Pageflex, a division of Bitstream Inc. and a leading developer of enterprise variable publishing and web-to-print solutions, announced the successful conclusion of the 2011 Pageflex User Conference, held last week at the Seaport Conference Center in Boston.
On the heels of GRAPH EXPO 2011’s post-show attendance report released last week-which revealed buyers up 7 percent and buyer companies up 12 percent over last year’s show-are just sampling of comments from attendees and exhibitors who spoke out on the quality of this year’s show.
Wide- and grand-format printers really stood out around the show floor, with the size of some devices giving them the impression of being the new “heavy iron” in the industry. Even the new crop of inkjet presses for high-volume page production was overshadowed a bit by their wider brethren, as fewer vendors elected to bring machines to Chicago.
Pageflex has announced that a year after acquiring the iWay platform and customer base, and after management changes, the organization has addressed performance issues with the iWay product, reaffirmed its commitment to supporting customers, and defined its vision for the future.
MSP's digital division meets the needs of its customer base with direct mail production, Web-to-print programs, print-on-demand applications and general commercial work, including brochures, sales sheets, training materials and manuals.
With contracts received to date, the Solutions Showcase exhibit hall is already 13 percent larger than last year. The show floor will be segmented by solutions related to commercial print, direct marketing, label and packaging, photo, publishing and grand-format printing.
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.
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)?
Digital Printing and Workflow Product Announcements from the 2010 On Demand Expo, including the Xerox Color 800/1000 and Konica Minolta C8000.
PHILADELPHIA—Market research and consulting firm InfoTrends announced the technology winners during the fifth annual On Demand Best of Show awards at the On Demand Conference & Expo here Tuesday. The Best of Show awards were judged in nine categories by professionals from the graphic arts and printing community who were chosen for their accomplishments and extensive knowledge in this market and its technologies. One Best of Show award was presented in each of the following categories:
