Web printers roll with the punches

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By American Printer staff

A few years ago, some industry observers doubted web offset's ability to compete with sheetfed presses' shorter run lengths, quality and technical advancements....

Announcing the AMERICAN PRINTER Environmental Excellence Award winners

Sep 1, 2008 9:00 AM

Winners of AMERICAN PRINTER’s first annual Environmental Excellence Awards ranged from 10-employee family businesses to sprawling operations with staffs of hundreds...

The Ghent Workgroup’s Tools for Print & Production Workflows

Mar 19, 2008 12:13 PM, By David L. Zwang, Chairman, Ghent Workgroup. Sponsored by Ghent Workgroup.

The Ghent Workgroup’s Tools for Print & Production Workflows: Simple electronic job ticketing BCT tests workflows with GWG tools...

2007 Web Offset Survey

Dec 18, 2007 4:22 PM, By Jill Roth, Special Projects Editor. Sponsored by Goss Intl.

As the largest segment of the printing industry in terms of volume and total sales, web offset printers dominate the graphic arts. Their ups and downs, mergers, successes, failures and visions of the future influence the way manufacturers plan product introductions and how smaller printers predict the future. ...

Inkjet: How far can it grow?

May 17, 2007 3:23 PM, By Jill Roth, Special Projects Editor, jill.roth@penton.com

Inkjet technology has the promise to grow beyond its current wide-format markets. The question is how far it is likely to penetrate into the graphic arts market over the next five years. Why inkjet? Inkjet is the only digital printing technology able to potentially match analog print technologies in terms of throughput and quality. It also is fast and can handle print widths far exceeding the capabilities of electrophotography. ...

The workflow connection

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 AM, Sponsored by the Kodak Graphic Communications Group

Why do printers need to learn more about connected workflows? The future belongs to hybrid and digital printing technologies. To achieve efficiencies in that type of environment, technology is required that can mix high-quality, long-run work with short runs and variable-data printing. Islands of automation alone won’t suffice to run an efficient operation....

Web Offset Survey

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

Because of web offset’s prominence, AMERICAN PRINTER publishes an annual report for this market segment. The resulting report provides a unique view of the current state of the web printing industry as well as a peek into the coming year....

Addressing the issues

Sep 20, 2006 1:04 PM, By Jill Roth, special projects editor

Direct mailers look to addressing and personalization products to support growth and increase productivity....

A Big Package for Small Printers

Oct 17, 2006 12:24 PM

Komori and Fujifilm partner to provide a turnkey prepress/press system for small to mid-sized printers...

The great Graph Expo mash-up

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

Graph Expo and Converting Expo will be held Oct. 15-18 at Chicago's McCormick Place. Graphic Arts Show Co. (GASC) promises four days of comparison shopping,...

Web offset & inkjet

Dec 12, 2005 1:00 AM, By Jill Roth

Sixty-nine percent of consumers prefer to be contacted by direct mail for marketing and promotional purposes, according to a study by InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, CRM and ERP are giving marketers access to data that can more sharply target messages. An inline combination offers high-speed, personalized print…even if you're printing millions....

Web Offset Outlook 2006

Dec 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Jill Roth

Faced with pricing pressures and the sense that print is simply a commodity, web offset printers have turned a corner during the past year. Hot topics include commodity pricing and improved automation....

Innovation, performance, tradition: Pitman celebrates 100 years

Digital Platemaking Without the Chemistry

Jul 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Jill Roth

Since the advent of thermal computer-to-plate (CTP) technology about 10 years ago, the industry has looked for a trouble-free, environmentally friendly platemaking system. The missing link has long been the digital plate. Today, however, printers are seeing the introduction of a variety of new technologies that fulfill the promise of chemistry-free operations in the plant....

Bigger is better

Mar 1, 2005 12:00 AM

Good things don’t always come in small packages. In fact, in today’s printing industry, bigger is better. That’s the claim made by highly satisfied printers who have grown their businesses based on new workflows revolving around KBA’s new 56-inch, 64-inch and even the brand new, 81-inch Rapida 205, the worlds largestsheetfed offset press. With the efficiencies such large-format presses deliver, coupled with the high quality and the opportunity to offer customers more options, large format appears set to give the 40-inch press some tough competition....

Web Offset Report 2005

Dec 1, 2004 12:00 AM, By Jill Roth

Sales are rising, but productivity challenges remain....

Kohl & Madden, a Sun Chemical Co.

Presstek

Sep 29, 2004 11:06 AM

Presstek presents a special report on a "smarter way to offset print," in which they highight some advantages of direct imaging (DI) printing. ...

KBA Karat: Exceeding the profitability challenge