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BROTHERS OMAR Rodriguez and Hugo Cervantes, owners of East Los Angeles-based X-Igent Printing, know a thing or two about starting a commercial printing business from the ground up. When the shop they were working for was acquired by a new owner, they decided to cash in $70,000 of the equity in a home they purchased in 2000 to launch their own brokerage, turned printing operation, in 2001.

NEW YORK—Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, executive vice president of HP's $29 billion Imaging and Printing Group, received the 23rd annual Prism Award for distinguished leadership during a luncheon held here last Wednesday within the ornate Gotham Hall. The annual event raises scholarship money for New York University's Master of Arts in Graphic Communications Management and Technology program.

DIGITAL PRINTING is in? need of a press agent, or a PR? firm that can boost its image and explain to the masses exactly what it is capable of performing. But John Roberds, founder and president of Tulsa, OK-based Odyssey Digital Printing, knows that the role of educator, promoter and cheerleader falls squarely on the shoulders of his venerable sales staff.

Presstek, Inc. today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in United States District Court in New Hampshire against a distributor of printing plates manufactured by Israeli company VIM Technologies, Ltd. The Complaint alleges that Prograf Digital Services, Inc. and its President Joseph Musgrave violated Presstek’s rights by selling VIM printing plates, which Presstek alleges infringe Presstek’s U.S. Patent Nos. 5,339,737 and 5,487,338. Presstek also claims that Prograf and Musgrave have violated Presstek’s federally registered DI Trademark, which Presstek has held since 1992.

Printing Impressions’ Digital Printing and Workflow News for December, 2008.

Despite a budget crunch and a state-wide ban on new equipment, this in-plant justified a new four-color direct imaging press.

CHICAGO—October 16, 2008—Lasermax Roll Systems is exhibiting solutions for speed and color at Graph Expo 2008 in Chicago. The company has partnered with each of the major digital printer manufacturers to ensure that its products take full advantage of the speed and color capabilities of the latest generation of high-speed digital printers, whether those printers are full process color, highlight color or monochrome; cut sheet or continuous web.

HUDSON, NH—September 29, 2008—Presstek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing solutions, announced today that it will be introducing to the North American market a wide range of chemistry-free CTP solutions that address the needs of the broadest range of customers in the industry. Now printing companies of all sizes can rely on a single supplier for the chemistry-free CTP solution that best meets their specific requirements for price point, productivity level and format size. Presstek will be showcasing these solutions in Booth 2811 at the Graph Expo trade show from October 26th through 29th at McCormick Place South in Chicago.

IRVINE, CA—September 17, 2008—With 35% of printed materials thrown away, advertisers seeking more intimate ways of connecting with customers, and people ever more sensitive to their environment, it’s unsurprising that the printing industry is embracing digital technology in new exciting ways.  At the forefront of that trend is a 28 year old Irvine, California printing company, The DOT Printer. The “DOT” stands for “digital offset technology” and that differentiation was underscored today when, Bruce Carson, President/CEO announced the acquisition of Costa Mesa, California based Page One Digital.

HUDSON, NH—September 17, 2008—Presstek Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing a full array of digital workflow solutions for the North American market at Graph Expo, scheduled for October 26th through 29th at McCormick Place South, Chicago.  Presstek will be located in Booth 2811 at the show.