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In September, the 70-employee state printing and mailing operation installed a 42˝ Océ ColorWave 650 and greatly expanded its wide-format business, focusing on larger-sized posters and banners than the shop’s previous 24˝ Canon imagePrograf W6400 could produce.

More than 150 book publishers, book manufacturers and suppliers met at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square recently for the first Digital Book Printing Conference, organized by IPG's parent company, NAPCO Media (formerly North American Publishing Co.) The networking and educational event featured an insightful keynote from Marco Boer, VP of IT Strategies.

You can program a TV, switch on your lights and control your thermostat remotely. So who's to say you can't do the same with your printers?

More than 150 book publishers, book manufacturers and suppliers met at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square recently for the first Digital Book Printing Conference, organized by IPG's parent company, North American Publishing Co. IPG Editor Bob Neubauer was at the networking and educational event, which featured an insightful keynote from Marco Boer, VP of IT Strategies.

Canon and HP's wide-format devices have won Pick and Outstanding Achievement Awards from Buyers Laboratory (BLI). Among the winning devices selected in Canon U.S.A.'s wide-format lineup are imagePROGRAF iPF680/685, imagePROGRAF iPF780/785 and imagePROGRAF iPF785 MFP M40 printers. HP's winning devices include the HP Designjet Z5400 PostScript ePrinter and HP Rear Stacker Design.

Canon U.S.A.'s imagePRESS C60 Color digital press builds on the success of the imagePRESS C1+ technology with faster output and enhanced capabilities. In addition, it meets Energy Star standards. Printing at 60 pages/min. in color and black-and-white, the press also features Gloss Optimization technology, advanced toner transfer, real-time calibration and more.

Joel Palmer knew he could provide more than a copy center for the Geneva College community. By transitioning the college’s small duplicating facility into a full-fledged print operation, he was confident he could provide the school with top-notch work and significant cost savings.

With equipment specs, pictures and video all available online, why should an in-plant manager bother going to Graph Expo any more? Those who made the trip to Chicago last month have lots of good reasons.

Sure, in-plants know it's a good idea to benchmark their performance against other printers. But contacting and surveying those other printers is a lot of work. What if there was an online tool that would let managers plug in information and quickly see how they compare?

From Hollywood films to publishing and medical technologies, Canon U.S.A.'s new inspirational brand ethos spotlights the breadth of the company’s capabilities and contributions to developing imaging technologies that showcase the impossible for customers.