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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
At its Imaging and Printing Conference in New York City this week, HP is detailing "Print 2.0": a broad business strategy based in part on the assumption that the Web will generate sharply increasing amounts of printed output. Some of the inspiration for Print 2.0 comes from an enormously popular ...
Posted in Video, Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Pictorial Offset "Green Girls" Use Youtube.Com To Promote Personal Environmental Responsibility
Carlstadt, NJ, May 30, 2007 - Pictorial Offset Corporation, the largest privately-owned, single-facility commercial printer in the United States, recently had two of its employees post a public service ad on YouTube to promote environmental responsibility.
The video is ...
Posted in Environment and Sustainability, Video | Comments Off
Monday, May 28th, 2007
Would you go to the trouble of completing an online survey in return for a $10 coffee gift card? You say you're not a big coffee drinker? Well, what if the mailed invitation spelled out your first name in chocolate sprinkles on the froth of a cup of latte ...
Posted in Digital Printing, Direct Mail | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
In an announcement from the White House today:
The President intends to nominate Robert Charles Tapella, of Virginia, to be the Public Printer. Mr. Tapella currently serves as Chief of Staff of the United States Government Printing Office. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the United ...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2007
This video went up on WhatTheyThink.com today:
Thoughts?
See more video in the WTT Video Center.
Posted in Digital Printing | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Here's a printing lesson we found so helpful that we're posting it in full even though it's a bit longer than usual for a blog entry. Entitled Printing to Gray Balance,it was written and submitted to PrintCEOBlog.com by Dan Remaley, Senior Technical Consultant in Process Controls for PIA/GATF. He invites ...
Posted in Color Management | 20 Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
On Wednesday, there will be a free webinar (thanks to Printable for their sponsorship):
Profitably Implementing Value-Added Services
The one hour event will will describe the various options and alternatives for leveraging hosted services, often called Application Service Providers (ASPs) and Software as a Service (SaaS). Barb Pellow will host and ...
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Sunday, May 20th, 2007
An article in Fundraising Magazine by Christen Gruebel introduces their readers to personalized URLs. It's a basic read for those more familiar, but a good overview for those who are not. The takeaway for me:
According to Bill Schick, principal at full-service integrated marketing agency Bill Schick Design, this ...
Posted in Digital Printing | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
VistaPrint announced that on Monday, May 14, it had filed a complaint against two subsidiaries of Taylor Corporation: 123Print, Inc., and Drawing Board, Inc., alleging that the two companies had infringed on three patents held by VistaPrint. And today, May 16, Markzware filed a complaint for patent infringement against Enfocus ...
Posted in Intellectual Property, Printing Industry News | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
He gets it. He really gets it. That's John Dvorak's claim over at pcmag.com. But can Rupert save newspapers?:
He may actually see the trends in the newspaper business and be the only one capable of correcting the spiral dive now being experienced by many dailies. At least ...
Posted in New Media, Newspapers | Comments Off