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Kodak Raises the Bar

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: ...

Kodak Brings Back the One Button Tactic: Insights from the GUA Conference

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

"This is not your father's Kodak," confirmed Jeff Hayzlett in his keynote presentation at GUA, Kodak's Graphic Users Association conference in Orlando earlier this week. And indeed it is not. Kodak has been making the unusual transition from a largely consumer-driven past as purveyor of affordable cameras and top-quality films ...

Smart Thinking from GASC

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

The announcement from GASC regarding their "stimulus plans" for Print 09 proves that GASC understands the dire state of our industry. Every vendor has significantly dialed back expenses, cut executive and employee pay, reduced staff, restricted travel, cut ongoing programs, and more. Most of these cuts are survival strategies, but ...

What if They Held a Trade Show and Nobody Came?

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The other day a vendor called to ask if I could verify which of its competitors were or were not going to AIIM/On Demand. They seemed to be considering a last-minute reduction in booth size, bringing less stuff, or maybe even bailing all together. They weren't the only ones. ...

A Pervasive Sense of Community

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

They number over 1,300 and have come from the U.S. and Canada, the UK and Europe, and the far side of the Pacific. They are gathered here this week in Orlando at the fourth annual Dscoop conference, the alliance of HP digital press and printer owners and some 65 equipment ...

Why do we Need Print Buyers?

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Margie Dana and Frank Romano have both written recently on WhatTheyThink.com on the issues faced by print buyers: lack of formal training, low awareness by management about what they do, having limited resources for education and professional development, and more. And they are right in each case. But in my ...

How Green is Your Toner?

Monday, September 17th, 2007

All this year major printing equipment manufacturers have been quietly telling anyone who'd listen about how "green" they are. Some of this is hype, some real, but it's good to see these companies paying attention. We all know that as a manufacturing process, printing (never mind making the necessary paper) ...