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Hewlett-Packard Co., one of the biggest commercial print companies globally and a major rival of Xerox Corp. and failing Eastman Kodak Co. — saw its print business struggle in its most recent quarter. HP announced its latest quarterly earnings after the market’s close Wednesday. For the quarter ending April 30, H-P’s $6.1 billion printing business [...]
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PRINT 13 together with co-located CPP EXPO, coming September 8-12 to Chicago’s McCormick Place, will offer graphic communications professionals an exciting view of future technologies and new business-building opportunities in step with the show’s “Innovate, Integrate, and Communicate” theme. Among the hottest new and emerging print technologies they will discover will be RFID, Printed Electronics, [...]
Staples, the world’s largest office products company and second largest e-commerce company, today became the first major U.S. retailer to announce the availability of 3D printers. The Cube® 3D Printer from 3D Systems, a leading global provider of 3D content-to-print solutions, is immediately available on Staples.com for $1299.99 and will be available in a limited [...]
Braintree Printing, a digital and offset printing company in the Northeast, is now the first printer in New England to embrace 3-D technology with the recent purchase of a Dimension 1200es 3-D printer by Stratasys. In just minutes, customer digital files become physical 3-D objects. Prototypes, customized parts, architectural and medical models and more can [...]
The digital e-card / stationery service, Paperless Post, is bringing its hand-illustrated designs to the world of paper – which is odd since the company entered into a strictly digital space when they started. Due to strong demand from current clients, Paperless Post felt obligated to work with a digital printing company to offer a [...]
Océ, a Canon Group Co., its sponsoring the third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle. The rhetorical battle between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will be held on Oct. 22, 2012, at 9 pm EDT in the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center on the campus [...]
Even though New York Comic Con has no affiliation with San Diego’s all great Comic Con, it’s still exciting to have a comic convention of this magnitude on the east coast. New York Comic Con is the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. The show floor plays host to the latest and [...]
It’s no surprise that the digital media presence of the World Games skyrocketed in 2012, but the use of print media was also highly prevalent. I found it interesting how print companies were obligated not to release any information pertaining to services rendered, but PrintWeek was able to offer some insight by investigating the sponsors. [...]
Vistaprint N.V. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. Fourth quarter 2012 highlights: Revenue grew 20 percent year over year to $250.4 million Revenue grew 25 percent year over year excluding the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations Fiscal year 2012 highlights: Revenue grew 25 percent year [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports that someday soon, Boeing engineers will be able to actually print plane parts like entire wings by using 3D printing technology. Basically, through the use of a huge office-like printer, engineers would be able to combine metal particles and other substances to create thin layers of metal that would form [...]
When Eastman Kodak went into bankruptcy proceedings six months ago, it left creditors holding unpaid bills and the world with questions about whether the company would simply shut down. Eastman Kodak is reorganizing for the second time in six months as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now, Kodak’s top executives could be in line [...]
Justin Crockett at Cracked.com pointed out in his article “5 Ways Your Nerd Gadgets Are Killing You” that printer toner fumes may be as bad as cigarette smoke. This is a pretty scary thing for me since we run a digital printing company that relies on a toner-based production machine. His article: The next time [...]
So it’s finally official. Printing at home is becoming more expensive, which seems odd to me since print related companies should be spending more time adding value to print products rather than sponging every last cent they can for profits. Everyone knows that inkjet cartridges are ridiculously overpriced, but now we know that HP has [...]
I pretty much dropped the ball this year by not doing anything on our small business’s website for April Fool’s day. With two sick kids at home, I honestly didn’t have the time and if I put any more work on my staff, a riot of epic proportion could occur since they’re all pretty overworked [...]
In the age of digital where terms like “green” and “paperless” is cooler than an ice bucket in Antarctica, people across the globe are consuming more paper than ever, and the U.S consumer is the second largest tree killer in the world (Belgium wins the gold medal). According to The Economist, global paper consumption has [...]
It’a amazing how far technology has come in recent years when it comes to the printing world. Below are a few technologies likely to have a huge impact on the printing industry. 1. Unprinting Scientists at England’s University of Cambridge have devised a way to remove ink from laser prints. In a laser printer, a [...]
(press release) Vistaprint N.V. announced a strategic partnership with Nickelodeon, the number one entertainment brand for kids, to offer licensed character content for the first time to Vistaprint customers. The addition of Nickelodeon content adds character and personalization to Vistaprint’s expansive portfolio of birthday invitations, banners, stickers, note cards, wall calendars and tote bags. Vistaprint [...]
Adobe LeanPrint, a new software the company has developed that solves printing pain points in the enterprise and home by automatically optimizing document layouts and managing toner output to reduce resource consumption and costs by an estimated 40 percent for “typical” office documents. Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS) has become Adobe’s first partner to distribute [...]
