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Canon Recycles Cartridge for 20 Years
Canon Inc. and Canon Marketing Japan, Inc. will be celebrating 20 years of practicing the recycling of toner cartridges this year. According to the feature, the Canon Toner Cartridge Recycling Program was launched in 1990, then the first of its kind. Eight years earlier, in 1982, Canon came out with the...
Canon Introduces New Pixma Printers for 2010
Canon has just launched four new inkjet printers; the multifunction Pixma MX870, Pixma MX350 and Pixma MX340 and the single function Pixma iP2702. The new printers went on sale in February in the USA and are aimed at the home, home office and small business market. The top of the range...
ZINK and Pandigital Unite for Portable Photo Printer
Zink teams up with Pandigital to unveil an array of imaging products leveraging Zink Imaging’s award Zero Ink Printing Technology. This collaboration has resulted into the emergence of their first product that claims to be the world’s first ever Zero Ink 4×6-inch printer. Zink Technology brings to Pandigital a new...
HP to Produce Affordable 3D-Printers
Hewlett-Packard is going to enter the consumer market of 3D-printers. So far, devices capable of making 3-dimentional objects from plastic and other materials remained the product for better-off developers, designers and architects. HP is aiming for a wider share of professionals. While the HP’s machines are not cheap either –...
Toner Cartridge Depot Has Moved
We Have Moved Our new location is 601 Heritage Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 However, you can always find us online on the same address: www.tonercartridgedepot.com From our new business location we can offer even more competitive prices! Residents of Californians don’t have to pay almost 10% sales tax anymore. Submit to:...
PrePeat, the Inkless and Tonerless Printer
PrePeat is a rewritable printer that requires neither ink, nor toner to print. This device can print and erase images and text using a specific thermal process combines with special plastic paper. So, one sheet of papers can be used several times to print inrofmation on it, just like a...
American Printer
HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest entries due this month
HP (Palo Alto, CA) is accepting entries in its "HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest," which showcases the high quality and innovative results customers achieve using HP Indigo digital presses...
Enfocus introduces PitStop Connect
Enfocus (Gent, Belgium) has launched PitStop Connect, a tool that enables printers and publishers to create "Connectors" (small desktop tools to drop a file on) containing PDF specifications for preflight that can be branded to customers...
InfoTrends predicts rebound in document outsourcing
InfoTrends (Weymouth, MA) has released its "Document Outsourcing Forecast for 2008 – 2013"...
Finishing equipment vendor Spiel Associates will host an open house on March 24 and 25, to showcase its new Sterling Doublebinder, which features "Layflat Technology"...
Heidelberg USA widens scope of demo center
Heidelberg USA has announced the launch of its North American Print and Packaging Technology Center (Technology Center) in Kennesaw, GA...
The Blog from Mercian Labels & Security Labels International
First pictures and review of the new Edale Alpha multi label press!
A first for this labelling blog, a review and pictures of a new press! Yesterday I was invited to Edale Ltd, one of the few UK press manufacturers left to see the new Edale Alpha Multi, an 8 colour flexo press with a very small footprint. At Mercian Labels we...
Visiting the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
We had visitors this weekend including a serving army officer, and took an opportunity on Saturday morning to visit the National Memorial Arboretum just a few miles north of us. If you have never been, then I would recommend fitting it into your itinerary when next in the midlands. Its a...
connecting a Dell mini 9 to a nokia e90 using ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix and PC suite over USB
I’ve had problems recently connecting my Dell mini 9 using ubuntu netbook remix to a t-mobile 3G modem over bluetooth as previously blogged, which I think is related to this ubuntu bluetooth bug. I had some time yesterday and set about finding a fix to this problem to enable me...
follow our blog posts on twitter
Ok, we give in. You can now follow our posts on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MercianLabels ....
Oggcamp 2010 in Liverpool – I’m going
I’ve been to lugradio live a couple of times, and am hoping that the new Oggcamp event will be the replacement FOSS social and networking event. I’ve got relatives in Liverpool, so have it in my diary to visit Oggcamp 2010 this year. Hopefully see you there! If you want...
miserware only delivers a 2.7% power reduction
15/2/10 NOTE: this post has content that is seen as inaccurate by Miserware and you are advised to read all the text before forming conclusions to give Miserware a fair hearing. Interested by some of Alan’s posts at the Open Sourcerer, I’ve been conducting an experiment in recent weeks with the...
PrintPlanet.com
*For Sale: "Eye One Publish from GretagMacbeth"* It has been used about ten times, and it has been sitting in my closet ever since. everything is in the box and in pristine condition, use is barley visible, includes everything, still in original manufactures packaging. The Following functions enabled: Monitor Profiling Scanner Profiling RGB Output Profiling CMYK Output...
I need some help with Preps 5.3 please
Hello First time poster here, hoping to get some help I have preps 5.3. I havent used it before but years ago i used preps 3.7. None of the old 3.7 jobs work with 5.3. So im going to have to re do all of them. The problem is, when using my...
Hi Guys, Newbie here. Well, I finally talked my bosses into getting a CTP. They're looking at the PlateWriter 2000, Home | PlateWriter.com (http://www.platewriter.com/) a chem-free platesetter that uses inkjet technology to dry image a 2800 dpi stochastic image onto a proprietary grained metal plate. It's one, if no the cheapest...
Do I legally need to continue rag service?
I have a small shop (AB dick 360 and Heidelberg 46-2) We have always had a uniform service pickup our dirty rags (shop towels) for washing the presses for ~$100/month. Our volume is way down and we now only use a few dozen a month, kind of a waste...
Bizhub pro c500 help please help
can anyone please help me? What is a fiery? can i print to this copier from my labtop from usb?...
Can anyone tell me what i need to print to this thing? Its not on a network i just want to print to it from one computer can this be done?...
Lightning Labels Blog
Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Annual Conference Coming to Denver Next Month
Registration Open Through April 29 We here at Lightning Labels are very excited that the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild's 13th Annual Conference is being held just a few miles from our headquarters this year in Denver, Colorado! The conference is open to both members and non-members of the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild, Inc....
Today, on the popular packaging blog Box Vox, Randy Ludacer featured this unique brand of Japanese spices. It is from the Japanese company Taku Satoh and as you can see it uses the color spectrum for product differentiation. This is a very clever way to give your product range an...
Does Your Packaging Do its Job?
One of my favorite bloggers, someone who I have been reading for many years, is Seth Godin. I believe he is one of the smartest marketing minds on the planet, so I was very curious to read his blog post last month about packaging. It was just before Valentine's Day and...
Lightning Labels Featured on Cover of packagePRINTING Magazine
Lightning Labels management team pictured (left to right): Justin Babcock, prepress and IT manager; Tammie MacLachlan, customer service manager; James Lowry, general manager; Wendy Murphy, administration manager; and Peter Renton, founder, director of business development. Lightning Labels was recently profiled in packagePRINTING Magazine as one of the top all-digital printing companies...
Free Ground Shipping on All Orders Placed Through March at Lightning Labels
Lightning Labels has a lot to be excited about right now. We just updated our website & logo with a brand new look & feel, & have created the world's 1st label quoting iPhone app. We invite you to share in our excitement & celebrate with us. Our party favor...
Announcing iLabel – the World’s First iPhone App for the Label Industry
Last year I was looking at the analytics for our web site and I noticed that there were more and more people browsing our site from their iPhones. Many of these people were using our online label quoter to get pricing. So we decided to make it easier for these...
QuickPrinting.com: Industry News & Trends
Top News: USPS Red Round Stamp Eliminated: What Will You Do?
Window Book offers an electronic substitute for its DAT-MAIL customers...
Finch Paper Appoints Robert M. McDonald to VP Manufacturing
McDonald has 30 years of paper industry experience...
Top News: Heidelberg USA Widens Scope of Demo Center
Newly renamed center houses the latest workflow, prepress, press, postpress and packaging solutions...
HP Issues Call for Entries in HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest
Contest recognizes high quality digital printing, including new environmental category...
HP Introduces SmartStream Designer 4.0, Offering VDP for Large-Format Applications
Print service providers offer more targeted campaigns with streamlined signage versioning capabilities...
Top News: Enfocus Expands Ability to Guarantee Perfect PDFs with Introduction of PitStop Connect
Desktop tool aims to connect creative professionals and printers/publishers...
Print CEO
Premier Print Holdings, Operating as Premier Graphics, in Liquidation
Unfortunately, the recession has taken down another company. Premier Graphics is being sold under a “uniform commercial code sale” by GE Capital, which is foreclosing on the business and liquidating the assets....
A version of this post is going out to subscribers of the Economics and Research Center newsletter. (What? You don’t subscribe? Well then, be sure to sign up here.) It contains excerpts from the forthcoming book Disrupting the Future by Dr. Joe Webb and myself. Watch for the announcement of...
Pazazz Printing to Restructure
Pazazz Printing has filed a Notice of Intention to restructure the company under Canada’s Companies Creditors Arrangement Act. President Warren Werbitt says, “Pazazz file a Notice of Intention to preserve and maximize the value of the business.”...
Punch Graphix Hosts Trade-Media Open House
Seeking a higher profile for Xeikon digital presses and its other print market technologies, Punch Graphix today opened the doors of its international headquarters in Liel, Belgium, to a contingent of more than 70 print industry journalists from around the world. Seeking a higher profile for Xeikon digital presses and...
Growth of B2B Marketing Budgets to be Slow
A recent survey by Target Marketing magazine indicates that B2B direct marketing budgets will grow only slowly in 2010. Over half (55%) of B2B marketers responding to the "Media Usage Forecast 2010" survey (conducted in January 2010) said they expect 2010 budgets to be the same as 2009, while...
Briefings in Brussels Give Technical Preview of IPEX 2010 (continued)
Today’s briefings continued with a presentation by Kodak, which operates a technical center nearby the conference site. John O’Grady, Kodak’s managing director for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, spoke of the company’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions, both digital and analog, for the printing, publishing, and packaging markets. Chris Payne, director...
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Judging Complete for Australian National Print Awards
Judging for the National Print Awards 2010 was held on Thursday 10 December at the Printing Industries Victorian Offices in Mulgrave. The team of national judges, led by Chairman Rod Urquhart faced the difficult challenge of awarding a Gold, Silver and Bronze to the 'best of the best' of the top...
KBA users from the Czech Republic have founded the Very Smart Offset Printers Club (V.S.O.P.)
Some 40 print experts from companies around the Czech Republic came over to KBA in Radebeul on 18th September to pick up information on the latest developments in sheetfed offset. Their group comprised representatives of long-standing KBA users, for example Model Obaly from Opava and Vychodoceska Tiskarna from Pardubice, Performa...
Heidelberg: Crucial Success at PRINT 09
PRINT 09 in Chicago was all about the large-format presses for Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg). Following the successful installation of a Speedmaster XL 145 at the packaging printer Proteus in Wisconsin, the company sold a further three large-format presses at the trade show. Bell, Inc. in South Dakota purchased a...
Waldo, the flexo trade shop based in Lincolnshire (UK), has become the first company in the UK to install the EskoArtwork CDI Spark 5080 with HD Flexo technology. The company bought the set-up from Litho Supplies and will use it to streamline its operations and expand its portfolio for the...
Innovating against the crisis: KBA flies the flag in Chicago
For more than two years now the US print media market has suffered the impact of the financial, economic and mortgage meltdown. The persistent downturn since 2007 was reflected in attendance figures and the number of contracts signed at PRINT 09 from 11 to 16 September at McCormick Place in...
Xerox, XMPie Capture 21 Awards at Print 09
Digital print systems and software from Xerox Corporation and XMPie – a Xerox business unit – took home more than 20 awards at Print 09, the year's largest graphic communications event. The companies garnered a total of eight honors in the annual “Must See ‘ems” award program. In addition, Xerox...
WhatTheyThink.com Latest Industry News
2010 call for nominations for education excellence awards
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Printing Industries of America is seeking to honor an academic educator and an industry trainer in the field of graphic communication. In order for the judging committee...
Océ named "Green Reprographer of the Year" 3rd time
Trumbull, CT – Océ, a global leader in digital document management and delivery solutions, today announced its Wide Format Printing Systems division will begin accepting applications f...
HP issues call for entries in HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest
Palo Alto, Calif. – HP today announced that it is accepting entries for its HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest, which showcases the high quality and innovative results customers achieve using...
Colour 101 installs MGI digital press
Melbourne, Fla / Atlanta, Ga – MGI USA, the multi-substrate (paper, plastics & envelopes) digital press and finishing solutions manufacturer, announced today that Paper Handling Solutions...
Roland DG to showcase new technologies at Sign and Digital UK 2010
Clevedon - Roland DG (UK), the leading manufacturer of wide format printing systems and related technologies, will be exhibiting and demonstrating the full range of its latest production hardware a...
Print CEO: Disrupting the Power of Print
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PNEAC Hot News
MO: Department of Natural Resources to host series of volunteer water quality monitoring workshops
Missourians interested in monitoring water quality in the state's rivers and streams will have the opportunity to learn how at a series of training workshops to be held throughout the state, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The workshops begin March 12 at Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski...
MO: Funding opportunities available for owners and operators of diesel vehicles and equipment
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has announced an opportunity for diesel vehicle and equipment owners and operators in St. Louis, Kansas City and southwest Missouri to receive financial assistance to purchase equipment to reduce diesel emissions....
Iowa residents flood appliance rebate program
Tens of thousands of Iowa residents swamped phone lines and crashed a state Web site to get $2.8 million in government rebates for energy-efficient appliances....
U.S. Utilities Spent $5.3 Billion on Energy Efficiency Programs in 2009
U.S. utilities increased their spending on energy efficiency programs by 43% in 2009, according to a new report from the nonprofit Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), which represents energy efficiency program administrators from across the United States and Canada....
Why Bringing Employees on Board Helps Sustainability Projects Succeed
Getting employees engaged and educated on sustainability practices and a company's specific green goals can save millions by boosting efficiency and making those goals more likely to succeed. That is the top-level finding of a new study by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), which finds that environmental and sustainability...
Sustainability Practices: Employees Are Generally Disappointed
Most employers have only just begun interacting with employees around sustainability, and their efforts leave room for improvement, according to a recent survey conducted by start-up carbon offsetter Brighter Planet....
Commercial Printing News
Exhibition shines spotlight on history of design
Uncover the history of printing in the 19th Century at a special exhibition. - Designing information before designers' runs at at The University of Reading's department of Typography and Graphic Communications until Thursday, April 15....
Quebecor Inc. posts $277 million profit for 2009...
Quebecor Inc.'s cable television and telephone service more than made up for losses in its media division, as the company posted a $277 million profit for 2009, the company said in its annual earnings report Wednesday....
Quebecor won't rush into wireless market
The head of media giant Quebecor Inc. 's cable TV and cellphone division said Wednesday the company won't rush to market with its wireless business, especially after seeing the struggles of some recent entrants into the Canadian cellphone arena....
Miners push TSX up; U.S. stocks rise after inventories fall but sales gain
Rising telecom and mining stocks helped push the Toronto stock market higher Wednesday, with the S&P/TSX composite index gaining 42.35 points to 11,961.06. The telecom sector closed up 1.17 per cent with Telus Corp....
Diversified media company Quebecor Inc. reported a return to fourth-quarter profit Wednesday on the back of improvements in its telecommunications and better-than-expected results in its news segments....
World Color CEO defends Quad/Graphics deal as best for shareholders
Mark Angelson, chairman and CEO of the company formerly known as Quebecor World, said Tuesday that the combination with the industry's leading printer is better than any alternative offer or continuing on its own....
Lean Printing
2010 PIA Continuous Improvement Conference
Fellow blogger and Lehigh "Engineer" Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of the highly regarded book The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road, will be the keynote speaker on Tuesday, April 20th, at the Printing Industries of America Continuous Improvement conference in Tampa.Jamie will be talking about developing people using A3...
Last week I was given the opportunity to make a presentation on Lean in Printing at Dscoop5, the Digital Solutions Cooperative 5th annual conference. I wasn't sure what the reception would be, never having gone to the previous years' events, but everything seemed to go well. At...
1st Jared W. Southworth, USA; KIA 1 year ago
"It is the Soldier, not the ministerWho has given us freedom of religion.It is the Soldier, not the reporterWho has given us freedom of the press.It is the Soldier, not the poetWho has given us freedom of speech.It is the Soldier, not the campus organizerWho has given us freedom to...
Is Toyota's Recall A Byproduct of Lean?
Ankit Patel of The Lean Way Consulting asked the question "Is Toyota's Recall A Byproduct Of Lean?"My response, one of many, is reposted here:Toyota's problems are not a by-product of Lean. I believe, and this is only opinion since I'm not in any way an expert on Toyota or Lean,...
Link to Toyota's press releases on recalls
Link to Toyota's press releases on recalls....
Toyota extending recall to Europe amid US problems
When it rains, it pours....
Label & Narrow Web Breaking News
Four converters win coveted Singer Awards
Four US label converters who have risen to the top of their field have been presented with the prestigious Eugene Singer Awards for Management Excellence by the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute. The prizes were presented March 9 at TLMI’s annual Converter Meeting, held in Palm Springs, CA, USA. The awards...
NELMA Expo is set for April 22 in New Jersey
NELMA – the North East Label Manufacturers Association, is preparing for its 8th Annual Expo and Networking Conference, scheduled for Thursday, April 22, at the Bridgewater Marriott in Bridgewater, NJ, USA. NELMA is a 15-year-old organization of label converters whose members come from many states in the Northeast USA. The NELMA...
Design Label reports major waste reduction with SensoTec unit
Five months ago, Design Label installed a SensoTec Automatic Registration System on a Mark Andy press, the first time such a system had been installed on a press of that kind. Since then the East Lyme, CT, USA, converter has been measuring the capabilities of the registration unit, and the...
TLMI converters are inspired by speakers at West Coast meeting
Palm Springs, California, is the setting for the 2010 TLMI Converter Meeting, which began Sunday night and which drew representatives ofnearly 50 label printing companies. The late winter meeting, which is limited to label converters and those suppliers who are active on committees and the board of directors of the...
Dean Scarborough to become Avery Dennison board chairman
The board of directors of Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) has elected President and CEO Dean A. Scarborough to succeed Kent Kresa as chairman of the board, and has selected Director David E. I. Pyott to be the lead independent director. Pyott, chairman and chief executive officer of Allergan Inc., is...
Narrow Web Print Awards planned by Flint Group for Labelexpo Americas
Flint Group will present the 6th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago this year, celebrating excellence and entrepreneurship in narrow web printing. Label converters from all over the world who use Flint’s inks are invited to submit labels of their choosing for evaluation by a panel...
Xerox Blogs
At trade shows I’ve had people walk up and ask if the machine behind me was the iGen. I would then point across the booth to the actual iGen and explain that the machine I was in front of was the Xerox DocuColor 260— a product on the opposite...
Google acquisition of Docverse completed
The Google acquisition of Docverse that I blogged on in December went through last week. Google is really going frontal with Microsoft on Cloud Computing for Documents. Microsoft's advantage resided in the fact that users are - whether they like it or not - more familiar with Microsoft tools than others such as...
Let’s Fool with Mother Nature, Daylight Savings Time!!
It’s that time again, time to Spring forward on the clocks. This Sunday March 14, 2010 is the day we lose an hour of sleep. We set our clocks forward by one hour that is if the powers that be in your area of the world have chosen to comply with this...
Are you a Xerox Premier Partner? Is receiving world-wide recognition something you are interested in? Don’t miss your chance through the Xerox Best-of-the-Best Contest (entry deadline is March 10th) You’ve probably seen my previous posts highlighting customers who participated and won our Best-of-the-Best contest last year. The contest was a...
Preparing for WeMedia 2010 Conference
I am preparing for the WeMedia 2010 conference next week. Should be a very interesting one. I'll talk about Innovation, Paperless or Less Paper, and will draw some analogies between the evolution of the Document and the way the media is evolving. The two worlds are facing similar challenges: a declining species (paper...
Boy, times are tough for bankers these days. If you think the press are banker-bashers in the US (or anywhere else for that matter), go have a few days in "City", the City of London, ie the Wall Street of Europe. Bankers here are described as dishonest, self-serving and incompetent. ...
Labels and Labeling
TLMI announces Eugene Singer Award winners
The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) has announced the winners of the Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. The Singer Award is given annually to four narrow web converting companies; each company within a certain sales range category. The 2010 TLMI Eugene Singer Awards were given to the following companies...
CCL acquires Australian healthcare label printer
CCL Industries has acquired Purbrick, a privately held company based in Melbourne, Australia. Purbrick supplies patient information leaflets and pressure sensitive labels to global pharmaceutical customers located in Australia. Geoffrey Martin, president and CEO of CCL Industries, commented: ‘Purbrick will change its trading name immediately to CCL Label and become part...
Filtrona has completed the acquisition of Cardiff, UK-based self-adhesive label converter BP Labels. The purchase is said to be ‘highly complementary’ to Filtrona’s coated and security products division. The consideration for the acquisition is up to a maximum of GBP £4.5 million. Click here for more stories about BP Labels on...
South African converter buys Rotocontrol RSD 440
South African label converter S&N Labels has ordered a Rotocontrol RSD 440 through local distributor Rototec. ‘Patrick Aengenvoort, director of Rototec, invited and accompanied S&N Labels to our manufacturing facility in Hamburg to view a demonstration of the RSD 440,’ said Ralph Beier, international sales manager for Rotocontrol. ‘They were so impressed with...
Polyonics launches materials for automotive applications
Polyonics has launched two label materials, the XF-592 (polyimide) and XF-807 (aluminum), for use in ‘under the hood’ applications for the automotive industry which are aimed at providing extra durability. Automotive applications expose labels to high temperatures, abrasion and harsh chemicals that can cause them to yellow, shrink and fall off. The...
Tharo unveils RFID Wizard for labeling software
Tharo Systems has launched RFID Wizard for its EasyLabel labeling software, which allows the creation of EPC (Electronic Product Code) and DoD (Department of Defense) smart labels. RFID projects that do not require the EPC or DoD RFID code can use EasyLabel to directly program HF or UHF smart labels in...
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