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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 ...
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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 ...
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Has Fujifilm stirred up a semantic storm in prepress with a press release questioning the validity of the term “chemistry free” as it applies to printing plates? Andy Tribute explores the implications in thorough detail in his eXpert Row commentary for premium subscribers to WhatTheyThink.
What we found interesting—and unusual—was that ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Heidelberg sent the following anecdote about a printer who beat a seemingly impossible deadline with the help of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) solutions that Heidelberg sells under the brand name Prinect. We post it not as a commercial for or an endorsement of the products mentioned, but as a revealing ...
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