Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
HP today showed that its new Inkjet Web Press that is stated to be of 30 inch in print format actually is printing a 36 inch wide web. HP indicated to me that while the production version of this that is due for first sales installations during 2009 will have ...Saturday, May 24th, 2008
A team of student researchers from the Department of Graphics and Imaging Technologies at Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS) is seeking responses to its online survey about color preferences in transpromotional (TransPromo) documents. The students, under the direction of Prof. Jesus J. Rodriguez, have received a grant supporting their research from ...Saturday, May 24th, 2008
In a major announcement for drupa Fujifilm Japan has announced a breakthrough technology digital sheet fed inkjet printing press aimed at the commercial printing market. This press that is currently called the JetPress 720 images at 1,200 dpi with 4 gray levels on a sheet up to 720 x 520 ...Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A few weeks ago the Rochester Institute of Technology held its inaugural Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. The festival was RIT's chance to showcase the unique blend art, design, science and engineering innovation taking place at the university. RIT's School of Print Media has been a leader in printing education ...Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
A survey of printers by the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) and Point Balance, LLC suggests that many companies withing the industry are going lean: More than three-fourths (77%) of North American printing company managers have heard or read about Lean manufacturing. About two-thirds of those managers are ...Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Print on-demand publisher BookLocker.com has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com due to the companies decision at the end of March to require print-on-demand books be printed inside Amazon's own fulfillment centers. A PDF of the complaint is available from BookLocker.com. The complaint alleges Amazon.com is in violation of the ...Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Two weeks ago I pointed to a Forbes article on Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Planning Strategic Acquisitions. In today's industry news at WhatTheythink.com, Heidelberg announced that the company plans to acquire UK- and Netherlands-based Hi-Tech Coatings: “By acquiring Hi-Tech Coatings, Heidelberg is pursuing its consistent strategy of expanding the range of services ...
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