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April 9, 2008

Top Story

  • Stinehour Press to Close
    Foreign competition and lack of capital to upgrade equipment has forced high-end illustrated book printer, The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, VT, to close; the company will shut down by the end of spring. The announcement was made Monday by CEO Warren Bingham who, with a group of investors, acquired the company in 2002 after the multinational company that bought the press from the Stinehour family in 1998 said it planned to close the printer. more » » » 

News Briefs

  • Printer Changes Name and Expands
    Commercial printer Des Plaines Printing changed its name to the John S. Swift of Des Plaines and plans to expand its 50,000-sq.ft. Buffalo Grove, IL printing plant by 16,000 sq. ft. The building addition is scheduled to break ground this month. more » » » 
  • PostNet Expands W2P
    Quick print franchise PostNet is deploying EFI’s Digital StoreFront (DSF) Web-to-print solution in more than 400 centers in the U.S. and Canada. PostNet franchises now have the ability to create their own storefronts and to receive PDF-ready files from customers. more » » » 
  • The Ticker
    MeadWestvaco, IDEAlliance, Lake County Press, KBA, SouthData, E-mail hogs kilowatts, Sustainability in Printing Conf., Ricoh, Presstek, RBP Chemical and today’s quote. more » » » 

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See live demonstrations of Presstek's environmentally-friendly digital offset printing solutions at Presstek’s Digital Power Printing Forum. Visit for an hour or spend the day to see how our DI® press and chemistry-free CTP solutions can help you become more capable, profitable, and competitive. Visit www.presstek.com/events or call 800-524-0003 ext. 3599 for more information.

Conference Alert

IPA, the Assn. of Graphic Solutions Providers, will hold its annual technical conf., April 22-24, at the Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago. www.ipa.org

Conference Alert

Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group will hold its annual Graphic Users Assn. conference, April 20-23, at the Wynn Las Vegas. GUA President Tom Clifford speaks about the benefits of the Kodak users’ event in a GAM exclusive video. For more For more.org
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