Book Publishing Solutions. Driving maximum production efficiency from. 1 to 1 million books

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1 Book Publishing Solutions Driving maximum production efficiency from 1 to 1 million books

2 A dynamic environment The book publishing industry is transforming, in a dynamic communications environment that presents new challenges... and opportunities. Book sales are holding steady or growing in many areas, even as market forces reshape how, when and where books are produced. Publishers, who bear the increasingly high costs of the traditional book production process, are consolidating. Retailers face intense price pressure. Margins are shrinking, and competition is intense. At the same time, digital technology has turned the old business models upside down. The Internet is erasing geographic boundaries and changing not only the way books are marketed and sold, but the way content is delivered to consumers. ebook adoption is exploding, and pressure from alternative media will only increase. Leverage strategic opportunities With every challenge comes an opportunity. Your publishing customers need to improve supply chain efficiency, reduce costs, improve sustainability, and extract maximum value from both their front and back list titles. Kodak can help you help your customers meet these business challenges, strengthening your publisher relationships, as well as driving better asset utilization and positioning you for success in a dynamic environment. INNOVATING IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD Kodak is the only company that offers a complete portfolio of both conventional and digital print systems within a unified workflow, delivering innovative, integrated solutions in run lengths from 1 to 1 million in black-and-white and color. Our scaleable solutions are tailored to meet your business needs today and tomorrow. We ll help you increase efficiency and leverage the latest solutions to offer new services that improve response times, deliver greater return on investment, and build new revenue streams.

3 INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND DELIVER MORE VALUE Photo, John Myers Photography Kodak Unified Workflow Solutions create a single environment that supports both conventional and digital printing, so you can leverage both for maximum return. The use of industry standards such as JDF and PDF leverages your existing technology investments in ways that maximize revenue and profitability, increasing your efficiency and capabilities, and allowing you to offer enhanced services. A more productive, unified digital and offset process Automate production to eliminate costs and streamline collaboration with your customers. At the heart of a Kodak Unified Workflow Solution is Kodak Prinergy Workflow, which solves key business issues by streamlining production from original file to printed output. It can improve your productivity, resource allocation, and ultimately, your bottom line. With Kodak Prinergy Workflow, you ll be able to automate repetitive daily tasks, cut costs, reduce errors, and improve turnaround times. Kodak Prinergy Workflow is designed to manage, schedule and drive both offset and digital presses with unprecedented levels of automation, enabling zero touch production from online job submission to output. Deliver customized services that bring you closer to your customer Portal products such as Kodak InSite Solutions help enhance relationships between you and your publishing customers by using the Internet to connect directly into different parts of the workflow. Through collaboration, digital asset management, online job submission, and monitor proofing, Kodak offers a complete portal solution, from creative to the pressroom. Kodak Web to Print Solutions offer Web-based storefront applications that automate the order and fulfillment process, offer variable data print capabilities, and integrate easily into your existing workflow. These online services make it easy for publishers to order reprints or customized books, and easy to you to respond quickly to their needs. All of these tools enhance communication and production efficiency, enabling faster job turnaround times with greater flexibility, color accuracy, communication, and control. A solution for every run length, black-and-white or color Kodak Prinergy Workflow is trusted worldwide for its leading-edge prepress capabilities, customizable automation, third-party integration, and advanced color and screening proficiencies. Kodak Digimaster and NexPress Platforms Kodak Prosper Press Platform Kodak CTP Solutions Kodak provides production solutions for every run length. Suitability of individual technologies will vary by application.

4 IMPROVE SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY FOR RUNS UP TO 7,000 Digital book production saves money in short runs by reducing costs related to run waste and signature collating. Your publishing customers can also realize savings, as costs associated with overproduction, warehousing, remaindering and destruction of unsold inventory are minimized. From high-volume inkjet to production black and white and digital color, Kodak s digital print solutions offer offset class quality, reliability and throughput, and lower cost of operations. Maximize productivity with innovative inkjet technology The roll-fed Kodak Prosper Press Platform uses Kodak s Stream inkjet technology to deliver exceptional quality and productivity at the lowest total cost of operations. With an average monthly page volume of 90 million, at line screens approaching 175 LPI, this game-changing platform is one of the most cost-effective digital book printing solutions on the market. Kodak Prosper 1000 and Kodak Prosper 5000XLi Presses can drive operational and supply chain savings for run lengths of color and black-and-white books up to Kodak Prosper 5000XLi Press Prosper Presses print on a range of uncoated and glossy substrates, and are ideal for trade, mass market, educational and professional books. Together with finishing partners Lasermax, Müller Martini, Hunkeler and MBO, Kodak offers a range of inline, near-line and off-line finishing options that provide the flexibility to configure a complete digital book solution that meets your specific production and business needs. Deliver ultra-short runs of finished books The Kodak Digimaster Digital Production System enables you to cost-effectively meet the growing need for on-demand black-and-white books. This exceptionally reliable and high-quality system supports a wide range of substrates. With roll-fed and inline finishing and binding options from partners including CP Bourg and Watkiss, the Digimaster System is a highly productive, fully automated on-demand book system. Kodak Digimaster EX300 Digital Production System Satisfy the needs of a changing market With industry-leading image quality, Kodak NexPress SX Digital Production Color Presses are ideal for printing color books on demand, as well as jackets and covers. This innovative platform provides high quality 5-over-5 color printing, and enables a wide range of high-value surface effects, including full and spot glossing, 3-dimentional, gold, pearlescent and security print. A 26-inch / 660mm and 36-inch/ 914mm long-sheet solution makes the press well-suited for printing dustjackets, and also enables more impositions per sheet, maximizing productivity and reducing waste. When used for components, the NexPress Press can be used together with Prosper Press or Digimaster Systems to provide a complete book solution. Kodak s NexPress Platform protects your investment over time with a modular approach that provides an upgrade path as your needs expand. EMBRACE CHANGE WITH D AN O Kodak NexPress SX3600 Digital Production Color Press

5 DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY, AND REDUCED COSTS Kodak offers a full range of prepress solutions that drive efficiency for offset production. A wide choice of options and upgrades enable you to maximize your investment today and into the future keeping pace with an ever-changing business environment. Industry-leading automation To increase productivity and efficiency while achieving exceptional print quality, choose Kodak Magnus Platesetters and Kodak Sonora XP Process Free Plates or Kodak Trillian SP Thermal Plates. The Kodak Magnus 800Z Quantum Platesetter is one of the fastest 8-page platesetters in the industry, and is available with a choice of automation options, including the Automatic Pallet Loader (APL). Kodak s APL is the only 8-page automatic pallet loader available, allowing printers to dramatically reduce manual plate handling and costs. In addition, with the consistency and stability provided by Kodak squarespot Imaging Technology, you can achieve savings in makeready time, materials, and ink. Range of solutions Kodak Trendsetter 800 Platesetter For printers looking to reduce costs and environmental impact, Kodak delivers affordable, high-quality solutions. Versatile, reliable, and easy to maintain, Kodak Trendsetter Platesetters were recently redesigned with a smaller footprint, new features and the latest hardware and software, and deliver high-quality thermal imaging at exceptional speeds. Kodak Thermal Direct Non Process Plates offer both image quality and simplicity, by eliminating plate processing and postimaging treatment. IGITAL D FFSET BOOK SOLUTIONS Kodak Magnus 800 Platesetter with Automatic Pallet Loader For larger press formats, the Kodak Quantum VLF Platesetter is one of the fastest fully automated VLF platesetters on the market, enabling unattended operation for maximum efficiency. Kodak Sonora XP Process Free Plates deliver the print capabilities and productivity of mainstream plates, without the processing and chemistry so you can be competitive, save money, and reduce environmental impact, all at the same time with no compromises. One-stop shop Kodak is the only prepress market leader that owns the technology for both thermal platesetters and plates, enabling us to respond quickly to changing market needs with new innovations. For easy integration, we offer a range of turnkey All-in-One packages for CTP devices, which bundle workflow, platesetter and service. This complete solution from Kodak not only provides compatibility and tight integration, you can save time and money by dealing with one vendor. You benefit even more when you use proofing systems from Kodak. Kodak Quantum VLF Platesetter

6 A world of service and support solutions Kodak Solutions for the publishing market are supported by a world-class team of dedicated sales, professional consulting and service staff. Our global service and support organization is focused on optimizing operational efficiency with services that can help you control costs, maximize productivity and minimize business risk. Kodak Services for Business offers professional, consulting and managed services with the experience, resources, and knowledge to offer solutions that bring more intelligence to the entire supply chain from title development and management, to ordering and fulfillment. Maximizing equipment uptime is critically important to the successful operation of your business. Kodak Service & Support can help, with equipment maintenance and much more. By holding down the cost of repairs, minimizing downtime, and performing scheduled maintenance and upgrades that can extend the useful life of your equipment, Kodak Service & Support helps minimize your total cost of ownership. Some 3,000 Kodak service professionals in more than 120 countries are ready to support your operation 24/7/365 in most areas. This extensive network gives us the global reach to provide responsive support wherever you are, plus in-country expertise on local languages, cultures, business practices, and government regulations. Toward greater sustainability together Kodak is committed to sustainability worldwide. We recognize that we have a role to play in helping society prosper by driving business growth in a responsible manner that creates value for all stakeholders. We can help you on your path to greater sustainability with solutions and services that drive increased efficiencies and reduced resource consumption: Unified workflow solutions that automate labor-intensive processes, minimizing errors and reducing waste across the print production chain Web-to-print digital workflows that reduce the use of paper and ink Digital printing solutions that are engineered with recyclable and reusable parts, and can be used with the widest range of substrates, including those made of post-consumer waste Kodak Prosper Press Inks that are toy-safe, making them a safe and desirable solution for children s and juvenile s books Offset plates and CTP systems that reduce water, chemistry, and energy use in prepress, and help reduce paper and ink waste on press To learn more about solutions from Kodak: Visit Produced using Kodak Technology. Eastman Kodak Company 343 State Street Rochester, NY USA Kodak, Kodak, Digimaster, InSite, Magnus, NexPress, Prinergy, Prosper, Quantum, Sonora, squarespot, Staccato, Thermal Direct, Trendsetter and Trillian are trademarks of Kodak. Subject to technical change without notice. W.CPS.O en.01