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By Noel Ward In the mid-90s I was going into print shops, setting up internal networks, training prepress people on using QuarkXPress and dragging many shop owners kicking and screaming into the tenuous new world of digital file prep and digital printing. Some embraced the new technology while...

By Noel Ward, Editor@Large They served champagne. It was a product launch, after all. About halfway through the afternoon, at the far end of a meeting room deep within the Boca Raton Resort, Canon pulled back the curtain on the Océ Colorado 1640. Rolling out an entirely new set of...

By Noel Ward You’ve been doing a nice mix of commercial printing and have a host of satisfied customers. A digital press or two have been taking up some real estate on your shop floor for a couple of years, helped expand your reach, and now you’re looking for more opportunities. You’re thinking...

By Noel Ward, Editor@Large Is it just me or does it seem to anyone else that print technology is slowing down? First, we seem to be in a time that’s nearly devoid of breakthroughs, those game-changing technological moments when the universe changes to uncover a totally different way of...

By Noel Ward, Editor @ Large Sometime last year you may have gone to a trade show. What did you see? Did it matter? Did it push you over the edge to actually buy something? Or was it a semi-justifiable excuse to get out of the shop for a couple of days? It's OK if your answers are Not much; No...

Canon Doubles Down on One By Noel Ward, Editor @ Large Long Island was humid. Hot. And flying in from the Maritimes took some time. But for a Canon event the effort is always worthwhile. Here’s a short take. Two or three times a year Canon updates journalists and analysts on how the...

Will get there on photos. Have an incredibly full schedule, but will add some photos as I go.

By Noel Ward drupa 2016, day 1 One of the fascinating things about drupa is how it reflects both subtle and massive changes in the print industry. It used to be that Heidelberg, long the largest exhibitor here, had a permanent presence in Hall 1 with one of its massive Sunday presses installed...

by Noel Ward, Editor @ Large One thing I’ve found in my 20-odd years in this industry is that you can never ignore Xerox. While the company’s shift in focus to business process outsourcing (BPO) a few years back took much of the company’s emphasis off of print, the recent split into two...

by Noel Ward, Editor @ Large It’s barely three weeks until drupa-tization begins. One of the leading questions pointed at many industry folks these days is, “Are you going to drupa?” People answering, “Yes” are promptly asked about how long they will be there and where they are staying. Those...

Never mind the facts. Just go with opinion. D Ink Man... will you be at drupa, or are you running off rumors? I don't know how much of Landa's show is real but it deserves an objective look, just like all the other technology at drupa or any show.

Hi, I'll be trying to keep people filled in on some of drupa. Its a huge show, my view will be a bit narrowed down. As for your press, one company you might want to look at is MGI. They have toner-based presses that print on a lot of substrates. I think they can do 5 colors and I know some of...

No, kansasquaker, not a paid post--sorry to disappoint! It's just my opinion. And yeah, Priceline, it will be interesting to see what old Benny has cooked up. I've known him since about 1996, and have never done any business with him, Indigo, HP, or Landa. The problem with these shows is that...

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends! Get your popcorn at the door, come on in, come on in! It is once again time for the most amazing show, you really have to see it, rock and roll, rock and roll! That was the vibe from Landa Group at drupa 2012, replete with edgy theatrical...

OK, gotcha! But understand this reporting was a just about pre-drupa briefing in a hotel in Bruges, Belgium, as noted in the article. Was there for a couple of days. drupa is in Dusseldorf, Germany May 31 to June 10. I will be there through June 5, and will have video and photos from there. More...

The pre-drupa events industry journalists and analysts attend are, in a way, training for the main event in Dusseldorf. We fly to Europe, get jet-lagged, eat different food than we’re used to, then sit through meetings where we learn a lot about a host of equipment and software… one...

Gordo... You really want screen shots of software? Really? There'll be pix in my next installment on one of the print engines. D Ink Man... More to follow. Coming up: Xeikon, HP, Landa, Xerox, a few others. drupa! There's smoke! There's mirrors! There are machines made of unobtanium!

It can’t possibly be 4 years since the last time I spent two weeks in Dusseldorf, Germany. But calendars don’t lie and here we all are, ready to head off to that marvelous extravaganza of all things print in the drupa city. I can’t wait! I’m somehow going to cram the entire visit into just one...

You might want to expand your search to include Canon. The C7011 is a 70 ppm machine that's been around for a few years, and the new C8000VP is an 80 ppm box. There's also a new 100 ppm model, the C10000VP. In my opinion, output from these is a step up from Ricoh and KM. I saw this at Canon Expo...

The Touchpoint centralizes a lot of things, but drupa visitors also need to see the stands of all the major press players, especially the digital guys. ALL will be rolling out new systems that can handle some forms of packaging, from basic labels to folding cartons to corrugated boxes. The...