Graphic Arts Online - July 1, 2003

Direct-imaging (DI) sheetfed presses remain a niche market within the niche market of digital printing, even as short-run color printing takes off at a fast clip. These machines—which image printing plates directly on a sheetfed offset press using either Presstek, Creo, or proprietary imaging technology—compete with off-press computer-to-plate (CTP) technology in the high-volume mar...

• Columns
• Paper
• Diversity in Synthetic Substrates

• Departments
• Countdown Drupa
• Major Categories Ease Show Visits
• How'd They Print That?
• Success with synthetics

• Features
• Bookpad Finisher Tackles Shorter Runs
• Salaries Mirror Stagnant Economy
• Prepress Systems
• Graph Expo 2003 Preview: Prepress Systems
• The Business of Print
• Strategies that Yield Results
• Wide Format
• Full Service from Wide Format

• Upfront
• Graphic Arts Index
• Business Outlook
• Retailers Outpace the Economy in Early 2003
• Outlook Mixed Among Markets Beyond U.S.
• Consumer Purchasing Survives Slowdown
• Editor's Notebook
• Tough-Times Lessons We Shouldn't Forget
• Mailbox
• Mailbox
• Market Watch
• Machinery Prices Are Stable in Early 2003
• Printing Employment Rises Since March
• News Briefs
• Shorts
• Initiatives for Graph Expo
• NYU Presents Prism Award
• Cut-Sheet Digital Printing Systems
• Yearbook Specialist OKs Acquisition by Investors
• New Printing Plant Begun
• Notable Companies
• Industry Companies
• TrendWatch
• Print Remains a Top Business Opportunity
• Business Conditions Improve for Creatives
• Washington Briefs
• Federal Print Contracts Valued at $500 Million
• Details of Agreement
• GPO, OMB Unveil New Print Buying Policy