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The member meeting on September 17, 2004 completed the Xplor Chicagoland Chapter’s eighth year of providing educational programs to our membership. The entire Chapter Board would like to thank the membership for its support and our vendors for their support and sponsorship of the Chicagoland Chapter. This meeting was co-sponsored by the Chicagoland Chapter and OCE’.

The year closed on a strong note with 60 members attending the meeting (pic 1) and with much discussion going on between the members on how the information learned could be used to benefit their company (pic 2). Another gauge of strength was the fact that 10 First Time attendees were in the audience.

Jeff Rector, Chapter Vice President, (pic 3) welcomed the attendees and announced that the Spring 2005 meeting would be a partnership between the Chapter and Interquest with a topic of “Color in the Insurance Industry”.

Skip Henk, EDP, Xplor International President, was to give an update on the Xplor International organization. Unfortunately, Skip couldn’t be with us due to the hurricanes in Florida.. Hubie Kocurek., Chapter President, (pic 4) stepped in to present Skip’s presentation as follows:

Although Xplor started as a Xerox User Group, the organization is open to all vendors in the Document Space and Xplor receives strong vendor support.

The Xplor organization strives to provide the following:

· Focus the organization on being a tool for the membership
· Expand the scope of Electronic Documentation to provide an end-to-end view of the document
· Increase the value of the organization to our members

Xplor is planning to expand its definition of the Document Space paralleling the AIIM organization.

Xplor is welcoming vendors and potential members who deal with Data Content, CRM, Archiving, Storage, and Data Retrieval. By doing so, Xplor is striving to become “The Community of Choice” for Electronic Documentation Professionals.

Xplor plans to begin working with other associations. Xplor will have 2 days of educational sessions at the Graphics of the Americas Conference, February 4-6, 2005, in Miami, Florida.

The next speaker was John W. Orth, CDIA, Data Financial Business Services,(pic 5) speaking on “Check21 – Digital check processing for the 21st Century”.

On October 28, 2004, Check21 becomes law. The current US check clearing system is as follows:

· Payer writes check
· Sends check to payee
· Payee writes deposit slip
· Depository institution sorts checks
· Checks sent between FED locations
· May be a week for settlement

On October 29, 2004, after Check21 becomes law, the new check clearing system will be:

· Payer writes check
· Sends to payee
· Payee writes deposit slip
· Depository institution scans check and creates an electronic image

· 12 image exchange servers analogous to the 12 Federal Reserve Districts are connected by a redundant fiber network

· Same day or next day settlement

Advantages to banks of Check21:

· No air or ground shipping costs
· No check sorting machines or maintenance
· Check scanner costs $10,000 vs $250,000-$500,000 for check sorters

· Banks stop NSF checks (The most common form of check fraud) by reducing float to 15 minutes
· Check writer can be run against database of bad accounts before person leaves bank

The check scanning system will create a TIFF image that is converted to a JPEG image using the new X9.37 standard. The JPEG image will reduce storage space requirements and conserve network bandwidth.

The next speaker was Walter Young, OCE’ Program Manager (pic 6). Walter gave an update on the OCE’ Variostream 9000 Continuous Feed printer.

If you have a large Black & White print volume, but are not sure if you can justify a color printer, the OCE’ 9000 series printer can provide a migration path to multi custom tone color printing on the same printer. OCE’ incorporates the UP3I standard into the printer controller to allow connection of pre and post processing equipment from various manufacturers adhering to the UP3I standard. The printer allows automated setting of post processing units via the data stream.

Printer advantages:

· Printer runs at 852 lpm for B&W and 172 lpm for 4 color or 5 color (custom Pantone mix)
· Printer prints on both sides of stock, but only fuses once
· Non-contact fusing
· Single pass duplex
· 240, 300, or 600 dpi can be mixed in the same job or on the same page
· Printer can take any data stream

Our final speaker was Robert J. Suvada, OCE’ Senior Business Development Consultant (pic 7). Robert spoke on the OCE’ 5000 cut sheet product family.

Why cut sheet?
· Excellent for short runs
· Allows multiple paper stocks in same job
· Excellent for re-prints
· Allows variable or custom data
· Allows Tabs
· Allows Covers and Inserts

How is OCE’ different from the other printer manufacturers?

· Printer can take any data stream
· Printer is designed similar to new web fed printers
· Printer has a vacuum-feed paper transport
· Pneumatic paper input handling
· Produces 6,480 – 9,300 impressions per hour
· Prints in Black & White or with 1 or 2 additional spot colors

Variable data transaction printing is converging with short run on-demand publishing. The OCE’ 5000 printer family is designed for this type of printing. In a production publishing environment, 1 OCE’ 5000 printer ran for 3days; 3shifts x 7 day; with no services calls and only 4 miss-feeds for 600,000 total impressions printed.


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	Chicagoland Chapter Events - Review of 9/17/04 Meeting

	The member meeting on September 17, 2004 completed the Xplor Chicagoland Chapter’s eighth year of providing educational programs to our membership. The entire Chapter Board would like to thank the membership for its support and our vendors for their support and sponsorship of the Chicagoland Chapter. This meeting was co-sponsored by the Chicagoland Chapter and OCE’. The year closed on a strong note with 60 members attending the meeting (pic 1) and with much discussion going on between the members on how the information learned could be used to benefit their company (pic 2). Another gauge of strength was the fact that 10 First Time attendees were in the audience. Jeff Rector, Chapter Vice President, (pic 3) welcomed the attendees and announced that the Spring 2005 meeting would be a partnership between the Chapter and Interquest with a topic of “Color in the Insurance Industry”. Skip Henk, EDP, Xplor International President, was to give an update on the Xplor International organization. Unfortunately, Skip couldn’t be with us due to the hurricanes in Florida.. Hubie Kocurek., Chapter President, (pic 4) stepped in to present Skip’s presentation as follows: Although Xplor started as a Xerox User Group, the organization is open to all vendors in the Document Space and Xplor receives strong vendor support. The Xplor organization strives to provide the following: · Focus the organization on being a tool for the membership · Expand the scope of Electronic Documentation to provide an end-to-end view of the document · Increase the value of the organization to our members Xplor is planning to expand its definition of the Document Space paralleling the AIIM organization. Xplor is welcoming vendors and potential members who deal with Data Content, CRM, Archiving, Storage, and Data Retrieval. By doing so, Xplor is striving to become “The Community of Choice” for Electronic Documentation Professionals. Xplor plans to begin working with other associations. Xplor will have 2 days of educational sessions at the Graphics of the Americas Conference, February 4-6, 2005, in Miami, Florida. The next speaker was John W. Orth, CDIA, Data Financial Business Services,(pic 5) speaking on “Check21 – Digital check processing for the 21st Century”. On October 28, 2004, Check21 becomes law. The current US check clearing system is as follows: · Payer writes check · Sends check to payee · Payee writes deposit slip · Depository institution sorts checks · Checks sent between FED locations · May be a week for settlement On October 29, 2004, after Check21 becomes law, the new check clearing system will be: · Payer writes check · Sends to payee · Payee writes deposit slip · Depository institution scans check and creates an electronic image · 12 image exchange servers analogous to the 12 Federal Reserve Districts are connected by a redundant fiber network · Same day or next day settlement Advantages to banks of Check21: · No air or ground shipping costs · No check sorting machines or maintenance · Check scanner costs $10,000 vs $250,000-$500,000 for check sorters · Banks stop NSF checks (The most common form of check fraud) by reducing float to 15 minutes · Check writer can be run against database of bad accounts before person leaves bank The check scanning system will create a TIFF image that is converted to a JPEG image using the new X9.37 standard. The JPEG image will reduce storage space requirements and conserve network bandwidth. The next speaker was Walter Young, OCE’ Program Manager (pic 6). Walter gave an update on the OCE’ Variostream 9000 Continuous Feed printer. If you have a large Black & White print volume, but are not sure if you can justify a color printer, the OCE’ 9000 series printer can provide a migration path to multi custom tone color printing on the same printer. OCE’ incorporates the UP3I standard into the printer controller to allow connection of pre and post processing equipment from various manufacturers adhering to the UP3I standard. The printer allows automated setting of post processing units via the data stream. Printer advantages: · Printer runs at 852 lpm for B&W and 172 lpm for 4 color or 5 color (custom Pantone mix) · Printer prints on both sides of stock, but only fuses once · Non-contact fusing · Single pass duplex · 240, 300, or 600 dpi can be mixed in the same job or on the same page · Printer can take any data stream Our final speaker was Robert J. Suvada, OCE’ Senior Business Development Consultant (pic 7). Robert spoke on the OCE’ 5000 cut sheet product family. Why cut sheet? · Excellent for short runs · Allows multiple paper stocks in same job · Excellent for re-prints · Allows variable or custom data · Allows Tabs · Allows Covers and Inserts How is OCE’ different from the other printer manufacturers? · Printer can take any data stream · Printer is designed similar to new web fed printers · Printer has a vacuum-feed paper transport · Pneumatic paper input handling · Produces 6,480 – 9,300 impressions per hour · Prints in Black & White or with 1 or 2 additional spot colors Variable data transaction printing is converging with short run on-demand publishing. The OCE’ 5000 printer family is designed for this type of printing. In a production publishing environment, 1 OCE’ 5000 printer ran for 3days; 3shifts x 7 day; with no services calls and only 4 miss-feeds for 600,000 total impressions printed. For a PDF copy of these notes, click on the icon.

Chicagoland Chapter Events - Review of 9/17/04 Meeting