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Print '09 - End Thoughts

in that location was almost i vendor example for every ii attendees Print '09 - Final thoughtsPRINT 09 drew a amount 18,999 actual verified attendee/buyers who were greeted yesteryear 9679 booth sales together with demo personnel. Put some other way, in that location was almost i vendor example for every ii attendees.

I idea it was a pretty proficient demo - but non really much was causing whatever demo flooring buzz - no "oh wow did you lot come across what they've got/doing/showing at booth xyz."

Most of the folks I spoke alongside felt that the Kodak booth was high on flash but depression on making their solutions or products visible. "No substance" was a term I heard several times. Very hard to detect what was novel or exciting inwards their production draw of piece of employment up. H5N1 peachy many people either couldn't figure out how to utilization the RFID triggered displays (and other displays), or in i lawsuit they did weren't that impressed yesteryear the content. "Why larn to a tradeshow to come across what you lot could come across on the web?"

The outstanding affair for me at the Kodak booth was their ONE periodical which demonstrated Staccato screening printed alongside flexo. It was tardily to missy if you lot didn't read the production notes - together with in that location wasn't, to my knowledge, whatever reference inwards their booth to this amazing applied scientific discipline that I'm certain that flexo printers would accept wanted to know to a greater extent than about.

BTW MAN-Roland every bit good had no equipment inwards their booth (but without the fanfare). - Their solutions were really good displayed together with articulated.

Agfa, Screen, Heidelberg, together with Fuji all had really measure booths (not that there's anything incorrect alongside that) - together with in all probability the exclusively ones that showed CtP devices.

It was peachy in conclusion seeing the Xingraphics no-process plate - but I'll bet many people missed that.

There was a really rigid together with good organized presence from Chinese suppliers - they're coming on much stronger than inwards previous years.

East Indian impress together with prepress suppliers were represented for the origin fourth dimension - but, unfortunately, non that good IMHO. The beau staffing their booth had a peachy bargain of difficulty alongside English linguistic communication - which I though was quite odd.

I was surprised together with disappointed that Esko didn't accept a booth at this show. I'm non certain that they were that good represented yesteryear their partners – at to the lowest degree when I tried to larn information.

Some presenters seemed to popular upwardly at unlike booths (Barb Pellow comes to mind) making the same pitch almost printers should transform into becoming a variable/personalized/marketing services provider rather than only a printer. As a result, the message seems interchangeable betwixt vendors similar Kodak, Canon, Xerox, et al. No vendor differentiation. Also, inwards Kodak's case, out of some xx roundtable-type K-Zone presentations in that location were no solutions stories for other marketplace segments - e.g. publication, packaging, commercial printers who don't desire to larn downwards the route of variable transactional marketing.

If I listen i to a greater extent than telephone telephone to "Tweet or die" I'll explode.

Personally, it was peachy for me to in conclusion live on able to catch vendor's booths, similar Agfa's without beingness thrown out. Actually, I lie, Agfa was e'er gracious almost competitors, similar the one-time me visiting their booth - the other vendors non together with then much though.

The demo itself was ameliorate promoted together with organized than previous years.

The nutrient was only every bit expensive together with mediocre.

Due to the pitiable attendance in that location were no lineups at the cafeteria check-outs - together with enough of seating was available.

Thankfully the weather condition turned from the originally predicted thunderstorms together with pelting to really pleasant sunny days. I promise a proficient omen for our industry.

All inwards all, a really sedate demo which required to a greater extent than endeavor on the purpose of attendees to extract the value of help than previous years.
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