Annual PINE conference heads to Connecticut shore
Print Management Conference set for The Water’s Edge Resort in Westbrook, Oct. 3–6
Two presenters will each bring a fresh perspective to the 2009 Northeast Regional Print Management Conference, scheduled for Oct. 3–6 at the Water’s Edge Resort in Westbrook, Conn. (more)

60 jobs lost as national label printer moves work, closes Milford, N.H. plant
Pressure-sensitive label printer Spear will close a printing plant in Milford, N.H. in the coming weeks, cutting 60 jobs. (more)

2009 InterTech Technology Award winners
Printing Industries of America is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 InterTech Technology Awards. For over 30 years, recipients of this prestigious award have not only had a major impact on the graphic communications industry, but they also consistently prove to be successful in the commercial marketplace. (more)

Sexual harassment workshop helps PINE members prepare
A recent workshop at Printing Industries of New England to help businesses develop policies to address sexual harassment yielded valuable advice for all business owners, human resources directors and department and operational managers. (more)

Curry Printing gets Top 100 national ranking
Curry Printing is ranked 51st  in the top 100 printers nationally by Quick Printing Magazine, a monthly publication for business and small commercial printers. (more)

The virtual press: Printing’s future
By Ron Ellis
Standards have begun to have an interesting impact on the printing industry. As print buyers familiarize themselves with standards and specifications such as GRACoL (General Requirements for Application in Commercial Offset Lithography), SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) and ISO (International Standards Organization), they begin to expect the color that printing to these standards produces. One result of this is that customers have started to expect that printers in different locations should be able to match the same output. This is not a problem for those printers calibrated to these standards and specifications. (more)

Getting the most out of your ink
By Ken Ferguson
For all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into producing a printed piece, ink on paper is all that print buyers and end-users notice, and it’s usually the standard they use to judge quality work. (more)

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What to do before it’s too late
If you want to thrive in an economic upswing
By John Graham
Why is it necessary to suggest that there are things we need to do before it’s too late? “Too late for what?” The answer is simple and perhaps even obvious: before your business is left behind.

Could this be the end of all your estate tax problems?
By Irving L. Blackman
The answer to the above headline question is a thundering ‘Yes’ for about 99 percent of everyone reading these words. Why? Because it is almost certain that before 2009 ends, the tax law will be changed to make the “unified credit” (the amount of your wealth that can be left to your heirs free of the estate tax) $3.5 million (or more) per person. That’s at least $7 million —tax-free — for a married couple.