Mercury Print & Mail acquires NEP&G
109-year-old New England Printing & Graphics name retained
Mercury Print & Mail has acquired New England Printing & Graphics Inc., a 109-year-old commercial sheetfed printing company in Lincoln, R.I. (More)

New finishing techniques are the major topics at Drupa
By Johannes Kokot
Advertising overload is a growing issue. Today it is often the packaging alone that allows consumers to differentiate between products. The products themselves have become interchangeable. In other words, the decision to buy is normally made in a few seconds and is based on visual appeal. And it is exactly this reason that offers an appealing area of business for the printing machine manufacturer. (More)

It’s easier than you think
How to get it wrong in business
By John Graham
The Internet retailers are doing it right. E-mail your order at 10:22 p.m. tonight and it arrives in two days. And delivery is free. That’s doing it right. (More)

Company Profile
Classic Copy & Printing: A small firm learns how to thrive
By Pamela Mieth
The owners of Classic Copy & Printing have stories to tell, not only of how a small firm has survived and even thrived in challenging times for the industry, but a classic love story as well. (More)

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Take a cut of the specialty advertising market
By Bill Knotts
With the addition of high precision, modular designed electro-optical die cutting equipment to your printing operation, you gain the ability to expand your company into new markets. The specialty advertising market in particular offers printers a way to supplement their regular work with smaller orders.

A brief history of Adobe’s Portable Document Format
By Stuart Slaney
PDF started its life as a paperless office concept, an internal project at Adobe. It was meant solely to create a file format so documents could be sent throughout the company to any workstation regardless of its operating system. This multi-platform, multi-operating system capability has changed the way we manage information today. Now Acrobat/PDF is truly a file format that has become a print and prepress standard.