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Briefings in Brussels Give Technical Preview of IPEX 2010 (continued)

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Today’s briefings continued with a presentation by Kodak, which operates a technical center nearby the conference site. John O’Grady, Kodak’s managing director for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, spoke of the company’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions, both digital and analog, for the printing, publishing, and packaging markets. Chris Payne, director ...

An Ink Saving Typeface?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Dutch marketing and communications company Spranq has developed a typeface they claim can save up to 20 percent of ink costs by reducing the amount of ink used on a page. Here's what it looks like: the developers say: The Ecofont is developed by SPRANQ, based on a hunch of Colin Willems. We ...

Staying Calm in the Face of the Storm – Part 2

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Rather than let the economic storm get to him, Chuck Stempler, owner and CEO of AlphaGraphics Seattle, is philosophical and practical. His is one of the fastest growing privately owned companies in the state of Washington and one of the top AlphaGraphics franchisees in the country. [caption id="attachment_1018" align="alignleft" width="133" caption="Tomek ...

Staying Calm in the Face of the Storm – Part 1

Monday, October 20th, 2008

The stock market charts look like roller coasters and the credit situation is tough. Here in Seattle we've just lost our "home town" bank; Washington Mutual was acquired (rescued from bankruptcy? snatched up at fire sale prices?) by JPMorgan Chase. And our traditional manufacturing base - Boeing - is in ...

Design Students, Graphic Artists Can Vie for $400,000 Prize In “Engine Room” Competition Co-Sponsored by MTV and HP

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

A prize worth $400,000 and "a truly amazing, career launching opportunity" await the creative team that wins a digital design competition inspired by a new MTV series called Engine Room. Design for print is eligible for entry into the contest, which is accepting applications in the form of digital files ...

Getty Images Banks on Web Image Market

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The Wall Street has an article on Getty Images attempts to its online presence (7 day free link): Getty, which sells the rights to images to major advertisers and publications, seeks to boost sales from sources outside its high-resolution photos and capitalize on the growing ease of Web image posting. The Seattle ...