April 2007 New England Printer & Publisher

Standard Finishing Systems named Xerox 2006 Finishing Partner of the Year
Standard Finishing Systems has been honored by Xerox Corporation as the “2006 Outstanding Customer First / Service Support Finishing Partner of the Year.” Presented for excellence in customer and service support, this award recognizes the significant contribution of partners to the success of Xerox and its customers. Standard has now been the recipient of a “Partner of the Year” award for four consecutive years. (More)

2007 On Demand show set for April 16–19 at Boston Convention & Expo Center
The On Demand Conference and Exposition, the world’s leading digital printing
conference and exposition encompassing all the technologies used to create, manage, personalize, print and deliver content, opens Monday, April 16 at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center and continues through Thursday, April 19. (More)

What’s the problem? Prospecting for sales should be easy
By John Graham
Prospecting for new business should be easy. With more than 1,250,000 Google entries on the subject, there should certainly be more than enough advice available to make anyone selling anything a great success. (More)

Company Profile
American Printing: Attention to detail in all phases of business puts company in strong position
By George Linkletter
More than 1,000 commercial printers in the United States are likely to cease operation this year. American Printing, a division of Branch Graphics, Inc. of Rhode Island, won’t be one of them. (More)

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SWOP 11: Notes from the IDEAlliance Proofing Summit
By Ron Ellis
Printers, publishers and manufacturers of proofing systems were among the hundreds of people who attended the IDEAlliance’s recent Proofing Summit to focus primarily on the introduction of the new SWOP 11 specification. Energy was also focused on proofing technology and new specifications for proofing. For readers new to the industry, SWOP stands for Specifications for Web Offset Publications. SWOP is an accepted standard in web offset publication printing for ink colors and dot gain tolerances.

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