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When in Rome. . .Do as the Printers ROME—There’s been a marked increase in the number of vendor-specific industry events—mini trade shows, open houses and road shows—held in recent years. They provide stages (some even international) for new product introductions and briefings on how these companies see the state of affairs. HP recently brought hundreds of customers, press people and analysts from around the world to Rome during the run of its 2007 Graphic Arts Summit. Highlights included the introduction of two new seven-color HP Indigo press models (5500 and 3500), a near-line UV coater and a large-format printer targeted to print service providers

Same High-Tech Press, Same Super Success, Very Different Printers LOS ANGELES—The Komori Lithrone LS40SP Super Perfector with double coater technology—so new, there are only a few operating in the United States—inspired Komori to sponsor a media junket to California in April to see two of the presses in action. The Super Perfector, based on Komori’s successful Lith-rone S40 series, is a tangible example of the company’s commitment to create presses from the user’s perspective, employing their input in the development of its products. Zarik Megerdichian, president and CEO of Glendale-based 4Over Inc., who runs an all-Komori shop, claims he’s one of those end

ROME—May 10, 2007—HP today expanded its graphic arts portfolio to offer customers an even wider range of digital solutions that feature industry-leading productivity, print quality and color consistency. The new solutions, which focus on accelerating HP’s growth in key areas of the printing market, enable customers to offer high-quality services, differentiate from competitors and, in turn, increase revenue opportunities. Highlights of the news announced at the 2007 HP Graphic Arts Summit include: • Two new HP Indigo presses – including the flagship HP Indigo press 5500, which is also available in a special photo package, and the entry-level HP Indigo press 3500 – that

NOT LONG after the close of Drupa 2004, the 2008 edition of the international printing exhibition was already being called the “ink-jet Drupa.” Upping the time frame, the title of a keynote panel at the just-completed On Demand Conference & Expo asked, “Is Ink-jet the Technology Story for 2007?” It should be clarified that both are references to color page printing in a production environment, and not wide-format or consumer photographic printing. For 2006, the big story in ink-jet printing was industrial printing applications. It seemed as if every vendor was talking about flatbed machines capable of printing on a wide range of substrates.

FOR MOST printing companies, moving the entire business from one facility to another is a daunting task, particularly if the relocation is expected to be a seamless process logistically, without any interruption of business for the client base. Now take that same process and change the parameters: Instead of one, it’s six plants being consolidated into two facilities, not one. And it’s business as usual from the vantage point of the customer base. Welcome to the world of the EPI Companies. This Marietta, GA-based firm pulled off this Herculean task between June 2006 and this past January, without skipping a business beat. It entailed

HOUSTON—A second HP Indigo 5000 digital press has been installed at ImageSet Digital, as well as a s2000 model. The printer also bolstered its wide-format digital printing arsenal with a new 64˝ HP Designjet 9000s printer.The Designjet, installed last month, allows ImageSet to begin offering outdoor signage and an expanded range of large-format products.

PALO ALTO, CA—April 23, 2007—HP today announced that ImageSet Digital, a full-service digital graphic communications provider based in Houston, has installed its second HP Indigo press 5000 , as well as an HP Indigo press s2000 , as part of the rapidly growing company’s overall digital production reconfiguration. The firm has also enhanced its large-format digital printing operations with a new HP Designjet 9000s Printer. The new technologies further enhance the firm’s ability to provide the most productive solutions to its customers, utilizing the highest-quality technologies available. In total, ImageSet Digital has purchased three HP Indigo presses in the past year: an HP Indigo press

PALO ALTO, CA—April 17, 2007—HP today announced that Lightning Source, the world’s largest provider of one-off, demand-based book manufacturing and distribution solutions, has launched a comprehensive growth program to expand its capacity and service offerings in both color books on demand and consumer-created photo books. Lightning Source’s HP Indigo presses are the backbone of the firm’s color print-on-demand operation, producing short-run color books and color covers for monochrome books, as well as photo books for the firm’s new photo specialty operation. “Working with more than 4,500 different publishing companies – including the world’s most respected book publishers – it is clear that the time

Newspaper Expands Capacity CHEYENNE, WY—The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle shelled out $14 million for the expansion of the company’s headquarters and production center here. The improvements are scheduled around the installation of a MAN Roland Uniset 75 web press, which is slated to be delivered next January. The Tribune-Eagle is Wyoming’s second-largest daily newspaper. Press Worker Suffers Injury PITTSBURGH—A man had to be rescued from the printing press at Liberty Pittsburgh Systems on Neville Island March 12 after catching his hand between the machine’s rollers. The unidentified man, in his early 50s, got his hand caught around 6:30 that morning. Ohio Township firefighters and rescue workers needed about 90

PALO ALTO, CA—March 7, 2007—HP today announced that more than 2.5 million photo books and calendars were printed worldwide on HP Indigo presses during the 2006 holiday season(1). With more than 240 HP Indigo presses installed at customer sites producing photo specialty products around the world, HP Indigo customers produced more than 7 million photo books and calendars, totaling approximately 440 million digital photo pages, during the 2006 calendar year. “This record-breaking holiday season reflects the fact that HP Indigo technology, which offers the industry’s highest image quality and unsurpassed reliability, is the preferred digital publishing solution in the photo specialty market, answering customers’ needs