4 inkjets Coupon Code2009 MAR 17 - (VerticalNews.com) -- The winners of the 2009 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out were announced at the PMA International Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nev. Winners displayed during PMA 09 were chosen from 109 prints entered by 22 companies.
DIMA(R) Digital Printer Shoot-Out entries were produced from files created by color experts at Digital Attributes, Ellijay, Ga. Participants were asked to provide specific information pertaining to the equipment used (printer, RIP), the consumables used (output media, ink/toner/dye), and the production timing. A panel of expert judges voted on the entries based on the overall quality of the digital print and the quality of the color. The panel of judges included well-respected names in the industry: Richard Lerner, RSL Digital Consultants; Rick Lucas, Digital Attributes/Lucas Imaging; and Phil Nelson, Phil Nelson Imaging LLC.
Judging for the event took place at GTI Graphic Technology Inc., Newburgh, N.Y., which donated the space and a 5,000 Kelvin lighting environment.
An X-Rite Color Checker with known values was embedded into the DIMA Target File, which was measured by X-Rite Color Services to determine the delta E of the actual value.
Qualitative criteria also judged included neutral gray balance reproduction, saturation, shadow depth and quality, overall tonality and detail, highlights and specular highlights, flesh tones, hue shift, and text.
The winners of the 2009 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out are as follows: RA-4 Digital Printer, 13 inches to 29 inches wide Dry Production Printers, Polielettronica -- LaserLab 50-20" Electrophotographic (20-40 ppm) POLI-PRO-USA Inc., Hillsboro, Ore.
Xerox DocuColor 242 Digital Color Printer Xerox Corp., Webster, N.Y. RA-4 Digital Printer, 30 inches to 49 inches wide
Polielettronica -- LaserLab 76-30" Dry Production Printers, POLI-PRO-USA Inc., Hillsboro, Ore. Electrophotographic (41-70 ppm) Xerox 700 Digital Color Press RA-4 Digital Printer, 50 inches wide or larger Xerox Corp., Webster, N.Y.
Polielettronica -- LaserLab 127-50"
POLI-PRO-USA Inc., Hillsboro, Ore. Dry Production Printers, Electrophotographic (71+ ppm) RA-4 Digital Printer, Digital Minilab, 12 inches maximum Xerox iGen4 Press
QSS-3702HD Xerox Corp., Webster, N.Y. Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd., Wakayama, Japan
Dry Production Printers, Dry Minilab RA-4 Digital Printer, Digital Minilab, 8 inches maximum HP Photosmart ML1000 Minilab Printer
DL1210 Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Shanghai Doli Photographic Equipment Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
Inkjet, 50 inches wide or larger RA-4 Digital Printer, Industrial High-Speed Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 4-by-6-inches Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y.
Europa 15
Express Imaging Systems, LLC, Seattle, Wash. Inkjet, 36 inches to 49 inches wide Epson Stylus Pro 9900 Inkjet, 18 inches to 35 inches wide ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va.
Epson Stylus Pro 7900
ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va. Dye Sublimation, 4-by-6-inch cut sheet
HiTi P110S Inkjet, 9 inches to 17 inches wide HiTi Digital Inc., Taipei City, Taiwan
Epson Stylus Pro 4880
ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va. Dye Sublimation, 5-to-6-inch roll
DNP DS-40 Inkjet, 8.5 inches wide or less -- $200 or more DNP Photo Imaging America Corp., San Marcos, Texas
HP Photosmart C8180 All-in-One Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Dye Sublimation, 8-inch roll
DNP DS-80 Inkjet, 8.5 inches wide or less -- $100-$199 DNP Photo Imaging America Corp., San Marcos, Texas
HP Photosmart D7560 Printer Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Black and White, Best B&W with grayscale inks
Canon PIXMA MP980 Wireless Photo All-in-One Printer with Photo Paper Pro Platinum and ChromaLife 100+ Ink Inkjet, 8.5 inches wide or less -- $99 or less Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y.
HP Photosmart D5460 Printer Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Black and White, Best B&W with a color printer
Pictorico GEKKO Green using the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 Inkjet, 5-by-7- inches or less Mitsubishi Imaging, (MPM) Inc., Rye, N.Y.
HP Photosmart A636 Compact Photo Printer Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Black and White, Best Creative B&W
HP Designjet Z6100 Photo Printer, 42", HP Baryte Satin Art Paper and HP 91 Vivera Pigment Inks Media, 4-by-6-inches Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif.
Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl 285 GSM Hahnemuhle, Woodstock, Ill. Creative Application, Textile
HP Durable Banner with DuPont(TM) Tyvek(R) on HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer Media, 8.5-by-11-inches Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif.
Museo Silver Rag Museo, South Hadley, Mass. Creative Application, Paper
Fuji Flex paper using the Chromira 5x ProLab Media, 13-by-19-inch sheet or 13-inch roll ZBE Inc., Carpinteria, Calif.
Epson Premium Semigloss (250) ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va. Creative Application, Alternative Substrate
Xerox PhotoPix Image Solutions Paper Media, 24 inches wide or larger Xerox Corp., Webster, N.Y.
Tetenal spectra jet Photo Silk Paper 250 G TETENAL AG & Co. KG, Norderstedt, Germany
Media, Matte Only Magiclee Verona 250 HD Magiclee, South Hadley, Mass.
Ink, less than 20-inch printer Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va.
Ink, 20-inch or larger printer Epson UltraChrome HDR ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va.
RIP, less than 20-inch printer ColorBurst RIP ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va.
RIP, 20-inch or larger printer ColorBurst RIP ColorBurst Systems (CSE Inc.), Ashburn, Va. About DIMA Exploring the technologies that transform the capture, manipulation, sharing, and preservation of images, the Digital Imaging Marketing Association(R) (DIMA(R)) empowers photo retailers, professional and commercial imagers, and photographers to push the boundaries of possibility and drive their entrepreneurial success. DIMA builds on an 85-year legacy of PMA(R), the worldwide photo imaging association, by promoting emerging technologies and business innovations throughout the global photo imaging industry. DIMA directs this purpose through the development of education, marketing research, and networking forums, and enables its members to envision and experience successful methods of technology integration yielding improved business practices.