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Ricoh will buy mindSHIFT Technologies, a provider of managed IT, cloud, data center and professional services to small- and mid-sized organizations, from Best Buy.

Continuous-feed inkjet offers advantages over both offset and electrophotography. As the technology evolves, it is gaining share from both. The presses are good. The substrates are good. The software is good. And, as Cathy Cartolano, vice president of sales and technical services at Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), points out, image quality is "scary close" to offset.

A brand new student center at Sonoma State University has given new life to the Rohnert Park, Calif., school’s in-plant. Along with the dining and retail operations that have relocated into the three-story, 130,000-square-foot student center, the in-plant has secured a 1,700-square-foot space where it is now conveniently located for passing students and facility.

According to a new study from Ricoh, performed in conjunction with the University of Colorado, the future of the book industry depends heavily on print. Three out of five e-books downloaded are never read.

How do you migrate a bank from a cut-sheet, electro photographic print environment, to a full-color, continuous forms inkjet operation? An upcoming webinar will answer this question with Mark Kearns, who oversees print and mail services at Fifth Third Bank, and Mike Herold, Ricoh's Worldwide Product Manager of Production Printing Technologies.

At Ricoh Americas second annual "Next Chapter" event, thought leaders, disruptors and analysts examined the evolution of the book industry and its most pressing topics—including trends in educational printing, independent publishing, and the overarching evolution of the book industry.

Last month the Association of Rocky Mountain College and University Mail Services (ARMCUMS) met in Rapid CIty, S.D., for its 15th annual conference—finishing up just before a major snowstorm paralyzed the city.

Location may not be everything, but being situated inside Parkview Health's headquarters has certainly helped Printing and Postal Services secure its position as Parkview's primary provider of print and related services. What has enabled the in-plant to thrive, though, has been its consistent ability to reduce costs, raise quality and add value for Parkview, an 8,700-employee, not-for-profit community-based health system serving northeastern Indiana and Ohio.

AnaJet, a maker of digital apparel printing equipment, is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its technology alliance with Ricoh Printing Systems America, the exclusive manufacturer of the MH2420 print heads that are the heart of AnaJet’s mPower i-series digital apparel printer. 

Early this week, Baton Rouge-native and Ricoh In-plant Specialist Mike Loyd found himself trapped after speaking to a gathering of in-plant managers when a rare autumn snowstorm hit Rapid City, S.D.