. For more information on Xerox® Production • XMPie® Circle® Workflow and Software offerings, visit • XMPie® uDirect® Video www.xerox.com/workflow • XMPie® PersonalEffect® e-Media Cloud • XMPie® PersonalEffect® TransMedia Cloud-enabled solutions Powering Print and Beyond 5 Color Sheet-Fed Solutions Invest with Confidence 6 XEROX® PRIMELINK® C9065/70 XEROX® VERSANT® 180 PRESS XEROX® VERSANT® 3100 PRESS COLOR PRINTER • Print speeds of up to 70 ppm color and 75 ppm • Print speed of up to 80 ppm with copy/scan • Automation and productivity to meet production black and white functionality demands with media flexibility at speeds up to 100 ppm, duplexing 350 gsm, envelope and long • Copy, fax (optional) and scan functionality • Compact belt fuser provides the ability to print sheet printing (powerful scanning, up to 270 ipm) on a wide variety of stocks from 52 to 350 gsm including envelopes • Fully automated color and production print • Designed to promote multitasking and optimization with the Xerox-exclusive Full Width collaboration with Xerox App Gallery and • Simple Image Quality Adjustment (SIQA) for Array simplifies time-consuming tasks, including @printbyXerox, allowing secure print from any push-button-easy front-to-back registration, baselining the press, correcting image-to-media email-enabled device — this includes phones, density uniformity and image transfer that alignment, optimizing density uniformity, color tablets (iOS/Android) PC and Mac automatically corrects for perfect prints management, profiling and calibration • Simple Image Quality Adjustment (SIQA) with • Performance Package option delivers increased • Production feeding and integrated finishing user-adjustable front-to-back registration, density speed of 80 ppm on all stocks and an inline provides the ability to automate print workflow uniformity and image transfer corrections for spectrophotometer for color automation creating a wide variety of finished output, such perfect prints as full bleed booklets up to 120 pages • Expanded application offerings such as rugged polyester labels, menus, vinyl window clings and linens ® ® • Standard Xerox® Integrated DFE and a choice of Xerox Versant Presses feature Ultra-HD Resolution which combines 2400 x 2400 resolution and up to 10-bit RIP rendering, delivering four times the pixels on a page, an additional EFI DFE, three models available expanding halftone screens for smoother, crisper resolution and stunning image quality. • Finishing options are professional-grade and endless; full-bleed trimmed booklets plus punch, crease and multiple folding options Powering Print and Beyond 7 Color Sheet-Fed Solutions XEROX® IRIDESSE® XEROX® iGEN® 5 TAKE YOUR PRINT BEYOND CMYK PRODUCTION PRESS PRESS • Learn how to transform color into • Color FLX Technology that utilizes up to six • The optional 5th print station enables you opportunities to differentiate, drive color stations, CMYK and Specialty Dry Inks to extend the press’s gamut with Orange, growth and ignite remarkable results. including Silver, Gold, White and/or Clear in Green or Blue to match over 90% of the • Take a closer look at how digital a single pass with “spot on” registration PANTONE® PLUS Coated Library enhancements with the Xerox® Iridesse® • Six-color speed at 120 ppm (letter/A4) with • White, Clear or Fluorescent Yellow Dry Ink in the Production Press and the Xerox® production automation using functions like 5th print station will create unique digital print iGen® 5 Press are breathing new EZ Press Check, EZ Swap and Full Width enhancements on high-value applications life into printing applications. Array alignment, profiling and calibration • Quality and productivity are guaranteed with • Learn more about our Specialty Dry Inks: • Wide media latitude on coated and uncoated advanced automation that inhabits the press xerox.com/specialtydryinks stocks from 52-400 gsm with sheet lengths from beginning to end • Learn more about designing for Specialty up to 47.24" (1.2 meter) and 28.5" (729 mm) • The press design allows you to select the exact Dry Inks: xerox.com/creative auto-duplex, plus Mixed Media Xceleration configuration you need — speed, four or five print (MMX) for optimized productivity stations, extra long sheet capability up to 35" (889mm) and feeding/finishing that meets your production and application requirements BEYOND CMYK BUSINESS • The optional Thick Stock Capability expands DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM media latitude up to 24 pt/610 microns This global locator website enables creatives to find a nearby print provider who can fulfill print work on Xerox® iGen® or Iridesse® presses based on specified job requirements such as specialty inks (beyond CMYK) and media. Learn more: xerox.com/globallocator 8 Powering Print and Beyond Sheet-Fed Inkjet Solutions: Inve s t wit h Confiden ce 9 Inkjet Solutions ® ® ® ® XEROX BALTORO HF INKJET PRESS XEROX BALTORO with Color PRINT FEEDING AND FINISHING SHEET-FED Accelerator SOLUTIONS SHEET-FED With the widest range of sheet feeding, roll feeding and print finishing solutions • The value, volume and velocity of inkjet with the • An optional module that enables even more high- available for your Xerox® production versatility of sheet-fed value applications with enhanced vibrancy, saturation, pop and expanded gamut equipment, you can add the capabilities that • Printing speeds up to 300 impression per minute best suit your job mix and improve your with Speed Boost license • Supports an expanded range of offset coated digital printing workflow. medias including glosses, mattes, silks, satins and ® • New high-value applications with Xerox High dulls up to 300 gsm / 110 lb cover. 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