Users Groups — Peert-to-Peer Networking

Much of this activity has been on the digital printing side of the industry, so user groups for products in that segment will be addressed here. An expanded version of this story—including updates on a broader spectrum of industry groups—will be published on www.piworld.com.

When Hewlett-Packard announced last year that it was no longer going to help fund the Indigo Customer Exchange (ICE), the organization’s board took it as an opportunity to consider expanding the group’s scope. The 2005 ICE conference last fall saw the first steps in that direction, notably by Kodak and Xerox stepping in as premium sponsors of the event.