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Quebec - Dynagram, the leader in innovative imposition technologies, today announced that the Social Print Experiment in San Diego, CA has adopted Dynagram's inpO2 for Adobe Acrobat as its imposition software. The Social Print Experiment was an idea developed as a way to chronicle the first year of a startup digital printing company using tools widely available today.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. – HP today announced that Courier Corporation, North America's third-largest book manufacturer, has installed an HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Press to expand its service offerings to include digital printing.
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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – InteliCoat Technologies, a world leader in the manufacture of coated paper, film, and specialty substrates for digital imaging applications, today announced that it has taken the next step in grand format production printing with the expansion of its industry-leading Magic inkjet media products to include sizes and put-ups for high production grand format printers such as HP Scitex and Vutek machines.
 
As part of this initiative, the following Magic products are now available in 300 to 500 ft. put ups on 6" cores:
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Teterboro, NJ -- Superior Printing Ink, the leading supplier of commercial sheetfed inks in North America, has completed the re-certification of its Hamden, Connecticut Central Manufacturing Facility to ISO 9001:2008 standards. A comprehensive on-site audit, conducted by the Bureau Veritas Group, evaluated Superior's quality management system in areas including customer service, product quality, and manufacturing processes.
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Foster City, Calif. – EFI, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced it will host the first annual Connect auction with over 20 items ranging from add-on software to consulting services. The live auction will be held during the sponsors' appreciation reception on Mon., April 19 starting at 4:45 p.m. The 11th annual Connect users' conference is taking place April 18 to April 21 at the Wynn Las Vegas featuring educational sessions, user group meetings, keynote speakers and product demonstrations across the entire EFI portfolio.
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JJ Bender, LLC, a leading provider of high-volume printing equipment, announced Wednesday the expansion of their wholesale program. Although JJ Bender has long been associated with high-volume digital printing equipment, the recent success of their Tired Asset Recovery Program (TARP) led to the acquisition of a large supply of smaller equipment. Seeing the increased demand for this market, JJ Bender decided to expand their wholesale program by forming a new team to specialize in this growing venture.
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Chicago, IL – GPA announces that they are accepting entries for their annual Printed Sample Contest until March 31, 2010. This year marks the fifth year of the contest, continuing a tradition that recognizes excellence and creativity in printing. Each year the competition grows bigger and better, yielding new and innovative examples of the opportunities available with GPA substrates.

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Danvers, MA -- RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, announced today that its ComColor inkjet printers have been certified by Arcis Digital Security Inc. to print documents with its proprietary digital void pantograph (DVP) technology. DVP technology works with RISO's high-speed inkjet printers in producing secure digitally printed documents with full color variable data.
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CHAMBERSBURG, PA – Raymond Traugott of Washington, D. C., has been named client services manager at e-LYNXX Corporation.

"Ray's role as an American Print Management client services manager is to actively manage and cultivate relationships with print buying clients nationwide," said Maxine Gindlesperger, chief administrative officer of e-LYNXX.  "He provides our growing client base with strategic direction and guidance on qualifying suppliers and preparing budgets and job specifications, as well as training and monitoring of the production process." 
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. --Neenah Paper continues to bring innovative solutions to meet your paper needs, including specialty packaging papers. The most recent addition to Neenah's offering of premium packaging papers is the single-ply ENVIRONMENT Folding Board 100 PC 18pt. (125lb. cover).  read more »