EDITOR'S notebook

And while the KPG acquisition by Kodak resulted in limited product overlap and few conflicts concerning existing KPG agreements with other industry suppliers, the Creo deal appears to be more intriguing. For example, Creo has an existing agreement with Xerox to sell certain Xerox digital presses and to offer the Creo Spire front end controller as an option for several Xerox digital devices. (Conflict: NexPress and Kodak Versamark.) Similarly, in January Creo announced that DuPont will begin selling a new version of the Creo Veris proofer coupled with DuPont's Cromanet color management and Cromalin ink and media. (Conflict: KPG.) Those supplier agreements seem in jeopardy going forward.