Recently added articles from Graphic Arts Monthly:
Ebsco Media Expands Press Capacity.
Jun 01, 2009 ... By Lisa Cross Hidden away in Birmingham, AL, is Ebsco Media, one of the South's largest full-service sheetfed commercial printing firms operating a 130,000-sq.ft. production facility and 50,000-sq.ft. warehouse. The firm has added a 15,000 sph 40´´ Komori ...
Is Advertising Going Away?
Apr 01, 2009 ... By Lisa Cross How marketing dollars leave media, printing braille and online reader feedback. "Iam currently doing a paper with some colleagues on advertising and I have come across your illuminating work. We have developed a hypothesis that advertising is a ...
Needed: New Ways To Certify Skills.
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Eldon Lechtenberg There seem to be more graphic communications workers with more versatile skills than ever before. Yet printing businesses, as they venture into new media offerings, are confronted with unique challenges in finding proficient creatives and multimedia experts ....
Lewis Award to James Hammer.
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Lisa Cross Lifetime achievement honors focus on technology, innovation and employees. Printing Industries of America named James Hammer, president and CEO of Hammer Packaging, Rochester, NY, the 2008 recipient of the 59th annual Lewis Memorial Lifetime Achievement ...
Refined Steps To Green.(Windsor Marketing Group )(green marketing)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Steve Belcher, VP Marketing, Windsor Group We deliver the best for clients, environmentally responsibly and efficiently. Windsor Marketing Group is a full-service, in-store marketing solution company catering to major retailers throughout the U.S. Since we opened ...
Big Foiling Sheetfed.(John W. Little Company Inc.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross Packaging Graphics, Pawtucket, RI, installed the first 40´´, 17-unit manroland R700 Ultima Press (below) equipped with an inline foiler at its 300,000-sq.ft. plant. The 127´ press gives the printing company the ability to apply foil at ...
World's Longest Sheetfed?(Kand D Graphics)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross Perfector sports 12 print units plus. K&D Graphics, Orange, CA, installed a 16-unit Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 perfector, with CutStar feeder that can switch from roll-fed to sheetfed mode at the push of a button. The press, says K&D, is the longest ...
Spicy Annual Report Printing.(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross McCormick & Co.'s 2008 annual report was spiced with cinnamon. An aromatic varnish flavored by McCormick was applied to financials by Schmitz Press, Sparks Glencoe, MD, in the coating unit on a Heidelberg ...
Robotic Art Handles Big Print.(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross Grand format digital printing, output on extremely humungous-sized rigid materials in the newest generation digital printers, gets an automated assist. Ganndinovations taught this robot (right) to handle the 5x10´ panels printed on its grand format digital ...
Where Are the Printing Jobs?(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross The biggest development in the printing industry over the last 12 weeks has been layoffs. Dozens of firms have downsized, or closed outright, throwing workers onto the street. So it may come as a surprise that there are still dozens and dozens of jobs being ...
Not All Printers Getting Greener.(Report)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross It may come as no surprise that printers are getting greener. In Graphic Arts Monthly 's second annual study, State of Sustainability in the Graphic Communications Industry , 74% of printers said sustainability has become more important over the past year. Another ...
On Demand Goes to Philly.
Mar 01, 2009 ... Staff Report Event features the latest technologies and strategies for profiting big time from digital printing and finishing. The largest digital printing conference and expo in North America, On Demand moves from Boston to Philadelphia, running March 30--April 2 at ...
Modernizing Mailings.(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Bill Esler, Editor in Chief New regulations drive adoption of new software, and co-mail initiatives. Meanwhile digital presses make inroads in volume runs. Going postal is taking on an increasingly positive ring, as opportunities open for printers large and small, ...
Green Is Not Really Lean.(lean management)
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Kevin Coooper, Best Practices Editor Lean focuses on whether existing processes add value. Green efforts focus on decreasing the carbon footprint. Implementation of Lean management has been steadily growing over the past few years as the printing industry has ...
Drawing Down A Color Match.(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Bill Esler, Editor in Chief Little Joe gets a big brother, as software andmechanical systems advance the world of ink matches. D oing draw-downs, or pulling samples of ink on paper, has never been a highly controlled process. Simply stated, the technique tests the ...
Small Finishers in a Digital World.
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Bill Esler Small-sized digital envelope printers, and the world of digital creasing before folding. Getting materials that are digitally printed to fold at high speeds without toner cracking is a recurrent challenge. Solutions are usually offered in small formats ....
Touch the Cover, and See the Video.
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Lisa Cross Digital print enters new dimensions in a process that raises surfaces, and eyebrows. The tactile feel to this month's cover represents a milestone in digital printing: Applying raised surfaces inline. The cover was printed by Kodak on its NexPress S2500 ...
Slowing Carefully to Delivery.
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Bill Esler Faster delivery as dynamic sheet braking migrates across platforms. Sheet brakes slow sheets as they hit delivery, so they fall neatly into the pile. Because they move with the sheet as it travels, marking is reduced. Heidelberg debuted a dynamic sheet ...
Who's the Greenest Printer Of Them All?(sustainable development)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Bill Esler, Editor-in-Chief Will green printing become yesterday's news? Could sustainable printing fall victim to economic realities? Ironically, as federal initiatives unfold to put U.S. businesses on a greener footing, the first inklings appear that movements toward ...
New Products.(digital printers)
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Mark Spaulding Degrava Systems DP9500 electrophotographic digital color label press, demonstrated as a prototype last fall, prints at 600 dpi resolution. Advancements in this system over the predecessor 8500 model (available from Xante) include full color at speeds up to 32 ...