Friday, August 8th, 2008
On August 8, 1876 Thomas Edison received US patent 180,857 for "Improvement in Autographic Printing" (Link to USPTO Patent Database Page or PDF of full patent). This technology later became widely known as the mimeograph after AB Dick Company licensed the technology from Edison as noted in this page in ...Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Marilyn K Jones of Consolidated Printing Company in Chicago on the efforts she has taken with her company to be environmentally friendly. In the video Jones shares how the company has retired harsh-chemicals in favor of products like vinegar, Crisco and Pam. (Hat tip to Dan via email).Thursday, August 7th, 2008
The USPS announced yesterday that they will be ready for Intelligent Mail Barcodes in May 2009. Speaking to the Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee here today, Tom Day, Senior Vice President, Intelligent Mail and Address Quality, said the Postal Service will be ready for mail bearing Intelligent Mail barcodes next May as ...Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Everyone thinks that the Internet has been the cause of a decline in print; the real cause has been the lasting legacy of desktop publishing in the grander computer revolution. Last month, U.S. commercial printing employment was below 600,000, which caught my attention. I went straight to my library of industry ...Monday, August 4th, 2008
Brand marketing firm Polar Unlimited on their choice of print service providers: You can decommodify even if you are in a commodity industry. We use vendors in the printing industry quite often, and have seen quite a few of them come and go. We now use a vendor that is far ...
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