Here, Vaughan Patterson, Product Marketing Operations Manager for Production Print at Ricoh South Africa, examines how political, economic, social and digital changes are creating a complex environment for today’s print service providers to navigate their way to success. Political, economic upheaval and digital disruption, as well as the skills gap, remain key issues around the … Read more →
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada), in partnership with Focus Pre-Press Systems, has announced the first order in Western Canada for its flagship MGI JETvarnish 3D Evolution at Horseshoe Press in Burnaby, British Columbia. The unique capabilities of the MGI JETvarnish 3D Evolution promise to create significant growth and differentiation in the marketplace for the award-winning … Read more →
HP and Lightning Source, a leading print-on-demand company and part of the Ingram Content Group, have announced a multi-million-dollar deal “that will transform the distribution and sales model for book publishers all over the world,” the companies said. The agreement is the largest ever for HP’s Graphics Business. HP will deliver 24 new HP PageWide … Read more →
Xerox and Fujifilm North America Corporation’s Graphic Systems Division have announced a reseller agreement for Xerox to market and sell the Fujifilm J Press 720S in Canada and the United States. The J Press 720S is a sheetfed inkjet press “that has the quality and robustness of an offset press as well as the versatility … Read more →
Westkey Graphics (Burnaby, BC), one of western Canada’s largest privately-owned printers, has purchased White Dry Ink for the fifth station of its Xerox iGen 5 Press at Print 17. With this addition, WestKey Graphics becomes the first print provider in North America to have all five ink options for the iGen 5’s fifth station – … Read more →
Ricoh USA (booth 2022), and its recently formed Commercial & Industrial Printing Business Group, will be showcasing its full line of digital presses that “empower printers to achieve graphic greatness through colour, speed, volume, and consulting expertise.” On display for the first time in the U.S. is the 2017 Must See ’Em Award winning Ricoh … Read more →
Inkjet Insight’s new Device Finder is a searchable library of high-speed production inkjet specifications. Device Finder is the latest addition to InkjetInksight.com, which provides valuable tools and resources to help companies objectively evaluate the potential of inkjet for their businesses, optimize their operations and grow their businesses using production inkjet. Device Finder consolidates specifications from production … Read more →
Patrick Sinn, owner of Creative Path in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and Konica Minolta Canada, recently partnered to bring the revolutionary MGI JETvarnish 3DS Twin-Head Inkjet System with iFoil and Artificial Intelligence Scanning to North America. Sinn saw the MGI JETvarnish perform at a tradeshow about a year ago and was awe-struck. Eventually, he decided not … Read more →
ArifiQ has announced a new addition to its front-end print estimating product line – the arifiQ Large Scale Estimating Module that’s capable of delivering hundreds of estimates in only a few minutes. Working in real time with a print service provider’s actual device availability and inventories across any number of sites, the module makes it … Read more →
Canon Solutions America has announced its new partnership with OneVision Software AG, an international provider of innovative and cost-efficient software solutions for the printing, publishing and media industries. As part of the collaboration, the two aim to redefine customer care through an innovative and unique approach combining both hardware and software offerings. Canon will expand … Read more →
YUL Technologies (Booth 4819), Laval, Quebec, with a strong background in engineering, specializes in the in the development, design and manufacture of innovative and efficient industrial machines for the printing sector. Be sure to ask about its intelligent and ultra-efficient programmable paper cutters, including the EPC017, EPCo19, EPCo22 and EPCo28 (coming soon). For example, the … Read more →
Tilia Labs (Ottawa, Ontario), a leading innovator in software automation and optimization for the printing and graphic arts industry, has announced the release of Tilia Phoenix 6.0 – “the biggest release so far and the most intelligent, Automated Imposition (AI) solution on the market today. Tilia Phoenix takes a novel approach to imposition, applying modern … Read more →