June 1, 2006

Cover Story

Back to school

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Denise Kapel

Operating a folder is one of the most challenging bindery jobs, despite newer machines' high level of automation. Consequently, some vendors offer group folding classes several times each year to supplement the initial training that is conducted onsite when a printer purchases and installs a folder....

Feature Articles

Who wants to be average?

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katerine O'Brien

RT Associates is automating Web-to-print from start to finish....

Exceeding expectations

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katherine O'Brien

This past February, Komori Corp. hosted a press event at its two main manufacturing facilities. Twenty-five journalists from 15 countries visited the company’s Sekiyado and Tsukuba plants. In addition to touring the respective web and sheetfed manufacturing facilities, attendees got a preview of two new sheetfed perfectors Komori introduced at IPEX....

Ellerhold & XXL

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katherine O'Brien

With models ranging from 20 to 81 inches, KBA North America has presses for practically everyone. At a recent open house held at its Radebeul, Germany facility, attendees learned the story behind KBA’s largest press, the 81-inch Rapida 205. ...

A family of possibilities

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson

Family-owned Utah Paperbox finds the perfect mix of flexibility and quality with its MAN Roland 707 Plus, designed for high-speed, unitized, sheetfed printing....

A vision for the future

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Jill Roth

Bloomington Offset Process, Inc. (BOPI), has aggressively moved into the digital age with the introduction of CIP3- and CIP4-equipped equipment and two HP Indigo 3000 digital presses. BOPI now specializes in six-color jobs on 40-inch machines, short-run on-demand, variable-data printing, mailing and fulfillment and online procurement. ...

Inkjet advantage

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By AP staff

Rock-Tenn, a POP printer, discovers the fluidity of digital print....

Single-pass inkjet

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Rob Haak

Inkjet offers alternatives to electrophotography at the high end; to all types of conventional printing technology for small to medium volumes of print-on-demand, just-in-time, and customized or personalized print; to continuous inkjet for industrial marking; and in the transactional printing and business color markets. ...

Columns

The eyes have it

May 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katherine O'Brien

I recently attended a luncheon meeting of the Chicago Print Production Club. The featured speakers had exciting news to offer about "The Reality of Virtual Proofing." ...

Back in Vegas to connect with EFI

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By M. Richard Vinocur

When I was invited to Connect, the Electronics for Imaging (EFI) users meeting in Las Vegas in early May, I readily accepted the invitation. And was I impressed....

Where have all the printers gone?

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Steve Johnson

In the 1970s, a new type of print shop appeared on the American scene. Dubbed "quick printers," they were popularized by franchise operations....

A great idea: variable CSR compensation

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Dick Gorelick

Developing a variable compensation plan for CSRs: It sounds like such a fair, simple and reasonable idea. An effective CSR is in a direct position to reduce costs lower manufacturing spoilage, and elevate customer satisfaction. Why not reward outstanding performers?...

Wait a minute, Mr. Postman

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katherine O'Brien

According to the Printing Industries of America (PIA), the nation is operating under severly outdated postal laws....

Industry News

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By AP staff

News from: Sappi Fine Paper, Midland Communications, Prepress Training Solution, Dosatron, Heidelberg, Print Planet, PagePath Technologies, Foxfire Printing, Roland DGA, Punch Graphix, Kodak GCG, Quad/Graphics, BERTL, ECRM, Boise Paper, Fedex Kinko's, FLEXcon, and Transcontinental....

Fiber space vs. cyberspace

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Andy Scott

Despite traditional print continuing to grow, more advertisers are looking to the Internet and other forms of e-advertising, such as PDAs. This was just one of the findings to emerge from the 129th annual PaperWeek conference....

Industry Events

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By AP staff

Upcoming events for June, July, August and September 2006....

New Products

Jun 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By AP staff

New products from: On Demand Machinery, Sun Chemical, Power Forward, No-Mark Products, Canon, Cyrious, ECKART, LithoTechnics, Inca Digital Printers, Printers Software, Maxson Automatic Machinery, Xitron, Labelblank, Xitron, Maxson, KBA, Nipson, X-Rite, Esko, Presstek, Heidelberg, and new product installations....