The Sheridan Group to acquire The Dingley Press
No leadership changes planned at large Lisbon, Maine specialty catalog printer
The Sheridan Group, a privately-held company in Maryland that owns five commercial printing companies, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Dingley Press of Lisbon, Maine, one of the largest printing companies in New England. (More)

Digital color printing on the way to offset quality
By Andrew Tribute
Digital production color printing, which is printing on a digital press using dry or liquid toners instead of ink, is now more than 10 years old. The first machines from Indigo and Xeikon were first seen at IPEX in 1993, but it was at Drupa in 1995 that they really first became available. At the same drupa, Heidelberg introduced its new Quickmaster 46-4 DI press that also worked from digital data, but which output using four-color offset printing. This product could be said to have slowed down the acceptance of digital color presses because of its better and more acceptable quality, and lower priced operation. (More)

Outsourcing a company’s marketing:
A better way to meet competitive challenges
By John Graham
Not only is everything moving faster than ever, everything is questioned. “How can we do this better, faster, and at less cost?” This question is the mantra of today’s business. (More)

Company Profile
Bassette Company:
Reducing time, cost and grief for its customers
By Robin MacLeod
Bassette Printers is one of a dwindling number of commercial printing companies throughout New England — and the nation — that can lay claim to having remained in business continuously under the same name for more than 100 years. (More)

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GATF Tech Alert 2004 Conference:
Technology evolution continues to offer cost savings and market niche opportunities to innovators
C. Clint Bolte provides readers with a thorough overview of the 12th annual GATF Tech Alert Conference held in February where attendees heard leading edge case studies on applying the latest digital technologies successfully and profitably.

Marketing and management experts urge printers to stand out
Attendance up at On Demand 2004; keynote speaker draw huge crowds
Margie Gallo Dana recaps last month's On Demand Show in New York City. For the second year in a row, the On Demand Show was combined with two other shows, AIIMexpo, which focuses on enterprise content and document management, and Digital Marketing Symposium, which focuses on helping marketing professionals understand changes brought on by digital technologies and how to leverage those changes for revenue growth.