Archive for August, 2006
The Conservation Fund Names Pictorial Offset Corporation Is First Printing Company In The World To Become Carbon-Neutral
Pictorial Offset Corporation, the leader in addressing environmental issues affecting commercial printing for over 25 years, is proud to announce that it has taken steps to reduce its carbon-emission footprint on the earth to zero.
Lester Samuels, Managing Partner of Pictorial Offset Corporation, states, “One of the greatest challenges that we face as responsible corporate leaders is taking action to effect change in the face of pending danger. Climate change has become one of the largest environmental issues of this century, and global warming is one such danger that requires resourcefulness on the part of corporate leaders. Pictorial Offset continues to take giant steps in ‘doing the right thing’ by effecting positive change to help counter-balance global warming.”
PIA/GATF 2006 InterTech(TM) Technology Award Hands Prestigous Award to Esko WebCenter
Esko, the market leader in packaging pre-production solutions, is pleased to announce that WebCenter has received a 2006 Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) InterTech Technology Award. WebCenter is part of Esko’s Scope suite of packaging pre-press software. It basically is a communication platform that brings together all packaging supply chain partners-from brand owner to retailer-to discuss jobs, perform approvals, and view 3D models of products with their packaging. WebCenter is the second recent Esko product recipient of an InterTech Award. The FastVariants suite of workflow tools received a 2003 Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) InterTech(TM) Technology Award.
“WebCenter has enabled us to easily integrate the system into three different business areas-for package, commercial, and large format printing. Key for us was availability of on-line collaboration tools, and the ability to utilize 3D structural viewing, as well as individual separation viewing,” noted Craig LaBossiere, Packaging Manager, OPTIUM, in his testimonial letter that accompanied the award application. “When a CSR releases a file to WebCenter, anyone in the chain-a printer, creative director, or brand owner, for example-will receive an email invitation to log in, review the file, make any annotations and send comments. Critical for us will be the resultant action history, a record of edits and job approvals.”
Enfocus & Creo Print On-Demand Solutions Group Announce Partnership
Enfocus is pleased to announce a partnership with Creo Print On-Demand Solutions Group (PODS).
Per the companies’ agreement, Enfocus has developed PitStop EDIT exclusively for Creo PODS. PitStop EDIT is an abridged version of Enfocus’ popular preflighting, editing and correction application; and is initially available with the new Creo PODS’ Spire CXP50 color server (Pro Kit) driving the Xerox DocuColor 5000 digital press, Creo Spire CXP8000 (version 2) color server driving the Xerox DocuColor 8000 digital press, and the Spire for iGen3 color server driving both the Xerox iGen3 110 and 90 production presses. PitStop EDIT allows for late stage editing of PDF files. Creo PODS’ Spire with PitStop EDIT is being demonstrated on the new Creo Spire CXP50 and Spire for iGen3 at On Demand Expo, at Xerox booth # 2100. Additionally, Creo PODS Spire CXP8000 driving a Xerox DocuColor 8000 digital press will be showcased at GBC’s booth # 1849.