Rochester, N.Y. - Better Buys for Business recognized the KODAK NEXPRESS SE Platform and the KODAK DIGIMASTER EX Digital Production Systems each with an Editor's Choice Award in their annual review of digital printers. The Digimaster system has earned the BBB Editor's Choice award multiple times over the last several years. The leading independent authority of office imaging equipment called the KODAK NEXPRESS SE Platform "an indication of how the digital printing world is making a serious challenge to at least part of the gigantic offset printing market" and the KODAK DIGIMASTER EX Systems "an impressive on-demand printer series that has great appeal for high volume printer buyers."

Better Buys for Business evaluates hundreds of models of copiers, printers, faxes and scanners from all major manufacturers when selecting award recipients, but only one or two from each category achieve Editor's Choice status, a designation for those products that provide the best performance and represent the best value.

"The Editor's Choice Award reflects Kodak's commitment to providing the highest quality digital color and black and white systems to our customers," said Chuck Hura, Worldwide Product Manager, Digital Printing Solutions, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group. "Our innovative digital print solutions provide the speed, flexibility, and value necessary to help our customers embrace new opportunities and grow their business."

According to Better Buys for Business, the NEXPRESS SE Presses "are impressive machines… especially with the addition of gloss optimization, enhanced color gamut, and texturing."

The KODAK NEXPRESS SE  Digital Production Color Platform with Print Genius provides customers more options and ways to utilize applications that generate higher margin. Delivering ground breaking productivity, quality and reliability, user's can increase their top and bottom lines. Customers are able to upgrade presses as they grow their businesses with options to select desired paper capacity, increase processing capability, and add a fifth imaging unit for delivery of spot color, watermarking, MICR secure printing, and protective coating with the PIA InterTech Award winning KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions. The fifth imaging unit solutions also enable high impact glossing in conjunction with the KODAK NEXPRESS Glossing Unit and the PIA InterTech Award-winning KODAK NEXPRESS Intelligent Dimensional Coating and KODAK NEXPRESS Dimensional Clear Dry Ink, which combine to create raised printing that enables tactile effects so that images can have a dimensional feel that mimics the surface of the items in the image.

Better Buys for Business states the DIGIMASTER EX Series' "platform is a versatile, speedy way for customers to add high-volume production printing capabilities."  The KODAK DIGIMASTER EX Digital Production System builds upon the proven quality, performance, productivity, and flexibility of Kodak's award winning DIGIMASTER Technology to address the demanding needs of print buyers for faster turnaround time, new and creative print on demand documents with quality and sophisticated finishing.

The Digimaster models provide for software and finishing capability that allows the system to function seamlessly in a range of Printing, Publishing or Transactional environments.

DIGIMASTER EX Digital Production System comes in five speeds EX110 (110 ipm), EX125 (125 ipm), EX138 (138 ipm)-a speed model to address a critical production space-EX150 (150 ipm) and EX300 (300 ipm). DIGIMASTER EX system also offers an optional extended paper supply, which holds 4,000 sheets of large format sheets in all three paper drawers, roll feed attachment directly to the print engine for transaction and /or high volume printing, and a flat panel monitor with adjustable swing, tilt and swivel capability for optimal user viewing.

KODAK Products are backed by KODAK Service and Support. KODAK Service and Support is made up of more than 3,000 professionals in 120 countries. It is a leading multi-vendor integrated services provider, delivering consulting, installation, maintenance and support services for commercial printing, graphic communications, document imaging, data storage and retail industries. KODAK Service and Support professionals are uniquely qualified to provide services that control costs, maximize productivity, and minimize business risk.