This interview with Melinda Roberts, Author, "Mommy Confidential" was conducted after Kodak's "Future of Book Publishing" roundtable at the New York Public Library. The forum assembled key members of the publishing industry, including a retailer, a printer, a publisher, a distributor and an author. The objective was to foster a dialogue among key industry leaders on trends, strategic approaches, successes and future direction.
One large digital press in an in-plant is impressive. Two of them in the same shop is remarkable. But three is extraordinary. So when Medifast, a clinically proven, portion-controlled weight-loss program, installed a third Xerox iGen4 in its Ridgely, Md.-based in-plant in January, the in-plant entered the realm of the exceptional.
Dan Dore was tired of the waste he saw coming out of the old digital duplicator that his in-plant used to print envelopes. So after reading about the Xanté Illumina Digital Production Press GT in early 2010, Dore, Printing Services Section supervisor at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labratory, sent two employees to the On Demand show in Philadelphia to check it out.
Hot products for in-plants, including Riso's RZ series of digital duplicators, Mitsubishi Imaging's DP Series Specialty Media and the new Standard Horizon HT-80 three-knife trimmer includes advanced setup automation, among many others hot new products.
Braving single-digit temperatures (which he secretly enjoyed), intrepid IPG Editor Bob Neubauer traveled to Minnesota to visit the in-plant at the University of St. Thomas.
IPG Editor Bob Neubauer met with in-plant managers in Minneapolis recently, where he spoke at a Canon open house.
Kevin Kerns, Sr. VP of Marketing talks about Konica Minolta's success at Graph Expo and the partnership with Kodak.
This roundtable discussion hosted by Kodak at the New York Public Library assembled key members of the publishing industry, including a retailer, a printer, a publisher, a distributor and an author. The objective is to foster a dialogue among key industry leaders on trends, strategic approaches, successes and future direction.
Moderator - Jim Milliot, Publisher's Weekly
Panelists:
• Elizabeth Scheier, BarnesandNoble.com
• Jim Robinson, Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
• Paul Morgan, Lulu.com
• Larry Bennett, Baker & Taylor
• Melinda Roberts, Author, "Mommy Confidential"
• Craig Bauer, Hachette Publishing
• Jac Garner, Webcrafters Inc
• Jeffery Mathews, Scholastic
Bob Yelencsics from Kodak, introduces the Kodak NexPress SX Digital Production Color Press. The new press features 26"/660mm sheet size, smaller ink particle size, prints up to 131 ppm (3 up A4) and all with 5th imaging unit solutions.
The demand for high-quality color printing was growing by the day at Grand Rapids Community College. So in September the 20-employee in-plant installed a Meteor DP60 Pro multi-substrate digital press from MGI Digital Graphic Technology.
