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ANYONE WHO strolled the exhibit floor at the On Demand show in March can attest to the popularity of on-demand book printing and binding. The ease with which single copies of books can now be produced has spawned big changes in the book publishing industry. Instead of hunting for a publisher to bankroll the printing of thousands of books (or paying a vanity publisher), authors can upload their novels to any of several sites, where they will stay in digital form until someone buys one. Digital presses push out a single copy, the author gets a tiny royalty check and the customer never

“TRANSPROMO” IS one of the hottest buzzwords in the business world at the moment, and it’s a safe bet that we’ll be hearing even more about it in the coming months. The term stands for “transactional promotion,” and although the concept has received a lot of attention lately, it really isn’t a new idea—just a new catchphrase. You may already know that transpromo means combining an organization’s regular transactional documents, such as monthly invoices or quarterly statements, with promotional messages. For years some credit card companies have been adding products and services to the white space of monthly statements. Telephone and utility companies

TRUMBULL, CT—April 30, 2008—Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, announced today that Océ continues its leadership in the continuous feed market for the sixth year in a row, according to recently released InfoTrends data. Statistics in the new InfoTrends report, “U.S. Production Copying & Printing Placements: 2007,” place Océ in the dominant market position in the continuous feed category with over 60 percent of roll-fed printer placements in the United States. Océ has held the top spot in the continuous feed segment since 2003, the first year InfoTrends started tracking market share for this category. The InfoTrends report covers a

ROCHESTER, NY—April 30, 2008— PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announces it is accepting speaker submissions for the 2009 PODi AppForum. The annual event is January 19-21 in Las Vegas at The Rio Casino and Resort. Each year, hundreds of print service providers, marketing practitioners and other professionals attend the AppForum to take advantage of its unique educational and networking opportunities. All selected presenters receive one free registration to the 2009 PODi AppForum, so they can also take advantage of the educational sessions. “A major attraction of the AppForum is the user-focused nature of the sessions. Our attendees count on learning new ideas and innovative

For every corporate and commercial business looking to increase productivity, Océ presents the Océ VarioPrint 6000 series, the world’s most productive family of digital, duplex, cut-sheet printers. Powered by Océ Gemini Instant Duplex technology, the Océ VarioPrint 6000 series is engineered from the ground up to produce high-speed duplex output in three speed bands. As a result, print providers and print room managers can choose from a full range of speed, capacity and cost-of-ownership choices.

For every print professional looking to produce high quality, full color output at production speed, the Océ JetStream is a full-process color digital printing system that combines extraordinary speed and quality with superior flexibility and reliability. Powered by Océ DigiDot technology—the latest innovation in drop-on-demand color inkjet printing—the Océ JetStream series sets a new standard for high-volume full-color production printing, offering unprecedented ease of use and smooth integration into existing, industry-standard workflows.

ROCHESTER, NY—April 10—Kodak acquired Intermate A/S, a global supplier of remote monitoring and print connectivity solutions used extensively in transactional printing. Kodak expects Intermate’s expertise in Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) systems, a hardware and software technology that links mid to high volume print systems, will extend Kodak’s capabilities in the growing transactional print marketplace. Headquartered in Birkerod, Denmark, Intermate’s solutions provide reliable, high quality printer connectivity and network communication products and solutions, particularly for mission critical transactional printing from host systems using the AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) standard. The company develops hardware and software IPDS products aimed at distribution channels and integrating IPDS

PALO ALTO, CA—April 10, 2008—HP today announced the 2008 HP Indigo Progressive Print Competition, which will showcase the high-end color and image quality capabilities of its industry-leading HP Indigo commercial presses and liquid HP ElectroInk. The contest is open to all HP Indigo commercial press users and will include best-of-category prizes for marketing collateral, photo specialty, direct marketing and publishing applications, as well as an “other” category for special, innovative and inspirational entries. First-, second-, and third-prize winners in each category will be announced at HP’s Gala Dinner for commercial customers at drupa on June 3, and many contest entries will be on display

ROCHESTER, NY—April 4, 2008—PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announces the publication of the 2008 Digital Print Case Studies collection along with a new and improved online database. Forty-five new digital print success stories are being added to the database, bringing the total to well over 300. The new database gives users expanded search features which allow them to quickly and easily explore the collection and find exactly what they are looking for. The PODi database, www.podi.org/casestudy, contains successful case studies from around the world, covering over 12 market segments and dozens of different marketing communications applications. They demonstrate, with real world stories and results,

At a pre-Drupa press event last month in Tel Aviv, Israel, Hewlett Packard unveiled several new technologies. In the spotlight were its Ink-jet Web Press, Latex Inks, SmartStream Digital Workflow Portfolio and three new Indigo digital presses. All will debut at Drupa. Causing quite a stir among the new products was the 30˝ HP Ink-jet Web Press—reportedly the world’s first 30˝ digital ink-jet web press designed for high-volume production of books, transpromo mail, direct marketing materials and newspapers. The new web press, which prints at 600 dpi at speeds up to 400 fpm, will be available in the summer of 2009. However, it