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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 ...

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 ...

Just when we thought we were safe …

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

… another print trade show turns up. With all of the discussion about how many trade shows we really need in the printing industry and whether they need to be held annually, a consolidation theme that has been on the table for some time, a new printing trade show pops up ...

Xerox Gives Book Publishers One More Thing to Think About

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Yesterday,  Xerox announced a joint sales and marketing agreement with On Demand Books wherein the Xerox 4112 Copier/Printer will be integrated with the Espresso Book Machine - a fully integrated solution that prints, binds and trims books with full color covers on demand in retail locations and libraries.  The Espresso Book ...

Heidelberg’s Spinning Compass

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

(Edited for clarification) On January 7, Reuters reported that Heidelberg is looking for a digital printing partner, according to Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper. Heidelberg is considering both a joint venture and/or a stake purchase in a digital printing company, including Kodak NEXPRESS and others.

New Fuji Xerox Presses Indicate the Future

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Last week there was an interesting announcement from Fuji Xerox of two new digital presses that are being introduced into the Fuji Xerox markets. The new printers are the Color 1000 Press and Color 800 Press. These two presses are very interesting, as they appear to be moving the Fuji ...

Xerox Launches Enterprise Print Services

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

WhatTheyThink spoke with Xerox’s Gina Testa to gain a deeper understanding of the company’s new enterprise print services model.  There have been a number of announcements over the last couple of years that have created a stir in the printing industry, with concerns about vendors competing with their customers.  Testa ...