Continuous inkjet system provides the mix of speed and color needed to meet requirements for printing mission critical statements with ability to provide more personalized and targeted messaging customers are seeking today

ROCHESTER, N.Y., December 16, 2005 – Fenske Media Corporation, a Rapid City, S.D.-based commercial printer, has purchased a KODAK VERSAMARK VX5000 Printing System.  Recognized as an industry leader in embracing innovative technologies, Fenske is using the VX5000 printing system to produce variable data bank statements, personalized direct mail pieces, web-to-press applications, and disaster recovery services to its customers.

“With its flexible color options and configuration, blended solutions and multiple finishing options, the VX5000 printing system has expanded our capabilities to turn documents such as direct mail pieces and bank statements into more personalized communication tools that our customers can use to send targeted messages to their customers and prospects,” said Tom Fenske, controller, Fenske Media Corporation.  ”Due to its high printing speed, the VX5000 has become known as our ‘deadline maker’ to produce important documents that must be printed and in the mail with a short turn-around time.”

With a capacity of up to one million impressions per day, the VX5000 printing system is an integrated, continuous inkjet digital printing system capable of producing 100 percent variable data in black, highlight color and CMYK process color. A roll-fed system with print speeds of up to 500 feet per minute (150 meters per minute), the VX5000 system is designed to handle heavy-duty production with an exceptionally low operation cost per page.  Available in several configurations and with a wide selection of pre- and post-processing options, the VX5000 system is designed to handle virtually any variable data printing application. 

“The VX5000 printing system and all systems in the V-series family are designed to provide printers such as Fenske with a cost-effective solution to do more personalized and customized communication with the high productivity, flexibility, and color quality customers require,” said Ron Gilboa, Vice President of Marketing, Kodak Versamark. “In addition, the capability of the VX5000 printing system to expand functionality enables Fenske to grow the system along with its business, providing the assurance of an investment in a print platform that will remain viable for years to come.”

About Fenske Media Corporation

Established in 1957 as a commercial printer, Fenske Media Corporation is recognized as one of the country's most unique and advanced direct response communications providers. The company achieved this reputation by consistently delivering high quality services to a diverse national client base. Fenske Media Corporation operates today in a totally digital environment providing information services across many different and relevant media portals.

About Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print, and view images – for memories, for information, for business, and for entertainment.  With sales of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on four businesses:  Digital & Film Imaging Systems – providing consumers, professionals, and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; Health – supplying the medical and dental professions with traditional and digital imaging and information systems, IT solutions and services; Graphic Communications – providing customers with a range of solutions for prepress, traditional and digital printing, document scanning, and multi-vendor IT services; and Display & Components – supplying original equipment manufacturers with imaging sensors as well as intellectual property and materials for the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and LCD display industries.

(Kodak and Versamark are trademarks of Kodak.)

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