Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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A couple of weeks ago, one of my reprographics industry friends brought to my attention that the City of St Petersburg (FL) had recently released a invitation to bid for the City’s “reprographics services” requirements. Two year contract. Bids were opened on February 15th. There were three bidders – here are the profiles of those…
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Service Point Solutions shares on the rise ….. After hitting a low of .39 Euros on January 10, 2011, shares of Service Point Solutions have been rising of late and were trading at .64 Euros, when I checked this morning, February 18, 2011. If I’ve done this calculation correctly, that means that shares of Service…
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The other day, we posted an article about an article (and video) about “Memjet”. In that article, an industry veteran (Andy Tribute of Infotrends) opined that “Memjet” is considered a “disruptive” technology, and, by that, he meant that, if Memjet actually makes it to market in a meaningful way, it will change the printer-equipment marketplace…
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I just noticed that the title of the “opening session” presentation, at the upcoming IRgA Convention contains a few highly controversial words (which I’ve highlighted below): IRgA Opening General Session: How BIM and Emerging Technologies will Change Reprographics Forever Speakers: Jim Balding, CEO and Founder The ANT Group, Inc. Stephen A Jones, Senior Director McGraw-Hill…
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Soon after the IRgA Convention, GlobalGrafixNet, a Europe-based trade association for reprographers and printers, will be holding its next “Annual Meeting”…. Here’s the announcement of that meeting: – – – – – – – – The 2011 GlobalGrafixNet Annual Members Meeting and Leadership Convention The GlobalgrafixNet Board is delighted to announce that The 2011 Annual…
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In the banner heading on “Reprographics 101”, we say that Reprographics 101 is devoted to providing … “Facts and opinions related to the reprographics business and the reprographics industry as well as articles and information related to the A/E/C industry served by reprographers. This blog is intended for reprographers, for vendors who sell to reprographers…
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Related to the article we posted yesterday (in that article we mentioned Memjet), here’s something that reprographers will find interesting, I’m sure: MARK LEGG MEMJET CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Mark Legg was named as chief financial officer of Memjet in March 2010. He brings more than 30 years of experience in domestic and international management, operations,…
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In my opinion, there have been several “disruptive” technologies that have affected the reprographics business and industry: · Diazo printing (replaced wet-process “blueprinting”) · CAD software and CAD systems (made obsolete “overlay drafting” and pin-bar photographic work) · The very first digital plotter (I don’t recall which plotter came first) · The very first HP…
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Reprographers, how would you feel about a wide-format (color and black & white) print engine that is capable of printing A/E/C plans from files and capable of producing 12,600 sq ft output per hour? Years ago, when I was in the blueprinting business and we time-tested our blueprint (diazo) machine operators, we found that our…
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This article (the one below entitled, “A Very Cold Winter for Construction”) appeared on the web-site of Associated General Contractors (AGC) on February 8, 2011. The author of the article predicts that “total construction” (this refers to total construction in the U.S.) will increase 3-7% in 2011 compared to 2009. Prior to this, we’ve pointed…
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