Friday, February 26th, 2010
Can a start-up digital printing business reach $1 million in sales within 12 months at a profit margin of 30%? Partners Bob Lambie, Andrew Simmons, and Ken Williams will know the answer at the end of the year, and so will everyone else who follows their progress in an ongoing online ...Monday, January 25th, 2010
“Adobe Systems helped to build the modern printing industry and now, it appears, they are hellbent on destroying it—not by willful action, but by neglect.” (Frank Romano) "We are not turning our back on printers; we continue to be committed to the print segment and it is really important that people ...Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Newly published data from Printing Industries of America suggest that for printers of all sizes, having digital printing capability is excellent insurance in a business downturn. PIA’s July Economic & Print Market Flash Report states that although sales fell across the board in the first quarter, digital and inkjet print sales ...Monday, July 13th, 2009
Printing Industries of America has reacted with unease to today's announcement by HP of additions to its Managed Print Services offerings. Aimed at enterprises, the additions include a "payback guarantee" to enterprise customers failing to achieve projected savings within 12 months of implementing Managed Print Services. The payback guarantee ...Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
In an article about marketing ROI for a recent issue of one of the graphic arts trade publications, a brand manager for a paper company praises digital printing because it “uses electronic templates instead of physical templates, meaning there is no manual stripping of pieces together or making plates.” It ...Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
According to a June 8 press release from Xerox, in-plant print providers see their biggest challenge as being viewed as a "must-have" function within their companies. Xerox bases the claim on a survey it offered to members of the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA). Other issues facing the group, says ...Thursday, May 28th, 2009
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an astute man in possession of a good printing business must be in want of a four-color offset press.” Jane Austen didn’t write it, but I used to assume it until two revelations—one statistical, the other anecdotal—suggested that some serious rethinking about trends in ...
