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Archive for April, 2008

X-Rite shares drop on loan defaults

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Shares of X-Rite stock dropped after the company reported further defaults on loan agreements tied to its aggressive buying spree the past two years. X-Rite has had some troubles lately, first announcing low then expected profits, and then reports of layoffs coming out of Grand Rapids, MI. Shares of X-Rite closed at ...

eWeek interviews HP`s David Murphy

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

eWeek has an interview up with David Murphy, head of HP Imaging and Printing Group's Web Services and Software unit. In the interview Murphy sheds some light on HP's acquisition of Exstream and potential for future acquisitions: Exstream is very powerful in enterprise printing. It had already invested in Dialogue Live, a ...

From My Mailbox

Monday, April 28th, 2008

In the last few months I have received some top notch print in the mail from the personalized REI Members Rewards annual divided/annual report/election ballet to a high quality rich black incase computer accessory catalog. As I was going through last weeks mail a pattern emerged: all of the bound mail ...

California Bad Dreamin’: Panelists at WOA “Offset and Beyond 2008” Urge Printers To Get Ready for Low-VOC Solvents

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Coming, maybe, to your state: air-quality rules mandating the use of press solvents containing no more than 100 grams of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) per liter. Coming, perhaps, to your pressroom: problems you didn’t anticipate with s-l-o-w press washups, funky residues, and strange chemical side effects such as “tearing” (as in ...

It’s Good to Be Green

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Join us Wednesday April 30th for a free webinar “It's Good to Be Green” moderated by Barb Pellow sponsored by HP. The printing industry like many other industries is starting to pick up steam in going "Green". From recycling paper to using soy ink, smart printing companies are starting to realize ...

Print Buyers Straight-Shoot Print Providers at WOA’s “Offset and Beyond 2008”

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Printers sometimes are advised that it’s not necessary—and may even be counterproductive—to post equipment lists at their Web sites. Print buyers really aren’t impressed, this curious argument goes, by a roll call of iron that doesn’t tell them anything about the creative “solutions” that the printer is prepared to provide. Anyone ...

Kodak Graphic Community Meets in Las Vegas

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Last week, I attended the Kodak Graphic Users Association at the Wynn in Las Vegas on behalf of WhatTheyThink. This is one of the oldest independent users groups in our industry. Although it has undergone a few name changes, and there was some trepidation on the part of ...