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Keith Hopson's career began the day he got his pink slip. He was running the four-employee in-plant for Hydrotex at the time. The company’s new president, a former executive at Mary Kay, implemented some changes that resulted in a handful of layoffs. Hopson was one of the casualties. Rather than retreat into despair, though, he took some initiative.

Some of the latest wide-format printers from Agfa, Epson, Canon, EFI, Screen USA, HP, Mimaki, Mutoh and Fujifilm.

Not long ago, the CEO, COO and CFO of HealthSouth—one of the nation's leading providers of physical rehabilitation—visited the organization's Print Solutions facility, located 15 miles from its Birmingham, Ala., headquarters. The occasion was to celebrate the shop's acquisition of an HP Indigo 7600 digital press and an EFI Rastek wide-format printer.

Continuous-feed inkjet offers advantages over both offset and electrophotography. As the technology evolves, it is gaining share from both. The presses are good. The substrates are good. The software is good. And, as Cathy Cartolano, vice president of sales and technical services at Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), points out, image quality is "scary close" to offset.

A year after Superstorm Sandy sent the Hudson River surging through the United Nations’ in-plant, IPG paid a visit to this New York City shop to see what has changed. Much, says Publishing Section Chief Narendra Nandoe.

The Océ VarioPrint 6000 + series of high-speed, high-capacity digital printers has been introduced by Canon U.S.A. The Océ VarioPrint 6000+ series, featuring Océ Gemini Instant Duplex Technology, prints both sides of a sheet in a single pass, enabling duplex printing of letter size documents at speeds of up to 306 pages-per-minute in the top speed model.

Don't get carried away with all the issues around mailing transactional and direct mail. Yes, things have changed and customer expectations may be at an all time high, but don't fear. There are many tactics you can put into play, as explained by Canon Solutions America's expert, Buddy Mountcastle.

Paul Roberts thinks he may have found the next big thing for his in-plant: wallNOODLE. For the past couple of months, University of New Hampshire Printing and Mailing Services has been having great success printing graphics and signage on this adhesive, easily removable substrate from MACtac. It uses an acrylic pressure sensitive-adhesive so customers can press it against a wall, reposition it, and remove it without leaving adhesive residue behind.

The SGIA 2013 Expo wraps up today in Orlando. So far this week, several new wide-format printing technologies have made their debut.