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HP Schedules First-Ever Global Partner Summit Coinciding with Dscoop6

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 ...

RISO/Kodak Deal Adds New Dimension to Inkjet

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 ...

Boarman Nomination Heads to Full Senate

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 ...

Joint AlphaGraphics/Allegra Tech Expo Planned

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 ...

Boarman Nomination for Public Printer: Another Issue Emerges?

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 ...

Do You Care How Our Industry is Classified?

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, ...

Canadian Printer Magazine Abandons Printed Edition in Favor of Online

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 ...