Wednesday, July 26, 2006
On Demand Books
This is interesting. From On Demand Books LLC: On Demand Books LLC. is planning to become the first company to globally deploy a low cost (under $50,000), totally automatic book machine, which can produce 15 - 20 library quality paperback...
You're Welcome!
I got a nice note from Heath Cajandig, web-to-print product manager at EFI thanking me for Printmode: I appreciate your blog that focuses on our industry. I found it to be fresh; a rarity in this industry. You're welcome! Thanks...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading for Monday July 25th, 2006: Time Inc. sacks Teen People. This really doesn't come as a surprise and I don't think this means the canary is dying in the mine. Teens don't read, period. Imagining the Day When...
Friday, July 21, 2006
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading for Friday July 21st, 2006: Technology Rewrites the Book Article in the NYT about Blurb.com, the latest consumer oriented web-to-print outfit. By the way, Blurb has a blog at: http://blurberatiblog.com Times to Reduce Page Size and Close a...
Edible Test Targets
Back in 2004 Pringles introduced Pringles Prints. In a nutshell Procter & Gamble, the parent company of Pringles partnered with Trivial Pursuit maker Hasbro to use content from the Trivial Pursuit Junior game to be printed on individual Pringles crisps....
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Kodak: 10 Years of CTP
Kodak is celebrating tens years of Thermal CTP: Kodak's commercialization of the world's first thermal computer to plate (CTP) system occurred in 1996, touching off a fast moving transformation of printing that helped shorten turnaround times, reduce costs, and improve...
Monday, July 17, 2006
Paper for Digital Printing
I just added a literature review on Paper for Digital Printing I wrote for the Research Methods SPM graduate course in the Fall 2004 to the Research Documents collection. The literature cited in the review is almost two years old,...
Test Targets Collection
Bob Chung has been hard at work making past issues of the Test Targets publication easier to find and download. If you're not familiar with the RIT Test Targets publication, you can read my article about the publication. You can...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
PGSF
I just received my renewal letter for the Michael H. Bruno/TAGA scholarship from the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF). This is the second time I have received this scholarship. I used last years scholarship money to pay tuition,...
Monday, July 10, 2006
Unified Attack?
A unified European attack on GRACoL's G7 process or saying it like it is: ISO 12647 Assures High Quality Print Worldwide Update: Many on the Printing across borders email list are treating this as an attack....
Saturday, July 8, 2006
MasterPrinter Program
The folks at IDEAlliance and GRACoL have decided to get involved in the quality auditing business: The International Digital Enterprise Alliance (IDEAlliance) today announced the launch of its new MasterPrinter Program. Through this program, IDEAlliance will identify printers around the...
Friday, July 7, 2006
Xerox To Buy XMPie
Update 10.3.2006 It's True. See current coverage. Israeli business daily the Globes is reporting that Xerox to buy Israeli start-up XMPie for $40-50m: Digital printer giant Xerox Inc. is making its first investment in Israel. Sources inform 'Globes' that that...
