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What to Do and See at Graph Expo?

By Howie Fenton on September 1st, 2010 - 3 Comments

As the Graph Expo show approaches, I’ve had people ask if they should go and if they go what they should see. First, the answer is yes – you should go. Even if it’s just for one day – you should go. There is no better way to research equipment and learn about money saving…

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The Secret Sauce for Growing Sales of Web-to-Print Solutions

By David Dodd on August 31st, 2010 - Comment

A growing number of print service providers are seeking to increase revenues and profits by adding web-to-print services and applications.  Some companies have used web-to-print solutions to drive impressive revenue and profit growth, but many others haven’t been quite as successful. The most important reason for this disparity is that many companies have attempted to…

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BoSacks Speaks Out: The Oxford English Dictionary’s Printed Edition: Are Its Days Really Numbered?

By BoSacks on August 30th, 2010 - Comment

This simple story is all over the internet. It is quite possible that you have read it elsewhere. What I’m wondering is if there are any hidden implications to print publishing in general by the capitulation of the Oxford English Dictionary to go on-line only. Let me add just a few personal thoughts on this…

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Why Vendors/Suppliers Are Not Involved in the Print CEO Forum

By Randy Davidson on August 30th, 2010 - 4 Comments

As many know, WhatTheyThink will present our 2nd Print CEO Forum on October 1st and 2nd. This is an exclusive event for printing executives only. The Print CEO Forum will be held at the prestigious University Club in Chicago. Since the announcement I have been contacted again by many of our sponsors and suppliers in…

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HP Schedules First-Ever Global Partner Summit Coinciding with Dscoop6

By Cary Sherburne on August 30th, 2010 - Comment

Dscoop, the independent user group for HP Indigo and Scitex owners, has been one of the biggest user group success stories in our industry.  Even though last year was terrible for the industry, Dscoop had an attendance of 1,823 and had to turn away both attendees and sponsors because the demand was so high.  In…

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Heidelberg Windmill No. 35345E: It Probably Was Your Grandfather’s Printing Press

By Patrick Henry on August 27th, 2010 - 4 Comments

The picture above was taken not in a printing museum but in the letterpress department of Taylor Corporation’s Tatex subsidiary in Waco, TX. Somewhere in the room is what’s believed to be the oldest Heidelberg press still in operation in the U.S.

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A Printing Office: the Philadelphia “Blog Tax” That Never Was, but Is

By Patrick Henry on August 26th, 2010 - 2 Comments

“On the whole, I would rather be in Philadelphia.” It’s what W.C. Fields was rumored (falsely) to have chosen as the inscription on his gravestone. For present-day bloggers in the City of Brotherly Love who remember it, the line carries as much irony as any of the late comedian’s celebrated wisecracks.

That’s because the city of Philadelphia wants them to pay what has been incorrectly labeled a “blogging tax”—a development reported by Philadelphia Citypaper last week.

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