en-us http://www.graphicartsonline.com/ Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.graphicartsonline.com/info/CA6605972.html) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:44:23 PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/UKhqxu2phHg/CA6705902.html Self-proclaimed prophets repeatedly predict the impending death of newspapers. They are dead wrong. Printed newspapers are actually enjoying increasing numbers of readers worldwide. Circulation figures representing the total number of newspapers sold every day increased by 1.3% in 2008 to almost 540 million. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705902.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/SxgH8BaSnlM/CA6705903.html How the mighty fall and the smart succeed In preparing a presentation titled “Selling the Value of Print-on-Demand and Web-to-Print,” a slide from of one of our NAPL reports stopped me dead in my tracks. It shows a huge decline in printing firms following the 2001 recession. Almost half the companies that were doing well for years prior to the recession fell and never recovered. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705903.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/0HcamJJCTaQ/CA6705904.html Print buyer seminars have been held at PRINT and Graph Expo trade shows for several years, a logical tie-in with the leading print technology trade show. One such session at PRINT 09 was lead by retired RIT professor Frank Romano, who describes the market of mostly smaller volume buyers (including some designers) as 23,000 full-time U. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705904.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/l5Vltzh44O4/CA6705905.html Some of the magic in digital printing is the stuff that actually makes the words and pictures on a page. With offset printing, ink generally is not specifically developed for the particular platform (with some exceptions, like Heidelberg Saphira inks for Anicolor or Presstek DI inks). On the whole, offset ink gets loaded into the press, and after color adjustment, you're good to go. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705905.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/iwZwkZxSa4M/CA6705906.html When Proteus Packaging became the first U.S. company to purchase and install a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 145 VLF press earlier this year, it marked a giant step. The Franklin, WI folding carton printer and converter aims to become ever more responsive to the changing needs of the folding carton marketplace. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705906.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/uSqvhx-1aXE/CA6705907.html Most every new, automated finishing machine is JDF compliant, offering innovative software solutions to communicate job data. Machine manufacturers we've surveyed agree that JDF works, and that it has penetrated other areas of the print production workflow. But few are successfully using JDF in the bindery. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705907.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/jNhlw7d813Y/CA6705908.html Economic conditions have many printing companies rethinking paper choices, searching out or at least considering using less expensive grades. Never-ending budget cuts mixed with postal rule changes and customer demands for lower costs are the new reality. But what are the risks in using a lower-cost stock? The following pages of this article are intended to throw some light on the subject, an... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705908.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/Qz2uRHZ88V8/CA6705909.html Blends, shading, high-resolution stochastic screening—Kodak’s One magazine PRINT 09 issue demonstrates a dramatic leap in the evolution of flexography printing. With graphics that jump out at the audience, the latest edition showcases the abilities of Kodak Flexcel NX Technology to go beyond what traditionally has been possible. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705909.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/wX7KKWz3hFE/CA6705910.html Supercalendered paper's arrival in the web offset printing industry a decade ago was accompanied by an expectation of lowering the single largest cost factor for the modern printer: paper. As these uncoated papers with their heavily pressured hard surfaces appeared, so did the high-speed web offset presses, like the Sunday M 3000. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705910.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/u1Npf_LwlR0/CA6705911.html Glunz & Jensen PlateWriter 2400 uses a high-definition inkjet imaging engine to produce press-ready aluminium plates, without chemical processing. The device, driven by Harlequin RIP technology, features Glunz & Jensen's patented Liquid Dot, which is jetted onto plate surfaces in the same way ink is jetted onto paper in a traditional inkjet printer. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705911.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/Et_PTgtiyic/CA6705912.html Amini-boom has developed around the advocacy of printing and mailing, with initiatives from established associations, and from new ones—purposely built for these noble efforts to support our industry. These pushes come from within the printing industry (The Print Council), in joint efforts (Mail Moves America) and from organizations like paper companies (www. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705912.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/3ybzqyW0I3A/CA6705913.html A cut-cave index, usually combined with glued, lettered tabs (semicircular stickers), is a thumb-friendly cut into the opening edge of a book block. Its purpose is to help readers quickly find and turn to desired sections—reducing wear on large reference books. Also referred to as a “bible cut,” its compact cut shape offers protection to the index area of products. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705913.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/fLOY4db0toQ/CA6705914.html Kermit the Frog says it's not easy being green, but as his friend Miss Piggy might have said, “It's not easy being lean, either.” A lean operation has its fair share of challenges. Processes drive how things are done across almost all departments, including sales, manufacturing, HR and communications. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705914.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/IZ1ACpohk8Q/CA6705915.html “Very interesting article [NBC Sued Over Font License], especially when you consider how controlling NBC is over sites like YouTube and hulu hosting episodes and clips of their shows. Go ahead and try to find a full Saturday Night Live episode or archive clip on the Internet.”—Hollie, graphic designer, Louisiana “Like it or not, fonts are protected under copyright law. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705915.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/fJQ3TFcvnBs/CA6705916.html Excelsior Packaging Group, Yonkers, NY, ordered three Fischer & Krecke FP 36S-10 10-color flexo printing presses. The presses will include the latest advancements, one of which is smartGPS (Graphic Positioning System), which establishes and maintains register, finalizing print settings before a job goes on press so the machine starts up at production speed, says Fischer & Krecke. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705916.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/AVSB0Vwamzs/CA6705917.html B attles over copyright, e-book readers and slash-and-burn discounting of hard covers in the book publishing realm have printing and publishing firms asking: threat or opportunity? These issues surfaced at or since last month's Frankfurt Book Fair, where China, a big competitor to U.S. book printers, was designated the Guest of Honor country. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705917.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/KVuwsKIMSKw/CA6705918.html PIA presents its first web2awards at this month's Converge Conference, Nov. 8–10 in Orlando. Billed as the first award competition to honor the best Websites in the printing industry, it recognizes four categories: static company Website; Web-to-print sites developed internally; Web-to-print sites licensed from a vendor; and most unique product offered via a Web-to-print site. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705918.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/bt-EgAsAsbg/CA6705919.html Paramount Performance Marketing, Jacksonville, FL, installed a 6-color, 29´´ KBA Rapida 75 sheetfed offset press to support its move into short-run printing production. Paramount offers offset and digital printing, PURL marketing campaigns and election ballot printing. Last year the company changed its name from Paramount Printing, marking a five-year effort to expand technologies and... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705919.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/yS0dSlayuT4/CA6705920.html • NBC Sued Over Font License–Font Bureau seeks $2 million for type use on Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live. • Explosion at American Packaging Kills Worker–Employee grinding bolts at rotogravure plant leads to accident. • Worldcolor to Close Catalog Plant–Printing operation in Olive Branch, MS, to shut down; 240 jobs eliminated. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705920.html?rssid=444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrintingTools/~3/RX98escl3PY/CA6705921.html On Demand Machinery (ODM), Océ and TAP Custom formed a partnership to develop new solutions for producing “library quality” hard-cover books on demand. Together, ODM, a maker of hardcover bookbinding equipment, digital printing press maker Océ and hardcover materials supplier TAP will pursue development of digital book manufacturing technology that offers cost-effective, s... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6705921.html?rssid=444