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Drive More Sales and Make More Money with Sales Ready!
August 5, 2019
Sales is the lifeblood of any organization, and upping your sales game is vital to growth and success. Sales managers need to know how to hire the right salespeople, develop effective sales strategies, and keep their team motivated. Sales professionals are tasked to bring in profitable business, use their time efficiently, and have a fresh, meaningful sales approach. Then, of course, there are the buyers--they are multigenerational, savvy, and... Read More
Dot Stability: Another Benefit of Process Free Plates
July 22, 2019
Dot stability is yet another benefit of process free plates that can help printers be more profitable. In previous blog posts, we've covered how SONORA Process Free Plates eliminate the Hidden Costs of Plate Processing and enable Faster Makeready for Faster Profits by reaching target density on press in about half the time as wet processed plates. Dot stability is a third way that SONORA Plates drive down costs and let you spend more of your... Read More
The Technology Inside the KODAK PROSPER Press Pigment Inks
July 8, 2019
What if you could achieve wider color gamut, offer a broader range of substrates for inkjet printing, and have environmentally-friendly state-of-the art ink development, all delivered at a reasonable cost? You can with aqueous nano-particulate inks and dispersions from Kodak. A pioneer in inkjet technology, Kodak brings years of experience and market-proven expertise to the development and commercialization of these products. Kodak formulates,... Read More
KODAK PRINERGY Workflow Marks 20th Anniversary Transforming How Printers Operate
June 24, 2019
Over 150 Printers, industry partners and media from around the world convened in New Orleans at the 2019 GUA Conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the print industry's leading prepress automation software, KODAK PRINERGY Workflow. The two-day forum celebrated twenty years of collaboration between print service providers and Kodak that has transformed the way prepress departments operate, while also fostering lively discussions on the latest... Read More
Top 5 Reasons You Should Attend HR Ready!
June 18, 2019
Human Resources staffing, policies, and procedures are critically important in preparing companies for the future. This means driving engagement initiatives, preserving a positive and collaborative work environment, and providing career growth opportunities--all while making sure that employees are happy and productive. HR Ready! is designed to prepare our companies now, for the future. Get the most up-to-date information and insights on HR... Read More
KODAK AQUA-IMAGE Pressroom Chemicals Are Designed to Improve Performance on Press
June 6, 2019
Kodak is well-known for providing market-leading, innovative digital plates, and a few years ago we took our technical knowledge of how a plate works best and extended that knowledge into the pressroom with a new line of pressroom chemicals. Now, KODAK AQUA-IMAGE Pressroom Chemicals are getting attention from printers who are using them to get superior performance on press. We asked HB Sloan from Wesco Graphics, who recently started using AQUA-... Read More
5 CTP Technology Trends Transforming Prepress
May 14, 2019
Trend #1 More Automation, Less Space Automation for CTP devices isn't new, but the technology is getting more sophisticated and more compact. CTP automation takes platemaking to a new level of efficiency and productivity, reducing the chance for errors from manual plate handling and speeding up production. The more plates that can be automatically loaded, imaged, and unloaded, the more jobs you can handle in a day, increasing revenue potential... Read More
Premier Print Awards Q&A Interview with Rick Brooks, Creative Design Manager of Jostens Inc.
April 30, 2019
Printing Industries of America's Premier Print Awards are an international print competition that recognizes exceptional print pieces from around the globe. Companies that enter have the opportunity to submit extraordinary print pieces with the potential to win industry-wide recognition. The 2018 Best of Category winner for School Yearbooks was Jostens Inc., who submitted the 2018 Yukon High School The Miller Yearbook. Rick Brooks, Creative... Read More
256 Shades of Gray
April 25, 2019
The groundbreaking technology introduced in the KODAK NEXFINITY v12 Digital Press, the most recent addition to Kodak's portfolio of digital sheetfed presses, enables a step-change in print performance. The heart of the platform is a brand new writing system that delivers exceptional quality and consistency over long runs, advancements that are enabled by two fundamental technology innovations: multi-bit LED (light emitting diode) writers and... Read More
Faster Makeready for Faster Profits
April 17, 2019
Everyone knows that SONORA Process Free Plates can save time and money in prepress, but did you know are ways that SONORA Plates save money in the pressroom? SONORA Plates can significantly reduce start-up times on press, saving not only time but paper, ink, and other makeready costs. Our new SONORA X Plates reach target density over 2 times faster than wet processed plates. Here's how it works. The coating of SONORA X Plates is very... Read More
