Marketers throughout Southeast Asia now have a newway to make their digitally printed communications stand out and getattention: Dimensional Printing from Kodak. Ortindo Image Centre inJogyakarta, Indonesia, is the first commercial printer in the region tooffer this unique capability with the installation of a new KODAK NEXPRESSS2500 Digital Production Color Press. KODAK Dimensional Printing wasrecently awarded a 2009 InterTech Technology Award, the highest honor forinnovation in the graphic communications industry.

"We originally decided to add a digital press primarily because wewere seeing more jobs with shorter run lengths and faster turnaround times,"said Johanes Rudyanto, Owner and Managing Director, Ortindo Image Centre."Once we learned about the Dimensional Printing and glossing capabilitiesfrom Kodak, we realized that the NEXPRESS Press would open up many otheropportunities for us to offer new services and grow our business."

Ortindo produces a variety of print materials, from books to magazinesto brochures. Its clients include companies in the hospitality industry aswell as publishing houses, among them, Hyatt Hotel and Kanisius, the largestpublisher in Central Java, Indonesia.

Available as part of the KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions,Dimensional Printing gives specified text and images a raised or 3D effect.The result is a printed piece with a dimensional feel that mimics thesurface of the items in the image. Dimensional Printing can also placestandout borders and other eye-catching features to printed materials.

KODAK NEXPRESS Intelligent Dimensional Coating Solution and KODAK NEXPRESSDimensional Clear Dry Ink combine to create the Dimensional Printingeffects. Dimensional Printing is well suited for a variety of markets,including the commercial printing and photo products markets.

To extend the type of applications it can produce and enhance theimage quality of jobs run on its NEXPRESS S2500 Press, Ortindo also addedthe KODAK NEXPRESS Glossing Unit.

"We see immediate opportunities in photobooks and other image-richproducts," said Rudyanto. "The combination of Dimensional Printing andhigh-end glossing with the NEXPRESS Press means that we can offer ourcustomers high-value services previously unavailable in Southeast Asia."

KODAK Products are backed by KODAK Service and Support. KODAK Service andSupport is made up of more than 3,000 professionals reaching more than 120countries. It is a leading multi-vendor integrated services provider,delivering consulting, installation, maintenance and support services forthe commercial printing, graphic communications, document imaging and datastorage industries. KODAK Service and Support professionals are uniquelyqualified to provide services that control costs, maximize productivity, andminimize business risk.