Archive for September, 2007

The Demise of Print

Friday, September 21st, 2007

The folks at Really Strategies, a publishing technology consultancy manage a blog that catalogs the demise of print by "chronicling reports of print publications that have been discontinued in favor of sole digital delivery of the content once found on printed pages, or some other reincarnation of the print brand ...

From The Archive Of The New York Times

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

The decision by the New York Times to discontinue the TimeSelect program has made vast amounts of content available for free. I plunked some interesting articles from the Times public domain archive: GOVERMENT PRINTING BY CONTRACT. from June 15, 1895 From time to time the Congress is asked by members who are ...

EDSF Supplier and Service Provider Priorities Survey

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

The Electronic Document Systems Foundation needs your help with its annual survey Supplier and Service Provider Priorities Survey. The objective of the study is to better understand the priorities and plans of print-for pay service providers. In addition, the study strives for an understanding of how the views of suppliers ...

New York Times Company Drops TimeSelect

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

The New York Times has decided to end its two year old TimeSelect subscription program that cost $49.95 a year and provided access to columnists’ work and the newspaper’s last 20 years of archives. The move by the Times opens up all work from 1987 to present and from 1851 ...

Adobe Reports Record Results

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Adobe Systems is reporting record results in their latest SEC Form 8-K filing. “Our record results were driven by outstanding Creative Suite 3 adoption and continued Acrobat momentum,” said Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe. “As we near the end of fiscal 2007, we remain well positioned for continued double ...

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Spends $330K on Lobbying

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. spent $330,407.00 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007 according to a filing with the United States Senate Office of Public Records. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co Filing According to the Associated Press, the lobby efforts went towards lobbying congress on environmental ...

How Green is Your Toner?

Monday, September 17th, 2007

All this year major printing equipment manufacturers have been quietly telling anyone who'd listen about how "green" they are. Some of this is hype, some real, but it's good to see these companies paying attention. We all know that as a manufacturing process, printing (never mind making the necessary paper) ...

CalPoly Examines Emerging Media Trends Impact on the Printing Industry

Monday, September 17th, 2007

A new study by CalPoly's Graphic Communication department begins with some unsettling thoughts. "The printing industry is in a quandary. It is in a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation. For the first time in the history of the printing industry it faces ...

Graph Expo Post-Show Review Webinar

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Join industry experts Barbara A. Pellow, Director of the Business Development and Custom Communications Services for InfoTrends, Jim Hamilton, Group Director of InfoTrends’ On Demand Printing & Publishing, Jetting Technology Opportunities, and Wide Format Printing Consulting Services, and Ray Prince, NAPL Vice President, Senior Consultant, Operations Management for a Graph ...

On Thursday, The Printing Industry Rests

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Most of the emails, instant messages, and phone conversations I've had today have made it evident that the many of us within the printing industry are taking some much needed rest and relaxation after four or more long days in Chicago for Graph Expo 2007. As Noel points out in the ...