Business Strategies for the Distributor Sales Professional
Sometimes, less is more—especially with regard to digital print. The ability to produce shorter runs (quantities below 5,000) is one factor helping to make digital the industry's significant bright spot. Think about it. The economy is still in a recovery phase and companies are now feeling the burn from mistakenly ordering too much last year. Lesson to be learned: if less is ordered, costs will be reduced or eliminated.
As digital printing platforms take on larger shares of commercial printing, toner production gets serious.
Fenton, Missouri-based FormStore Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of membership identification cards, digital print and direct mail, announced the installation of the new Kodak Dimensional Clear Dry Ink system to its complement of Kodak NexPress digital presses.
Labels are easy to take for granted. For some consumers, they're nothing more than a vehicle for nutritional information or window dressing for their preferred bottle of wine or jar of gravy. But for end-users, labels are a ticket to effective branding. A successful label ultimately determines who remains one step ahead and who simply keeps up with the printing Joneses.
Printing has been around for centuries, but digital printing is still a baby, having only hit the mainstream less than 20 years ago.
Headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., MGI USA, the multi-substrate (paper and plastic) digital press and finishing solution manufacturer, announced that Charleston, South Carolina-based Knight Press, a leading full service commercial print provider, has purchased a Meteor DP60 Pro four-color multi-substrate digital press. The sale and installation are handled by Paper Handling Solutions (PHS), MGI USA's dealer for Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas.
International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., released a new techno-savvy digital portfolio brochure, which provides a comprehensive overview of the company’s entire digital product line.
Everyone, it seems, loves inkjet technology. It’s efficient, easy on the budget and there’s certainly no denying the benefits of inkjet when it comes to personalization. Bottom line: inkjet-enabled solutions offer one of the rare growth sectors for an industry grappling with decline in many traditional products. So, the realization that inkjet-printed paper isn’t the most recycling-friendly is cause for some concern.
Irvine, California-based Printronix announced it is seeking approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delware to be named as the lead bidder in the auction of assets of TallyGenicom LP. The request comes in conjunction with TallyGenicom’s filing of a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Margie Dana, founder of Boston Print Buyers, is a marketing specialist who focuses on improving the printer-buyer relationship. The following is from one of her recent “Margie’s Print Tips” e-newsletter postings, in which she explored how cars, buses and trucks come to be decked out in full-color images. Through her association with SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association), Dana came across Judd Morgan of USA Image in Louisville, Ky. The company does vehicle wraps, and Dana interviewed Judd about the process. • MD: What’s the basic process for a vehicle wrap? It’s a series of steps: 1. Vehicle Appraisal/Request for Quote -
