TrendWatchGA Report Shows Digital Press Manufacturers Sharing the Equipment Market with an Unlikely Competitor...Copiers, Desktop Inkjet and Laser Printers
New York, NY ContentDesk) March 16, 2006 -- TrendWatch Graphic Arts has released the industry's first report on digital color copiers, black-and-white printers, and even desktop printers as competitors to toner-based digital presses for key digital printing applications, including short run digital and variable data print (VDP). "Copiers & Printers: Serious Competitors in the Digital Print Marketplace" is a 119-page report that takes a comprehensive look at the expanding use of these devices in the commercial print production environment. The report analyzes the use of digital copiers and desktop printers in the larger short-run color and VDP production environments and the growing acceptance of these devices, not just among small firms, but among mid-sized firms and established digital printers. Data includes how volumes of high-speed black-and-white printing, color copying, and digital color printing are increasing or decreasing. "Copiers and Digital Printers" also takes a look at the issue of variable data printing specifically and the rapidly growing adoption of digital color copiers and desktop color printers for this purpose.
Detailed survey data is bolstered with interviews with printers around the United States who are being highly successful using this equipment to service this market. Survey data include both top-line numbers, and breakdowns by graphic arts segment (commercial printers, trade shops, quick printers, and digital printers), as well as by employee size category. Key conclusions from the reportDigital color copiers and desktop color printers are no longer "second class" options for outputting key digital printing applications. In many cases, they are printers' first option and preferred long-term solution. In fact, the data show that respondents to TrendWatch GA's Printing #22 survey were more likely to cite "short-run color with color copiers" than "short-run color with digital presses." Printers may complain about "copier quality" in public, but in private, they know that it is salable copy --- and that's what matters.Printers have always used digital copiers and desktop devices for commercial print production, but that use is becoming more sophisticated.
These devices are being used to churn out very sophisticated applications, including variable data print. The data from several business classes indicate that there may be excellent opportunities for manufacturers of digital copiers to make a serious marketing push in these markets. "All of this data begs the question: If digital printers aren't afraid of using copiers and laser printers to output short-run digital print and VDP jobs, why should the rest of us be so snobbish about it?" says Heidi Tolliver-Nigro, author of the report. "This goes back to the superiority of business model over output technology. Printers with the right business models and selling practices (i.e.
business development) should be able to sell VDP output on any technology, including a laser printer. And, apparently, they are." News Highlights37% of digital printers see "short-run color with color copiers" as a top sales opportunity for their businesses --- up from 28% of graphic arts firms overall; Since Q2 2000, the rate of growth for "short-run with color copiers" as a sales opportunity has been greater than that for digital color presses. "Short-run color with digital presses" experienced 190% growth between Q3 2001 -- Q4 2005, while "short-run with color copiers" grew at 230%Nearly one in 10 large shops (20--49 employees) sees "VDP with color copiers" as a top sales opportunity for their businesses; 25% of graphic arts firms currently say that their primary VDP output device is a color copier.The percent of digital printers who are relying on desktop inkjet/laser printers as their primary VDP output device more than tripled over six months, from 3% to 10%;AvailabilityTrendWatch Graphic Arts Special Report "Copiers & Printers: Serious Competitors in the Digital Print Marketplace" is available for purchase by visiting the secure TrendWatch Graphic Arts eStore online at http://trendwatchgraphicarts.com/reports_2006/cpspecial06.html The price for the 119-page report is $995. About TrendWatch Graphic ArtsTrendWatch Graphic Arts specializes in the assessment of trends and changes in graphic communications markets by providing timely and strategic information, hard-hitting market analysis and concise expert opinion. The reports have earned the reputation for containing the most reliable and timely industry intelligence in the graphic arts and graphic design marketplaces..
Pennsylvania Printers Again Capture Most Federal Government Printing
Chambersburg, PA (ContentDesk) April 13, 2006 -- As in the previous year, Pennsylvania firms are obtaining a higher dollar volume from the Government Printing Office (GPO) than combined printers in other states.Government Printing Sales, a 31-year old firm that successfully increases revenues for printers by providing services to target and win government work, reports that Pennsylvania GPO Contractors obtained a combined $53.9 million dollars in work during the 2005 calendar year.
The types of printing processes range from quick copying to multi-million dollar web and offset projects. Maryland, California, Ohio and Illinois range next respectively.
The state that leapt higher than others from last year's rankings was Connecticut.
Placing 29th in 2004 with a combined $1.8 million in winnings, the State moved to 15th in this year's rankings as companies produced $7.8 million of Federal work.Together, contractors from all 50 states, the District of Columbia,...
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Laser Printers Play Detective
Technology has yet to reach its full potential and still, there is a promising future in fighting against crimes with the use of printers alone. With the unlimited possibility of the capabilities of every technology available on earth, laser printers are not logging behind. The future promises that laser printers can fight crimes. And it is a big possibility with the on going research in Purdue University.This is a very big development on the laser printing industry in relation to a more precise method of tracking every document printers produce.
It is not surprising that with the speed by which printers are improving, you can imagine that in the future, you will be able to print a driver's license at home.
Although it immensely reduces the time you spend in line waiting for your license at the DMV, one might start questioning the validity of such documents. How would the research resolve this? With on going research, I am still impressed to know that every printing technology...
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Inkjet Printers: How Much Do They Really Cost?
There are inkjet printers for every budget. At the low end, you can pay less than $50. At the high-end, you can pay several hundred dollars. However, the purchase price of an inkjet printer is not the best way to determine how good of a bargain you are getting.The truth of the matter is, printer ink is not cheap. An inkjet cartridge for your $50 printer can cost you $30.
That means that the cost of two inkjet cartridges will be more than the cost of your purchase price. A much better way to determine if you are getting a bargain on your inkjet printer is to try to figure out what it will cost you over the period of one year. That means you have to add the cost of your inkjet cartridges to the purchase price of your printer. To give you an idea of your cost, here's a simple way to estimate your cost. First, look up how many pages you inkjet cartridge will print.
Then, make a rough estimate of how many pages of print you print each week. Multiply your weekly estimate by 52...
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Disfigured irises are effectively concealed with custom color contact lens technology from Adventures in Color.
(Golden, Colo.) - "It's amazing. I don't know why more people don't know about it," says Courtney Wacker, a Loveland, CO, accident victim, who benefited from hand-painted contact lens technology following a auto accident two years ago.Wacker suffered from double vision and a disfigured eye after emerging from a coma following the accident. She subsequently was fitted with a lens from Adventures in Color Technology.
According to Wacker, the restoration of her normal vision and appearance brought tears to her eyes.
"Being able to see normally, without wearing an eye patch, was the best feeling in the world," Wacker said.She says the contact is just like wearing a patch.
"But, it just looks like your eye, because it's painted," Wacker explains, "They take pictures of your good eye and then paint the contact to look exactly like it."New York City optician Cary Hirshfield says the optometry group he's affiliated with, Farkas Kassalow & Resnick, has been working with...
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Colorguides.net Launches Redesigned Website and Announces new and Improved Pantone Color Guides
The leading online distributor for Pantone color products, http://www.colorguides.net today announced their new and improved website. The new look is designed to showcase the visual nature of the Pantone palette, provide more complete information, improve usability, and offers an expanded FAQ section. The new website also incorporates the new 2005 product item numbers and pictures. Colorguides.net also announces the release of the new Pantone 2005 formula guides, which have been redesigned in a larger format to provide more color area with which to work, improved readability of important color data and better accessibility to all colors on the pages. The Pantone formula guide is an excellent tool for graphic designers, pre-press professionals and printers.
It contains 1,114 Pantone solid colors on coated and uncoated papers. The Pantone solid chips books have also been redesigned in a larger format which provides 25% percent...
Colorguides.net Launches Redesigned Website and Announces new and Improved Pantone Color Guides
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POS Printers
Fast-developing technology has come up with a variety of features of features in point of sale, or POS, printers that provide for the different uses at a point of sale. Remote printing is now the "in-thing" for restaurant owners?customer orders are directly printed in the kitchen with number and order size.
Printers in a POS system are the main output devices and usually have one or two independent cash register ports attached. Such a printer and cash register will share a single port with a PC and leaves other PC ports free for other peripheral devices of the POS system. Traditional electronic cash registers with printers have given way to specialized printers and accessories for point-of-sale functions like labeling and coding products, printing receipts, and printing identity cards. There are many manufacturers in the market who give printers with different features to suit unique needs of vendors.
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Free Open-Source OLAP Server "Palo" Launches Successfully – Technical Preview II Available Now
Freiburg, Germany (ContentDesk) February 15, 2006 -- Jedox announces the immediate availability of the Technical Preview II of Palo, a multi-dimensional OLAP data server for Microsoft Excel, PHP, .NET and Java. Palo is available as a free download under www.palo.net. Since the launch of Technical Preview in October 2005, more than 5000 users have downloaded the pre-release of this Open Source MOLAP database. A range of third party OLAP products...
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A laptop is made up of numerous delicate and small chips and other technical elements with minute details. If one of these innumerable and delicate technical elements is subjected to malfunctioning, then the whole of the laptop will stop functioning. If a problem is allowed to persist in the laptop, it might even damage and cause dreadful things that might even prove to be permanent. Therefore it is always desirable to treat the laptop with utmost care and pay full attention to repairing any sort...
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Animal Jewelry: a Very Different and Beautiful Form of Adornment
Animal jewelry is a wonderful way to express your love and appreciation for your pet animal. Not only is it an ideal gift to give to animal lovers, but it is also a rather unusual jewelry item which you can own yourself. Though animal jewelry in some form or another has been around since quite some time, it is only recently that the market for it has come of age. It is now available in almost every conceivable size, shape, form and texture for all age groups. Whether it is a sophisticated brooch...
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iFurn.com to Add Alphason Designs to Their Wide Selection of High Quality Plasma Screen TV Stands and Entertainment Furniture
(ContentDesk) December 23, 2005 -- iFurn.com, a division of Norris Enterprises, added a new line of high quality plasma screen TV stands to their selection. This brand new line of contemporary TV and Audio stands from Alphason adds a level of depth to the websites great collection of entertainment products.Some of the items in this new line of products include:"???Flat panel TV stands"???Audio towers with built in CD racks"???Contemporary styled speaker stands Alphason Designs, a company formed...
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