Friday, July 31st, 2009
Earlier this month, The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) and Illinois State University published a joint study of the things that motivate students to pursue careers in graphic communications. Its key finding should come as no surprise: according to the study, “High school graphic communication classes were by far ...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 ...Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
“Life would be grand if we could sprinkle a few seeds in the ground, fertilize, add water…and a great sales person would sprout.” So writes Lee B. Salz in a post at The Customer Collective, an online community for sales and marketing professionals. But, says Salz, a sales coach, when small ...Monday, July 27th, 2009
Despite its name, Sheet Music Back in Print isn’t a printing company per se, but it's still a fascinating example of how well printed matter fits the "long tail" model of consumer demand that's so in vogue among marketers these days. Profiled last week in The Chicago Tribune, Sheet Music Back ...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: ...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 ...Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
“How many times do we have to complain about the lack of fundamental education of entry-level workers before doing something about it?” Having sat in many meetings about print industry education over the years, it’s a complaint that I’ve heard printers make many times. Consultant Jack Epstein says that the only ...
Main Content Feed