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ROCHESTER, NY—August 28—Paul Mersman, the prepress manager at Kingery Printing in Effingham, IL, reports “an almost phenomenal increase” in efficiency since creating a customized workflow with the Kodak Prinergy Connect workflow management system. Designed to automate business planning and prepress processes, Kingery Printing’s integrated workflow includes Kodak solutions for production planning, online job collaboration and monitor proofing, as well as equipment for CTP and proofing. “The improved speed is critical to our operation. Productivity throughout our operation has increased by 30 percent to 50 percent since switching to a Kodak workflow system,” said Mersman. “Plus, the Kodak Trendsetter platesetters are rock solid pieces of

Kodak Care Kits Eliminate Boxes, Streamline Offerings, Make Process Easier ROCHESTER, NY—August 28—Kodak Service & Support, Eastman Kodak Company’s worldwide service organization, is making it even easier for resellers to offer businesses the protection they need for their document imaging scanner investments.   An adapted pricing structure — the result of a new simplified service portfolio — and a “virtual” shift are among enhanced features for Kodak Care Kits, which offer savings up to 44 percent and upgraded service on some multi-year coverage for distributed capture scanners. Kodak Care Kits are available as extended warranties, and post-warranty agreements for more than 40

Integrating digital and offset workflows drives efficiency at Dallas printer ROCHESTER, NY—August 23, 2006—Over the past two years, sales at Padgett Printing have increased 50 percent, strong growth made more impressive by the fact that Padgett added no new equipment during this period. Instead, David Torok, President of Padgett Printing, attributes his company’s success to a unified workflow that integrated production, color and data processes. “We’ve seen higher throughput, quality and accuracy ever since we first implemented Kodak Unified Workflow solutions several years ago to manage our offset and new digital printing capabilities,” said Torok. “Thanks in large part to our Kodak Unified Workflow

Kodak sponsors series aimed at improving efficiency and minimizing error ROCHESTER, NY—August 22,2006—Advances in software and technology—combined with the need to produce high quality jobs, meet tight turnaround times and minimize errors—make it more important than ever for creative professionals to understand what printers need for accurate output. A series of eight PIA/GATF seminars this summer discussed the importance of communicating the demands of printing early in the design phase. Eastman Kodak Company served as a primary sponsor of the seminar series. Titled “Mission: Possible—A Mutual Strategy for Creatives and Printers,” the seminars addressed issues that may arise between creative and prepress teams.

DEVENS, MA—August 14, 2006—Eglomisé Designs, Inc., a leader in the development of fine college and university gifts for four decades, recently purchased a Kodak Nexpress 2100 digital production color press to strengthen and bring all short run, on demand printing capabilities in house. Prior to the installation, Eglomisé outsourced its digital color printing because of issues with its previous equipment’s ability to handle longer runs. “We are a growing business focusing our expertise and services in the academic niche,” said Rene Dion, Jr., General Manager at Eglomisé Designs. “Purchasing the Nexpress 2100 press has made us more marketable to customers looking for personalized

ROCHESTER, NY—Aug. 10—Four newspaper printers across North America are the latest to go digital with Kodak thermal CTP solutions, with the Denver Newspaper Agency, which prints the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, purchasing five Kodak Trendsetter News 200 platesetters. The Denver Newspaper Agency is a joint venture between The E.W. Scripps Co. and MediaNews. In addition, The Abilene Reporter-News, an E.W. Scripps Co. paper, purchased a Kodak Trendsetter News 50, the second Kodak thermal CTP platesetter at the newspaper, and ThermalNews digital plates to produce 35,000 daily and 45,000 Sunday copies of the paper, plus a number of weeklies and commercial print jobs.

ROCHESTER, NY—August 7, 2006—A desire to enhance his company’s productivity led Kamron Motamedi, president of American Printing and Copy, to install a trio of Kodak solutions. Motamedi selected Kodak Prinergy Evo News software, a Kodak Magnus 400 platesetter and the Matchprint Inkjet 9800 proofing solution to advance his time to press and grow his business. “We needed to improve our speed to press because that’s where we make our money,” explained Motamedi. “After a thorough review of different technologies and multiple vendors, Kodak became the single choice because they offered the best products in all three categories — workflow, proofing and computer to plate.”

ROCHESTER, NY—Eastman Kodak experienced its seventh straight quarterly loss—$282 million for the second quarter—and will do away with 2,000 jobs by the end of 2007.Revenues tumbled 9 percent to $3.36 billion. The company lost roughly $0.98 per share for the quarter, fueled primarily by $214 million in restructuring costs.Not all the news was bleak. Graphic…

ROCHESTER, NY—July 31—Pacific Printing and Fulfillment, Inc. (PPFI), a print and fulfillment company in California, recently purchased its third Kodak NexPress 2100 digital production color press and its first Kodak NexPress fifth imaging unit to increase its services to include inline coating and an expanded color gamut range to better serve customers with web to print and variable data processing jobs. The recent installation exceeded PPFI’s expectations from a throughput and quality perspective. “We are producing more customized materials requiring more response starts with bold colors and bright images for maximum impact,” said Todd Shur, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, PPFI. “We are

One on One With John Hamm A 35-year veteran in the graphic communications industry, John Hamm has exten-sive applied experience on both sides of the fence. Following nine years in sales and management at Xerox, he enjoyed a fruitful 20-year career in commercial print-ing, growing and presiding over an industry-leading firm in the DC area (Balmar Inc.). In 1999, Hamm rejoined Xerox to lead its Worldwide marketing efforts and create market demand for a new breed of innovative commercial printing technology. Most recently, he launched his own business and market develop-ment consulting firm, John M. Hamm & Associates, LLC, based in Annapolis, Maryland. Our