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From the editors of American Printer | A Penton Media
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October 8, 2008
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From the Pressroom...
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Come home to Graph
Expo
Graph Expo is more than a trade show. For many people,
it’s like a homecoming game — a chance to revisit their former
stomping grounds, meet old pals and see what’s new.
There’s always a great turnout from the Chicago printing crowd. I’ve
rubbed elbows with Rich DiPietro and the CrossTech crew, the Gustafson
family at the JohnsByrne Co., Pete Douglas at Lake County Press (LCP),
Ross Johnson of Johnson Printers, Palmer Printing’s Ed Rossini, Bill
Barta at Rider Dickerson, Jack Rickard of Rickard Bindery, Matt Wagner
of the Wagner Companies, and many other local luminaries including
AMERICAN PRINTER columnist Steve Johnson and PII’s Polly Jensen.
Graph Expo, takes place Oct. 26-29, 2008, in Chicago. See www.gasc.org. Hope to
see you there!
Katherine O’Brien, editor in chief, AMERICAN PRINTER (kob@americanprinter.com)
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Top Headlines
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Editor's Notebook
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A great green
collaboration
We are looking forward to presenting our first
Environmental Excellence Awards on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 28 at
Graph Expo. Stop by AMERICAN PRINTER’s booth (3890) for your free
invitation.
Teaming with Premier sponsors Heidelberg and Kodak, AMERICAN PRINTER, in
conjunction with the National Assn. for Printing Leadership (NAPL),
created the awards to recognize commercial printers who are leading the
industry in environmentally conscious manufacturing. Gold level sponsors
include Adobe, Agfa, Air Motion Systems (AMS), HP, Mohawk Fine Papers
and Presstek.
Advising customers on being greener is part of EarthColor’s
(Parsippany, NJ) comprehensive environmental approach. “We’ve worked
very closely with our clients to educate them on how to produce green
printed communications that have a positive environmental impact and
strong socially responsibility message,” says David Podmayersky,
sustainability director. “Working with American Express on its
2007/2008 Corporate Citizenship Report was a great collaboration at all
levels.”
EarthColor was among the Gold Award winner for Best Environmentally
Produced Product. The AMEX report was printed on FSC-certified Mohawk
Options paper, containing 100% post-consumer waste fiber and
manufactured entirely with Green-e certified renewable, non-polluting,
wind-generated electricity. The paper is process chlorine-free, with
certification to FSC and Green Seal standards. EarthColor also won a
Silver Environmental Excellence Award. See americanprinter.com/environment/excellence-awards/ap-environmental-excellence-0908
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 OpenRIP® Symphony 3.0 is the all-in-one PDF workflow
drives multiple devices including: imagesetters, platesetters, digital
color presses, plotters, laser printers, inkjet printers and plotters,
all from a single RIP workstation. Its powerful trapping, imposition,
ganging, proofing, screening and color management features are available
for all your output devices. www.xante.com/products/orsymphony
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What's New
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Ricoh Pro
C900 to make U.S. debut
Ricoh Americas Corp.’s (West Caldwell, NJ) Ricoh Pro
C900 production printer, introduced at Drupa, will make its U.S. debut
at Graph Expo 08.
The digital color printer offers large production capacity and high
productivity with speeds up to 90 ppm in full color. It incorporates
Trained Customer Replaceable Units and includes the latest Ricoh image
processing technology as well as the Fiery RIP for high-image quality
output at an affordable price point. In addition, extensive inline
finishing provides added flexibility and efficiency. See www.ricoh-usa.com/ppbg.
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CGS adds ORIS Certified Monitor to
suite
CGS Publishing Technologies Intl. (Minneapolis)
introduces ORIS Certified Monitor, the newest addition to Certified
Suite, which includes ORIS Certified Proof and ORIS Certified Press. The
Certified Suite family of products verifies proofs, press sheets and now
monitors are in compliance with industry color standards such as GRACoL
and SWOP.
One of the key features of the ORIS Certified Suite is the summary
label, which can be affixed to proof and press sheets. The label clearly
communicates how the proof, press sheet and monitor combination used
perform vs. the standards employed. See www.cgs-oris.com.
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Pitney Bowes offers new mailstream
series
Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) will present its new
Mailstream Productivity Series high-speed production mail systems. This
new family — with a newly designed mailstream engine featuring
interchangeable friction and rotary feeders, high productivity inputs
and enhanced envelope sealing—produces up to 26,000 mail pieces per
hour.
The equipment offers a built-in upgrade path that allows mailers to
increase speed and capabilities over time. Pitney Bowes offers three
distinct models (18,000, 22,000 and 26,000 pieces per hour) that share a
common platform and operating system. See www.pb.com.
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Innovative Installations
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Calendar
kudos
Kudos to the Defino family at Tukaiz in Franklin Park,
IL. The printer, a digital pioneer, now has 10 HP Indigo presses. The
marketing communications specialist does a lot of imaging, print and
interactive media work for WGN radio. A recent project, 2009
personalized calendars, are featured on the site Tukaiz created for the
station (www.wgnradiocalendars.com). The printer, which
recently announced a West Coast expansion, has a dedicated calendar
site: www.tukaizcalendars.com/library.php.
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Mark Your Calendars
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Free UV
seminar at Graph Expo
Bill Bonallo and IST America will host a seminar on UV
printing and hybrid UV technology on Tuesday, Oct. 28th, 2008 from
12:00pm until 1:45pm at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.
Speakers will include Sun Chemical’s Anthony Bean, Bottcher Systems’
Chuck Hands and NAPL’s Ray Prince. Some high-end commercial and
packaging printers will share their experiences, too.
There’s no cost to attend. Call 630-771-0590 to reserve your spot or
e-mail info@usa.ist-uv.com.
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Digital
printing for the Feds
The 2008 Digital Printing in Government Forum will
take place on Wednesday, November 5 from 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. at the
Omni Shoreham in Washington D.C. INTERQUEST will present the results
from a new study “Digital Printing in the Government: Market Analysis
& Forecast (2008-2012)” which will be published in November and
complements/updates the studies it conducted in 2006 and 2007 in this
environment. See www.inter-quest.com/2008DigPrintingGovtForum.html.
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