Four new Canon imagePRESS C7010VP digital color printing systems will help First Edge Solutions, a multichannel business and marketing communications print and document management service provider, to close the gap between digital and traditional offset printing while also supporting the company’s environmental efforts.
With an eye on expanding into new markets in the future, Spectra Integration, a professional fullfilment services company based in Columbia, SC, decided to invest in a new Canon imagePRESS C7010VP with inline booklet trimmer and UV coater. "Having the inline binding with the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP has really sped up our delivery," said Walter Kohn, president, director of sales.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ January 2013 edition.
For nearly 60 years, Villanova University Graphic Services operated out of one of the most unique facilities in the industry: an old house. Once a residence and later a dormitory, the building had 12 rooms, eight of which housed the in-plant's equipment and offices. A two-color Presstek/ABDick 9982 press filled one room; in another sat a Presstek Vector TX52 computer-to-plate system, a Xerox DocuColor 5000AP and a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8300 wide-format printer; the bindery and shipping departments were in the garage.
Canon U.S.A. announced the launch of Canon Solutions America as a wholly owned subsidiary, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Integrating the business operations of Canon Business Solutions, Océ North America and Océ Imagistics, this new name reflects the integration of Océ.
Any printer that is able to experience modest growth, let alone stellar, certainly stands out in the sea of red ink, closures and bankruptcies that marked 2012. A small cadre of performers were able to do more than just survive.
Whether to outsource—or not—critical tasks is not a decision that is made lightly. When it comes to wide-format technical document printing, the most cost effective solution might be a surprise: it’s often the in-house option. Océ, a Canon Group company, offers a simple cost analysis and outlines the benefits of printing wide-format documents in-house.
Helping customers save time and money is every in-plant's mission. So when Sun Life Financial's Document Services Group discovered that a department was hiring temps to manually stuff envelopes—and taking a week to 10 days to do it—John Moschilli had to take action.
At Graph Expo, digital press vendors highlighted their workflow and digital front end capabilities, enabling everything from transpromotional and variable data printing to ganging of smaller jobs into longer production runs. The emphasis was on automation, personalization and run-length optimization.
Just as we were finalizing this issue, Hurricane Sandy slammed into our area. The storm closed down Philadelphia for two days, including IPG's offices, and brought major damage to the surrounding areas.
