| King
Printing/ADI Books installs short-run hard case book machine
King Printing, a commercial printing company in Lowell, Mass. that prints
and binds orders for specialty books in print runs under 10,000 pieces,
has installed a new short-run hard case book binding machine. (More)
PINE
membership grows by 17 firms
14 Massachusetts firms; one each from Rhode Island, New Hampshire
and Connecticut come aboard; members total 433
Eleven commercial printing companies spread across four New England
states are among 17 companies in total that have recently joined the
membership ranks of Printing Industries of New England, the oldest and
largest trade association to serve commercial printing and graphic communications
companies throughout New England. (More)
Society
of Printers to host centenary exhibit at Boston Public Library
“A Century of Printing 1905 to 2005, A Centenary Exhibition,”
that highlights the history of printing in Boston over the past 100
years, will open at the Boston Public Library Tuesday, April 5 and continue
through June 24. (More)
Ames
Safety Envelope Company names new president and CEO
Kirk Ramsauer is sixth president in company’s 86-year history
Kirk Ramsauer has been appointed president and chief executive officer
of Ames Safety Envelope Company in Somerville, Mass. (More)
Constructing
a prospect pipeline: It’s a continuous flow of leads that produces
sales
By John R. Graham
Though faced with the reality of economic change, the constant reconfiguration
of the business landscape and most of all pressure to make the numbers,
U.S. companies continue on the short-term thinking path. (More)
Management
practices: Untapped resources for constantly improving performance
By Sid Chadwick
Management practices, or “systems,” as I experience and
introduce them in organizations, are worth studying, and applying as
they usually represent untapped and available opportunities from human
resources for improving bottom-line performance. (More)
Company
Profile
Its roots as a two-person job shop, B&W Press nears
40 years as one of the largest printing companies in Massachusetts
By John Scibelli
Paul Beegan, owner and president of B&W Press in Georgetown, Mass.,
is the type of person who believes that you control part of your destiny
and take whatever other surprises life offers and makes the best of
them. (More)
Only
in printed version
Monitor-based
proofing: Technology is moving forward and it is working
By Ron Ellis
During the past several years many monitor-based proofing systems have
been introduced. Though the rate of adoption by members of the printing
industry has been low, many printers express interest in the technology.
Past monitor-based proofing results have been less accurate than the
results obtained by inkjet and traditional proofs. Fortunately, times
have changed and the equipment and software have changed. Most of the
new products have solved the ease of use issues, and the results are
much improved. With the proper equipment and software, the accuracy
rate can be as high as 90 percent.
PIA/GATF
Tech Alert 2005 Conference: Application shortcuts on key technologies
By C. Clint Bolte
Nearly 200 print technology aficionados gathered at the Pittsburgh Airport
Hyatt Regency Hotel last month to participate in the 13th annual Tech
Alert Conference hosted by Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts
Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF). Each year the results of hundreds of
hours testing the latest print applications by PIA/GATF are shared with
attendees. This year’s tests included the impact of various PDF
workflows on color management efforts, the adverse impact of coatings
on trying to match digital proofs to press, how to prevent blanket piling
when stochastic printing, and how to minimize the quality degradation
on digitally printed products subjected to the high speed sorting equipment
used by the U.S. Postal Service. |
