On Wednesday Canon U.S.A., announced the new imagePRESS C800 Digital Color Press Series, designed for small-to-medium in-plants. Comprised of the imagePRESS C800 and imagePRESS C700, this series is able to handle a variety of media options, including heavyweight coated stock, textured stock and envelopes.
If streamlining your workflow and reducing waste are important to you, be sure to tune in to a special webinar on Tuesday devoted to helping printers remove the constraints that are impacting their throughput and profits. Entitled "Moving Beyond Lean to Global Optimization," the webinar will walk you through the Theory of Global Optimization (TGO), a method of managing print manufacturing and business processes that maximizes profits.
These products for the in-plant market will be on display at Graph Expo.
Interesting hot products for in-plants
Dozens of university and government in-plants from the Mid-Atlantic region met at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in Washington, D.C., in April for the eighth annual Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum. The event, organized by Interquest, a market and technology research and consulting firm, featured several panels of in-plant managers, hailing from the United Nations, the World Bank, GPO, the University of Virginia, Fairfax County Government, Navy Federal Credit Union and others.
A few years ago, veteran print manager Terry Oliver faced a situation familiar to many in-plants: an organizational review to justify the expense of her in-plant compared to outsourcing. While she prided herself on her ability to meet the needs of OhioHealth's internal clients, defending her in-plant meant she would have to quantify many of the intangibles of service that her five-employee in-plant offered.
About five years ago, the San Joaquin Delta College Publication Center, in Stockton, Calif., retired its offset presses and moved to an all-digital production platform. This consisted of color and monochrome digital devices operated by the in-plant's staff as well as a monochrome digital press available for walk-up traffic.
Interesting hot products for in-plants.
Robert C. Ross Jr., CEO and founder of Xanté, will be the keynote speaker for The Tiara Group Toners 2014 Conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., from June 2-4. In his keynote address, Ross will also represent Memjet.
The biggest surprise at this week's EFI Connect users conference came right at the beginning of the four-day event. While Guy Gecht of EFI was delivering his opening remarks, Benny Landa of Landa Corp. joined him on stage to make an announcement.
