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Table of Contents
Some good news (relatively speaking)
 KBA to launch digital press with RR Donnelley imaging technology
 Kodak announces significant plate price hike
 Sun Chem to raise sheetfed, energy curable ink prices
 Hadi Mahabadi receives 2010 Reed Award
 HP announces first Inkjet Web Press installation in Asia
 Kodak, Konica Minolta sign global distribution agreement
 GPO celebrates 150-year milestone
 Come blog with me
 Preview InDesign files on your iPhone
 Allegra hosts open house at new MI headquarters
 Rack 'em up
 The luxe look of letterpress
 Keep your subscription up to date
 Get ready for On Demand
 The business of digital books
 Virtual letterpress for iPad users
 I just wasn’t made for these times …
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From the Pressroom...
Some good news (relatively speaking)
Finally, some good news. “We expect our industry’s sales (all sources, not just printing) to grow 1.0% to 3.0% in 2011,” says Andrew Paparozzi, NAPL’s (www.napl.org) chief economist, “That would be our first growth in four years. But even if we finish at the top of that range, our sales volume would still be $17.8 billion, or 18.1%, below prerecession levels.”

Almost 70.0% of the 500 U.S. and Canadian printers in NAPL’s survey expect to grow in 2011. But only 39.2% of participants expect profitability to increase in 2011. And only one in four (24.6%) participants expect to raise prices next year.

NAPL’s free NewsTalk podcast series kicks off today with special guest James Dunn. (www.napl.org/Media/JDunnAPaparozzitoHeadlineNAPLNewsTalkLive)

As always, thanks for reading!
Katherine O’Brien (KOB@americanprinter.com)
Top Headlines
KBA to launch digital press with RR Donnelley imaging technology
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/kba-launch-digital-press-rr-donnelley-0301
Kodak announces significant plate price hike
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/kodak-raise-prices-digital-conventional-plates-0301
Sun Chem to raise sheetfed, energy curable ink prices
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/sun-chem-raise-sheetfed-energy-curable-ink-prices-0304
Hadi Mahabadi receives 2010 Reed Award
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/hadi-mahabadi-reed-award-0228
HP announces first Inkjet Web Press installation in Asia
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/hp-announces-inkjet-web-press-installation-asia-0228
Kodak, Konica Minolta sign global distribution agreement
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/kodak-konica-minolta-global-distribution-agreement-0224
GPO celebrates 150-year milestone
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/gpo-celebrates-milestone-0304
Editor's Notebook
Come blog with me
One of my 2011 resolutions is to be a better blogger. I’m making progress! I recently caught up with HP’s Benny Landa and Chris Morgan; quick print gurus Carl Gerhardt and Mike Stevens and Dick Vinocur, who defies categorization. Here are some highlights:

Mike Stevens: “There is a group of printers who are as optimistic and hopeful for the future as ever. Their enthusiasm always seems to show in the effort they put into their marketing materials.”
blog.americanprinter.com/kob/2011/03/08/quick-print-transitions-catching-up-with-marketing-guru-mike-stevens

Carl Gerhardt: “It may have been a mistake for NAQP to change the name. ... When it was NAQP, people knew what it was.”
blog.americanprinter.com/kob/2011/03/04/quick-print-transitions-catching-up-with-allegras-carl-gerhardt

Dick Vinocur: “[Jim Valvano’s 1993 ESPY award] speech, which I have now memorized, restarted my motor, and gave the motivation to return to my keyboard.”
blog.americanprinter.com/kob/2011/03/08/what-ever-happened-to-dick-vinocur
What's New
Preview InDesign files on your iPhone
SneakPeek lets users preview InDesign CS5 and Illustrator CS5 files on an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch: www.bestappsite.com/2011/03/03/preview-indesign-and-illustrator-cs5-files-on-your-ipadiphone-with-sneakpeek
Allegra hosts open house at new MI headquarters
Allegra has moved into a sweet new facility in Plymouth, MI. Check out the new home office: tinyurl.com/6efjrp6.
Rack 'em up
These 2.5 x 4-inch rack cards for target top cities with special offers. Some, such as those spotted at Chicago’s Midway airport, feature QR codes: www.ctmmediagroup.com/rightcard.html
The luxe look of letterpress
CharisseM Design and Rohner Letterpress’ Luxury of Letterpress campaign uses the imaginary “Tacticle” brand to showcase the possibilities of this well-established printing technique: www.tactile.us.
News You Can Use
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Mark Your Calendars
Get ready for On Demand
On Demand 2011 will be held March 22-24 in Washington, D.C. It is colocated with info360 and Publishing Xchange. New this year: “Transform!” awards recognizing innovative printers who are ahead of the curve. See www.ondemandexpo.com.
The business of digital books
The Digital Book Printing Forum will be held in New York City on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, during the annual Publishing Business Conference Expo. See www.inter-quest.com.
Trim Out
Virtual letterpress for iPad users
LetterMpress is raising $15,000 to buy a collection of authentic wood type and vintage cuts as well as to create high-res photos and scans. Eventually anyone with an iPad can create authentic-looking letterpress designs and prints.

Just as with the old school letterpress process, iPad users can place and arrange type and cuts on a press bed, lock the type, “ink” the type, and print. Designs can be printed directly from LetterMpress or saved and imported into other applications. www.kickstarter.com/projects/821242145/lettermpress-a-virtual-letterpress-on-your-ipad
I just wasn’t made for these times …
In the mid 1980’s owning and operating a quick print shop required a relatively low investment. Industry growth was 10-15% annually. As one printer noted: “You could be fall-down stupid and make it back then.” See blog.americanprinter.com/kob/2011/03/04/quick-print-transitions-catching-up-with-allegras-carl-gerhardt
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