Post office announces 2-cent rate increase
WASHINGTON – The post office wants to increase the price of a stamp by 2 cents to 46 cents starting in January. The agency has been battered by massive losses and declining mail volume and faces a financial crisis. Postal officials announced a wide-ranging series of proposed price increases Tuesday, averaging about 5 percent, and […]
Expanding the Definition of Print from m-Bossed
For those outside of the printing industry, the definition of printing is limited to books, newspapers, and magazines. Perhaps that is why many outside of this 200 billion dollar industry perceive it as a dying breed at the hands of the digital executioner. Few realize the impact of print in our daily lives, so let’s […]
India: Digital Media vs Print Media
The total number of people in India that claim to have used the Internet in 2009 is 71 million. That’s according to a recent report conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and market research leader IMRB. The report also suggests that the surge in numbers has been primarily due to the increased […]
5 Wonderfully Nostalgic Printing Presses
The movable type printing press is widely regarded as one of the most important inventions of all time. Once we were able to communicate ideas to large numbers of people, our collective knowledge grew and civilization took a giant leap forward. Johannes Gutenberg couldn’t have foreseen in the 15th century what a huge impact his […]
APPPEXPO Shanghai, July 7th-10th
The 18th Shanghai International AD & Sign Technology & Equipment Exhibition will be held in Shanghai New International Expo Center from July 7th-10th, 2010, covering 150,000 sqm exhibiting areas. With 17-year development, Shanghai International Ad & Sign Technology & Equipment Exhibition (Shanghai International Ad & Sign Expo in short) has become the biggest expo of […]
Conde Nast Applies Gaming To Iconic Brand With New ‘Gourmet Live’
Conde Nast Applies Gaming To Iconic Brand With New ‘Gourmet Live’ | paidContent. Conde Nast’s latest digital brainstorm mixes the DNA of a 75-year print brand with the tech skill set of a 2010 startup. Gourmet Live, an iPad app based on a real-time “game play” engine, isn’t the digitized version of a magazine. It […]
NAQP Owners Conference to be Held in Conjunction with GRAPH EXPO 2010
The NAQP 2010 Owners Conference returns to Chicago this fall, enabling attendees to take advantage of two-and-a-half days of educational sessions on topics of specific concern to small commercial and quick printing businesses, immediately prior to the industry-wide programs and exhibits of GRAPH EXPO 2010. Themed “Transform Strategy into Action!,” the Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Owners […]
Tips for Testing: What Paper is Right for Your Catalog?
When the going gets tough, catalogers often look at changing their paper to cut costs. According to the recent MCM Outlook 2010 survey on Catalogs, 39.2% of respondents said they had decreased their paper stock/weight in the past 12 months. Indeed, moving to a lighter weight of paper can save money, says Dan Walsh, vice […]
Sappi and The Print Council Explain How “Print Delivers” in NYC
On June 24th, The Print Council brought the sixth edition of its “Print Delivers” series to New York City in a “lunch and learn” program hosted by Sappi Fine Papers North America. The session, presented to more than 200 people at the Art Directors Club in midtown Manhattan, reiterated the Council’s message about the place […]
FESPA TV – Interview with Andreas Skantze, Big Image
Marcus Timson chats to Andreas Skantze on the printing marketplace, the theme of innovation, and FESPA2010. via: http://www.fespa.com/
Launch of New Latin American Knowledge Sharing Events 2010
The PrintCity Alliance, a grouping of over 20 independent suppliers to the global printing & packaging industry, has announced a series of new activities for the Latin American market. These include Presentations & Workshops on Web Offset and Sheetfed Printing & Packaging topics in 2010, all under the ‘connection of competence’ knowledge sharing strategy employed […]
Paper vs. Computer Screen? Paper bags it!
Paper vs. computer screen – The Boston Globe. Do we read differently on the computer screen from how we read on the printed page? It’s an interesting question. Before hearing from the experts, let’s review what we think we know. Even the best computer screens are harder on the eyes than the paper page is. […]
