• 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 20
    16
    Link
    to video:
      
    HP Multi Jet
    Fusion technology powering the new HP Jet Fusion 3D Printers
    Link to video:
    HP Multi Jet Fusion™ Technology 3D Printed
    Chain lifts car off the ground
    Link
    to video:

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  • 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 paper in over 8 years.
    We have moved
    on and we are working in industrial chemicals.  However, our coating
    machine is taking up space in our factory and my desire to uninstall it has
    been with me for a very long time.  I just cannot push myself to make that
    final decision.
    If we do
    remove it, we would sell it as scrap which is a complete shame.  It is a
    1976 Andrews-Knowlten two sink coating machine.  It is in excellent
    condition.  I thought of donating it to a museum but, from your blog, I
    discovered that there aren’t any museums for the reprographic industry.
    The reason for
    my communicating with you is two-fold. First, is there any place which you know
    of that can take it and use it for any purpose? Second, can it be converted to
    any other type of coating/sensitizing or “useful” purpose? (I have
    not looked in this point, admittedly, but you may know of hand.)
    I do not want
    any money for it.  Only the transportation/shipping should be the
    responsibility of the recipient.
    I await your
    response at your earliest convenience.
    Kind regards.
    Maged Khalil”
    Hey, if anyone
    out there has any advice for Maged, e-mail him at this address:

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    maged_khalil@hotmail.com
  • 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 targeted at two markets, one of which is in decline (A/E/C plans),
    the other of which has significant competition (display graphics color).  Like to see comparative pricing and costs for
    all of these newer wide-format printers.
    Press release

    ROWE ColorPress Series

    High speed, UV resistant, water resistant and indelible – the
    reinvention of wide format printing

    Niederdreisbach/Düsseldorf 31. Mai 2016 ….
    The new ROWE ColorPress, a
    family of high speed wide format printers with the latest technologies, is
    being presented by ROWE at drupa. The completely new design immediately hits
    you in the eye: state-of-the-art, harmonious and extremely high-end, with
    illuminated logo displaying the status of the wide format printer in a
    completely user-friendly manner. The ColorPress Series has been designed by
    ROWE for high volume printing. All printouts are in a brilliant quality and
    even when using plain paper 100 percent indelible, UV resistant, as well as
    water resistant. Printing costs with the ROWE ColorPress Series are also unbeatably
    low. For example, the system doesn’t need special paper for high quality poster
    printouts and the print heads don’t need to be replaced. All printouts are
    completely dry – ideal for online folding. Many extensions are possible to the
    ROWE ColorPress family. As well as several MFP solutions, three newly developed
    online folding systems and a stacker, amongst other things, are available.

    This large format printer doesn’t only support technically orientated
    CAD, GIS, AEC and manufacturing applications for engineers, architects,
    construction companies or public institutions, ROWE ColorPress is also ideally
    suited to implementation in graphics, reprography service providers, in-house
    printing services or for presentations. Customers wanting full color posters
    for outside use or POS profit from the printouts being non-fade and water
    resistant. Wave formation in large area printouts are a thing of the past
    thanks to the latest toner based LED printing technology. Both black and white
    and color printouts from the ROWE ColorPress are indelible in accordance with
    ISO 12757-2 even when using plain paper. This means the ROWE ColorPress meets
    all the requirements of this important standard without any limitations.
    Different printing speeds, applicable to each volume – 2, 3, 4 or 6
    automatic rolls and single sheet feed
    The ColorPress Series has been designed for all print volumes. This is
    why ROWE offers several models with different printing speeds. The customer
    also selects between 2, 3, 4 or 6 automatic rolls, Rear or Front Delivery Tray.
    All printouts are – even when the whole surface is printed – dry and can be
    perfectly folded online. Reprography service providers and other users with
    large print volumes can in this way optimize their workflow. Additionally, they
    can profit from the high operational availability of this new large format
    printer as well as from low printing costs. The ROWE ColorPress is operated
    with intuitively comprehensible software whose functions can be scaled to meet
    the requirements of the user. Thanks to the controller developed by ROWE all
    ROWE ColorPress Systems can be linked seamlessly to any hard or software
    architecture.
    ROWE ColorPress – ideal for online folding
    The ColorPress is the first printing system developed for online folding
    without compromise and safely:
    ·  Output of complete sets DIN A0 – DIN A4 (ANSI E
    – ANSI A) possible. Printing of DIN A4 (ANSI A) formats within a drawing set is
    no problem either.
    ·  All printouts – also whole surface printing –
    100 percent dry.
    ·  There is no need for special papers for poster
    printing followed by online folding. This means a significant reduction in
    printing costs.



    Everything from
    one manufacturer – top reliability

    The ROWE ColorPress
    can be extended at any time to a multi-functional print, scan and copy solution
    with finishing. For this ROWE offers several perfectly matched MFP solutions as
    well as the three new online folding systems VarioFold Compact, VarioFold
    Complete and VarioFold Premium. The decisive customer advantage: all modules in
    the complete solution have already been perfectly matched during their
    development by ROWE, including the distinctive state-of-the-art design. Easily
    recognizable in all VarioFold folding systems, the distinctive design of the
    ColorPress is continued 1:1. As a result of this both systems form a
    state-of-the-art, high value unit.

    Market leader
    for compactness – unrivalled environmental friendliness

    The ROWE ColorPress is
    the most compact high speed printing system on the market – a decisive
    advantage for small spaces. All ColorPress models can be extended to MFP
    solutions, also for configuration with 6 rolls. The three newly developed
    online folding systems also contribute to this absolute compactness. This
    enables wide format solutions, which can be easily integrated into the space
    available, providing the user with maximum flexibility.

    The new ROWE
    ColorPress family doesn’t only exceed the requirements of the Energy Star, but
    is manufactured by ROWE in Germany in accordance with the highest environmental
    standards. Start of production in 2017.



    About ROWE
    ROWE is the specialist
    in wide format from Germany, represented in 90 countries. Systems for scanning,
    printing and finishing perfectly tuned to one another as well as comprehensive software
    solutions for professional document workflow are developed and manufactured by
    ROWE. This makes ROWE the specialist and technological leader worldwide.



    Contact
    ROWE Global Marketing
    Juliane Gandert
    Tel.: +49 (0)2743 / 9217- 963 • Fax: +49 (0)2743 / 9217 – 53 E-Mail: juliane.gandert@rowe.de
    http://www.rowe.de

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  • Link to article on IRgA.com….

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  • 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 in time, anyone could reasonably predict
    what the outcome of this case will be.
    During April and May 2015, over 3,500 pages
    of briefs and exhibits were filed with the court re this case:
    Filed
    April 20, 2016 – AMENDED JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING STATEMENT, CHART, AND
    WORKSHEET PURSUANT TO PATENT L.R. 4.2, main document and exhibits = 316 pages
    Filed May 12, 2016 – MEMJET’S OPENING CLAIM
    CONSTRUCTION BRIEF, main document and exhibits = 312 pages
    Filed
    May 12, 2016 – HP INC.’S OPENING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF, main document and
    exhibits = 98 pages
    Filed May 20, 2016 – MEMJET’S OPENING CLAIM
    CONSTRUCTION BRIEF, main document and exhibits = 324 pages
    Filed May 20, 2016 – HP INC.’S OPENING CLAIM
    CONSTRUCTION BRIEF, main document and exhibits = 62 pages
    Filed May 20, 2016 – DECLARATION OF ANDREW V. DEVKAR
    IN SUPPORT OF HP INC.’S OPENING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF, main document and
    exhibits – 2,389 pages
    Blog Publisher’s further comments:

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    I don’t recall if this case is going to be
    heard just by a judge or by a jury.  If
    it is going to be heard by just a judge, I feel sorry for that judge, for
    reading the fillings is going to be MAJOR, MAJOR headache – bring on the Advil,
    in buckets! If this case is going to be heard by a jury, well, that’s going to be quite interesting, for the jury members are going to be
    hard-pressed to understand the information presented by the parties.  They, too, will have major headaches. Bring
    on the Advil, in truckloads!!!  I read
    through some of the documents, and, while I’ve never considered myself to be
    the dimmest bulb in the pack, I had great difficult trying to understand any of
    information set forth in the documents and exhibits.  And, it
    was in English!
  • 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:

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  • 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 been president and CEO of iSqFt, is
    president and CEO of ConstructConnect. The combined company is headquartered in
    its new offices at Rookwood Exchange.
    Conway said ConstructConnect combines
    each of the unique benefits of the four companies.
    “The whole is greater than the sum of
    the parts,” Conway said. “It made sense to create a new name that’s reflective
    of what the combination brings to the market, which is unprecedented.”
    ConstructConnect provides construction
    professionals, including general contractors, subcontractors, design
    professionals and building product manufacturers with pre-construction
    solutions including data, content and insights, helping users to find and win
    new contracts.
    ConstructConnect now has about 725
    total employees, including about 300 at its headquarters in Norwood. The
    company still expects to grow quickly. Conway said the firm is currently looking
    to fill about 30 jobs.
    Last year, the Ohio Tax Credit
    Authority approved iSqFt for a 65 percent, six-year job creation tax credit.
    The estimated value of the tax credit is $580,000.
    In addition to ConstructConnect’s
    headquarters, the company has nine other locations across the U.S. and Canada.
    Dodge Data & Analytics LLC, a major
    provider of construction project information, filed a lawsuit against the firms that combined to form
    ConstructConnect, alleging they are attempting to monopolize the nationwide
    construction project information market in the U.S. and Canada. At the end of
    April, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black rejected iSqFt’s request to dismiss the lawsuit.
    Conway said the firms have been focused
    on improving their easy-to-use software and providing even more relevant
    project data. It’s ConstructConnect’s combination of data, software and
    connections that make it unique, Conway said.
    For Conway and what was iSqFt, the
    transition to ConstructConnect shows how far the company has come. iSqFt, which
    was founded in 1993 by Phil Ogilby as a job-estimating software firm, made its
    big breakthrough in April 2001. That’s when its then-new president Conway
    helped the company win a fierce competition against 200 other firms to become
    the exclusive national partner of Associated General Contractors of America, a
    trade group representing 30,000 commercial contractors.
    “We were a small tech startup, and
    we’ve grown to be the largest company of our kind in North America,” Conway
    said. The combination of data, software and connections allows customers to
    better evaluate all opportunities and select the project with the highest
    probability to win that work using rich data, Conway said.

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    “You can’t construct if you don’t
    connect,” Conway said.
  • Press Release is located at
    this link:

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  • Read
    article at this link:
    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:

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    Staples’
    CEO should be fired for agreeing to pay Office Depot a $250 million break-up
    fee.  Absolutely stupid.