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Canon has introduced what they are calling  the next evolution in the EOS 1D series of cameras: the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Digital SLR camera

The 2010 International CES will feature top companies with the latest products in digital imaging hardware and software in its Digital Imaging Showcase.

Petra Industries announced this week that its Fall 2009 catalog has begun shipping to 100,000 retailers, integrators and other subscribers

Petra Industries announced this week that its Fall 2009 catalog has begun shipping to 100,000 retailers, integrators and other subscribers

To help in-plants better maximize the efficiency of their digital operations, Canon Business Solutions has created a program that provides a set of tools exclusively for in-plants. Expected to be available in the fourth quarter, the new In-plant Business Tools Program (iBT) is in the form of a Web portal, which provides ROI calculators, self-assessment tools, marketing ideas and a justification suite to help in-plants tell their stories to upper management.

TO BE FAIR, the sorry state of the economy made it almost impossible for PRINT 09 to be a rousing success. Show floor traffic was so slow on the opening day (Friday), it was speculated that someone forgot to flip the sign in the front window at McCormick Place from "closed" to "open for business." And one had to question the logic of conducting a long, weekend-wraparound show on the first week of pro football season, when no one (it was presumed) would be coming to Chicago, let alone spending.

D&H Distributing's Mid-Atlantic Fall 2009 show will focus on Windows 7, as well as other new products and strategies for dealing with the slumping economy

D&H Distributing's Mid-Atlantic Fall 2009 show will focus on Windows 7, as well as other new products and strategies for dealing with the slumping economy, D&H said Wednesday.

Canon USA has launched a new mobile Web site that helps customers find customer reviews and other information about Canon products through their mobile devices.

Canon has introduced the EOS 7D Digital SLR camera.

BROTHERS OMAR Rodriguez and Hugo Cervantes, owners of East Los Angeles-based X-Igent Printing, know a thing or two about starting a commercial printing business from the ground up. When the shop they were working for was acquired by a new owner, they decided to cash in $70,000 of the equity in a home they purchased in 2000 to launch their own brokerage, turned printing operation, in 2001.

As a bonus for in-plants planning to attend Print 09 in Chicago, In-Plant Graphics and the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) are each presenting a separate educational session, exclusively for in-plants. The first of the two sessions will be a breakfast roundtable on Monday, September 14, from 8:30-10:00

Retailer hhgregg announced this week that it is kicking off a Facebook-based contest called "Show Me Your State."

PRINT 09 begins just 3 weeks from today. As a bonus for in-plants planning to attend the Chicago trade show, In-Plant Graphics and the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association are each presenting a separate session, exclusively for in-plants.

The first of the two sessions will be a breakfast roundtable on Monday, September 14, from 8:30-10:00 (before the show opens). This event, sponsored by Ricoh, will focus on digital color printing, and will take place in room N-136 in McCormick Place

At PRINT 09, Canon U.S.A. will be showcasing a host of enterprise, production and digital workflow printing solutions at its booth #2612. Most notably, Canon U.S.A. will be displaying for the first time the newly released imageRUNNER Advance C9075 PRO multifunction devices.

Dale Zipkin knew his shop needed a better color printer. The 10-employee in-plant for the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) union was using older color devices from Canon and Konica Minolta, but maintenance problems were hindering productivity. Splitting jobs between the two printers wasn't working out either.

SOMETIMES, YOUR career path has a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it. Take, for instance, David Estes, Printing Services coordinator at East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), in Winchester, Ky. Estes admits he didn't know what the future held when he enrolled as an undeclared student at Eastern Kentucky University.

THE AMERICAN Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has served as an advocate, educational resource and standards bearer for U.S. doctors for more than half a century. Currently, the AAFP boasts a membership of 94,600 family physicians. Of course, the national association can't make house calls to each of its members. It has, however, made the right call by operating in-house Digital Printing and Mailing Services departments at its Leawood, Kan., head–quarters.

During the month of June, NAPL is hosting a webinar series focused on sales and marketing topics called the PrintPlus series. The final webinar of the June series is entitled “Creating a Persona for Your Print Business on the Internet” and will take place on June 30, 2009 at noon ET. This webinar is being sponsored through the generous support of Canon.

Leaders in the quick and small commercial print industry will gather October 29-31 in Austin, TX, for the NAQP Owners Conference. Conference co-chairs Maco Amoyo, Bullet Graphics, Dallas, Jim Ferguson, J&J Printing, Lenexa, KS and Reece Keener, Print ‘N Copy Center, Inc. Elko, NV, along with NAQP staff, have created a dynamic program designed for printing companies determined to become and remain market leaders.