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Spring is the season for IP complaints…

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 ...

“Mr. Magazine” Believes We’ll Always Crave Ink on Paper

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Magazines may not be following the way of dinosaurs and passenger pigeons, at least according to Mark Glaser, host of PBS' MediaShift. Glaser "digs deeper" in an interview with Samir Husni, chair of the University of Mississippi's Department of Journalism, known as Mr. Magazine. Read the entire interview here - ...

Postal Rates and Reform Under Discussion Wednesday, 5/9

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Postal rates and reform - What's a mailer to do? Where to turn for answers? We've put together a panel of experts from across the gamut of those involved in mailing: printers and print service providers, mail service providers, periodicals publishers, and direct marketers. On Wednesday, May 9, at 12:00 PM ...

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 ...

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 ...

Survey Says: Online Users Finish More Stories Than Print Readers

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Editor & Publisher posted an article yesterday describing a Poynter Institute survey released at the American Society of Newspaper Editors conference. The surprise results of the survey: online readers finish news stories more often than those who read in print. The survey, in which 600 newspaper readers from six different newspapers ...

Thoughts on Mark Angelson’s Retirement from Donnelley

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Tuesday's announcement that Mark Angelson was retiring from RR Donnelley, made me think back to when he took over. Angelson became CEO of Donnelley in 2004 after the completion of the merger with MooreWallace, where he was also CEO after leading the merger of Moore Corporation and Wallace Computer ...

The new Kodak Creative Network - a trial run and chat with Jeff Hayzlett

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

On Tuesday, the announcement of the new Kodak Creative Network came across my computer screen. It wasn't the name that caught my attention, it was the headline: Kodak Launches Online Printing Service ... Kodak is launching a printing service? A closer examination - and phone call to Jeff Hayzlett, ...

Holy Cow, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Forget the mouse, forget the computer - it's just you and the screen - an 8 foot by 3 foot screen. I fell in love with the new iPhone - and I'd love to have one - BUT I'd really like a wall-size touch screen like the one at New ...

Cadmus and Cenveo - The Run-Up to the Merger

Monday, March 12th, 2007

For someone who reads SEC filings for fun, the February 2 Schedule 14a (proxy statement) filed by Cadmus Communications Corp. was particularly interesting. The best part of filings like this is the "Background of the Merger" where we - the public - get to peak behind closed doors to find ...