Kodak’s High Speed, Scaleable Inline Variable Printing Solutions can Grow with Customers

Kodak expert to help MAILCOM 2006 attendees find best inkjet solution for their needs

Rochester, NY, May 9 -- Three high speed inline variable printing systems will fill Kodak’s booth at MAILCOM 2006, May 9-12, offering show attendees a choice of scaleable, reliable solutions for quality direct mail personalization and addressing, barcoding, numbering, graphics and logos. MAILCOM is the world’s largest convention for mail communications management.

Kodak’s exhibit will showcase the KODAK VERSAMARK DS4350 UV, DS5240 and DS6240 printing systems at booth 409. The VERSAMARK D-series continuous inkjet solutions offer high speed, part page digital printing and can easily mount inline with web offset presses, collators, mailbases, folders, and a variety of other inline and offline equipment.

“Today’s mail communications management market demands solutions that provide quality, speed and flexibility in order to expand services and meet growing customer demands,” said Ron Gilboa, Vice President Marketing, Transactional and Industrial Solutions Group, Kodak. “Kodak’s VERSAMARK D-series solutions address our customers’ needs by combining high throughput with quality printing and a low cost of operation.”

The D-series for high volume digital printing offers a broad range of printing systems with a comprehensive selection of printing features and functions to print variable information online or offline:

For reliable, high resolution, variable data printing on a wide variety of substrates, the VERSAMARK DS4350 UV printing system provides a wide 2.56 ″ of print coverage in a single printhead, print speeds of up to 330 fpm and print resolutions of up to 300 x 600 dpi.

The VERSAMARK DS5240 printing system meets a wide range of variable data imaging application needs, and is ideal for barcoding, numbering, addressing, personalization and spot color. The DS5240 is a 1.07″ system with speeds of up to 1000 fpm and resolutions of 240 x 240 or 240 x 480 dpi.

The VERSAMARK DS6240 system offers 4.27 ″ print width and resolution of 240 x 240 dpi at speeds up to 1000 fpm. The combination of speed, resolution and print width makes this device ideal for direct mail, transactional printing, forms, and other commercial printing and spot color applications. Users can stitch up to four VERSAMARK DS6240 printheads together for a total print width of 17.08 ″.

Kodak’s inline variable printing systems are designed to allow users a high degree of flexibility when it comes to selecting a solution that fits their needs.

“Every customer faces unique challenges and seeks a personalized approach to creating new opportunities,” explained Gilboa. “The VERSAMARK D-series systems give users maximum flexibility as to how they use it because the systems can be integrated into many different configurations.”

In addition to its booth exhibit, Kodak will have a presence in the Educational Seminars at MAILCOM. Mark Shanks, Product Manager, Kodak Versamark, will lead a discussion on “Selecting the Right Inkjet Technology” 12:10 p.m.–1 p.m. Friday, May 12. Shanks will explore the entire range of digital printing systems available, from monochrome to color systems used for addressing, personalization, barcoding and other forms of variable messaging. Attendees will learn how to select the right system for the level of print quality, speed and cost they require.

About Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator, providing leading products and services to the photographic, graphic communications and healthcare markets. With sales of $14.3 billion in 2005, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional image capture products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using KODAK solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; Creative Professionals rely on KODAK technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images; and leading Healthcare organizations rely on Kodak’s innovative products, services and customized workflow solutions to help improve patient care and maximize efficiency and information sharing within and across their enterprise. More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com.
For more information about Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, visit www.graphics.kodak.com.
(Kodak and Versamark are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.) 2006

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