Kyocera Corp. has filed a complaint against Eastman Kodak for infringement of one of Kyocera’s patents for inkjet recording head structure. The Wall Street Journal reports that Kodak has characterized the move as “a legal tactic being employed by a technology competitor to change the dynamics of a long-running breach-of-contract dispute in which we have alleged failure to pay royalties.”
From Jan. 16-20, 2012, Kodak’s customers and users from the commercial printing, publishing and packaging industries will gather at the Graphic Users Association North American Conference to learn about maximizing their investments, new solutions, industry best practices and services that will enable attendees to drive results.
ORLANDO, FL—Many free events are being offered to Graphics of the Americas Conference & Expo (GOA) attendees, and, for a limited time, complimentary expo passes can be accessed on the GOA Website. GOA is set to take place March 1-3, 2012, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Many free events are being offered to Graphics of the Americas Conference & Expo (GOA) attendees, and, for a limited time, complimentary expo passes can be accessed on the GOA website. GOA is set to take place March 1-3, 2012, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
INTERQUEST announced a successful sixth annual Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum. The event took place in Washington, DC on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel and drew nearly 100 attendees. Speakers from government and higher education shared innovative applications, opportunities and challenges in their work environments.
Today it is becoming much more common to find printers using more than one printing technology. The trend in the future will be for much of the work to be done using a common workflow and for the output technology to be selected at the time of production.
Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ December 2011 edition, including coverage of Allegra Network’s annual convention and the Print in the Mix research report on “Executing Multichannel Relational Communications.”
Kodak announces the formation of a new Inkjet Technology Partnerships (ITP) business team. ITP enables partners, from equipment suppliers to large print providers needing tailored solutions, to leverage the Kodak Stream inkjet technology imaging subsystem and Kodak expertise.
Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions’ December 2011 edition, featuring items on J.C. Weir Inc., Miniature Folding, Modern Litho-Print and Spiel Associates.
Toppan Forms Co., one of Japan’s preeminent companies and a technology leader in business forms and data printing services, uses three Kodak Prosper 5000XL presses to print books for the education market and to fuel its expansion into new markets. The company will be shifting some of its offset and digital print volume to its new inkjet presses.
