The new bizhub PRESS C1070/C1070P/C1060 series and bizhub PRO C1060L color digital presses from Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., are ideal for production and commercial environments, as well as customers across a broad range of industries including legal, healthcare and education.
A number of exciting announcements—including more than 35 new products launching or on display—from Dscoop partners are anticipated at the Dscoop9 conference, taking place March 6-8 in Orlando, FL.
As David Weber sees it, one of the most useful services he provides as print supervisor for Pima County, Arizona, is guiding customers back to reality when they come to his in-plant with plans for extravagant printed pieces. He helps them figure out how much color or metallic ink coverage they really need, scaling their projects back to something more affordable—even if that means less revenue for his chargeback-supported shop.
The Océ VarioPrint 6000 + series of high-speed, high-capacity digital printers has been introduced by Canon U.S.A. The Océ VarioPrint 6000+ series, featuring Océ Gemini Instant Duplex Technology, prints both sides of a sheet in a single pass, enabling duplex printing of letter size documents at speeds of up to 306 pages-per-minute in the top speed model.
MGI Digital Graphic Technology has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious “Best New Production Equipment” award at the 58th Annual Oscar de l'Emballage ceremony for iFOIL, the first production solution in the world capable of doing both embossing and hot foil stamping in a fully digital process.
Over the past 25 years, Printing Services at The University of West Alabama has not added a single employee. Yet, according to Director Jimmy Robinson, the workload has increased tenfold. “So we have to get machines that are able to do things faster,” he says.
A new image grading service has been introduced by Image Test Labs for digital, toner, inkjet, offset, and flexo color printing technologies that measures the acceptance of an image rather than the image itself against a well-defined, objective list of performance parameters.
With traditional offset exhibitors like Heidelberg giving the Chicago trade show a pass, the digital print vendors were the new kings. Xerox, Canon, Konica Minolta and Fujifilm led the pack in booth size, and each of them had new inkjet production presses to proclaim.
Landa has announced major upgrades to its Landa S10FC and S10C Nanographic Printing presses, which include a new Landa Operator Cockpit, new ink ejectors and an advanced paper handling system.
Insurance is all about planning ahead. As the in-plant for one of the largest health insurers in the United States, Highmark's Corporate Printing Services (CPS) operation recently executed well-planned facilities and technology upgrades that leave it extremely well-positioned for the future.
