EDP Awards winners announced

In a special General Assembly (this year in Brussels), representatives of all the EDP (European Digital Press) magazines - Image Reports being the UK member - discussed the quality of products nominated to the EDP Technical Committee earlier in the year. Also reviewed were aspects such as value to the user, support and service etc. before winners were finally selected. They are:

Best Wide-Format Roll-to-Roll Printer (up to 1.6m)

Xerox IJP 2000

Best Superwide Roll-to-Roll Printer (3m+)

Durst Rho 512R

Best Flatbed/Hybrid Printer (up to 200,000 Euro)

Mimaki JFX200-2513

Best Flatbed/Hybrid Printer (over 200,000 Euro)

Agfa Graphics Jeti Titan HS

Best High Volume Flatbed/Hybrid Printer

HP Scitex FB10000

Best Textile Roll-to-Roll Printer

Hollanders ColorBooster DS

Best Direct Garment Textile Printer

Epson SureColor SC-F2000 DTG

Best Cut-Sheet Colour Printer (light production)

Konica Minolta bizhub Press 1060/1070

Best Cut-Sheet Colour Printer (high production)

Xerox iGen 150 Press

Best Label Printing Solution

Screen Truepress Jet L350UV

Best Multi-Purpose Object Printer

Mimaki Kebab Option

Best Industrial Printing Solution

EFI Creaprint C3

Best Large-Format Finishing System

Esko Kongsberg C

Best Commercial Print Finishing System

themediahouse motioncutter

Best New Ink Technology

HP 881 Latex ink

Best Environmental Ink Technology

Agfa Graphics Altamira Pack LM

Best Design, layout and editing solution

Appsoft Xeditor

Best Special Applications Solution

Ricoh Clickable Paper

Best Rip Solution

ColorGate Productionserver 8

Best Workflow Management Solution

Agfa Graphics Asanti

Best Web-to-Print Solution

EFI Digital StoreFront 7.0

Best Print Support Tool

LacunaSolutions SmartLighting System

Best Self-Adhesive Substrate for Print

Hexis HX190WG2 (digital printing vinyl)

Best Self-Adhesive Substrate – Non-Print

Hexis HFlex100P

Best Non-Adhesive Roll Media

Epson Japanese Kozo Paper thin

Best Rigid Substrate

3A Composites Kapatech

Best Textile Substrate

DHJ International DecoprintPearl

A number of awards categories did not produce a winning entry.