The Ticker
Posted Nov. 17, 2008
By Graphic Arts Online Staff -- Graphic Arts Online, November 16, 2008
The Bureau, printing.com, InstyPrints, DG3, green printing, Goss, Gegenheimer Awards, AlphaGraphics, Quebecor World, PIA/GATF, WOA awards, Adobe, Kodak and today's quote.
Minneapolis-based printing firm The Bureau says it upgraded its two Kodak digital color NexPress 2500s to S3000s, improving speed to 100 letter-sized impressions per minute. The presses were originally added in
.
U.K.-based online print franchisor printing.com may expand into the U.S. early next year. Manchester Evening News says the firm has trained senior management from a U.S. company for a Q1 2009 launch.
Gainesville, FL InstyPrints store celebrates its 25th year by replacing an aging cutter with a Polar 78 XS from Heidelberg.
Jersey City, NJ-based printer DG3 is powering up with
by purchasing certificates from Hess Energy to accompany electricy purchases. Short-run printer Odyssey Press, Gonic, NH, gets greener energy by offseting 100% of its electrical power through renewable energy credits.
The U.S. sites of web press manufacturer Goss International have been recognized for environmental programs by several agencies.
Burgess Industries and Juergen Stolt of Pantone, Inc., received 2008 Gegenheimer Awards for Industry Service at the NPES 75th Annual Conf.and gala in St. Petersburg, FL.
More than 12,000 customers have gone online since Oct. 28 to a Website from FranklinCovey and AlphaGraphics that allows personal photos to be used in custom-designed 2009 planners, which are digitally printed.
Bankruptcy Court sets a Dec. 5 deadline for claimants against Quebecor World, listing many famous "formerly known as" printing entities: Johnson & Hardin, Downey Printing, Eusey Press, Century Graphics, Dittler Bros., World Color Book Services, The Webb Co., Retail Printing, Pendell, etc.
Photo pioneer and best-selling author Stephen Johnson will review methods for achieving his legendary prints in a keynote address at the PIA/GATF Color Management Conference next month.
The PIA/GATF announces its Web Offset Assn. Print Awards Competition sponsors; contest winners to be revealed next May during the Printer-to-Printer Business and Technology Conference.
Adobe's MAX2008 conference and expo for designers, developers, educators and partners (including printing firms) begins its three-day run today at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
ONE magazine, produced for Kodak customers by Reed Business Information, wins another
from the League of American Communications Professionals.
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or call 800.446.6551.
Today's Quote: "The wise person questions himself; the fool, others." —Henri Arnold
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