Six new models have been unveiled by Canon U.S.A. in its imagePROGRAF lineup that include four new five-color, large-format inkjet printers, and two new large-format imaging systems. These devices offer faster printing speeds, lower operation costs, along with upgraded software for an enhanced user experience particularly in mobile and cloud-based printing applications.
Canon U.S.A. was recognized for its environmental and sustainable efforts with two prestigious green rankings. Canon has placed 26 out of 50 on Interbrand's 2014 Best Global Green Brands, and 125 out of 500 on Newsweek's 2014 Green Rankings, placing the company in the top 25 percent for Newsweek's 2014 list.
Canon U.S.A. was recognized for its environmental and sustainable efforts with two prestigious green rankings. Canon has placed 26 out of 50 on Interbrand's 2014 Best Global Green Brands, and 125 out of 500 on Newsweek's 2014 Green Rankings, placing the company in the top 25 percent for Newsweek's 2014 list.
To demonstrate its numerous printing systems to the European market, Canon recently held a two-week event at its Customer Experience Center in Poing, Germany, called Canon for Business 2014. More than 2,600 customers visited the facility, where they attended seminars and watched demos of of Canon’s wide-format, cut-sheet and continuous-feed devices.
In partnership with the School District of Palm Beach County, FL, Canon Solutions America is launching its ninth annual Future Authors Project. More than 40 middle and high school students have been chosen from nearly 100 applicants to participate in a free eight-day summer writing workshop.
A mobile print offering from Canon U.S.A., Canon Print Service enables users to print from any Android version 4.4 (KitKat) enabled devices as well as select HP Slate devices to select Canon models. Users will enjoy printing with options, including paper size, number of copies and orientation, to name a few.
Despite some chilly spring weather, Milwaukee gave a warm welcome to the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association last month. More than 130 in-plant managers were on hand to celebrate IPMA's 50th anniversary during a very busy conference. Their ranks included many first-time and long-absent attendees, which added a new dynamic to the discussions throughout the four-day event. A number of government printers from the National Government Publishing Association, now part of IPMA, were there this year, as well as two attendees from Australia.
For many years at Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), associates had free reign to print as many brochures, booklets, flyers and forms as they saw fit, with very little monitoring of costs. When materials became outdated, thousands of copies were discarded and more were ordered.
The new flash-fusing, toner-based Océ VarioStream 7170 and 7110 specialty printing systems, from Canon U.S.A., are entry-level, monochrome continuous-feed solutions that are aimed at corporate and commercial environments with low- to mid-range volumes of transaction, direct mail, product instruction collateral and applications requiring special media.
Jimmy Garson, CEO of New York City CE retailer Datavision, is bullish about the impending relocation and reimagining of the company’s brick-and-mortar store, and the mid-summer redesign of the Datavision retail website.
Continuous-feed production inkjet is an exciting, evolving market. Average annual growth since 2010 has been at 93 percent, according to IT Strategies; in 2013 alone, 146 billion pages were printed globally with continuous-feed inkjet. Market-Intell estimates that this represents 350,000 tons of paper in North America in 2013.
Adding a high-speed, production inkjet press is not a "build it and they will come" endeavor. Before moving forward, you'll need a formal strategy in place that anticipates more than simply transferring jobs from existing offset or toner-based presses.
Dozens of university and government in-plants from the Mid-Atlantic region met at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in Washington, D.C., in April for the eighth annual Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum. The event, organized by Interquest, a market and technology research and consulting firm, featured several panels of in-plant managers, hailing from the United Nations, the World Bank, GPO, the University of Virginia, Fairfax County Government, Navy Federal Credit Union and others.
More than 60 clients and prospects from 10 countries converged on the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, to attend a recent Canon VIP Customer Event, which featured a live demonstration of the new wide-format Océ Arizona 6100 series at Océ's regional office in suburban Richmond, British Columbia. The series includes the six-color Océ Arizona 6160 XTS and the seven-color 6170 XTS.
Canon launched several color and monochrome printers this week in conjunction with its Canon for Business 2014 event, which took place at the Canon Customer Experience Center, in Poing, Germany. Hundreds of customers, analysts and journalists (including IPG) attended the event.
Canon launched several color and monochrome printers this week in conjunction with its Canon for Business 2014 event, which took place at the Canon Customer Experience Center in Poing, Germany. Hundreds of customers, analysts and journalists attended the event, about a half hour from Munich.
Canon U.S.A. has introduced the new Océ Arizona 6100 Series—comprised of the six-color Océ Arizona 6160 XTS and the seven-color Océ Arizona 6170 XTS wide-format flatbed printers. The new series is designed for sign and display print service providers who produce approximately 325,000 square feet of printed rigid media per year.
Ask Chris Barclay how he became interested in the printing industry, and he points back to 1976, his freshman year of high school. He remembers being hooked after taking his first graphic arts class.
As one of the world’s largest in-plants, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 350-employee Printing Division has some impressive equipment in its Salt Lake City facility. The sound of its Timson and manroland web presses fills the air on a typical day as they crank out long-run jobs for distribution around the world.
I've been following the advancements in 3D printing for a few years now, but it wasn't until he Hong Kong Electronics Fair (spring edition) this maonth that I saw firsthand just how popular this technology has become.
