Davita Vance-Cooks, Deputy Public Printer and Acting Public Printer, will keynote Interquest’s seventh-annual Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum. The seminar, which is free for government and higher education professionals, will take place in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Government Printing Office (GPO), North Capitol St. Northwest.
With offset presses becoming scarce on the show floor and digital vendors pushing for higher volume and larger B2-format machines, digital presses are becoming the "big iron" components of the GRAPH EXPO show. Almost without exception, digital press vendors highlighted their workflow and digital front end (DFE) capabilities.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ November 2012 edition.
There was a lot of positive energy at GRAPH EXPO 2012 and most booths were generally busy. My sense from vendors was that business is (finally) coming back. “Doesn’t it look a lot like the old On Demand Show when we used to have it at Javits in New York? You walk in and all you see is digital press companies.”
WorkflowOne, a leading provider of print management, distribution and marketing services, has installed a Xerox Color 1000 press in its Boston-area digital print center in Westborough, MA.
CyberNet Information Media, a provider of media, variable-data, direct mail and printing services, has signed an agreement to provide offset and digital printing and mailing services to the Proforma Franchise Network of more than 750 owners. It will be a Preferred Limited Partner to the network.
CHICAGO—The top new technology products in each of the Graph Expo 2012 Must See ’Ems categories were revealed at the close of the annual Executive Outlook conference that precedes the opening of the show.
In a recent survey of 485 members of Xerox’s Premier Partners Global Network, more than 70 percent of printers said they are optimistic about the future, believing that print will always be part of the communications mix, but they do agree volumes will still decline.
Among the opportunities for new or increased revenue, more than one-third (38 percent) of the printers still expect a significant increase in revenue through direct marketing, pointing to a continued need for a balanced marketing mix that includes direct mail. Other opportunities:
• Packaging and Photo specialty products—18 percent each
• TransPromo—16 percent
• Book publishing—12 percent
These “Best of Category” winners were selected from the pool of winning entries in the Must See ’Ems competition judged by a panel of industry experts, journalists, and consultants who based their choices on the impact they believe these new technologies will have on the industry.
Fujifilm North America's Graphic Systems Division will exhibit a full portfolio of solutions for the printing industry at GRAPH EXPO 2012. "GRAPH EXPO will showcase the impressive developments we have made in order to better serve commercial printers, enabling them to evolve their businesses and remain competitive and ultimately succeed in a shifting landscape," said Todd Zimmerman, vice president and general manager, Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division.
