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Agfa Graphics’ new Azura TU Tech Paper
Azura and the modern printer: A white paper by Gareth Ward, industry specialist and editor of Print Business UK…
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Case study on Agfa Graphics' Apogee StoreFront
Case study with PDF to download: Agfa Graphics implements Elastic Path store management software for its cloud-based Web-to-print solution…
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| 06 On-line features for July/August |
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World's first Speedmaster XL 106 eight-colour LE UV
For Druckhaus Becker GmbH, LE UV drying from Heidelberg is the technology of the future…
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Kodak NexPress presses prove pivotal to growth for Molenberg
Molenberg Media invests in two Kodak NexPress presses and a Kodak Digimaster digital production system for black-and-white output…
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Multi-tasking large-format: High flexibility and productivity
Italy’s first Speedmaster XL 162 from Heidelberg produces both short runs for point-of-sale applications and long runs for food and non-food packaging…
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Astros – China’s colourful print kingdom
Major Chinese printer growing with KBA Rapida technology…
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Siberian company sets standards with Kodak Flexcel NX
Kodak Flexcel NX system helps Novosibirsk-based Print Graphica in Russia secure new business opportunities…
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Image Technique expands with Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8
Fujifilm superwide print and media offering blends into the end-to-end sign making environment at Image Technique…
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Cutting-edge technology in northern Bavaria
Rapida 106 at Spintler Druck und Verlag in Weiden, Germany…
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WorldSkills in Leipzig: The 2013 Print Media winners
Girl Power in Print Media Technology as Gold and Silver in the Print Media Technology category went to two young women…
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The European self-adhesive labelling industry
FINAT reports on modest growth in European self-adhesive labelling consumption in 2012 by Jules Lejeune, managing director FINAT…
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| 08 On-line features for Nov/Dec |
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Canon’s four integrated divisions look towards 2014
Following the integration of the Canon and Océ businesses, Canon UK's professional print marketing directors discuss 2013 and the year ahead…
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Four Speedmaster XL 106 long perfectors head to Wales
Commercial printers in industrialised countries invest in maximum productivity and optimum availability with the Speedmaster XL 106 long perfecting press from Heidelberg…
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Fujifilm and Inca celebrate 15 years of success together
In 1998, a small team from Cambridge Consultants exhibited a prototype of the first-ever flatbed inkjet printer at Ipex…
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Quo Vadis first in France with Heidelberg SX 102
French print shop Les Editions Quo Vadis has optimised efficiency and boosted productivity by 32 per cent with Speedmaster SX…
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Implementing standards will improve profits
Digital Dots has produced a series of four, easy to understand guides - 'Standardised Print Production' - that simplify the process…
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KBA Japan on the road to success with high-tech sheetfed
After several Rapida 106 presses in Tokyo comes the first large-format Rapida 145 headed for Kinsei Printing in Osaka…
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Colorman e:line forum at the Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag
Manroland Web Systems impresses customers with high speed performance at the Colorman e:line technology forum held at the Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag in Kempten…
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Customers in MENA invest in solutions from Heidelberg
Print products are in growing demand in the emerging markets and developing countries of the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region…
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| 02 Technology-related articles (more below) |
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Heidelberg unveils new Dymatrix XL 145 CSB
Peak performance in format 6 large-format die-cutting technology with optimum automation and maximum precision
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Three Around – the new road to a to a compact format
An alternative retrofit production concept from Manroland Web Systems, as well as for new press projects…
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Cromoman 4-1: the most flexible 4-1 press
With an increased web width of 1600mm, this compact and versatile press from Manroland Web Systems is now even more attractive for newspaper publishers worldwide…
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Aumüller improves folding productivity by over 40 per cent
New generation Stahlfolder TX/KX folding systems from Heidelberg optimise performance and simplify operation in industrial production…
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World’s first ST 500 from Heidelberg to Druck Pruskil
ST 500 Saddlestitcher focuses on fast makeready with a high level of automation in a wide range of formats…
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GSE Dispensing increase productivity at 5Sept Étiquette
The new ink workflow has reduced its lead-times and ink waste for the flexo and offset label converter in Courthézon, southern France…
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The new Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 200 Compact
The new Stitchmaster ST 200 Compact from Heidelberg provides cost-efficient saddlestitching in up to A3 format at 11,000 cycles per hour…
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Al Mawrid’s Gallus ICS 670 bespoke packaging press
Lateral thinking brings rewards for Sharjah-based Al Mawrid with inline flexo production of added value folding cartons…
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Kodak’s unique and successful digital hybrid solution
Kodak Prosper S-Series Imprinting Systems give European businesses the competitive edge and provides numerous business winning opportunities…
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Val pg switches to Kodak Sonora XP Process Free Plates
Kodak Sonora XP Process Free Plates spur a productivity surge at Val pg Pôle Graphique in Nantes, France…
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Heidelberg Packaging Days at Wiesloch-Walldorf
HEI End - Heidelberg showcased industrialised folding carton production for pharmaceutical and food applications at Packaging Days in April…
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Heidelberg to hold HEI Open Days at PMC once a month
Commercial print shops can obtain comprehensive information about Heidelberg solutions at the Print Media Centre in Heidelberg, Germany…
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KBA ErgoTronic: Form meets function
iF Communication Design Award 2013 for the new ErgoTronic console for KBA’s new generation of Rapida sheetfed offset presses…
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Revolutionary Goss Sunday web press technology turns 20
Printers worldwide continue to realise productivity and profitability benefits from the original gapless-blanket breakthrough and continuous R&D efforts to exploit this innovation…
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Well thought-out triple circumference from Augsburg
Manroland Web Systems’ holistic solution for 150 per cent productivity, as well as increased flexibility in newspaper printing…
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Kodak Sonora XP adopted by industry leaders across Europe
Industry support for Kodak’s Sonora XP Process Free Plates growing fast as environmental and economic benefits deliver clear productivity gains…
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KBA’s system hpdSYSTEM moto: Kicking tyres into touch
Special applications: Precise hot-stamping technology from KBA-Metronic for smudge-proof inline tyre coding…
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Kodak Stream digital inkjet transforms MPG Printgroup
High-volume 100 per cent digital short-run book printing with Kodak Prosper 1000 press and Timsons T-Press with Kodak Stream technology…
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Quantum leap in digital finishing
Manroland Web Systems presents premieres in digital newspaper and book production as part of the recent Océ International Inkjet Days…
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KBA retrofits inkjet systems to newspaper presses
Latest generation of inkjet heads for individual imprints…
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Sappi Europe and Innovia Films working together
Sappi Fine Paper Europe and Innovia Films bring compostable end-of-life solutions to environmentally-conscious packaging manufacturers and consumers…
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Higher output and less effort with short grain
The KBA C56 SG: Enormous productivity with 56 pages in short grain…
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Litho and UV coating plates from one Lüscher CTP system
Packaging specialists Schelling adds a special touch with the new Accent UV coating plate world-first, co-developed by Lüscher and MacDermid…
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Rapida 145 welcomes ‘big sister’ KBA Rapida 164
KBA completes its high-performance large format line-up in format VIIb (1205 x 1640mm) with a maximum production speed of 15,000sph…
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Polar and Heidelberg highlight Asia as a growth market
The emerging markets of Asia are increasingly important as both companies make considerable investments in establishing manufacturing factories in Qingpu, China…
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Kodak’s latest Prosper 5000XLi press debuts in Lucerne
Kodak launches the Prosper 5000XLi press with Intelligent Print System to maximise quality and productivity at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne…
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KBA RotaJET at the Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne
KBA RotaJET with convincing print quality and performance, and now boasting a raft of technical advancements since its launch just nine months ago at Drupa…
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Fujifilm Acuitys key in screen to digital integration at QPS
Fujifilm's Acuity series diversifies the market offering and enhances efficiency at QPS in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, as well as helping to save costs…
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Anicolor technology revolutionises printing of very short runs
With 90 per cent less paper waste, 50 per cent shorter makeready times, and 50 per cent higher productivity and maximum user-friendliness. By Hilde Weißer…
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Newnorth more than 25% more productive with Fujifilm XMF
Commercial printer Newnorth has increased automation and strengthened its market proposition with Fujifilm's XMF workflow production suite…
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Economic efficiency in 4-over-4- or 5-over-5 printing
The new Rapida 105 establishes itself as a long perfecting press and is based on the same technological platform as the high-tech Rapida 106…
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New Eurobind doubles production for Winterwork
Digital printer Winterwork became the first company to use new Eurobind 1300 PUR adhesive binder from Heidelberg…
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KBA solidifies superlarge-format lead in U.S. with Rapida 205
Largest award-winning press in the world at 2050mm (81-inches) is now installed at nearly 20 sites in the United States.…
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Skanem adopts Fujifilm UVivid Flexo JD inks
Fujifilm UVivid Flexo JD inks provide enhanced colour consistency and improve efficiency at Skanem in Durham, UK…
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Complete solutions from a single source
Heidelberg offers tailored solutions for the entire value-added chain in packaging printing, including appropriate services and consulting support; plus wide-ranging White Paper to download…
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FEZ Innovation Gallery from drupa opens in Heidelberg
Heidelberg is now showcasing its visionary print applications shown at drupa at its Research & Development Centre (FEZ) in Heidelberg…
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| 05 On-line features for May/Jun |
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International customer event at KBA in Radebeul
300 printers experience the new large-format Rapida 164 live at an open house at KBA in Radebeul on 20 and 21 June…
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An interview with Heidelberg CEO Gerold Linzbach
Heidelberg achieved key milestones in its financial year 2012/2013, as its Annual Report highlighted last week. It also included this comprehensive interview with the company's new CEO…
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Data Image Group addressing challenges with Esko
Esko software has helped Data Image Group achieve 30 per cent year-on-year growth in large-format graphics and point of sale services…
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Uniflex reaps full benefits of Esko's HD Flexo
Esko technologies help Belarus printer Uniflex increase orders by 30 per cent, reduce ink usage and costs, and cut waste…
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Innovation meets competence at Flyeralarm
Market-leading online printers in Europe, Druckhaus Mainfranken, prints with five Genius 52UV presses from KBA-MePrint…
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Two KBA Rapidas to mark triple anniversary
Vimer Industrie Grafiche Italiane invests in Rapida 106 double-coater press and large-format Rapida 162a…
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Platinum transforms its business with Ricoh Pro C901
Ricoh helps Yorkshire printing company, Platinum in Harrogate, expand from traditional litho printer to full marketing services business…
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The first ‘zero-emission print shop’ in Germany
Major order for Heidelberg as Oeding Print in Braunschweig invests in complete solution for its zero-emission print shop…
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| 07 On-line features for Sep/Oct |
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Customers discover finishing potential at Heidelberg Postpress Days
Nearly 300 participants from across the globe, with two new Saddlestitchers and latest high performance Stahlfolder debuted, in a full-service print shop at the Print Media Centre in Heidelberg…
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Heidelberg Label Days in Wiesloch-Walldorf
Label Days at Heidelberg’s Print Media Centre brought together label manufacturers from around the world at the end of September…
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KBA at the World Publishing Expo 2013 in Berlin
Offset and inkjet newspaper printing from one source…
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Kodak partners with Optichrome to enable cross-media strategy
Kodak's broad range of equipment supports Woking-based Optichrome's fifty years in business…
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European operations differentiate with Kodak NexPress
Capability to expand services and increase production gives Kodak NexPress Digital Production Color Press users a business lift…
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Kösel GmbH: Proactive maintenance pays off in the long term
Muller Martini ensures high level of production reliability with MMInspect for Germany’s ‘Book Printer of the Year’ from 2010 to 2012…
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Swiss customers across all formats are demanding LE UV
Swiss commercial print shops make full use of the benefits offered by Low Energy UV drying technology from Heidelberg…
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Koenig & Bauer: Actively tackling the media shift
Digital print with the KBA RotaJET – a new opportunity for newspapers? Also to be featured at the World Publishing Expo in Berlin in October…
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| 04 On-line features for Mar/Apr |
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Pureprint prints art books for the National Gallery on B2 Indigo
Pureprint Group in the UK prints art books for the National Gallery Company using its HP Indigo 10000 B2 sheetfed digital press…
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‘Manufacturing Marvels’ with KBA at Huston Patterson
Huston Patterson Corporation and its KBA sheetfed presses take centre stage on the Fox Business Network as ‘Manufacturing Marvels’ highlights the firm's packaging technology and unique customer service…
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Retrofitting and modernisation replace reinvestment
Retrofitting for News Limited at its Brisbane, Sydney and Townsville plants – an Australian/German Manroland Web Systems success story…
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First Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8 UK installation a big hit
Image Technique boosts outdoor communications business with integration of productive superwide-format printer…
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Maserpack places faith in a new KBA Rapida 145
Modern technology realises additional market potential for Maserpack srl in Cisterna di Latina near Rome as it installs its fourth press from KBA…
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How do we label the future?
Jules Lejeune, managing director of the European self-adhesive labelling association FINAT, pinpoints the routes to successful growth and profitability…
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Modern Litho’s long-term growth strategy with XL 105s
Nine months after installing a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 long perfector, Modern Litho ‘Would do it all over again’…
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Melter Druck: Instrument Flight with grey balance key to success
KBA QualiTronic combined with System Brunner Instrument Flight inline colour measurement and closed-loop control provides colour security and reliability…
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| 03 On-line features for Jan/Feb |
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Fujifilm's XMF Workflow and XMF Remote at Duffield
Fujifilm's XMF Workflow, 3D proofing feature and XMF Remote improve customer relationships at Duffield Printers in the UK…
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Maygray invests in Kodak digital to offer full print service
The addition of a Kodak NexPress SX3300 digital production colour press opens doors to new business at Maygray Graphics in Uxbridge, UK…
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Encompass Elements installs major differentiator in Scodix
The Scodix S digital enhancement press offers value-added benefit by adding tangible dimension and texture to print…
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Model AG enters new era of packaging production
Swiss packaging manufacturer embraces digital production with Inca Onset S40 and Fujifilm's new Uvijet OC inks for corrugated applications…
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Are conditions right for the perfect storm?
Are CXM and document-driven processes the perfect storm to reboot the transactional print opportunity? Asks Vaughan Patterson of Ricoh South Africa
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Connecting in Las Vegas
Sophie Matthews-Paul looks back on the success of this year's EFI Connect and outlines its very successful formula…
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Exquisite wallcoverings at Browns from BAF Graphics
Immerse yourself in a stylish Welsh atmosphere at Browns Hotel in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, courtesy of the bespoke wallcoverings from BAF Graphics…
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Fishwicks Printers investing in the future
For Durban-based Fishwicks Printers in South Africa, 2012 will be remembered as a year of massive investment to broaden its product portfolio...
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Xeikon number five in five years for CS Labels
CS Labels in Willenhall, UK, has announced its fifth Xeikon digital label press installation: a Xeikon 3500…
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Reynders Label Printing: First with the Domino N600i
Domino’s first N600i digital colour label press installation takes Reynders, headquartered in Belgium, to the next level in digital label production…
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Integrated Inkjet: Bingo and other jackpots
Publishing houses, readers, and advertisers benefit from the variety of Manroland Web Systems/Kodak applications…
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Carbon neutral first from Heidelberg in Asia
Green Life Printing House in Thailand has installed the first carbon neutral Heidelberg Speedmaster press in Asia…
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