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Company Profiles

Nationally Recognized Vehicle Graphic Company Bluemedia Reaches Milestone

Bluemedia has installed graphics on more than 2,500 vehicles to date for local, national and international companies.

DuPont Artistri 3320 Purchased by Makro Art AG

Grand format textile printer to expand company's textile printing capabilities.

Brandboxx Adds Inca Spyder 320+ White Flatbed to Expand Business

Graphic Solutions Group Introduces New Corporate Identity

Exploring Corporate America

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Finance/Purchasing

A First Look at the New lines of Contex Wide-format Scanners

Finding the Fastest RIP

The Three 'C's

IRgA 2006 Showstoppers

Improving Workflow has Multiple Benefits

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Human Resources

GSG's Eric Heddahl Named President of Xinet Users Group

XUG was the brainchild of Kenny Kirsch, of Xinet integrator NAPC (in Waltham, Mass), who put together the first users conference in New York City in May 2005.

Kyocera Mita America Printers Earn Editor's Choice Awards

The Kyocera FS-2000D, FS-4000DN, and FS-9130DN printers earn highest honors.

AlphaGraphics Appoints Senior Director of Franchise Development

Diversified Financial Advisors and ePlan Create 401(K) Plans for Printing Companies

Andy Middleton Appointed Managing Director of NUR Europe

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Management

Ebner Teaches Profit-Building Strategies

SGIA '07 Speaker Peter Ebner knows effective marketing skills aren't intuitive; they're learned and perfected over years of implementation.

An "Expert Opinion" On Who "Owns" A Customer

I wrote a series of columns in 2005 about protecting yourself from your salespeople, specifically from the situation where a salesperson leaves and takes customers along.

FESPA Launches 2007 Conference Program

State of the Industry

Planning Wisely For Your Open House

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Process/Workflow

HP Introduces VDP Solution for Large-Format Applications

HP has announced the commercial availability of HP SmartStream Designer 4.0.

GMG and Canon Partner to Launch New Proofing System

GMG has announced the launch of a proofing system comprising Canon's brand-new imagePROGRAF iPF8300/iPF6350/iPF6300 inkjet printers, and supported by GMG ColorProof, GMG FlexoProof XG, and GMG DotProof XG contone and halftone proofing solutions.

Roland Color Libraries Now Included in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Software

Roland Announces VersaWorks 4.0 RIP Software

Blanchard Systems to Resell Alwan Color Expertise

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Software/Technology

Authenticate Fine Art Prints with New Technology Developed by Prooftag and HP

Developed jointly by Prooftag and HP and endorsed by Wilhelm Imaging Research, ARTtrust is a system of non-removable physical tags that are verifiable online.

HP Introduces VDP Solution for Large-Format Applications

HP has announced the commercial availability of HP SmartStream Designer 4.0.

GMG and Canon Partner to Launch New Proofing System

Roland Color Libraries Now Included in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Software

Roland Announces VersaWorks 4.0 RIP Software

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Trends

SGIA Releases Crucial Business Planning Resource for Imagers

SGIA has released its 2009 Industry in Review: Annual Report, the Association's official benchmarking tool for the specialty imaging community.

Second FESPA Economy Survey Shows 70% of Printers Innovating out of Recession

FESPA's second Economy Survey shows that the wide-format printing community is moving on from the defensive survival tactics of 2009, using innovative and proactive sales and operational strategies to improve its business fortunes moving into 2010.

NAPL's 2010 Top Management Conference

High Growth Forecast for Digital Print for Textiles

Arizona Businesses Declare September 17th the Day Recession Ends

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