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Digital Printing and Workflow News from Printing Impressions’ October 2010, including items on digital press introductions from HP, Kodak and Canon.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions' October 2010 edition.

Kodak’s non process CTP solutions fit the needs of the Natchitoches Times so well that it recommended its sister publication, the Douglas Enterprise of Douglas, GA, transition from analog to digital with Kodak as well. T

“We believe that the Prosper press will be a game-changer for our industry,” said Lou Tazioli, president of Tribune Direct. “The Prosper brings flexibility to vary both the images and content of every single mail piece to achieve maximum relevancy and ROI for our clients.” Along with direct marketing solutions, Tribune Direct will produce niche publications and other highly targeted printed material with the Prosper press.

Scott Cappel, president of Sorrento Mesa Printing, San Diego, CA, has been named Printer of the Year, and Brian O’Day, president of EPrint, Tigard, OR, will become an Honorary Lifetime Member. “During this time of considerable challenge for our industry’s executives, these outstanding executives have earned this important recognition for their leadership,” said NAPL President and CEO Joseph P. Truncale.

SPC is installing CMYK capability on four of the Kodak Prosper S10 inkjet systems at its plant in Niles, IL. “Our adoption of CMYK capability for the Prosper S10 System enables us to maximize our capital investments in offset printing equipment,” explained Dustin LeFebvre, executive vice president of marketing.

PDF/VT enables reliable document exchange for variable data and transactional printing. It uses the Portable Document Format (PDF) based on the existing ISO PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 standards and will simplify VDP printing in a range of environments, from desktop printers to digital production presses.

Commercial Printing News from Printing Impressions' September 2010 edition, including items on Olympus Press and Lawrence Printing.

For the most part, coated and uncoated offset papers run reasonably well on toner-based digital systems but, with inkjet, it's a whole different ball game. Inkjet inks have a high water content, and tend to soak into uncoated papers or sit up on coated papers where they may smear.

The first step is to determine what you want to accomplish with a print e-commerce offering. Think of it as a needs assessment for your shop, but, more importantly, for your customers. Would it make your clients' lives easier to be able to order print projects on a self-service basis (that's ultimately what most consumer-based, e-commerce stores offer)?