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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Bloomberg is reporting Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG is in merger talks with manroland AG. Bloomberg cites a report in German financial paper Platow Brief. In comments to Bloomberg, Matthias Hartung, spokesman for Heidelberger Druck stated, “These are market rumors and we don’t comment on market rumors.” Manroland declined to comment.
Allianz, a ...
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
At PRINT 09 Kodak will formally roll out the Prosper Color XL, the first four-color inkjet system to use the company's much rumored and long anticipated Stream technology. Some other analysts and I saw it this week, and after an up-close-and-personal in Dayton I have to say just one thing: ...
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
VistaPrint and OfficeMax are being being accused of patent infringement by ColorQuick, LLC. ColorQuick acusses both VistaPrint and OfficeMax of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,839,149, a patent issued in 2005 that describes the “Preparation of production data for a print job using a still image proxy of a page ...
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The LVI bankruptcy has engendered a high level of chatter throughout the industry. Undoubtedly, LVI’s visibility in becoming a print optimization resource has played a central role in piquing people’s interest in its failure.
Conspiracy theories have arisen – largely because of Toby LaVigne’s involvement with both LVI and HubCast. I ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
As a lifelong reader and book devotee, I have always had a difficult time imagining myself curling up in a comfy armchair with an e-book. After spending most of my day before a computer screen, it just doesn’t sound appealing at all. For me, part of the enjoyment of the ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
How valuable is marketing collateral in driving sales? What types of collateral have the greatest influence on purchasing decisions? What types of collateral are most widely used by prospective buyers? These were some of the questions that Eccolo Media sought to answer in a recent study of collateral usage by ...
Posted in B-to-B Media, Marketing, Media, Media Preferences, New Media | 5 Comments »
Friday, July 17th, 2009
There are some colors that are just perfect! A deeply colored flower... a beautiful bird feather... the color of your baby's neck... Haven't we all wished that we could just find a way to select that color and use it in a design project?
Posted in Color | 26 Comments »