International speakers at Print Expo

Digital Distributors, specialist colour management consultants and suppliers of software and related products to the pre-press, press, graphic and fine arts industries, hosted Patrick van Dam of Alwan Colour, France, who did a presentation on standardisation and optimisation of CMYK data exchange at the conference (13 - 16 March 2007).

According to John Panton, MD of Digital Distributors, it was an honour to host an international guest like Van Dam. “The presentation of CMYK Data Exchange was highly informative and we are proud of our association with Patrick Van Dam and Alwan Colour,” Panton says.

Van Dam, who joined Alwan Color Expertise as director of sales at the beginning of 2007, previously served as executive vice president of Enfocus Software, which he helped grow into a market leader in PDF preflighting and editing. He also held various positions with Agfa, Aesthedes and Philips and co-founded Visual Communication Systems, a multimedia company. Van Dam has a degree in Electronics from the Higher Institute Mechelen.

Other presentations included:

• Trends in Digital Print by Richard de Boissezon of HP-Indigo
  
• Print Finishing - From Press Delivery to Loading Bay by Jules Deitz of Müller Martini.
  
• Latest CTP plate technology including Processless Plates by Stephan Taubmann of Kodak Graphic Communications Group.
  
• Trends in Long Perfecting Technology by Michael Fallenbacher of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.
  
• Harnessing the Power of Digital Print by Tony Kenton of Xerox Corporation.

Digital Distributors and one of its main reseller clients, KEMTEK Imaging Systems, also presented an EFI Colorproof XF installation which showcased remote proofing by linking their two eExpo stands with HP Z-series printers. Proofs could be received from each other and verified to be the same at both ends using spectral measurements from HP’s built in spectrophotometers.

Digital Distributors also hosted Ozgur Yazaar, EFI EMEA representative from Germany, at the expo as principal back up to Digital Distributors’ sales support experts. EFI is one of the world leaders in digital imaging and print management solutions for the commercial printing and enterprise markets and is offered to the local market by Digital Distributors.