Concord Litho
Group completes $1.6 million upgrade in bindery
Installs Heidelberg Polar cutter
Concord Litho Group, a commercial printing
company in Concord, N.H., has installed a large format Heidelberg Polar
155 XT cutter to its bindery operations. The purchase completes the
initial investment in the company’s new in-house bindery established
18 months ago. (More)
48hourprint.com launches online
browser-based design software
Product eliminates prepress issues
48hourprint.com, a provider of high-quality
and reasonably-priced online printing services, has launched www.design-online.com,
a new, proprietary, browser-based software that provides users with
hundreds of professionally designed templates, helping to eliminate
prepress issues that designers can encounter during the printing process.
Users of www.design-online.com can add text, upload logos, and send
documents to press — all within minutes, and at no cost. (More)
Engraving added at Matheson
Higgins/Congress Press
Matheson Higgins/Congress Press, New England’s
a specialty print and graphic finishing firm in Woburn, Mass., has added
engraving to its repertoire of finishing services. (More)
Bradford & Bigelow completes
$8 million equipment upgrade
Over the past 12 months Bradford & Bigelow,
Inc., a full-service book manufacturer that specializes in one
and two-color books, manuals and directories, has completed installation
of a new print platform for producing 8.5x11 one and two color books.
(More)
Company Profile
Graphic Services growing to serve three markets
By Margie Gallo Dana
Their business cards have no titles. The company tagline is “A
Solutions Company.” Their corporate capabilities brochure includes
the subhead, “A Passion for Printing.” (More)
Only in printed version
Without color management, you
can forget quality and profits
By Stefan Brües
The transition from the reproduction technology of the 1980s to the
modular prepress/desktop publishing world of the 1990s made color calibration
a new task for prepress companies. In the space of just 10 years, color
management has evolved from the experimental stage into an essential
technology in the modern-day media industry.
Essentials of marketing
Ten reasons why marketing fails
By John R. Graham
Why is there so much reticence when it comes to authorizing marketing
expenditures? The return-on-investment issue is a common query when
marketing dollars are at stake. Why is marketing often perceived as
being unable to deliver the desired results? Why are marketing programs
often disappointing to those who pay for them? Graham shows readers
10 possible reasons why marketing fails.
Prepress outlook: Where the
jobs are going
By Ron Ellis
The past 10 years have seen prepress departments shrink dramatically.
Not only have computer to plate (CTP) and digital imposition caused
staffing reductions in prepress, but over the past two years, the economic
situation has thinned prepress departments as well. Not only are staff
doing more with less, but management continues to look for software
and tools to make departments run even more efficiently. The next major
shift in prepress workflows will be efficient PDF workflows.
International Paper and National
Recycling Coalition launch magazine and catalog recycling effort
Boston program to become model for U.S.
cities
Building on its strong recycling record and its high magazine readership,
the City of Boston has launched a unique campaign with business and
nonprofit partners to increase recycling of magazines and catalogs.
This first-of-its-kind partnership includes the National Recycling Coalition,
Time Inc., International Paper and recycler FCR, and creates a model
for magazine and catalog recycling in cities across America.
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