This is definitely exciting technology, the kind of technology that could easily end up motivating retired people to un-retire.  Introducing the new HP Jet Fusion 3D Printer at RAPID 2016 Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fIOBtdojY    HP Multi Jet Fusion technology powering the new HP Jet Fusion 3D Printers Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXntl3ff5tc ‪HP Multi Jet Fusion™…

Received from a blog-visitor who lives in Egypt! “Dear Mr. Joel Salus, My family owns a diazo coating factory in Egypt.  We are the second oldest in the country, founded in 1949.  As in so many parts of the world, the reprographic industry died in our country and we have not coated a “meter” of…

A brand new high-speed, high-volume, full-color, wide-format printer was introduced by Roth-Weber (ROWE) at Drupa.  Ed Avis of the IRgA did an article about this new printer.  This printer is a toner-based printer.  Certain to give HP and Memjet wide-format printers additional competition.  Unfortunately for HP, Memjet, OCE, Xerox, KIP and ROWE, these printers are…

Link to article on IRgA.com…. http://www.irga.com/blogs/Repro-Industry-News/memjet-hp-battle-advances-on-june-9/ 0 0 1 47 272 Proactive Management 2 1 318 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:JA;}

Just a very brief (and rather uninformative) update on the matter of Memjet vs. HP vs. Memjet re wide-format page-wide printing technology and patents thereon. Per filings reported in the Pacer.gov system, this case is alive and well and moving forward. But, where it will end up, well, I’m not sure that, at this point…

May 17, 2016 5:30 AM PT ORLANDO — Hewlett-Packard today began taking orders for its first 3D printer, the HP Jet Fusion printer, which it said will be up to 10 times faster than existing machines and can cut the cost of manufacturing parts in half. Read complete article (at ComputerWorld) at this link: 0…

This article comes from the Cincinatti Business Journal May 13, 2016, 11:52am EDT Revised Date/Time Publish Updated May 13, 2016, 2:37pm EDT Fast-growing iSqFt combined with three other companies to form a new firm called ConstructConnect. Norwood-based iSqFt combined with BidClerk, Construction Data Co. and Construction Market Data to form ConstructConnect. Dave Conway, who has…

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Read article at this link: http://fortune.com/2016/05/10/staples-office-depot-merger-2/ The two office supply giants terminated their planned merger rather than appeal, and Staples will pay smaller rival Office Depot a $250 million break-up fee. Blog Publisher’s comment: 0 0 1 80 456 Proactive Management 3 1 535 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style…

See article at this link (check out the graphs, they are interesting)…. http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/05/q1-2016-gdp-details-on-residential-and.html