HUDSON, NH—October 19, 2006—Presstek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions for the graphic arts markets, today reported that it generated strong results at the Graph Expo 2006 exhibition, further demonstrating that Presstek products are accurately targeting the business needs of the print market. Customers responded enthusiastically with strong interest and multiple commitments for Presstek products at Graph Expo, North America’s largest printing trade show, held at McCormick Place, Chicago October 15-18, 2006. Graph Expo 2006 Results Over $5 million in customer commitments, including more than one dozen DI® presses Over 500 qualified sales leads recorded for Presstek’s full
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KENNESAW, GA—09/29/2006—Heidelberg USA announces the following sample of new product installations: Paulson Press Turns Up the Speed with New Speedmaster XL 105 from Heidelberg Paulson Press, a full-service general commercial printer located in Elk Grove Village, Ill., recently added a six-color Speedmaster XL 105 to its all-Heidelberg pressroom. According to company President Ben Letto, the ultra-productive XL 105 is helping Paulson serve its clients better and faster - critical capabilities for a company where, “Every sheet of product that goes out the door is a part of me,” Letto says, adding, “If you don’t react quickly to your customers’ needs, you get left behind.”
With Heidelberg’s unique Plate on Demand, press operators can image plates on a Heidelberg CtP device via the MetaDimension workflow and CP 2000 press console. The console monitor displays jobs currently stored on MetaDimension. On the monitor, simply select a complete job or a color, and with a click of a button, imaging is then…
The criterion for choosing between computer to plate (CTP) systems with violet laser diodes and those with thermal laser diodes is anticipated run length. Unlike thermal plates, silver halide plates for violet technology cannot be post-baked for extended life and thus will run to a maximum of about 350,000 impressions. Violet-sensitive photopolymer plates can be post-baked for runs of one million impressions or more, but their resolution is lower than that of silver halide plates. In terms of print behavior—clean running of the plate, ink/water balance, ink feed, dot gain—and achievable print quality, there is no real difference between violet and thermal technology. Plate throughput
VALHALLA, NY—Sept. 27, 2006—Following previous announcements by parent company, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., a number of Fujifilm businesses operating in the United States today announced changes to their company names. As of October 1, Tokyo-based Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. will take on a new holding company structure, launching Fujifilm Holdings Corporation, which will provide strategic management of the entire group, including two newly named operating companies: Fujifilm Corporation and Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. The shift in structure will strengthen consolidated management, enhance strategic planning and expand collaboration. The name changes have been made to better reflect the company’s expansion into business areas
HUDSON, NH—September 12, 2006—Presstek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), a leading manufacturer and marketer of environmentally responsible digital offset printing solutions for the graphic arts markets, reports that Anthem Pro, the most recent addition to Presstek’s portfolio of chemistry-free CTP plates is receiving very positive customer reception. Customer feedback indicates that Anthem Pro is delivering the chemistry-free benefits that printers are looking for as they pursue improvements in productivity and profitability. “A truly chemistry-free plate streamlines workflow, eliminates variation in process control, saves time and material costs, and protects our environment,” states John O’Rourke, Presstek’s CTP systems marketing director. “Our customers are realizing those
Quality, reliability and flexibility drive sales of KODAK equipment and consumables ROCHESTER, NY—Sept. 5—Newspaper printers in Georgia, Oregon, Louisiana, and Ohio are the latest to purchase Kodak thermal CTP solutions to improve output quality and enhance operating efficiencies. Athens Newspapers LLC of Athens, GA, which prints the Athens Banner-Herald, a number of weeklies, the daily student newspaper at the University of Georgia and a large number of commercial projects, purchased two Kodak Trendsetter News 70 thermal platesetters, Kodak thermal digital plates, a Kodak Prinergy Evo workflow system, Kodak PREPS imposition software and Kodak Staccato screening. Athens Newspapers is part of Morris Communications Co.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ—August 17, 2006—Agfa Graphics announced today that The Town Talk, a Gannett-owned daily newspaper in Alexandria, LA, has purchased two of Agfa’s violet Advantage platesetters, one for the newspaper and the other for its commercial operation at a separate facility. “We’ve been studying the CTP market for three years now. Our sister facility in Lafayette, LA, purchased two Advantage DLs two years ago, so we decided to go down there to take a look,” said Dorothy Sasser, production director for The Town Talk. “Once we saw it in action, we were convinced. The competition in this business is fierce, so we need
ROCHESTER, NY—Aug. 10—Four newspaper printers across North America are the latest to go digital with Kodak thermal CTP solutions, with the Denver Newspaper Agency, which prints the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, purchasing five Kodak Trendsetter News 200 platesetters. The Denver Newspaper Agency is a joint venture between The E.W. Scripps Co. and MediaNews. In addition, The Abilene Reporter-News, an E.W. Scripps Co. paper, purchased a Kodak Trendsetter News 50, the second Kodak thermal CTP platesetter at the newspaper, and ThermalNews digital plates to produce 35,000 daily and 45,000 Sunday copies of the paper, plus a number of weeklies and commercial print jobs.
ROCHESTER, NY—August 7, 2006—A desire to enhance his company’s productivity led Kamron Motamedi, president of American Printing and Copy, to install a trio of Kodak solutions. Motamedi selected Kodak Prinergy Evo News software, a Kodak Magnus 400 platesetter and the Matchprint Inkjet 9800 proofing solution to advance his time to press and grow his business. “We needed to improve our speed to press because that’s where we make our money,” explained Motamedi. “After a thorough review of different technologies and multiple vendors, Kodak became the single choice because they offered the best products in all three categories — workflow, proofing and computer to plate.”
