Eastman Kodak Co.

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., Trisoft Graphics, a premier digital prepress and graphic design company primarily serving the packaging industry, announced that it has added a KODAK APPROVAL XP4 Digital Color Imaging System and KODAK INSITE Creative Workflow System to its existing line up of KODAK Prepress and Printing Solutions. The new proofing and workflow systems give the company’s flexible packaging customers a competitive edge by streamlining communication and producing more accurate proofs.

It takes more than producing a great print job to stay on top. It takes perseverance. It takes knowledge. It takes a little thing called the Internet. If you aren't familiar with the mechanics of personalized URLs and other types of Web-landing solutions to create interactive conversation, you might be in trouble, noted Pat McGrew, data-driven communications segment evangelist, for Rochester, New York-based Kodak.

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.

Building on more than 40 years of industry knowledge and expertise, Stow, Ohio-based MACtac is launching the latest Starliner evolution specifically designed for digital press technology—Starliner Digital.

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.

Printing has been around for centuries, but digital printing is still a baby, having only hit the mainstream less than 20 years ago.

The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) recently selected the KODAK FLEXCEL NX Digital Flexographic System as the winner of its 2009 Flexographic Technical Association Technical Innovation Award. The award, which was presented Sunday at the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association's 2009 Annual Forum and INFO*FLEX Exhibition, recognizes companies that have developed new or improved innovative technology and printing techniques.

To help customers manage critical documents and information, Pitney Bowes, based in Tamford, Conn., is launching imaging and workflow solutions with Kodak. The solutions provide automated end-to-end workflow functionality, including document scanning, automatic indexing, secure storage, retrieval and integration into a single, central repository.

Presstek, located in Hudson, N.H., welcomed Tim Sawyer as the director of sales for the company’s Asia Pacific Rim. Before joining the company, Sawyer was the vice president of marketing for xpedx’s graphics business, where he handled their national go-to market strategy.

Users of CREO Color Servers from Rochester, New York-based Kodak's Print On-Demand Solutions Group can now automatically match a more extensive spot color collection for CMYK output produced with digital presses. The expanded matching capability helps printers enrich their variety of spot-color production. Pantone, a world leader in color standards, licensed CREO Color Servers for the PANTONE Goe System.