Ricoh to Place First Eco-Powered Electronic Billboard in NYC's Times Square
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:46:00
Ricoh Americas Corporation announced today that its parent company, Ricoh Company, Ltd. of Tokyo, will erect a sign in New York City’s Times Square that will be 100 percent powered by solar and wind power. The electronic billboard, the first ever to be totally powered by natural resources in Times...

Proforma Ranked # 1 Top Distributor by the PSDA's Print Solutions Magazine for a Second Year
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:45:00
Proforma is pleased to announce that it has been ranked by the Print Services & Distribution Association (PSDA) as the Largest Print Distributor in North America for the second consecutive year. The rankings were compiled by the PSDA’s Print Solutions Magazine. Factors considered in the decision...

Lynx Opaque: Born to Print
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:44:00
Domtar has introduced a new Lynx Opaque promotion entitled “Born to Print,” giving readers a window into the world of chopper-style motorcycles. Featured within its pages are images of colorful, motorized works-of-art and the even more colorful people who ride them. Riders are passionate about...

Cougar Orchidaceae and the Nature of Nurture
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:44:00
Domtar has released a new Cougar promotion entitled “Orchidaceae,” meaning the study of orchids. Featuring dramatic four-color imagery, a variety of orchids flood the printed pages to entice the eye with a breathtakingly diverse array of colors, patterns, shapes and sizes. With their...

Glunz & Jensen Experienced Overwhelming Success at drupa 2008
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:43:00
Glunz & Jensen, the leading manufacturer of pre-press equipment for the graphic arts industry, proved extremely popular this month during drupa, the world’s largest printing trade show.

drupa 08 Provides Vast Sales Orders and Capacity Crowds for KBA
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:01:00
KBA North America, a global press manufacturer based in Williston, Vermont, pronounced drupa 2008 a resounding success with a capacity crowd and sales success at the KBA booth during each of the 14 show days. Attendance figures soared and KBA’s spacious show booth surrounded by four litho presses...

GOA Adds Sales & Operations Staff to Support Exhibitors
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00
Graphics of the Americas (GOA) 2009 is pleased to announce the addition of two seasoned professionals to its team. David Miller has joined GOA as Operations Manager in charge of all trade show operations. Also, Beth Mendez is a new Sales and Advertising Account Executive, responsible for booth,...

Richard Breen of Central Ink Wins Pioneer Award
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:59:00
Richard Breen, Chairman and CEO of Central Ink Corporation, was recently honored by the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) with its Printing Ink Pioneer Award for a career in the ink industry that has spanned more than 60 years. The prestigious Pioneer Award is given to...

Canon U.S.A. Unveils New Monochrome imageRUNNER MFPs
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:58:00
Addressing the growing needs of fast-paced enterprise environments, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital office imaging systems and solutions, today introduced the monochrome imageRUNNER 3245/3245i/3235/3235i/3230/3225 MFPs. Designed to deliver the advanced features and functionality...

Muller Martini Grows with New Products at Successful drupa
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:45:00
Muller Martini was very happy with the results the company achieved during the recently completed drupa show held in Germany. CEO Rudolf Müller summarized the event by saying: “We were successful in demonstrating the innovative power of Muller Martini to visitors. The new generation of machines has...

New Anti-Track Jacket for Heidelberg Quickmaster
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:44:00
New in the line-up of PressBoss Anti-Track jackets from ‘No-Mark’ Products is one for the Heidelberg Quickmaster press. It replaces the net material commonly used on the delivery cylinder. The PressBoss surface is made from the company’s Diamond grade SiliCLEAN material. It can last up to 12 months...

Konica Minolta Completes Acquisition of Danka Office Imaging Co.
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:12:00
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Danka Office Imaging Company (Danka), one of the largest independent suppliers...

Introduction of Innovative Graphic Arts Solutions Lead HP to its Most Successful drupa Exhibit
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:11:00
HP announced that its 2008 drupa trade show exhibit highlighting the company's industry leadership, innovation and commitment to customer success, was the most successful drupa exhibit in HP's history. Purchase contracts completed at the 14-day show were led by a significant number of HP Indigo...

Heidelberg USA Reports New Equipment Installations
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:08:00
Heidelberg USA announces the following new product installations:

Sir Speedy of Naperville Expands Digital Printing Capabilities with Canon’s New Color Digital Press
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:07:00
Canon Business Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., announced that Sir Speedy of Naperville, Illinois, has selected the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP digital color production press to make its short-run digital printing more efficient and provide the ability to tap new revenue opportunities...

Crawford Announces .NET Support for its PRO Dynamic Document API
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:06:00
Crawford Announces .NET Support for its PRO Dynamic Document API

Rena Systems Introduces EASYINK Aqueous PLUS
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:05:00
Rena Systems, Inc. has announced the introduction of Rena EASYINK Aqueous PLUS. Nick von der Wense, president of Rena Systems, stated, “This new ink formula offers significant improvements over the original Aqueous ink product we introduced a few years ago.”

VersaSeal Announces 2008 Tax Form Availability
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:03:00
VersaSeal, a patented pressure seal solution available to distributors and resellers, offers a wide variety of W-2 and 1099 formats. As in the past, a special discount is available for customers who place their orders before September 12, 2008.

Central Ink Corp. to Raise Prices Due to Market Increases
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:05:00
Central Ink Corporation, a leading U.S. ink manufacturer, announced last week that due to the rising costs of raw materials, the company will be implementing a price increase on its inks, effective July 1, 2008. The price increase includes an extra $0.12 /lb on all non-heat black inks, an 8%...

EDAC Systems Named Award Recipient by Eastman Kodak Company for Outstanding Growth and Sales Performance
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:04:00
EDAC Systems, Inc., a leading value-added reseller and integrator providing document imaging solutions and services to both government and commercial clients, today announced it has been named Number One Kodak Authorized Imaging Reseller (KAIR) for Federal Sales in 2007. This award makes the ninth...

Roland Kastner Managing Director of KBA Complete Passes Away
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:03:00
Roland Kastner, managing director of KBA Complete, an independent consultancy established by Koenig & Bauer and Hiflex shortly before Drupa, died suddenly and unexpectedly on 18 June. He was 50 years old.

Flint Group Announces Price Increases for Printing Inks in Europe
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:03:00
Flint Group announces sales price increases for printing inks effective 1st of July, as a consequence of strongly increasing raw material costs. The price increases will be up to 20% depending on product type.

Business Development is the Focus as Xerox Premier Partners from Developing Markets Gather in Germany
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:27:00
Capturing the tremendous growth projected for digital printing in the world’s developing markets was the focus at a gathering of leading Xerox Corporation print provider customers May 28 in Dortmund, Germany. Some 81 members of the Xerox Graphic Arts Premier Partners representing 52 of the 77...

NewPage Achieves FSC Chain-of-Custody Certification for Its Stevens Point Mill
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:26:00
NewPage Corporation announced that its Stevens Point, Wisconsin mill received chain-of-custody standards certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). FSC is an international, nonprofit organization that develops standards for responsible forest management, and accredits independent...

Océ Helps Spectrum Digital Services Increase Margins by 25%
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:25:00
Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, announces that Spectrum Digital Services, LLC has strengthened its competitive position and increased margins by 25 percent with the Océ CS650 full color digital printer. Wisconsin-based Spectrum Digital Services is a pioneer...

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