Edwards Brothers Malloy, which has provided one- and two-color book manufacturing for more than a century, is breaking new ground with its latest acquisition. With the purchase of a 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster sheetfed offset press dedicated to four-color text work, Edwards Brothers Malloy can now offer four-color book and journal printing in runs from one to 3,000 copies.
QuantumDigital Inc., a direct marketing company making direct mail simple and fast, announced the release of “The One-Minute Real Estate Marketing Guide,” its latest whitepaper. “There’s nothing more powerful than having a customer share how your product or service has brought them success,” commented Eric Cosway, EVP and CMO, QuantumDigital.
HP announced the opening of an 118,000-sq.ft. ink manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel. The plant will produce ink for the new generation of HP Indigo digital presses announced in May and is the first industrial building in Israel built to LEED standards.
At Graph Expo, digital press vendors highlighted their workflow and digital front end capabilities, enabling everything from transpromotional and variable data printing to ganging of smaller jobs into longer production runs. The emphasis was on automation, personalization and run-length optimization.
Ever since a highly respected IT research and advisory think tank published a study several years ago in which it opined that 1 to 3 percent of an organization's revenue was spent on printing and printing-related costs, managers and administrators have been trying to figure out how to optimize their spend on document printing solutions. You've all seen the hype.
When Colgate University Document & Mail Services installed its Xerox iGen3 in 2008, the 10-employee in-plant was very happy with the results. But a lot can change in a few years. “The business model we had five years ago...has changed considerably,” notes Director Bob Keats. “With the iGen, there was no way to hook any finishing equipment to it. We had a space limitation.” So booklet making had to be handled offline.
Fujifilm will show the J Press 720 inkjet press. Heidelberg will present Prinect Digital Workflow Integration. New features for the Kodak NexPress platform will be shown.
Before adding its new Intoprint DP-100GA+ digital envelope printer, Columbus State University Printing Services handled envelope printing a bit differently. The minimum order size it could print on its two-color ABDick was 500, and the turnaround time was between three and five days. And four-color envelopes? Forget it.
To better showcase its digital and inkjet printing innovations, Fujifilm North America recently reopened its Graphic Systems Division’s demonstration center with a new look and a new name. Located in the company’s Hanover Park, IL, facility, Fujifilm’s Chicago Technology Center has been redesigned to highlight the capabilities for printers.
The sea of blue caps seemed to stretch to the horizon. Beneath each one of them, a Chinese worker quietly, meticulously popped a paper roller or other part into place—parts that, when fully assembled, would form a Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE printer.
