Océ North America, Production Printing Systems

UPFRONT
December 1, 2002

Printcafe Closes Acquisition PITTSBURGH—Printcafe Software has completed its acquisition of printChannel. Printcafe did not assume any printChannel obligations or liabilities other than in connection with certain customer contracts.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Donnelley Exec to Head Oce CHICAGO—Ronald E. Daly has resigned as president of R.R. Donnelley Print Solutions, the company's business responsible for magazine, book, telephone directory and catalog/retail insert printing, as well as premedia services, to become the CEO of Océ-USA Holding, the North American business of Océ N.V., based in the Netherlands. Michael B. Allen, executive vice president for R.R. Donnelley Print Solutions, and Robert S. Pyzdrowski, president of operations for

COPY CONCEPTS -- Going Near-line
September 1, 2002

When PhilL Shirley and Brian Stone founded Copy Concepts in 1991, it appeared that another run-of-the mill copy center would dot the retail landscape outside Dallas. But the business plan crafted by the 21-year-old entrepreneurs focused on creating a distinct niche as a digital pioneer—not competing as a traditional offset printer. Copy Concepts principals (from the left) Phil Shirley and Brian Stone, along with graphic arts dealer Pat Mallams of Bindery Systems, review output of their Standard Hunkeler unwinder, Oce printers and rotary cutter and stacker.From the beginning, Copy Concepts has operated in an ink-free, toner-based world, and it has recognized the need to invest