Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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An article posted by Scott Judy on 2/9/12 on Southeast Construction News (a McGraw Hill site) Title: “Thoughts on 2012’s Southeast Construction Forecast” First two paragraphs of the article: The economic downturn experienced by the Southeast’s construction industry has certainly had a profound effect on the industry. People have been tossed from their careers, companies…
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The other day, I noticed this posting on LinkedIn: “I am an executive, retained recruiter, working exclusively with a client to identify a talented Director of Purchasing with expertise within the print industry. My client is one of the largest digital, screen, litho and large format printers in the world, serving the nation’s foremost retailers.…
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Well, I’ve been noticing lately that traffic on weekends is getting busier and busier. Although I hate traffic, increased traffic is a sign of economic recovery, so, in this case, I actually like that traffic is increasing. It means that more and more people are out on the weekends …. to go shopping. Florida’s construction…
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Well, I have to admit that, until I saw this news, I’d never heard of Delphax Technologies before. I found this on the web-site operated by “drupa 2012″…. Delphax Announces Game-changing Color Print Systems Delphax Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets:DLPX.PK), a global provider of high-speed digital printing equipment, announced today that it will introduce its new…
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KIP C7800 “The KIP C7800 print system offers superb resolution at remarkable print speeds; up to 4,200 sq. ft. per hour in B&W, 3,500 sq. ft. per hour in color.” Océ ColorWave® 650 “It can print in black & white and color at up to 225 A1 prints per hour for all round productivity.” Xanté…
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As most Reprographers are aware, Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI), is not just in the postage meter business, PBI operates one of the largest Managed Print Services (FM) businesses in the U.S. (known as PBMS, or Pitney Bowes Management Services.) Years ago, when I first researched PBMS, I found, with one exception, that PBMS was not…
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In January, ARC issued a press release indicating that it will release its full year 2011 results on Feb 21st. On January 19th, we posted an announcement about a contest to “guess ARC’s full-year 2011 Sales Revenues.” The table, below, shows you what “analysts” are estimating ARC’s full-year 2011 Sales will be (as per yahoo…
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A few minutes ago, I received an e-mail from someone (who wishes to remain anonymous), who is connected to the large-format paper business. Here’s what was said in that e-mail: Joel – Precision Paper is going to sell media under the OCE label and OCE is OUT of the paper media business. This is an…
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During the conversation between Dr. Joe Webb (of WhatTheyThink.com) and Bo Sacks (of Precision Media), Bo Sacks says ….. “I think what we’re going to find is that news is everywhere, intelligent, thoughtful news and news written by less than intelligent, thoughtful people, but there is so much out there that I think it’s unnecessary…
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This morning, I received an e-mail from one of my frequent blog-visitors, and here’s what he said ….. Joel – So far 2012 is starting off very strong for us. January Sales were good along with a strong Gross Profit. February is shaping up to be a blockbuster month with more printing and a lot…