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Finch Paper launched both Finch Smartbook Jet and Finch Mailstream for precision printing on production inkjet systems.

The Oklahoma City chapter of IPMA met recently to take a tour of American Fidelity Assurance Company’s in-plant.

According to a recent report from InfoTrends, Canon Solutions America is the market share leader in the national and worldwide continuous-feed inkjet market.

Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., has published the "Designers' Guide to Inkjet," a comprehensive resource for agency and in-house designers looking to optimize their work for high-speed, production inkjet technologies. A compendium of information, the Guide consists of guiding principles, best practices, and real-world recommendations related to the exciting world of inkjet. Included is practical information on inks, media, color gamut values, and more.

The value of hands-on experience when learning about the printing industry is priceless. During In-plant Awareness Week, Printing Services at California State University, San Bernardino welcomed students into its facility to try their hand at offset, digital and wide-format production.

The International Data Corp. (IDC) named Canon the U.S. continuous feed market share leader with a 36 percent share.

In-plants and designers are known to sometimes butt heads, but at Cedarville University, developing a strong relationship between the two has brought many benefits to the in-plant. 

Canon Solutions America (CSA) executives painted a positive picture of continued growth during an event in Delray Beach, FL, last month marking CSA's second anniversary.

Inkjet was everywhere this week as three of the top digital press vendors launched inkjet presses—all on the same day.

The new Océ ColorWave 700 large-format printing system can produce posters, pop-up banners, wallpaper, and more—all the while handling CAD and GIS documents with ease.

The new Océ ColorWave 700 system from Canon U.S.A. is ideal for offering large-format services like posters, pop-up banners and more.

The original Hewlett-Packard LaserJet had come out the year before when on Jan. 28, 1985, a month before he would turn 30, Steve Jobs unveiled the LaserWriter at a press event in New York. Both printers used the same Canon engine modified from Canon's copier technology. Both could turn out 300 dots per inch (dpi) documents at eight pages per minute in gorgeous silence—quite a feat in a time when conversations were regularly cut short by the repetitive impact from an office printer.

The obvious difference was the price. The LaserJet was $3,500; the LaserWriter, $7,000.

IPG traveled to the Sunshine State this week for Canon Solutions America's second anniversary celebration. While there, we also got the lowdown on some exciting new Canon technology and the company's future growth expectations. 

At its second annual anniversary event, Canon Solutions America treated its guests to exclusive company announcements, including the renaming of its Business Services Division to Enterprise Managed Services Division. In addition, the Production Print Solutions Division’s newest user group council, thINK, was introduced.

A community of Canon Solutions America print production customers has set the date for the first annual thINK conference September 8-10, 2015, at Canon Expo in New York. This inaugural event will bring together leaders in digital and inkjet printing and is expected to attract more than 300 of the leading inkjet service providers.

Yes, dear readers, the rumors are true: Canon has two new flagship DSLR cameras. Enter the 5Ds and 5Ds R, each packing a massive 50.6-megapixel full-frame sensor -- which, at first glance, is clearly the specification that stands out the most.

Hot products for in-plants from companies including Riso, Canon U.S.A., Xanté, Fujifilm North America, Roland, Heidelberg, On Demand Machinery and Agfa Graphics

It’s hard to improve on a winning formula, but EFI has continued to raise the bar for its Connect users’ conference as illustrated by last month’s 15th annual event in Las Vegas. Approximately 1,500 attendees—1,000 of them EFI customers from 25 different countries (a 20 percent jump from the previous year)—gathered at The Wynn Las Vegas for four days of educational and breakout sessions, plus several keynote presentations.

While the industry has been focusing on Canon's forthcoming Niagara cut-sheet inkjet press, Xerox has been hard at work on one of its own.

Canon U.S.A. begins 2015 with several senior executive appointments and promotions.