Last week more than 100 graphic arts journalists met in Düsseldorf, Germany, to attend the Official drupa International Media Conference to preview some of the product launches planned for drupa 2012, now less than two months away.
Last Friday, IPG Editor Bob Neubauer visited the 18,000-square-foot Océ Customer Experience Center, in Boca Raton, Fla. A new IPG video shows off the highlights of that center, including a new monochrome mid-production digital press geared toward in-plants.
IPG Editor Bob Neubauer visited the 18,000-square-foot Océ Customer Experience Center to see some of the newest Océ and Canon digital hardware and software systems.
Introduced at Graph Expo, the new four-color Meteor DP8700 multi-substrate digital press from MGI Digital Graphic Technology, supports up to a 13x40˝ sheet (13x47˝ with manual bypass) and prints up to 71 ppm (letter-size) with a maximum 3,600 dpi resolution.
University of Arkansas Little Rock Printing Services recently attained Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification, becoming the first state printing agency in Arkansas to get certified. Director Chuck Werninger felt it was important to demonstrate responsible stewardship, both to prospective students and to the community.
Northern Oklahoma College recently installed not one but three Ricoh Pro digital printers. Customers have fallen in love with the quality color work the in-plant is now able to produce.
To make itself even more integral to the university's marketing strategy, Cedarville University Postal & Print Services installed a Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition digital color printer.
To Naomi Quiram, it is vital to keep as much print work in-house as possible. "It is always difficult when you outsource because of the time requirements," says Quiram, director of Print and Mail Services at Gustavus Adolphus College, a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minn. Her in-plant's recent installation of a Standard…
Like most of the East Coast, Jim Lyons braced for Hurricane Irene last August. Unlike most Easterners, though, his in-plant at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz is only now recovering from the resulting catastrophe.
At the INTERQUEST Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum speakers from government and university in-plants discussed best practices at their operations. In between, principals from INTERQUEST—the market and technology research and consulting firm that organized the event—presented trends and research results.
