Graphics News Review

Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation ( PIA/GATF) and its Ben Franklin Society are seeking to honor an outstanding woman and a school program in the graphic communications industry. Nominations for the Naomi Berber Memorial Awa rd and the Frederick D. Kagy Education Awa rd of Excellence are due July 28, 2006.

The Naomi Berber Memorial Awa rd was established in 1976 and created to honor the “First Lady of the Foundation,” Naomi Berber, who served as GATF’s first administrative director and was the first woman elected to the Society of Fellows, now known as the Ben Franklin Society. This award is presented annually to a woman who has made major contributions to the development of the graphic communications industry. Read more

“A letter has a sense of warmth and is more personal than e-mail. With regular mail, it’s all yours to keep and take with you when you’re on the move,” said Brooks.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.  — Specialist Tommy Brooks from the 2-130 Illinois Infantry Battalion served a 12-month tour in Iraq - and says there’s nothing like getting mail from home.

You can send your appreciation to U.S. soldiers like Specialist Brooks through a new Web site sponsored by Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) at www.LetsSayThanks.com. Launching today, the site allows you to write a personalized message on postcards - drawn by kids across the country - which will be printed and sent to deployed forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Read more

Suprasetter 74 with Multi Cassette Loader at Ipex 2006 in Birmingham.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has delivered its 500th Suprasetter to a customer in Portugal.

In total, the Suprasetter 74 and Suprasetter 105 models are now being used in 55 countries worldwide. The Suprasetter is a Heidelberg own development. The modular concept of the series enables users to adapt the machine precisely to their business model. It is possible to retrofit laser modules for higher plate throughput or to add Single or Multi Cassette Loaders on site at any time. All models can be integrated into the Heidelberg Prinect workflow based entirely on JDF.

The increasing demand for the Suprasetter A105 entry-level solution, which was introduced in April, mirrors the constantly high sales figures for the entire product family.

“The pleasing market success of the Suprasetter shows that Heidelberg is on the right track with its CtP strategy. The modular configurations, which grow in line with the print shops’ demands, offer our customers long-term investment security and a plate throughput adapted precisely to demand,” says Andreas Forer, Head of Imaging Systems at Heidelberg, explaining the success of the new series.