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A year after Superstorm Sandy sent the Hudson River surging through the United Nations’ in-plant, IPG paid a visit to this New York City shop to see what has changed. Much, says Publishing Section Chief Narendra Nandoe.

Keith Hopson's career began the day he got his pink slip. He was running the four-employee in-plant for Hydrotex at the time. The company’s new president, a former executive at Mary Kay, implemented some changes that resulted in a handful of layoffs. Hopson was one of the casualties. Rather than retreat into despair, though, he took some initiative.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ January 2014 edition, featuring William B. Rudow Inc. and Star Packing & Supply, PriscoDigital, Bell and Howell, Rochester Software Associates,

With the integrated connection between Fiery and the new Kodak PRINERGY Workflow 6, graphic arts professionals gain increased flexibility, productivity and award-winning quality. “The EFI Fiery DFE gives graphic arts professionals the freedom to make important choices that can drive the success of their printing operation,” said John Henze, vice president, Fiery marketing, EFI.

Exciting solutions are beginning to surface for an industry that has been in distress for some time. It's all in the way you are able to manage opportunities. Today, digital technologies and best practices are leading the way back to profitable publishing as explained by Buddy Mountcastle, Marketing Executive with Canon Solutions America. View the video!

Exciting solutions are beginning to surface for an industry that has been in distress for some time. It's all in the way you are able to manage opportunities. Today, digital technologies and best practices are leading the way back to profitable publishing as explained by Buddy Mountcastle, Marketing Executive with Canon Solutions America. View the video!

The Océ VarioPrint 6000 + series of high-speed, high-capacity digital printers has been introduced by Canon U.S.A. The Océ VarioPrint 6000+ series, featuring Océ Gemini Instant Duplex Technology, prints both sides of a sheet in a single pass, enabling duplex printing of letter size documents at speeds of up to 306 pages-per-minute in the top speed model.

The Océ VarioPrint 6000 + series of high-speed, high-capacity digital printers has been introduced by Canon U.S.A. The Océ VarioPrint 6000+ series, featuring Océ Gemini Instant Duplex Technology, prints both sides of a sheet in a single pass, enabling duplex printing of letter size documents at speeds of up to 306 pages-per-minute in the top speed model.

With run sizes decreasing and faster turn around times always increasing, McArdle, a traditional printer since 1947, has transitioned to high-speed Océ digital presses. McArdle teamed with Canon Solutions America for quick installation and training and tapped into the PressGo! business development program to gain a competitive edge and grow their business. View the McArdle video.

Is reliability a concern when duplexing? Not with the Océ VarioPrint® 6000 Ultra series of high volume, cut-sheet, monochrome digital presses from Canon Solutions America. View a demo of the most productive duplex cut-sheet printer on the market offering unmatched throughput, uptime, and reliability.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is certainly not doing the direct mail space any favors, requesting an exigent rate increase of 4.3 percent. With postage taking up the better part of 60 percent from the direct mail marketing spend, there's less and less meat on the bone. But the USPS has its own problems, and thus far nothing Postmaster Patrick Donahoe has done could spur Congress into addressing the issue of postal reform.

The Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) has awarded Canon U.S.A. the “2014 Wide-Format Graphic Arts Printer Line of the Year” award for the imagePROGRAF iPFx400 and iPFx400S series of large-format printers.

Don't get carried away with all the issues around mailing transactional and direct mail. Yes, things have changed and customer expectations may be at an all time high, but don't fear. There are many tactics you can put into play, as explained by Canon Solutions America's expert, Buddy Mountcastle.

As 2013 was winding down, in-plant printers started planning for 2014 to improve and maintain organizational relevance. Identifying what technologies will power new and expanded services is top of mind for many in-plant organizations. Pursuing new media channels, printing capabilities, and services requires finding the right combination of "new" to win work and demonstrate value to parent organizations.

During this webinar you will learn about:

• How in-plants are making the transition to deliver higher, value-added services to customers
• Investments in-plants are making to expand services and deliver integrated media offerings
• Recommendations on how to get started

Is reliability a concern when duplexing? Not with the Océ VarioPrint® 6000 Ultra series of high volume, cut-sheet, monochrome digital presses from Canon Solutions America. View a demo of the most productive duplex cut-sheet printer on the market offering unmatched throughput, uptime, and reliability

Paul Roberts thinks he may have found the next big thing for his in-plant: wallNOODLE. For the past couple of months, University of New Hampshire Printing and Mailing Services has been having great success printing graphics and signage on this adhesive, easily removable substrate from MACtac. It uses an acrylic pressure sensitive-adhesive so customers can press it against a wall, reposition it, and remove it without leaving adhesive residue behind.

The SGIA 2013 Expo wraps up today in Orlando. So far this week, several new wide-format printing technologies have made their debut.

TransPromo is not a new concept, but savvy print service providers are creating new ways to use variable data to motivate action. Buddy Mountcastle, Marketing Executive with Canon Solutions America, talks about the importance of a closed loop process where the variable data goes beyond print to desktops, tablets, and smartphones.

Buddy Mountcastle, Marketing Executive with Canon Solutions America, offers insights and, most important, solutions to the key issues surrounding end-to-end mail integrity and risk avoidance. From data entry to delivery it is crucial to know exactly how each piece of the print and mail workflow is performing.

Looking to improve efficiency and gain a competitive edge? See how market-leading Océ production color inkjet systems from Canon Solutions America can power your high-volume color needs with extraordinary quality, reliability, and productivity. Ideal for variable data printing jobs plus book and newspaper applications.