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The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association met recently in Oklahoma City for an action-packed conference. IPG captured the excitement on video.

TRUMBULL, CT—July 27, 2007—Océ, a global leader in digital document management and delivery solutions, announces the Océ VarioPrint 6250 digital duplex printer with revolutionary Océ Gemini Instant Duplex technology has received a 2007 InterTech? Technology Award from the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF). Inaugurated in 1978, the PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award honors excellence in innovative technology for the graphic communications industry. The Océ VarioPrint 6250 is the only digital printer recognized with an InterTech Award this year. PIA/GATF sponsors the award, while an anonymous, independent judging committee of industry experts and users choose the recipients. “Recipients of this prestigious award not

Better Buys for Business, an independent authority of office imaging equipment, has selected 27 digital printing devices as recipients of its Editor’s Choice awards. Among the big names whose equipment was honored are Kodak, Kyocera, Xerox, HP, Océ, Ricoh and Infoprint, the new joint venture between Ricoh and IBM. The winners are listed in Better Buys’ “2007 High-Volume Printer and Digital Duplicator Guide.” Kodak had two of its digital printers selected. Better Buys called the Digimaster EX Digital Production System Series “an impressive on-demand printer series that has great appeal for high-volume print buyers” and the NexPress M700 Digital Color Press “an excellent entry point

ROCHESTER, NY—July 2—Kodak customers from the commercial printing, publishing, newspaper, data center, in plant, and creative markets gathered for information sharing, educational sessions and networking events at the 2007 Graphic Users Association (GUA) North American Conference. The event occurred May 30 to June 2, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix. Digital printing, mailing and TransPromo communications were new topics added to the more than 90 sessions that took place during four days. Guest speakers from Adobe, Apple, Business Resource Services, Four51 and the Direct Marketing Association made informational presentations. Other highlights included a full day of Kodak’s Network Symposium. The

Compared to last year, color printing at Colgate University’s in-plant has jumped 96 percent since the Hamilton, N.Y., shop installed a pair of Xerox 250s. But the best part, says Bob Keats, director of Document and Mail Services, is the quality of that color. “We really, really, really liked the quality of the printing,” he says. “It’s much better than what we had previously.” Another boon: the operators can replace many of the parts themselves. “You don’t have to wait for a service guy,” Keats says. This is a big deal because of the in-plant’s semi-remote location, in central New York state. The shop

THE DIGITAL printing industry has come a long way from the stand-alone copier-only functionality of a few years ago. Still, many users find themselves unable to take full advantage of the available technology. The key to implementing advanced document technologies is education at all levels of the organization. The in-plant manager plays an important role in educating others about improving document workflow efficiencies. This article will help in-plant managers make decisions regarding new digital copiers/multifunctional printers (MFPs), both for their own in-plants as well as for other locations within the organization. Key Vendor Questions Before inviting a vendor in to discuss new

It was big news when The Principal Financial Group installed its first five Kodak NexPress 2100 digital presses beginning in 2003. Then the Des Moines, Iowa, company added a sixth NexPress 18 months ago. And now, with business booming at The Principal’s 120-employee Print to Mail operation, the company has made history by adding four NexPress 2500s, making it the largest single-site NexPress user in the world. “Those machines just run non-stop” at the end of each quarter, says Rex Brooker, manager of the Document Automation Team. They are busy pumping out 401k statements for the company’s growing Retirement and Investor Services (RIS) business unit. Brooker

Ricoh Americas Corp. has been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance as a winner of the 2007 Pinnacle Award for supplier performance. The award was presented at the 2007 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition in Orlando. Ricoh earned the Pinnacle award for consistent performance excellence with the Premier alliance. The award is based on performance data collected during the year and shared with contracted suppliers through the Premier business line review process. “The Premier Pinnacle Award honors those elite suppliers who understand the importance of collaboration and strive for performance excellence. These suppliers are setting the standard for all of Premier’s contracted suppliers as

NEWTON, MA/LUTZ, FL—June 26, 2007—Questex Media Group, producers of AIIM Expo and On Demand: the Digital Printing & Publishing Conference and Exhibition, and Xplor International, the producer of the Xplor International Conference and Expo, will co-locate their events in 2008 to create the world’s largest information, document and content management event. The events will take place March 3-6, 2008 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. “We are eager to begin working with Questex on this exciting new opportunity,” said Skip Henk, EDP, president and CEO of Xplor. “The industry has been waiting a long time for this. The Xplor International Conference and Expo is

Earlier this week, Canon U.S.A. held its Digital Solutions Forum in Chicago to show how customers and partners are putting Canon technology to use to solve business challenges. As part of the forum, which featured interactive product displays and seminars, Canon introduced the Color imageRUNNER C5185 Series, featuring advanced print engine technology, superior paper-handling and professional finishing options. It prints up to 51 pages per minute for both color and black-and-white letter-sized documents and has a 5,000-sheet paper capacity.  Its Single-Pass Duplexing Automatic Document Feeder scans both sides of originals simultaneously at up to 100 ipm at 300 dpi.  Canon says it intends to revolutionize digital