I’d like to thank Gary Rowley for sending this to me. Just in case you need a laugh: Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one; a reassurance to those of us who fly routinely in our jobs.  After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a…

Well, excuse my sense of humor (admittedly, it is weird), but I got a big laugh when I read what Staples says about “engineering prints”. Engineering Prints 18” x 24”, 24” x 36”, 36” x 48” These engineering prints reproduce line drawings and graphics with high definition and contrast. The large size creates an easy-to-read…

Reprographers, please take just a couple of minutes to participate in our brief survey regarding recent or planned orders for wide-format equipment Re: KIP, OCE, HP PageWide Link to Survey: 0 0 1 41 248 Proactive Management 5 3 286 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table…

From an article, this morning, on LargeFormatReview.com…. Perfect Colours says it has become the first adopter of HP’s breakthrough PageWide technology. Not only did the UK reseller order the very first unit anywhere in the world, it has also received the first installation in its country of the HP PageWide XL 8000, making it the…

On March 12, 2015, we put up a post on Repro 101 about the bankruptcy filing of Standard Register. Here’s a link to that post: http://reprographics.blogspot.com/2015/03/standard-register-files-chapter-11.html In August, Taylor Corp, one of the largest privately owned companies in the U.S., controlled by billionaire Glen Taylor, completed its acquisition of Standard Register’s business and assets. Below…

From the year 2015 I.T. Plan of a major county in the U.S. (Information Technology Projects) IT-000010 Electronic Plan Submission – Land Development Services Project Description The Land Use Information Advisory Council appointed by the Board of Supervisors (BOS) issued several guiding principles that included more robust use of technology facilitate the electronic submission and…

Within the Survey, this is one of the comments a survey participant made: “Digital document control software at all stages has streamlined work. For example in pre-construction 20 years ago we printed tons of paper plan sets and distributed to subcontractors at great expense. Ten years ago we burned CDs and sent those to subs.…

A bit of a walk down memory lane for older guys/gals in our industry.  The info below comes from an e-mail I received from John Scher Zeller, former owner of Rowley-Scher Reprographics….. “When MS (Max Scher Blueprints) merged with RBPS (Rowley’s Blueprint Service), we moved from 909 12th Street to 1216 K Street (Washington, DC).…

Noticed this post on the IRgA blog: http://www.irga.com/blogs/Repro-Industry-News/memjet-sues-hp-over-single-pass-inkjet-head/ 0 0 1 53 308 Proactive Management 2 1 360 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;} This one…

Canon Solutions America has produced a video featuring several employees from one of our Houston, Texas locations. The video focuses on the usage and production capabilities of Canon and Océ equipment. (Video was published 24 April 2015). Link to the video: http://www.thomasrepro.com/about-us/news-events/182-thomas-printworks-testimonial-video-featured-on-canon-solutions-america-website Blog Publisher’s Comment: Nice video! 0 0 1 155 888 Proactive Management 7…