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Kodak Announces Webcrafters Signs for PROSPER Press with Stream Technology

TotB — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:35:05 +0000

Book printer seizes opportunity to increase efficiency, add value for clients In the next major milestone for KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology, the company announced today that Webcrafters, Inc., a nationally recognized book printer headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, signed a letter of intent to purchase a KODAK PROSPER Press. The first announced PROSPER Press Market Leader, Webcrafters will use the PROSPER Press in its manufacturing of book products ranging from educational and college to trade books, catalogs, and atlases. Webcrafters’ clients include publishers The McGraw-Hill Companies, Pearson plc, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt among many others. “Webcrafters continues as a major force in the book industry by adopting new technologies to bring new capabilities and services to our customers,” ...

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Kodak Announces Webcrafters Signs for PROSPER Press with Stream Technology

Kodak Announces First Sale of PROSPER S10 Imprinting System

TotB — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:01:16 +0000

Instant Data Forms of Hong Kong chooses KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology to expand applications and add value for clients The first KODAK PROSPER S10 Imprinting System has been sold to Instant Data Forms in Hong Kong, one of China’s leading providers of general business forms and direct mail printing services. A monochrome continuous inkjet printhead using KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology, the PROSPER S10 Imprinting System will be installed at Instant Data Forms’ Aidifu Stationery Co. Ltd. in Shenzen, enabling the company to deliver higher quality printed materials with greater efficiency, as well as added value for its clients. Designed for inline digital printing on high-speed web devices, the PROSPER S10 Imprinting System delivers offset class, variable data ...

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Kodak Announces First Sale of PROSPER S10 Imprinting System

KODAK PF-N Non Process Plates Help Newspaper Printers Increase Efficiency, Reduce Costs

TotB — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:47:47 +0000

Since installing thermal CTP platesetters and workflow software from Kodak, newspaper customers have experienced benefits beyond their expectations. Newspaper printers incorporating solutions such as KODAK PF-N Non Process Plates and KODAK PRINERGY Workflow Software are realizing significant cost savings, as well as improved efficiency and image quality. Alana Schweitzer, Publisher of Battlefords Publishing Ltd. News Optimist of North Battleford, Saskatchewan purchased a digital solution from Kodak to increase automation and save on labor and energy usage costs. The solution consists of the KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS 70 Thermal Platesetter with KODAK PF-N Non Process Plates, KODAK PRINERGY EVO Workflow, and KODAK PREPS Plus Imposition Software. “By eliminating chemicals and film, our process is more economical, more environmentally friendly, ...

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KODAK PF-N Non Process Plates Help Newspaper Printers Increase Efficiency, Reduce Costs

Cannon Valley Printing Reduces Costs, Increases Image Quality with Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service for Newspapers

TotB — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:03:46 +0000

Cannon Valley Printing, a newspaper printer in Minnesota, now lowers ink consumption—and produces sharper images without any changes to its workflow—using KODAK’s Ink Optimizing Service. The new service decreases ink consumption, reduces waste and makeready time, enhances reproduction fidelity, and improves stability on press. With the KODAK Ink Optimizing Service, Kodak provides customers with an ICC DeviceLink profile that gets plugged into the KODAK PRINERGY EVO Workflow. Based on the ICC DeviceLink profile, separated image files go through a gray component removal (GCR) process that reduces ink usage by replacing CMY inks with less expensive black ink, while limiting the Total Area Coverage (TAC) to a predefined level. “With the Ink Optimizing Service, we no longer have many of the reproduction quality issues caused by images that come in without proper editing,” said Roger Stolley, General Manager of Cannon Valley Printing, a division of Mainstream Publications LLC in Northfield, Minn. “We’ve seen substantial improvements to the quality of photographs printed in our newspapers and realized significant savings on ink.” [...]

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Cannon Valley Printing Reduces Costs, Increases Image Quality with Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service for Newspapers

Expanded KODAK VERSAMARK VL-Series Printing Systems Offer More Choices, More Opportunities for Data Centers and Commercial Printers

TotB — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:23:08 +0000

Optional speeds and resolutions, dye based inks and MICR support top the list of enhancements With the addition of four new models, the KODAK VERSAMARK VL-Series Printing Systems family extends Kodak’s inkjet leadership and includes six total models to meet the complex needs of a wide variety of users and a broad range of applications. Based on a flexible, powerful Drop on Demand (DOD) inkjet printing platform, KODAK VERSAMARK VL-Series Printing Systems are equipped to handle complex variable data print applications such as transactional documents and direct mail. “The demand for offset class digital output continues to rise, and the opportunities for service providers to discover new revenue streams are strong now,” said Kevin Joyce, VP of ...

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Expanded KODAK VERSAMARK VL-Series Printing Systems Offer More Choices, More Opportunities for Data Centers and Commercial Printers