Through a mutual partnership, Ricoh Production Print Solutions and TEC Mailing Solutions will provide cloud-based support for critical mailing output enabling cost-savings and automated, streamlined workflow throughout a broad range of print and mail operations. Representatives from both companies will be at the National Postal Forum, this week, showcasing their portfolio of mail processing solutions.
Here's a look at some software, printing and bindery products for the in-plant industry.
University of Mississippi Printing and Graphic Services was chosen by Ricoh to test its Clickable Paper technology, which lets users take a picture of a printed page and get a choice of multiple links to follow for additional information.
Chris Hottle loves the clamor of heavy iron rattling the shop at Winchester Printers, a commercial business located in the town of Winchester, tucked virtually into the northernmost point of Virginia. Touching down in about a month will be a refurbished (2000-era) four-color, 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 sheetfed press.
Inkjet Summit 2013, hosted by Printing Impressions and nGage Events, will be held April 9-11 at the exclusive Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only, hosted event designed for senior managers and business executives who want to understand how current and future inkjet technology trends, software, consumables and finishing solutions are and will impact their businesses and help them shape their visions and strategies for the future.
Finch Paper’s FIT Color Management & Workflow Services team recently worked with Ricoh’s digital output solutions team in Boulder, CO to help the company achieve consistent, G7 Color on its InfoPrint aqueous continuous form inkjet platforms.
Ricoh Americas Corp. has introduced the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts + and Ricoh Pro C901s Graphic Arts + series of printers for high-volume production print environments. The printers are the latest additions in the brand’s digital color production system lineup.
What is striking about the round of installations this year over last, we are hearing about far fewer installation problems and challenges with substrates. We are hearing more about the costs and need to expand post-processing capabilities rather than installation or performance of the presses themselves. Business cases are still strong but, unlike the earliest adopters, those needs were not as acute, so they had the luxury of hanging back and biding their time until that time was right.
EFI proved that "what happens in Vegas doesn't have to stay in Vegas," especially for the roughly 800 attendees who could select from more than 150 breakout and training sessions at the EFI Connect users' group meeting held here Jan. 15-18 at the Wynn Las Vegas. Sessions covered MIS/ERP software, Web-to-print systems, industrial inkjet printers and Fiery technology.
When I ponder the future of in-plants, I generally see it through the eyes of the forward-thinking managers I've met—the ones constantly adding services and contemplating new ways to help their customers.
