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At first, it seems only logical that postcards would be phased out by now due to the expanding digital world. With e-cards, Facebook and email, why on earth would anyone consider printing postcards? Yeah, I’m talking real postcards actually printed on paper: a physical, in-your-face rectangular…postcard. Why would marketing experts use dopey old-fashioned paper cards? [...]
I go back and forth whether the Xerox 700 is worthwhile. Even though we run into ALOT of trouble with this thing, we have printed over 2.5 million clicks on our machine in less than three years. We’ve also experienced countless quality issues and service debacles that is probably responsible for my hair loss. Read [...]
The history of digital print is relatively short compared to printing as a whole, which dates back to 1439, when German businessman Johannes Gutenberg created a press that started the mass production of books. The first digital printing presses came onto the market in the early 1990’s. Digital printing assembles each image from a complex [...]
Many digital production machine contracts, or lease agreements, that you may sign involving click charges include free maintenance, supplies and quick service, but unfortunately, in our experience, one of our vendors did not hold up their end of the bargain. I’ll leave the vender unnamed, but on a production machine we leased a few years [...]
As a completely digital printer, we’ve been dealing with click charge plans for some time now, most notably with Xerox. I have to tell you, its a love / hate relationship so if you intend to enter a new contract for a digital production machine based on clicks, I have some advice for you. There [...]
I recently read an article that not only slammed Netflix on their recent price increases, but gave five things to consider when raising prices. Its easy to look back and raise prices when cash flow turns sour and profitability spirals downward. This print market is tough; People want low prices, fast turn and free shipping. [...]
A click charge is an agreed-upon charge per “click” or piece of paper that runs through your machine and are a common charge incurred during the lease of digital printing equipment such as copiers, printers or digital presses. My experience with click charges is based on three digital machines with Xerox including the Docucolor 240, [...]
Like any other high-performance, high-quality product, a little conditioning goes a long way with digital paper. It can make the difference between “okay” and outstanding when it comes to results! Find out what steps you can take to get the most out of digital papers including Xerox paper. For optimum conditioning, follow these storage guidelines: [...]
Alltrade Printers has invested in “the right press with the right quality” after becoming the first company to buy a Ricoh digital printer through Heidelberg UK. The Birmingham-based company has taken delivery of a Ricoh Pro C901 graphic arts edition press to complement its brace of five-colour Heidelberg Speedmasters. Dilu Mukadam, finance director at Alltrade [...]
FESPA Digital 2011’s theme is Evolution. FESPA defines evolution to mean growth through adaptation. And 2011 is a year of growth*. But never again will we return to the days of easy abundance. For modern printers, getting Digital DNA is essential in order to thrive in the ‘new normal’ -, but the code that means [...]
The online print shop PrintKEG launches a QR Code “treasure hunt” aimed to engage customers in a fun game to receive discounts and prizes. QR codes have been hidden around the company’s website, social media outlets and other online locations while also available in physical locations such as packaging, storefront window, mailers and other areas [...]
Want to get more value out of being online during the work day? Forget the celebrity gossip sites and spend Tuesday, March 15 with Xerox Corporation and XMPie, A Xerox Company, at Direct Marketing @ Your Desk, a virtual trade show featuring the latest in marketing tools and know-how. As sponsors of Direct Marketing Day [...]
According to Océ, this plotter not only gives you sharp lines, fine details and smooth, even area fills. The plotter also enhances the quality of standard plain paper with a ‘silk-shine’ finish and water-fast durability. The ColorWave 600 large format printer gives you unique CrystalPoint quality – every print, every time. The ColorWave 600 delivers [...]
Heidelberg and Ricoh announce global strategic cooperation • Partnership enables customers to combine the best of Digital- and Offset-Printing • Both companies aim to lead the way in short run and variable data color printing for the graphic arts industry 23. February 2011 – Today, Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Ricoh) and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) announced [...]
This year’s Graphics of the Americas event is located in the Orange County Convention Center along with the FESPA (Federal European Screen Printers Association) and the Solutions Event powered by ISS (Imprinted Sportswear Shows). You can see three graphics shows in one place. About GOA Celebrating 36 years of service, Graphics of the Americas (GOA) [...]
According to Xerox, sometimes less is more. Leveraging its proprietary solid ink technology, Xerox Corporation is introducing the world’s first high-speed waterless inkjet system to enable vivid image quality on low-cost paper for printers looking to produce high-volume, high-value jobs. “Xerox’s Production Inkjet System cuts through the barriers – cost, quality and reliability – that [...]
During the past four years, when the Vision Graphics Inc. used a dry-toner digital press, the term “digital printing” served as a warning that affordable, shorter-run printing and one-to-one personalization came with a trade-off in quality and consistency that did not match the firm’s high-end reputation. The value that Vision Graphics Inc. offers – the [...]
The flexible capabilities of the RICOH Pro C900s make it the ideal solution for demanding production environments that need one system to do it all. In addition to fast color printing, the RICOH Pro C900s offers versatile scanning,copying and document storage. We have seen the 900 working in a production environment, and it was quite [...]
