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 ...

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Adobe Discontinues worldwide Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Program

Monday, January 4th, 2010

WhatTheyThink has just been notified by Adobe's PR firm that the worldwide Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Program will be discontinued, effective February 4, 2010, due to membership decline.  Visiting the site reveals a message from Adobe: We are no longer accepting applications for the Print Service Provider program. There ...

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Kodak Brings Back the One Button Tactic: Insights from the GUA Conference

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 ...

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