Ricoh has made a multimillion dollar investment in Avanti Computer Systems, that will now allow Avanti to bring its MIS tools, including job costing, tracking and billing, scheduling, CRM, inventory management, warehouse and direct mail management, to an even broader global market.
Designers’ Press, a privately-owned printing firm in Orlando, FL, has announced the purchase of two new presses: a Ricoh-Heidelberg Linoprint (C901 Graphic Arts +); and a Komori LS 540 to complement the Komori LS 640 that is already in production at the company.
Frederic Printing, a Consolidated Graphics (CGX) company based in Aurora, CO, does its job when it comes to having the right people in place. The firm is always aggressively seeking out new talent. Chris Greene, Frederic president, notes that Denver is not exactly a printing mecca, so he usually has a fairly strong sense of who's out there and who might complement the existing Frederic staff.
The presses are good. The substrates are good. The software is good. And, as Cathy Cartolano, VP of sales and technical services at Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), says, image quality is "scary close" to offset. So why doesn't continuous-feed inkjet dominate the market?
CCS Printing in Bellevue, WA, has integrated Ricoh's ProcessDirector workflow solution into its workflow. The technology allows CCS Printing to track and report in real-time on the more than two million documents it processes each month—helping the company meet the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.
As part of its "Ricoh Global Eco Action Month" initiative, Ricoh will turn off the lights on all billboards, Ricoh logo signboards and night lighting facilities at all Group companies around the world on the night of June 5, which is United Nations World Environment Day. The 100 percent eco-powered billboards in New York (Times Square), London, and Sydney will be excluded.
At the inaugural 2013 Inkjet Summit last week in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, attendees were treated to non-stop activities: keynotes, panel discussions, case studies, user conversations and more, providing a near constant flow of information. The enthusiasm of attendees and sponsors alike was very high, with many compliments going to organizers for bringing the two groups together in such an intimate setting, which included scheduled one-on-one meetings and case history presentations by segment.
Chris Hottle loves the clamor of heavy iron rattling the shop at Winchester Printers, a commercial business located in the town of Winchester, tucked virtually into the northernmost point of Virginia. Touching down in about a month will be a refurbished (2000-era) four-color, 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 sheetfed press.
Finch Paper’s FIT Color Management & Workflow Services team recently worked with Ricoh’s digital output solutions team in Boulder, CO to help the company achieve consistent, G7 Color on its InfoPrint aqueous continuous form inkjet platforms.
Ricoh Americas Corp. has introduced the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts + and Ricoh Pro C901s Graphic Arts + series of printers for high-volume production print environments. The printers are the latest additions in the brand’s digital color production system lineup.
