Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Do Not Mail States
During WhatTheyThink.com's Postal Rates and Reform - the Experts Offer Solutions, a listener asked which states have proposed Do Not Mail legislation under consideration. Ben Cooper of the Print Council pointed to a new coalition called Mail Moves America as...
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Industry Vocational Education
Patrick Henry provided feedback in the comments of my Industry Education post. He brought up some good points so I thought I would address some of them here. Henry starts by providing anecdotal evidence that we are failing to meet...
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Second Life's Printing Industry Center
Brian Regan of the professionals staffing firm Semper left a comment on industry education piece over at the PrintCEO blog on creating an industry presence in the virtual world Second Life. An industry presence in Second Life might be worthwhile,...
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Industry Education
Patrick Henry authored a piece over at the PrintCEO blog reacting to Larry Kroll's open letter in the 2007 PIA/GATF Forecast: Technology, Trends, Tactics regarding the state of vocational education in the printing industry. Kroll's letter and Henry's article are...
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Offshoring
TrendWatch Graphic Arts has released a study that evaluates the impact of offshoring of print on the US printing industry. According to their press release the Offshore Printing: The Market for Overseas Print Providers report answers some fundamental questions about...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Environmentally Friendly Print
Today is Earth Day, a day intended to bring awareness of and appreciation for the natural environment. It's also a day to look at how individuals and industry can make the Earth a greener place to live. Environmentally sustainable print...
Friday, March 10, 2006
We Didn't Trash Your File
Because it's Friday afternoon......
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Merrill Press
I had the opportunity to meet with the management of Merrill Press this morning. Merrill is a small print service provider located in Buffalo, NY that has developed a web-to-print system that enables the efficient production of business cards for...
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Inside Print Radio
If you haven't checked out Inside Print Radio yet, you should do so now. Scott Sheppard and Rick Littrell have put together a great weekly podcast where they discuss news, hot topics, new products, and live interviews with industry movers...
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Chester Carlson, 100
One hundred years ago today Chester Carlson, the inventor of xerography, was born - a man whose genius would forever change how people share information and would ultimately generate a document management industry worth more than $112 billion. See the...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
X-Rite acquires GretagMacbeth
X-Rite has announced that it will acquire GretagMacBeth: On January 31, 2006, X-Rite and Amazys Holding AG, parent company of GretagMacbeth, announced they entered into a definitive agreement under which X-Rite will acquire Amazys Holding AG. The companies are joining...
Thursday, January 26, 2006
RR Donnelley Patent Lawsuit
On January 17th, RR Donnelley & Sons Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Quark Inc, and Creo Inc. (Now a Kodak GCG Entity) for allegedly infringing on patents in the area of digital print processes. The patents referenced in...
Monday, January 16, 2006
Celebrate International Printing Week
January 15-21 is International Printing Week. International Printing Week® (also know as Graphic Communications Week in education circles) is a motivational tool that all people in the graphic communications industry can use to enhance our industry. International Printing Week® has...
NYC Trip
I spent the last few days of last week in New York City with a group of students and faculty from the School of Print Media. In NYC the group toured the operations of Pantone and Time Inc. (People/People en...
Friday, January 6, 2006
Moments in Print 2005
I got an email suggesting that I compile a top ten list of printing headlines/innovations etc from the last year. This got me thinking about the events and trends effecting the graphic communications industry in 2005. Michael H. Bruno Passes...
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Offline Media
Dr. Joe blogged about a new term he's heard lately to refer to the graphic communications industry: Offline Media Industry. I can see how some "witty" internet marketer came up with the phrase, but I think having the print industry...
