Hewlett-Packard

Standard Register, the Dayton, OH-based firm founded 102 years ago on the strength of Theodore Schirmer's pinfeed autographic register, has survived through the years, written and rewritten its business plan, and continues on the path of relevancy, as evidenced by its $720 million sales performance in 2013.

Constructing PDF files properly has become critical to production efficiency. Poorly constructed PDF files can impact print service providers in two ways. Firstly, the additional processing they require slows down the digital press, reducing the return on investment (ROI) and disrupting production schedules that are typically tight, particularly for variable data direct mail and transactional printing. Secondly, they can make the DFE more expensive because, to expand the processing capability, the press vendor builds in more hardware than would be necessary if all jobs were well-constructed.

“The Art of Possibilities” event held in Chicago on June 24, 2014, was jointly sponsored by Midland Paper, Packaging + Supplies, Graphic Arts Studio, HP Indigo and AIGA - Chicago. With over 150 attendees from the Chicago area creative and design community, the event highlighted leading-edge digital and print-based marketing campaigns using cross-media technologies.

PALO ALTO, CA—HP's new Indigo 7800 digital press provides print service providers a range of new capabilities, including the ability to print directly on synthetic substrates and plastic cards, and a new color management experience with an in-line spectrophotometer. The new WS6800 digital press, the third generation of the HP Indigo WS6000 digital press series, offers offers label and packaging converters faster turnaround times through automated color management, a wider frame and new ink capabilities for expanded applications.

HP's inkjet-based PageWide Technology consists of more than 200,000 nozzles on a stationary print bar and spans the width of the page. PageWide enables users to produce a variety of black-and-white and color applications, such as drawings, maps and posters.

HP's new Indigo 7800 digital press provides print service providers a range of new capabilities, including the ability to print directly on synthetic substrates and plastic cards, and a new color management experience with an in-line spectrophotometer. The new WS6800 digital press, the third generation of the HP Indigo WS6000 digital press series, offers offers label and packaging converters faster turnaround times through automated color management, a wider frame and new ink capabilities for expanded applications.

The future is bright at Shapco Printing, and both the leadership team and employee base are rejuvenated. A new home in Minneapolis, tons of new gear, a debt-free ledger and a new outlook on the printing world has Shapco aggressively moving forward, backed by an attention to quality that can only be appreciated by other perfection obsessors.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ June 2014 edition, featuring Hohner Maschinenbau GmbH and Ernst Nagel GmbH Stuttgart, HS Boyd Co., GammTech Corp., Domtar Corp., Mac Papers, GPA

Effective June 15, 2014, John McMullen has been named executive vice president and CFO of Kodak. The Board of Directors has elected McMullen a corporate officer of Kodak, and he will become a member of the company’s Executive Council

MILWAUKEE—First Edge Solutions has acquired Proven Direct, a Milwaukee-based provider of on-demand marketing, document output services and photo book publishing. The acquisition adds to First Edge’s national network of sales offices and production facilities in Milwaukee, Phoenix and Atlanta.