Océ North America, Production Printing Systems

Only about 20 in-plant managers attended the Southeastern University Printing & Digital Managers Conference. Those who made the trip, though, say it was a great meeting nonetheless.

LAST MONTH, in-plant managers from Texas colleges and universities met in Austin for the Texas Association of College and University Printers' (TACUP) conference. While billed as a regional conference, TACUP was actually the largest gathering of university in-plant managers this year, with 40 managers in attendance from as far away as Arizona, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia. And judging by their responses, it was also one of the best events of its kind.

Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, announced today that Integrated Book Technology, Inc. has installed an Océ VarioPrint® 6250 digital duplex cutsheet printer, with Océ PRISMAproduction® software, a Challenge three-knife trimmer, CEM DocuConverter®, and GPSquared case binding system in the Books International distribution center in Dulles, Virginia.

Miranda Vogt, a seventh grader at Bak Middle School in West Palm Beach, recently became a published author as a participant in the fourth annual Océ Future Authors Project program.

TO BE FAIR, the sorry state of the economy made it almost impossible for PRINT 09 to be a rousing success. Show floor traffic was so slow on the opening day (Friday), it was speculated that someone forgot to flip the sign in the front window at McCormick Place from "closed" to "open for business." And one had to question the logic of conducting a long, weekend-wraparound show on the first week of pro football season, when no one (it was presumed) would be coming to Chicago, let alone spending.

Providing services of any kind to the Houston Independent School District means thinking big—there's simply no other way to approach the task. Educating more than 220,000 students in a 301-square-mile network of elementary, middle and high schools, HISD is the seventh-largest public school system in the nation and the largest in Texas. With an annual budget in excess of $1.6 billion and a work force of more than 28,000 full- and part-time employees, HISD is a producer and a consumer of services on a truly Texas-sized scale.

Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, announced that at the recent TransPromo Summit in Boston, Guy Broadhurst of Océ North America offered strategic and practical ideas for how to augment TransPromo campaigns with technologies that are just taking off.

Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced that Zebra Print Solutions has installed two Océ VarioPrint® 6200 systems and award-winning Océ PRISMAprepare™ and Océ DPconvert® software to drive document pre-press and production workflows for high-visibility training applications.

Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, announced today that Direct Mail Partners (DMP) has expanded its color and personalization service offerings with the recent addition of an Océ CS665 Pro full-color digital printer. The acquisition of the new Océ CS665 Pro cutsheet system is the first step in a strategic expansion of Direct Mail Partners digital color production capabilities in response to market demand for smaller targeted runs, personalization and TransPromo communications.

Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced a successful proof of concept of the personalized version of The Washington Times National Weekly Edition. Details of the program were presented at the recent INC3 Individuated Newspaper Conference. Océ was one of several sponsors for the INC3 event.