Archive for April, 2007

Salon Grafik’Art 2007 - A graphic arts show with a French flair!

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

While everyone was headed to Boston for On Demand Expo, excitement was building for a different event in Montréal. Salon Grafik'Art 2007 Tony Karg, Senior Director of Business Development & Marketing - Graphics, from Fujifilm Canada, said "We want to be a long-term partner with the mid-range printing company. We ...

Going “Behind the Scenes of a Successful Print Shop”

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Heidelberg's Print Media Academy (PMA) is a multinational educational network that has mentored industry members from more than 70 countries in everything from learning to operate folders to earning advanced degrees in print media management. The PMA also has a multimedia publishing program that has released some of the best ...

Why Newspapers Will Never Go Out of Business

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

This was sent by one of our readers. I have seen versions of this but not all listed in one spot. 1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country. 2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country. 3. The New York ...

EDSF lunch a success, Romano gives moving speech

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

EDSF, the organization dedicated to the document management and communications industries, hosted its Annual Industry Leaders' Luncheon on April 17th at the OnDemand Show in Boston. The event was packed with industry leaders from Xerox, Kodak, Pitman, EFI and many leading print firms. EDSF honored the 2007 Excellence in Education and ...

AIIM/ONDEMAND - Very Nice

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Many of us are at the AIIM/ONDEMAND conference in Boston. The venue is very nice - the convention center has one of the best layouts I have seen. Be sure to see all the special reports from our writers and also the new video and photos we have posted at WhatTheyThink.com. ...

Going to Boston for AIIM/On Demand? Want to be famous?

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

At the AIIM/On Demand conference and expo in Boston next week (April 16-19), WhatTheyThink will be working with InfoTrends to produce a show daily newspaper to be distributed on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This writer will help out by roaming the aisles of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for ...

What Publishers Can Do About the Postal Hikes

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

I found the tips from Folio magazine to be helpful for publishers dealing with the postal rate hike. Highlights: Sacking the Sacks - Publishers that continue to mail in sacks instead of on pallets will face some punishing rates. Indeed, the publishers who will be the hardest hit by the new rate ...

Taking The Heat Out Of The Data Center and Off The Data-crunchers

Monday, April 9th, 2007

VistaPrint gets regular coverage in the graphic arts trade press as it achieves new efficiencies in the delivery of online printing services. An article in the April 1 issue of CIO magazine salutes the company for engineering an efficient solution of a very different kind: sharply reducing energy consumption in ...

Just Print Yourself a New … Lamp, Chair, Pen, etc.

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

The April 1 issue of The New York Times Magazine was all agog at a new printing process - rapid prototyping; we call it 3D printing... Take a look at the future now, we don't have to wait! This is digital printing at its best! Even more fun is a site ...

Glossies Going Green

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Everyone has seen magazine covers splashed with some version of "How to be Green" as a focus. Last week, Time Magazine had a huge issue with numerous pages devoted to being green. Well, others are getting in the game too. From Grist.org: Glamour has just published a 10-page spread with eco-tips ...