Since installing an Océ VarioPrint 6160 Ultra+ digital perfecting system from Canon Solutions America, Houston-based Page International Communications, a Nationwide Argosy Solutions company, has vastly exceeded its expectations, turning out a whopping 2.8 million pieces before its first service call.
IMS Inc., a fully integrated service provider of print, electronic, and mail communications headquartered in Liverpool, NY, has added two Océ VarioPrint digital perfecting systems to its fleet of digital printing technology.
The new bizhub PRESS 2250P monochrome digital press from Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., can print at up to 250 duplex impressions per minute (15,000 per hour), and can easily handle long-run digital printing.
Two new Kodak Digimaster HD 125 digital presses have been installed at Copresco's facility in Carol Stream, IL, and the company plans to add three additional Digimasters shortly. "The new five-system lineup gives us the quality, productivity and reliability needed to handle the daily demands of our high-volume, fast turnaround plant,” said Copresco President and CEO Steve Johnson.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has been named the "A3 MFP Line of the Year" award winner by Buyers Laboratory (BLI). The "Line of the Year" Award is awarded annually to the OEM whose product line is determined to be the best overall in its category, is based on the cumulative test results of all models tested in BLI's rigorous two-month laboratory evaluation.
Xeikon NV has tapped Ronald Shepard as the new national document sales manager and Trillium specialist, USA, responsible for growing the market penetration of the Xeikon 8000 series of digital color presses for the document printing market.
The Océ VarioPrint 6000 + series of high-speed, high-capacity digital printers has been introduced by Canon U.S.A. The Océ VarioPrint 6000+ series, featuring Océ Gemini Instant Duplex Technology, prints both sides of a sheet in a single pass, enabling duplex printing of letter size documents at speeds of up to 306 pages-per-minute in the top speed model.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first xerographic image, created by Chester Carlson in a rented second story room in Queens, NY. This humble invention would eventually lead to the formation of the Xerox Corp. and the birth of an industry. Even today, this xerographic process is still at the heart of most office printers and copiers around the world.
As a member of the HP Indigo Preferred Media Partner Program, Neenah Paper will support the needs of the HP Indigo printer community for premium substrates, with specific emphasis on premium uncoated papers.
A young designer I spoke to the other day was very frank about the fact that she did not like digital printing because you could only print on white paper. Granted there are some print providers that prefer to print on white coated stock all day long (digital or offset, it does not matter to them). And these few give our whole industry a bad reputation.
