WhatTheyThink    WhatTheyThink.com    Blogs    Print CEO    PrintPlanet

Archive for the ‘Digital Printing’ Category

Exposing the Hidden Costs of Marketing Materials

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Most providers of web-to-print solutions know that online collateral management systems can help many companies save money.  By automating the procurement, production, and distribution of marketing collateral materials, and by producing materials on an as-needed basis, collateral management systems can enable companies to reduce obsolescence and streamline collateral management operations. But ...

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 ...

Local Paper Prints Story That Gets Print Right

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Unless they burn to the ground, mangle a worker in a press, or employ someone who gets busted for embezzlement, printing companies don’t attract much attention in the mainstream media. It’s rare that hometown newspapers portray them simply for what they are—local businesses striving to protect jobs and profits from ...

HP Showcases Indigo Presses at “VIP” Event in Israel

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

In the press assembly area of the HP Indigo plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel. HP partially raised the curtain on its presence at Ipex with the “Commercial VIP event” that it hosted last week at the headquarters of its Indigo digital press division in Rehovot, Israel. An international group of customers, ...

Like Mother Always Told Me, “Be Careful What You Wish For.”

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Last Friday's article by Frank Romano at WhatTheyThink discussed the impending release of an ISO standard for variable data exchange - PDF/VT.  Frank sees this as a boon for variable data printing.  He writes, "The use of variable data (or document) printing has been retarded over the last decade ...

Francis McMahon Departing HP for Oce

Friday, March 26th, 2010

As some of you may have heard, Francis McMahon, who was director of marketing for HP's U. S. Graphic Arts Business, Imaging and Printing Group, has departed the company after being there for eight years.  He will be taking on a new role at Oce in Boca Raton.  The exact ...

Punch Graphix Hosts Trade-Media Open House

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

A Xeikon 8000 digital press in operation at the world headquarters of Punch Graphics in Belgium. Seeking a higher profile for Xeikon digital presses and its other print market technologies, Punch Graphix today opened the doors of its international headquarters in Liel, Belgium, to a contingent of more than 70 print ...