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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.

With traditional offset exhibitors like Heidelberg giving the Chicago trade show a pass, the digital print vendors were the new kings. Xerox, Canon, Konica Minolta and Fujifilm led the pack in booth size, and each of them had new inkjet production presses to proclaim.

Judging by the content of the sessions at last month's Southeastern University Printing and Digital Managers Conference (SUPDMC), the threat of outsourcing still weighs heavy on the minds of higher-ed in-plant managers. Throughout the three-day conference, held on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin, speakers repeated the worrisome message that outsourcing companies are relentless and every in-plant should expect—and prepare—to be called into question.

When he started working at George Fox University Print Services in 2011, Richard Silver was no stranger to wide-format printing. He had previously worked at a reprographics company specializing in wide-format.

With only two sheetfed offset presses on the show floor, digital printing vendors were the 'hot' booths at PRINT 13. Here's a sampling of some of the production inkjet, wide-format inkjet and toner-based digital presses that were highlighted for commercial print shops

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.

Printing is now more data driven and more direct mail targeted with customer demands continually changing. SG360º describes how its relationship with Canon Solutions America has enabled SG360º to be a marketing services innovator for its customers and achieve its business goals. View the SG360º customer video.

One day before PRINT 13 opened, the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) inducted 15 industry leaders into the Soderstrom Society, named for the late Walter E. Soderstrom, one of the founders of NAPL. The Soderstrom award recognizes the contributions of industry leaders, including printing firm owners, equipment manufacturers, consultants, and educators.

Ed Jansen, Vice President of the Production Print Solutions Professional Services Group at Canon Solutions America, explains how his team members deliver workflow solutions that increase efficiency and deliver a competitive edge. They work closely with customers to ensure smooth integration of legacy machines with new technologies.

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.

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!

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.

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!

Ed Jansen, Vice President of the Production Print Solutions Professional Services Group at Canon Solutions America, explains how his team members deliver workflow solutions that increase efficiency and deliver a competitive edge. They work closely with customers to ensure smooth integration of legacy machines with new technologies.

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!

Ed Jansen, Vice President of the Production Print Solutions Professional Services Group at Canon Solutions America, explains how his team members deliver workflow solutions that increase efficiency and deliver a competitive edge. They work closely with customers to ensure smooth integration of legacy machines with new technologies.

Visitors to the Canon U.S.A. booth at PRINT 13 in Chicago will have the opportunity to see output of the Premium Pigment Inks on papers from partners that include Cascades, Domtar, Glatfelter, Mondi, Mitsubishi and Resolute. These inks—developed by improving the Magenta and Black pigment inks—are the first of their kind to come from Canon.

At PRINT 13, Canon U.S.A. will be highlighting the new “Niagara” (development name) high-volume sheetfed color inkjet digital press that is designed to help consolidate sheetfed black-and-white and color workflows on to one production printing system.

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.

Ed Jansen, Vice President of the Production Print Solutions Professional Services Group at Canon Solutions America, explains how his team members deliver workflow solutions that increase efficiency and deliver a competitive edge. They work closely with customers to ensure smooth integration of legacy machines with new technologies.