Printing Industry Commentary & Analysis

Toshiba Halts National No-Print Day Campaign

Published June 21, 2012

HP Will Not Participate in Ipex 2014

Published June 21, 2012

“HP has decided not to participate in Ipex 2014, as we are shifting our marketing and sales focus to more local and application-specific events, as well as to customer business-development programs such as Dscoop-sponsored events that help our customers profitably grow their businesses.”

Women in the Graphic Communication Industry

Published May 24, 2012

How are women faring professionally in the printing, publishing and graphic communication industry today? That is a question Dr. Twyla Cummings, Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at RIT has studied over the past 11 years.

Kodak Loses Trade Ruling In Patent Case

Published May 21, 2012

Kodak lost a trade ruling in its patent case against Apple and Blackberry maker Research in Motion.

Leaked Memo Spotlights Kodak's drupa Results

Published May 9, 2012

An article published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle is getting a lot of buzz at drupa this morning. The paper published comments from an internal memo Kodak co-President Philip Faraci sent company-wide on the company’s success at drupa.

drupa 2012 International Media Briefing

Published March 7, 2012

Last week fourteen companies gave a preview of what they will bring to drupa 2012 during a series of media briefings at a conference center on the trade fair grounds of Messe Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Mark Angelson tapped by Mayor-elect Emanuel to tackle Chicago's budget mess

Published April 21, 2011

ITC to reexamine Kodak's patent dispute with Apple, RIM

Published March 25, 2011

Post Office News: Layoffs, Closings, Saturday Delivery

Published March 24, 2011

Your Business Card is CRAP!

Published March 23, 2011

I somehow missed this video that has been on YouTube for a few years (Click through to watch).

LetterMpress: A Virtual Letterpress on Your iPad

Published March 2, 2011

John Bonadies, a graphic designer in Champaign, Illinois is seeking $15,000 in funding on Kickstarter to develop a virtual letterpress environment for the iPad.

Investor firm petitions for sale or turnaround at Kodak

Published March 2, 2011

Discussion with Marc Olin on EFI's acquisition of Streamline

Published February 17, 2011

WhatTheyThink spoke with Marc Olin, EFI’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Professional Print Software, about EFI's acquisition of PrintStream provider Streamline Development. PrintStream is a provider of management information systems.

GPO's Squeaks Discovers Type Comic Book makes WasteBook 2010

Published December 21, 2010

“Problem is, the color isn't pink or light pink or even off pink...it's luscious.”

Published December 16, 2010

Costly spoilage during production of redesigned $100 bills

Published December 6, 2010

Vertis goes bankrupt again

Published November 18, 2010

Adobe “not for sale”

Published November 17, 2010

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit Adobe chief executive Shantanu Narayen denied reports that he has been negotiating with Microsoft about a possible acquisition.

eBooks Spiral Upward

Published November 10, 2010

A look at Americans and their gadgets

Published October 20, 2010

A new study released by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project takes a look at “Americans and their gadgets.” The 15 page report (PDF here) identifies key appliances of the information age: laptops, cell phones, tablet computers (like the iPad) and e-book readers (such as the Kindle) , game consoles, and MP3 players and who is using them.

IRS to stop mailing income tax forms

Published September 28, 2010

The Internal Revenue Service plans to stop mailing paper income tax forms. The IRS cites (PDF) continued growth in electronic filing and cost cutting for the change. According to the IRS nearly 100 Million people prepared and filed their taxes electronically in 2009. The Washington Post reports the change will save the agency $10 million a year in printing and postage costs.

J.C. Penney to Quit Catalogs

Published September 27, 2010

J.C. Penney continues its shift to electronic media with plans to quit is traditional catalog business in favor of e-commerce and retail store sales. This announcement comes the company discontinued its “Big Book” catalogs last Fall.

Industry Veteran Dick Gorelick Passes Away

Published September 13, 2010

What’s Your Next Big Equipment Investment?

Published August 12, 2010

During yesterday's WhatTheyThink webinar Frank Romano and David Zwang Preview GraphExpo 2010 we polled the audience asking, “What’s Your Next Big Equipment Investment?”

U.S. Postal Service Proposes Price Increases

Published July 6, 2010

The U.S. Postal Service has proposed increasing the prices to help close a projected $7 billion budget shortfall in 2011 Fiscal Year. Under the proposal the cost of a First-Class stamp 2 cents to 46 cents. Periodicals will see an 8 percent increase, catalogs rates will increase 5.1 percent and Standard Mail will see a 23 percent increase.

Joss Group Buys the Seybold Report

Published June 10, 2010

RBI Retains Graphic Arts Monthly Assets

Published May 10, 2010

Reed Business Information is retaining ownership of Graphics Arts Monthly, Graphic Arts Blue Book, and Converting. RBI plans to use the subscription list from these titles to generate leads through the company's business-to-business marketing unit Mardev-DM2.

Obama taps union leader to become Public Printer

Published April 16, 2010

NAPL, PIA, NPES offer “Joint Leadership Summit”

Published April 15, 2010

Pazazz Printing to Restructure

Published March 10, 2010

Pazazz Printing has filed a Notice of Intention to restructure the company under Canada’s Companies Creditors Arrangement Act. President Warren Werbitt says, “Pazazz file a Notice of Intention to preserve and maximize the value of the business.”

Mitsubishi Not Exhibiting at Graph Expo 2010

Published March 3, 2010

MLP USA has announced that the company will not be exhibiting at Graph Expo 2010. MLP USA will instead pursue an alternative program this year for marketing to printers who either attend or don’t attend the show.

Xerox Files Patent Suit Against Google, Yahoo

Published February 23, 2010

Xerox is suing Yahoo and Google for for alleged infringement of its patents on Internet search and e-commerce.

Heidelberg, Komori not exhibiting at Graph Expo

Published February 17, 2010

GASC informed WhatTheyThink that Heidelberg will not be at Graph Expo 2010. Komori has also indicated they are passing on the show. The trade show floor is an indicator of where the market is going. Innovation and advancement in offset technology is leveling off, while digital printing is rapidly evolving.

Penton Media to File for Chapter 11

Published February 9, 2010

Penton Media announced today that it will restructure through a pre-packaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. The trade publisher has reached an agreement with its lenders that is expected to eliminate $270 million in debt.