Dr. John Warnock, whose desktop publishing industry technology developments (such as PostScript and PDF file format) as the co-founder of Adobe with Charles Geschke, forever changed the printing and publishing industry, died Aug. 19th at age 82.
Mark Michelson
Nearly 400 digital printing industry professionals attended the ninth annual thINK Ahead conference of Canon inkjet printing press users at The Boca Raton resort in Boca Raton, Florida.
EFI held an Ignite customer event at its Global Inkjet Innovation Center in Londonderry, New Hampshire, to showcase inkjet offerings.
Pennsylvania's largest newspaper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, suffered a major blow late last week, thanks to a cyberattack that prevented the publication of its regular Sunday print edition and caused a scaled-back Monday print edition without a classified section (including death notices).
I was among a group of printing industry journalists who recently toured the Museum of Printing where industry historian Frank Romano serves as president. The museum houses antiquated printing, typesetting, and binding equipment, along with rare bibles and books.
Quantum Group is the first commercial printer in Chicago to install a seven-color, 41" Landa S10P Nanographic digital printing press. The device could be a "game-changer" for the company.
No single industry event has done more to educate printing professionals about the inherent advantages of production inkjet printing than the annual Inkjet Summit. Now in its 11th year, the invitation-only conference will take place in Austin, Texas, April 24-26, and in-plant managers are invited to apply.
The U.S. Postal Service is the largest print buyer in the U.S. Find out who the others are in this new report.
HP believes the official launch of its 22˝-wide PageWide Advantage 2200 inkjet web press will change the landscape of the high-speed production inkjet digital printing market.
The thINK Ahead 22 conference of Canon production inkjet printing users returned to its winning formula with insightful educational sessions, numerous networking opportunities, and equipment demonstrations.
Although the paper shortage is top-of-mind in the printing industry, it doesn't capture attention on Capitol Hill. In response, PRINTING United Alliance took its role seriously as the largest printing industry association to draw attention to the ongoing scarcity of printing grades and skyrocketing paper prices.
As expected, RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) common stock shareholders approved the acquisition of RRD by private equity firm Chatham Asset Management on Feb. 23, clearing the way for North America's largest commercial printer to become a privately-held company on Feb, 25, 2022.
The Postal Service reform bill — which reportedly would save the USPS about $50 billion over the next decade — will eliminate a mandate that required the USPS to pre-fund 75 years of retiree healthcare benefits.
With the mystery strategic buyer now backing out of its attempt to acquire RRD, it appears Chatham Asset Management finally prevailed.
Some companies on the Printing Impressions 300 ranking of the largest printing industry companies have actually flourished during these uncertain times, growing by expanding into print markets beyond commercial printing, such as wide-format digital printing.
