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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: ...
Posted in Printing Industry News | 12 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in User Groups | 4 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Printing Industry News | 8 Comments »
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. ...
Posted in Printing Industry News | 27 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Printing Industry News | 7 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Print Buying | 5 Comments »
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) ...
Posted in Environment and Sustainability | 6 Comments »