July 1, 2006

Feature Articles

.qxd vs. .indd redux

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Taz Tally

With the release of Quark XPress 7, it's time to revisit the XPress vs. InDesign comparison....

Pepper Printing and The Hennegan Co. recently installed new automated Polar cutters from Heidelberg. As a result, these two very different companies have gained similar benefits: decreased costs, less physical toll on cutter operators, and better postpress productivity. Cutter automation is helping ease the bottleneck between increasingly efficient pressroom operations and the loading dock. ...

Going with the flow

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien

Associates Graphics Services embraces lean manufacturing, the team-base systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste. The facility was designed to streamline the movement of jobs through the plant. Potential bottlenecks have been eliminated, and there's almost no inventory sitting on the floor....

The details are in the dots

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Katherine O’Brien

RIPit says its PerfectBlend hybrid screening technology offers printers the best of both worlds: a traditional AM halftone pattern over most of the tonal range and an FM pattern in the highlights and shadows. We asked some PerfectBlend users for their feedback....

Columns

All in a day's work

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

What makes a person successful? Herb Greenberg, founder of management consulting firm Caliper, says successful people, regardless of occupation, have four things in common: They focus on their strengths, have a keen sense of self-awareness, are willing to take a risk and love what they are doing....

Reliving recent history

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

In going through the piles on my desk, I uncovered some old copies of Footprints, the twice-monthly newsletter I wrote and published for nearly 20 years....

Emotional vs. financial investment

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

It seems that most owners and mangers find it more comfortable to invest money in equipment than to invest in money, time and emotion in upgrading the organization's human resources. It's sad because people are an asset that can appreciate. Equipment can only depreciate. ...

You might already be a winner

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

Certain ideas about succeeding in digital printing have been bandied about for so long that some take them as gospel. And I'm tired of it. ...

Drop everything and read

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

It's time to anser some questions submitted to our e-mail newsletter, InRegister. ...

Industry News

Jul 7, 2006 12:00 AM, AP staff

News from: Signs by Tomorrow, Patented Printing, Lentix, John Roberts Co., Rock-Tenn, Shapco Printing, RIMA-SYSTEM, National Envelope, Bennet Group, Sonoran Equipment Solutions, MAN Roland, PowerPrinters, Harland Simon, ECRM, Aquaflex, Jetrion, IP, Rexson, Eagle Press, Standard Finishing Systems, Interquest, xpedx and NAPL, as well as peolple on the move in the printing industry....

Industry Events

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 AM, AP staff

Upcoming industry events for August, September, October and November. ...

New Products

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 AM, AP staff

New products from: Videojet, Xitron, ECRM Imaging Systems, DALiM, Canon, Appleton, GoatThroat, Schober USA, Xerox, DirectSmile, SA Intl., Spiel Associates, MBM, PIA/GATF, GFI Innovaations, EPG, Nordson and H.S. Boyd, as well as installations and expansions....