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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Dscoop, the independent user group for HP Indigo and Scitex owners, has been one of the biggest user group success stories in our industry. Even though last year was terrible for the industry, Dscoop had an attendance of 1,823 and had to turn away both attendees and sponsors because the ...
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
Today, RISO announced that it had expanded its relationship with Kodak to offer customers the RISO ComColor cut-sheet inkjet printer as a complementary solution to its high-speed production VERSAMARK line. The ComColor has been somewhat in a class of its own in the world of inkjet, at 150 ppm and with a ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
WhatTheyThink was notified yesterday by the Senate Rules Committee that: "The Senate Rules and Administration Committee voted to discharge the nomination of William J. Boarman out of committee. It will now go to a vote on the Senate floor."
It will be interesting to watch what happens in the ...
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The news about AlphaGraphics and Allegra combining forces to host the first joint technology expo in franchise print history was likely met with cheers from our vendor community. At FESPA last month in Munich, I spoke with several executives who were quite emphatic that something needs to change in terms ...
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
In my ongoing follow-up on the Boarman nomination for U.S. Public Printer in an effort to keep the printing industry informed, I notice that the transcript of his testimony has finally been posted on the web site for the Senate Rules Committee.
Meanwhile, another issue has emerged. I received a copy ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
As we have been discussing in the Quick Printing thread of this blog, the classifications for our industry are about to be changed to the following lacking any comments to the Office of Budget Management (OMB) as a result of recommendations published in the Federal Register:
323113, Commercial Screen Printing
323117, Books Printing
323119, ...
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Canadian Printer, a leading printing industry trade publication in Canada, has announced that it will no longer be producing print editions. Instead, the publication will maintain an online presence and distribute bi-weekly e-newsletters to its readership. The company's intent is to publish one printed edition annually highlighting innovations in print.
The magazine industry ...
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