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Printable Technologies has donated 25 copies of FusionPro Desktop to Eastern Illinois University, a donation valued at nearly $10,000. Students majoring in the “Digital Printing, Imaging, and Web Technology” program at the Charleston-based school will have access to the variable data software. It includes workflow templates, guides and wizards that allow novice users to learn the application quickly. Students with advanced skills can implement the sophisticated functionality available to compose complex VDP jobs. Eastern Illinois University has more than 100 students participating in the Printing, Imaging, and Web Technology major, and two graphic technology minors: Advertising and Print and Textile Design. “The unique combination

Printable Technologies, a provider of Web to Print workflow and variable data printing (VDP) solutions, has presented Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley, in Kansas City, free copies of its FusionPro Desktop VDP solution. The donation, valued at nearly $10,000, will supply a class of 24 students and an instructor. MCC-Penn Valley is the third educational institution to receive such a donation from Printable. FusionPro Desktop offers workflow templates, guides, and wizards that allow novice users to learn the application quickly. MCC-Penn Valley offers a 21-credit Digital Prepress Technician Certificate. “It is gratifying to see FusionPro Desktop used as a training tool in advanced prepress courses,” said Coleman

A CONTROVERSY is brewing about the future of book and manual production. Some people say they are going away; I believe book production is evolving from a labor intensive, manual process to an automated, template-based digital process. The argument that book and manual production are dead cites evidence of dwindling book readership, numbers of book publishers, comparisons of the costs of long offset runs verses shorter digital runs and the book distribution model. On the other side of the coin is the argument that print production is morphing with digital printing and online technologies; those who take advantage of this evolution will be

LAS VEGAS— March 28, 2007—The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, was the site of the Printable Technologies®, Inc., 2007 User Conference, March 14-16, 2007. Printable Technologies, leading provider of Web to Print workflow and Variable Data Printing (VDP) solutions and Software as a Service (SaaS), and six co-sponsors hosted 170 participants. The event - built around the theme “New Power/New Possibilities” - was kicked off by Andrew Paparozzi, NAPL Vice President and Chief Economist. Special interest learning opportunities included “Cross Media and Direct Marketing ROI” with Steve Tingiris, President/CEO of ProspectSmarter; “Database Cleansing and Manipulation” with Professor John Leininger of Clemson University; and

DIGITAL COLOR was introduced to the marketplace more than a decade ago. Indigo and Xeikon unveiled key new products in the mid-1990s, and early projections were that these technologies would take off. Initially, as with a number of new technologies, there were technical issues. Presses were unreliable; ink and toner didn’t stick to the paper; and the cost of consumables was too high to generate any substantial application transfer from offset technology. Today, Indigo has been taken over by Hewlett Packard. Xeikon faced bankruptcy before being acquired by Punch Technologies. Kodak bought out Heidelberg’s share of NexPress. Ink and toner are now sticking

Printable Technologies has created the position of executive vice president of technology and appointed Josh Roach to that role. Roach has had an extensive career focused on large-scale software development with such companies as Intuit, HNC Software and others. The appointment comes on the heels of Printable’s release of the FusionPro VDP Suite, Version 4.1. Available as a free upgrade to current FusionPro 4.0 users, FusionPro 4.1 delivers a variety of new and enhanced features that make the design and composition of variable data documents faster and easier.

Hewlett-Packard is hosting a traveling one-day seminar called GO Digital, along with Printable Technologies, MindFireInc, AccuData, and GPA. It will hit 12 cities in the U.S. and will focus on helping identify profit opportunities in digital printing. The sessions will feature in-depth discussions of how digital technologies—such as the HP Indigo press 5000—are generating more sales with more profitable rates of return for printers and their customers. Attendees will learn to: • Differentiate your operation through profitable high-growth services • Apply technology to your clients’ marketing strategy and deliver a service your clients are demanding • Provide start to finish marketing strategies for

Printable Technologies and Pace Systems Group have integrated the ePace print management system with the Printable PrintOne Web to Print solution. Utilizing Printable Technologies’ Web Services and XML Data Feeds, the integrated solution provides an end-to-end online print procurement and production workflow leveraging each system’s full range of functionality.

AS FALLING leaves carpet the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus, so has the autumn of Gary Williford’s career arrived. After 34 years at the university—30 of them in the in-plant—Williford plans to retire in a few months from his role as manager of the school’s Graphic Arts Service department. But while others might view their final days as an opportunity to kick back and coast to an easy farewell, Williford has insisted on pushing forward, preparing his 55-employee operation for the days after his departure. “I owe this organization. It’s been good to me. It’s a part of my life,” he explains. “I want

Agfa ApogeeX 3.0 workflow software is based on PDF, JDF (Job Definition Format) and Digital Film. Featuring a single, easy-to-use user interface, it offers a range of capabilities. Provides extensive process automation and connectivity features. Apogee PrintDrive enables integration with non-Agfa workflow solutions and output systems. New step-and-repeat function requires a page to be RIPed and trapped only once. Apogee Raster Blaster helps integrate most non-Agfa output devices into workflow. Apogee Power Converter converts legacy formats to PDF. :Delano 2.6 project management system offers extended JDF connectivity. It offers better support for spot colors, an improved user interface and faster system responsiveness.