Kirkwood
Printing among Sappi’s 2005 North American Printers of the Year
Wilmington, Mass., printer selected for annual report; will compete
for international title in fall
Kirkwood Printing, a specialty multi-color sheetfed
printing company in Wilmington, Mass., is one of eight printing companies
in North America to be named a 2005 North American Printer of the Year
by Sappi Fine Papers, the international paper company that sponsors
and hosts the annual competition. (More)
Graphic
Developments Inc., installs first ECRM NEWSmatic 250 CTP
Graphic Developments Inc., of Hanover, Mass., installed
its second NEWSmatic computer to plate device recently and an ECRM NEWSmatic
250 CTP. (More)
Marketing
and sales strategy
Seven ways to differentiate your product or company
that make a difference to the customer
By John Graham
Differentiation has long been a marketing strategy used to separate
one particular company from its competition. Unfortunately, there has
been far more interest than action. (More)
A
primer on workers’ compensation insurance
By Peter McCann
All states have enacted laws that require employers to provide workers’
compensation benefits to employees who are injured from work related
accidents or occupational diseases. Most employers meet their legal
obligations by purchasing workers’ compensation insurance from
an insurance company or a self-insurance group program. (More)
Company
Profile
Anjay Graphics: Husband and wife team matches passion
and profession at small Boston print shop
By John Scibelli
Tucked on to the second floor of 535 Albany St. in Boston across the
street from the Boston Flower Exchange is Anjay Graphics, a two-person
commercial offset printing shop that is the life’s work of husband
and wife owners Paul and Darya Gamel. (More)
Only
in printed version
Buy-sell
agreements:
If done wrong you enrich the IRS; if done right, you enrich your family
By Irving L. Blackman
Do you have a buy-sell agreement? Thinking of signing one? Blackman
uses a real-life example to help readers learn what to do and what not
to do with their BSA.
What’s
new in proofing RIPs
By Ron Ellis
Over the past year there have been many changes to the leading proofing
Raster Image Processors, or commonly known in the industry as “RIPs.”
All of the RIPs have had significant changes. Make no doubt about it
— proofing is getting better, and proofing RIPs are also becoming
more of a commodity as more of them are able to hit accurate color more
consistently. Ellis provides a summary of these changes, as well as
some information on the new series of Epson proofers. |
