Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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(Note: Blog Publisher’s comments are down below). On August 11, 2015, Memjet (various Memjet entities) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HP. Basically, Memjet alleges that HP’s PageWide technology infringes on patents owned by Memjet. This is what Memjet said when it originally announced its action against HP: Memjet has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard…
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From John Scher Zeller (former owner of Rowley-Scher Reprographics, Washington DC); waltzing down memory lane…. First up, an ad that appeared in the Washington Post on July 24, 1926 for one of Max Scher Blueprint’s customers: (click on link): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B81al4kFAU9JWFQzYmtJRFlacms/view?usp=sharing Second up, an ad that also appeared in the Washington Post on July 24, 1926;…
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From an article on LargeFormatReview: Print and visual communications specialist Callprint has announced a significant 30% increase in its first six month sales revenues for 2015, a record number for the group, with the business on track for further growth going forward as the company continues to evolve and develop. Callprint Group has revealed that…
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IRgA is rebuilding its committee structure, and needs members who are interested in the future. As part of a major initiative to advance IRgA to the next level, the Board of Directors is seeking member and vendor volunteers for three important committees: Project Reinvent, Membership, and Education. The Project Reinvent Committee is an ad hoc committee…
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HP PageWide XL printers are now fully supported by the ONYX product portfolio SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 12, 2015 — Onyx Graphics, Inc., today announced full support for the HP® PageWide XL printer series, through its proven wide-format print software. The HP PageWide XL family includes the HP PageWide XL 8000, HP PageWide XL 5000…
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Recently, a young person I know (who is not involved in the reprographics industry) asked me a simple question “what does the term ‘exit strategy’ mean?” So, since I knew what that term meant and had previously been part of two different teams that had developed exit strategies, I provided as much explanation as I…
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Friday, November 06, 2015 Press release from the issuing company MELVILLE, N.Y. – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of two new game-changing printers, the Océ ColorWave 810 and 910 systems. The successors to the Océ ColorWave 900 printer are the fastest digital 42 inch wide format color printers…
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3D Systems is now waaaaay off its high, and its CEO recently resigned. I haven’t been following 3D Systems stock for quite some time by now, but, after seeing an analyst’s note about 3D Systems the other day, I took a look and, apparently (well, I guess I should say, “most evidently”), the hype that…
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On Thursday, November 5th, shares of Textura (NYSE: TXTR) closed at $29.16. The next day, a brief analyst-price-target-update note appeared on www.otcoutlook.com and here’s what that note said: Analyst Price Target Update on Textura Corporation November 6, 2015 Textura Corporation (NYSE:TXTR): The stock price is expected to reach $ 35.75 in the short term. The…
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Evidently, Russell Genest is no longer VP of Sales at NRI. While surfing the Internet today for reprographics-industry-related developments, I noticed that NRI has a career opening for a VP of Sales, based in NYC. I then searched for Russell Genest’s LinkedIn profile and quickly noticed that he’s reporting NRI as a former employer. Good…