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Blue Ocean Press Cuts to the Chase FT. LAUDERDALE, FL—At Blue Ocean Press, Company President Tom Mounce is measuring the return on his investment in a fully automated, programmable Polar 115 XT cutter with Autotrim, Transomat offloader and Dorner conveyor. Mounce claims he’s already seeing ROI on the configuration in time savings and ease of use. He explains that the operator now works fewer hours with less assistance due to the automated material handling features of the new cutter. The Polar’s variable-speed backgauge, which can be sped up or slowed down, depending on job requirements, also allows Blue Ocean to handle a wider range

WIDENING OF the wage disparity between the ranks of top executives and workers has been getting some play in this presidential election season. So how does the take-home pay of the top printers stack up? Printing Impressions’ 18th annual executive compensation report highlights the earnings of principal officers at the largest publicly held printing companies. There was a significant shake-up of the list this year. Several top executives—and companies—dropped from the ranks as a result of the major merger/acquisition activity in 2007. Other companies had personnel changes at the top, and a few repeat executives saw their compensation totals dramatically impacted by the lack

The 2012 Printing Impressions 400 list of the largest printing companies in the United States and Canada as ranked by annual sales.

EARLIER THIS year, The Industry Measure, an industry research firm, sent uncomfortable ripples throughout the printing industry when it released a report stating that adoption of Web-to-print had stalled among print providers. While clearly, Web-to-print has not stalled among corporate users—in fact, adoption in this marketplace is accelerating—the fact that the momentum has largely (if not entirely) switched sides has raised a lot of questions. According to “Web-to-Print: A Service Provider’s Perspective” (The Industry Measure, 2007), approximately one-quarter of print providers now offer some kind of Web-to-print solution, whether as a static online store, for creating customized/personalized documents, or for creation and dissemination

HAMILTON, BERMUDA—VistaPrint, an online printer that supplies small businesses and consumers with customized printed products, has entered the marketing services business with two new offerings: mailing and creative services. According to VistaPrint, the services will allow small business clients to market their companies in a quicker, easier and cost-effective manner.Mailing services allows customers to design,…

What’s the difference between a successful quick printer vs. a small commercial printing establishment? In today’s graphic arts industry paradigm, little to nothing. Both types of businesses may have a storefront or retail location, albeit likely serving a shrinking base of walk-in retail traffic. Both segments, in turn, rely on senior management and/or outside sales reps to call on local corporate accounts, hoping to build ongoing business relationships. Both entities have adopted, or are at least investigating, Internet-based customer interfaces to drive sales. Each typically outputs a wide range of short-run, general commercial work on digital devices and/or small-format offset presses—and brokers out what

HAMILTON, BERMUDA—Claiming that three of its patents related to browser-based tools have been infringed, VistaPrint Technologies—a wholly owned subsidiary of VistaPrint—has filed a lawsuit against 123Print Inc. and Drawing Board, subsidiaries of North Mankato, MN-based Taylor Corp. In papers filed with the U.S. District Court in Minnesota, VistaPrint alleges that 123Print and Drawing Board have infringed and continue to infringe three patents, titled “computerized prepress authoring for document creation,” “browser-based computerized prepress,” and “computerized prepress.” VistaPrint is seeking an injunction to stop 123Print and Drawing Board from offering the allegedly infringing services to present and future companies, along with payment for damages. “We must take action against

HAMILTON, BERMUDA—May 16, 2007 —VistaPrint, an online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers, today announced the availability of new printed T-Shirts. VistaPrint continues to build on its already robust manufacturing processes by investing to standardize and automate the T-Shirt printing process from design all the way through to production. Available in five sizes, VistaPrint T-Shirts are easy to design and order with prices starting at just $9.49 for one T-Shirt. “While we have traditionally focused on printed products such as business cards and postcards, offering a new type of product is exciting for us because

HAMILTON, BERMUDA—Business-to-consumer print specialist VistaPrint has launched its VistaPrint Business Solutions, a Web-based service aimed at providing customized and consistently branded marketing materials for customers that have branches spread across the country.VistaPrint Business Solutions is touted as a comprehensive and customizable solution for the design, production and distribution of sales and marketing materials. Its goal…

Lifetime Memories For Hall Of Famer Dear Editor: Thank you so much for the photographs from my recent induction into the Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame. I really do appreciate the honor you bestowed on me. It is something I will cherish the rest of my life. Please thank everyone on your staff for making this a special evening. I hope that if you are ever in Dallas, you will let me show you our Texas hospitality. Jesse Williamson President Williamson Printing Dallas Award Brings Many Kind Words Dear Editor: It seems it was only yesterday that I was in Chicago at the Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall