Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Friday, January 27, 2012 Press release from the issuing company (OCE) Today’s scanners are faster, more productive, capture color more accurately, have better image quality and are more affordable due to advancements in technology. There are also more options than ever before, which can make it difficult to select the wide format scanner that is…
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Cary Sherburne, one of the contributors to the whatheythink.com web-site, had a conversation with the now ex-CEO of Alphagraphics. (Alphagraphics now has a new owner, Blackstreet Capital, and Blackstreet Capital and Alphagraphics’ CEO, Frank Cushing, decided to part ways.) Click on the “title” of this article, as that is the link to the article now…
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AECbytes Feature Article January 26, 2012 HOK’s 2nd Annual BIM Awards Article Summary This article takes a look at the projects selected as the finalists in HOK’s 2nd Annual BIM Awards competition. This is an internal competition to evaluate and award projects within HOK that have exhibited exemplary use of BIM technology in one of four…
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I noticed a few minutes ago that ARC’s shares surged above $6.00 today. I’ve done several previous posts on the blog about Stadium Capital’s aggressive accumulation of ARC shares, from August 23rd until now, after Stadium Capital first did an SEC Form 4 filling to indicate that they owned 10% or more of ARC’s stock.…
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In a note to investors this morning, Morningstar Research did a write-up on Caterpillar’s recently reported results. I’ve highlighted one of the comments (in bold type): During the quarter, Caterpillar saw 28% year-over-year volume growth in its construction segment, driven by fleet replacement in developed economies and continued solid growth in emerging economies. However, the…
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Growth in services was driven by an 8 percent increase in both business process outsourcing and document outsourcing. Managed print services are proving not only to be the industry standard but also an engine of growth for Xerox’s business. Thursday, January 26, 2012 Press release from the issuing company Xerox Corporation announced today fourth-quarter 2011…
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On December 25th, I posted a Press Release from OCE Business Services about its new OCE PrintExpress on-line print and distribution service. Here’s the link to that Press Release: http://reprographics.blogspot.com/2011/12/oce-business-services-introduces-oce.html Yesterday, Cary Sherburne, one of the contributors to the whattheythink.com web-site, published an article about OCE Business Services’ partnership with Mimeo.com on OCE PrintExpress. Here’s…
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I recently posted a Press Release that spoke about Alphagraphics (the “franchisor”) being acquired by a private equity group, Blackstreet Capital Here’s an article that appeared on whattheythink.com, this morning, about the departure of Alphgraphics’ CEO. (Reprographers, if you are not already dialed into whatheythink.com, I would suggest that you do so, for even though…
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City of Orlando Florida Invitation to Bid IFB10-0283 / RC IFB Title: DIGITAL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DEVICES AND QUICK COPY CENTER No, this is not a current bid/proposal opportunity. And, it won’t be an opportunity, for anyone other than the current vendor, until 2015 or later. In spite of that, I’ve chosen to do an article about…
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This morning, I had the opportunity to speak on the phone with Mark Swanzy, COO of Xante, about Xante’s soon-to-be-released Excelagraphix 4200, memjet-enabled, wide-format, ink-jet printer. I asked Mark a series of questions, and, below, you will see my questions (in black type) and my write-up (in blue type) based on his responses. At the…
Reprographics 101 