Digital Printing-Toner - Cut Sheet (Color)

As you hang up the phone, you're engrossed in thought. This offer from a potential vendor, like similar ones before it, was tempting: they'd like to audit all the printers and MFPs in your organization to give you the picture of what you're really spending for printing. Of course, they'll do all this work for free, and of course, they'll make recommendations that will save your organization some serious cash.

AS I'VE talked with in-plant managers at conferences over the years, many of them have extended an "if you're ever in the area" invitation for me to visit their shops. Earlier this year it dawned on me that for a quite a few Pennsylvania in-plants I was already "in the area" more or less, and the only thing stopping me from getting out there and visiting them was my own reluctance to leave the office.

Though viewed as just a "copy shop" for years, Elon University Printing Services decided it was time to change that perception. In September, the in-plant installed the 90-page-per-minute, Ricoh Pro C900 digital color production system. “My goal was to get as much of that back on campus as possible,” says Manager Wesley Grigg.

IPG Editor Bob Neubauer recently paid a visit to Bucknell University's Publications, Print & Mail operation.

Kodak wins the PIA Intertech Award for Kodak Digicap NX Screening, a ground breaking technology for the packaging segment of the printing industry. Kodak's Jonathan Ghent talks with Oscar Planas about the technology and the importance of the award.

Kodak wins the PIA Intertech award for the Kodak Prosper S10 Imprinting System. Kodak's Jonathan Ghent interviews Ronen Cohen about the significance of the award.

The Xplor Document University’s educational road show came to Philadelphia in November, and IPG attended the one-day seminar. Though rain and traffic took a toll on attendance levels, the five speakers gave interesting and thought-provoking presentations.

Smartmatic successfully managed the automation process for the general Philippines Election. Delivering 50 million digitally printed ballots to thousands of voting precincts. Ballots were printed on the KODAK VERSAMARK VL4000 Printing System with variable data per precinct and also featuring security ink for verification.

Any in-plant manager lucky enough to be in Chicago last month for Graph Expo got to witness some significant developments in the world of graphic arts. Dubbed “The Inkjet Graph Expo” by some, the show featured more inkjet technology than most in-plant managers had ever seen in one place.

Bucknell University's Office of Publications, Print and Mail has become one of the first in-plants to install the new Xerox Color 800 digital press. The 80-page-per-minute, 2,400x2,400-dpi printer debuted at On Demand this past spring.