Digital Printing-Toner - Cut Sheet (Color)

With the five-year lease on its Xerox Color 800i press coming to an end, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print & Copy Services wanted to replace it with something that would deliver up-to-date performance. So the in-plant evaluated devices from four manufacturers and made some surprising discoveries.

For nearly 30 years, the Rochester City School District used Xerox equipment in its in-plant — a no-brainer based on their shared Rochester location. But then something happened to change all that.

Though Konica Minolta announced plans to expand its N.J. headquarters, the company also plans to close a Connecticut facility.

On Monday, IPG Editor Bob Neubauer spent the morning touring the new in-plant facility at Schneider Electric. The spacious 6,100-square-foot plant is an in-plant manager's dream, with windows, high ceilings, an arsenal of wide-format and digital color printers and plenty of room to maneuver between the equipment.

A look at the latest trends impacting graphic arts and what it takes to excel in today’s increasingly competitive print market.

It nearly doubled its production inkjet direct salesforce, created a Dealer Advisory Council and is expanding its consulting business.

EFI has released a new Fiery digital front end for the Xerox iGen 5 press that supports the digital press' new White Dry Ink capability. The DFE’s intuitive user interface design enables fast out of the box setup and use.

IPG caught up with Kris Tanner, manager of Schneider Electric's in-plant, to find out about his new production facility, stocked with four new Canon digital presses.

If printers feel the chill of alienation instead of the warmth of recognition when they confront the concept of “omnichannel marketing,” they’re failing to appreciate their own stake in it. What printers do is integral to the success of omnichannel marketing campaigns - it can be indispensable, in fact, to getting them off the ground in the first place.

University in-plant managers from a dozen states met in Tennessee in October for the 42nd annual Southeastern University Printing and Digital Managers Conference. Enthusiasm was at an all-time high.