News
Gmund expands Astro Converters collaboration
May 31, 2011Gmund Paper North America announces the further expansion of its collaboration with Astro Converters, Inc.
GASC announces Graph Expo 2011 educational program
May 26, 2011Graph Expo 2011’s educational opportunities will kick off with the pre-show Executive Outlook conference on Saturday, September 10, and continue in seminar sessions through Tuesday, September 13.
New Metrix planning, imposition software available
May 26, 2011LithoTechnics has released version 2011.0 of its Metrix automated job planning and imposition system.
manroland TelePresence remote service boasts high success rate
May 26, 2011Following its recent North American survey, manroland has concluded that customers with access to the company’s TelePresence remote service system for sheetfed presses get their equipment back into production 93 percent of the time solely with remote service.
Brown Printing receives WOA awards
May 26, 2011Brown Printing announces it has received silver and bronze awards in the Web Offset Assn.’s Print Awards, held annually by the Printing Industries of America.
Freeport Press offers customers EFI Proteus software
May 26, 2011Freeport Press, a leader in heatset web offset printing for magazines, digests, tabloids and catalogs, has expanded its partnership with EFI to offer its contract customers complimentary licenses to Proteus publication-planning software.
Mohawk combines competitions
May 25, 2011Mohawk Fine Papers announces the combination of its three design competitions — the Mohawk Show, the i-Tonies and the Strathmore Graphics Gallery — into one annual event.
Kodak offers cloud-based operating option
May 25, 2011Kodak, through a strategic partnership with VMware, is launching its first Virtual Operating Environment option for Kodak Unified Workflow Solutions.
GMG acquires Aurelon, adds wide-format workflow
May 25, 2011Color management solutions provider GMG announces its acquisition of Aurelon, based in The Netherlands.
Survey Advantage is an ICED franchise preferred vendor
May 25, 2011Survey Advantage has become a “Preferred Vendor” for ICED, enabling owners of Kwik Kopy Printing, The Ink Well, Franklin’s Printing and American Wholesale Thermographers to use the print buyer loyalty services designed to preserve revenues, drive referrals and generate sales leads.
ACCGC conducting accreditation review of Harper College
May 25, 2011The Accrediting Council for Collegiate Graphic Communications, Inc. (ACCGC) is conducting an accreditation review of the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Graphic Arts Technology at Harper College in Palatine, IL.
GOA calls for speakers
May 24, 2011The 37th Graphics of the Americas (GOA) trade show and conference, produced annually by the Printing Association of Florida (PAF), announces the call for speakers for its 2012 show.
Creel awarded multi-edition contract with DRF
May 24, 2011Publishing solutions provider Creel Printing has landed a multi-year, multiple-edition contract with Daily Racing Form (DRF).
Canon, Oce report China strategy
May 24, 2011Canon China and Oce announced at Canon Expo Shanghai that they are on track to become the No. 1 player in the professional digital printing industry in China.
Flint Group announces heatset ink price increases
May 24, 2011Flint Group North America has announced a 10% price increase on heatset web offset printing inks used in commercial and publication markets.
PODi calls for entries in digital Best Practice Awards
May 24, 2011PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, has issued a call for entries to industry leaders who have created or produced successful marketing campaigns or programs employing digital printing; cross media; relevant 1:1 direct marketing; collateral management or online marketing portals; custom publishing; packaging; or personalized transactional/transpromo solutions.
Inform Printing installs Komori Spica 29 Perfector
May 20, 2011Komori America announces Inform Printing has replaced its press with a fully automated, 5-color Komori Spica 29 (Spica 529P) with perfecting capability.
Xerox equipment earns good deinkability rating
May 20, 2011Xerox Corp. has received “good de-inkability” certifications for its digital color production systems from the International Association of the Deinking Industry (INGEDE).
WI printers merge
May 20, 2011Hartland, WI-based CCI/CoakleyTech, a leader in print, eBusiness and marketing solutions, has acquired certain assets of Winnebago Color Press, headquartered in Menasha, Wisconsin.
Barbieri launches portable, wifi-enabled spectrophotometer
May 20, 2011Barbieri announces a portable spectrophotometer for professional digital printing, Spectropad, built to measure a variety of different media used in professional digital printing including large and wide format printing.
Survey Advantage to present at CPrint Sales Summit
May 20, 2011CPrint Intl. has invited Survey Advantage to share best practice loyalty and lead generation practices. The presentation by Michael Casey, president of Survey Advantage, is part of CPrint’s Sales Summit to be held June 8 to 11 in Schaumburg, IL.
Kodak postpones GUA 2011 due to flooding concerns
May 20, 2011The Graphic Users Association (GUA) Board of Directors announces that the North American GUA 2011 conference is postponed due to concerns about potential flooding in the host city of New Orleans.
Freeport Press defies downturn
May 18, 2011Freeport, OH-based heatset web offset printer Freeport Press was honored for its continued commitment to the community during the annual Eastern Ohio Development Alliance (EODA) meeting, April 29, 2011.
Customized Stickers cuts prices, launches website
May 18, 2011NJ-based Customized Stickers, a leading producer of custom, high quality stickers and decals, has unveiled a new website that offers the company’s 12,000+ worldwide customers a quicker, improved user experience through integrated e-commerce software.
EFI raises the bar on color output, productivity
May 18, 2011EFI has released the latest version of its Fiery Command WorkStation print job management and user interface software, with new features to improve image quality, color output, usability and imposition workflows.
