Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
“...drupa is just an elaborate evasion for vendors who are utterly unable to explain their products satisfactorily or provide useful and relevant demos at home. Drupa also encourages hurried and half-baked decisions by users who are unable to gather their own information from other sources.” Yikes! I don’t consider myself an apologist ...Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I’ve been in the industry for a little more than 30 years, which qualifies me as a certified OLD GUY. It also qualifies me for consideration as a curmudgeon – though certainly not yet in the league of Romano and Vinocur. So here’s my take on drupa – ANOTHER one that ...Friday, June 27th, 2008
Bob Neubauer editor of In-Plant Graphics Magazine has posted a two part series on his drupa 2008 Journey: Bob's Drupa Journey: Part 1 Bob's Drupa Journey: Part 2Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
This is my final blog entry covering drupa 2008 that finished just under one week ago. One of the most interesting areas at drupa was in Hall 7 and it was the drupa Innovation Parc (dip). This hall differed from every other hall at drupa in that it was one where ...Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
drupa 2008 went by many names. A vast majority called it the "Inkjet drupa," some called it the "Workflow drupa," others said it was the "Web-to-print drupa." Not satisfied with the "Inkjet drupa" meme, he started two years ago, Frank Romano has been overheard now calling it the "IT drupa." ...Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
EFI's CEO Guy Gecht called drupa 2008 their workflow drupa with announced updates to its Fiery platform, and the Hagen and Prograph MIS products receiving JDF certification from PIA/GATF. EFI will market all of its workflow products under the family name Advanced Workstream Solutions. Guy also called it their inkjet drupa ...Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
At drupa Xerox made a number of new product announcements but there were two of particular significance. These were the Xerox iGen4 press and the Xerox 700 Digital Color Press. I am writing about the new Xerox iGen4 as I feel that in announcing this product Xerox failed to really ...Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
While CtP has been around a long time first appearing in the 1980s, it did not really come into the spotlight until drupa 1995. At that time it shared the overall spotlight of technological advance with digital printing. 1995 was when thermal CtP from Kodak and Creo burst onto the ...Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
One of the real highlights of drupa is to be found in the Heidelberg halls, Hall 1 and 2. Here in a superb layout all the Heidelberg and Polar products are in operation. What may not be realized is that every one of these products is linked together in what ...Monday, June 9th, 2008
In a recent post concerning Miyakoshi I stated I would come back to the subject of their inkjet technology. I am doing this now by covering how Océ is going to market with its high-speed JetStream 1100/2200 range of color inkjet continuous feed printers. This range of printers is largely ...
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