By Sid Chadwick  “Genius may have its limitations…..but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”….……….L. Ron Hubbard INTRODUCTION: A couple of decades back, a small but unusually talented group of academics --- serving our great industry ---- got together --- and --- over the next decade…. hammered-out --- a highly regarded “accreditation process”… for... Read More

Kodak’s NEXFINITY platform delivers a bold new statement to the printing industry. NEXFINITY was designed to be a printer’s profit platform due to its: productivity application flexibility print quality consistency cost effectiveness The architecture of the system allows high run rates to reduce overall running costs. Average month... Read More

Rochester, NY, July 30, 2018 – Today Kodak announced its new Decision Analytics Software-as-a-Service offering for KODAK PRINERGY System, a solution designed to optimize the use of consumables on press, helping offset print service providers realize new sources of savings. This new ground-breaking service will automatically analyze and predict ink... Read More

By Sid Chadwick “When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.”………………..Grandland Rice INTRODUCTION: We’re only talking about --- improving your “Quote-Hit Ratio” --- over…. 50%.......... As I was reviewing my client’s Quote Log Spreadsheet, a request from a different West Coa... Read More

Article 1 of 4: Introducing Smart Dedicated Design A product’s final finish helps buyers determine value whether the product is automobiles, diamonds or printed output. This four-article “Maximizing Print ROI: Binding & Fine-Finishing” series examines the technology, engineering and innovation SDD provides to help printers unlock enhanced profit o... Read More

The Russian-based printing house, Pareto Print, one of the largest and most modern book printing houses in Russia, is the biggest user of KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates worldwide. Since a full conversion to SONORA Plates in January 2017, the company has used more than half a million sqm of SONORA Process Free Plates. Currently, the company is sta... Read More

By Sid Chadwick “You can observe a lot…by just watching”……..Yogi Berra INTRODUCTION: My interviews were going well……It was a new project for a long-term client, who recently expanded…. their Wide-Format capabilities. Now, they wanted to “Upgrade” --- to an Inside Sales Team. Then…..their Delivery Person’s interview comments…. stopped me….. “I see p... Read More

An American Printer CommentaryAndy & Julie PlataJune 22, 2018 On June 18, Fujifilm files a lawsuit against Xerox for $1 billion+ and hinted at the potential for additional actions by adding text to their suit about suspected SEC disclosure violations by Xerox’s 1st and 3rd largest shareholders, Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. Fujifilm Cries “FOUL” T... Read More

By Andy & Julie Plata Co-CEOs, the OutputLinks Communications Group June 12, 2018 In early June we were in Poing, Germany for the unveiling of the Océ LabelStream 4000 series, which marked Océ and Canon’s entry into the packaging market.  The elegance of the industrial-scale, UV inkjet platform for self-adhesive labels and selected flexible packa... Read More

Developing Never-Thought-Of In-House Applications When it came time for Shaw Industries’ Content Delivery Group to do a print technology refresh, they knew it needed to be more than just swapping out old for new.  They set a goal to capture two major print streams that had historically been externally sourced.  To meet that goal, Shaw chose Konica... Read More