http://www.piworld.com Copyright 2012 North American Publishing Company en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss After two weeks of rain and sunshine, sausage and spargel, more than a few alts and pils, far too much walking and standing, transportation that reminded me of Tokyo at rush hour, and having my BS detector turned up all the way, it’s good to... ]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 12:08:44 EDT While the latest hype from the print industry is making noise in drupa and keeping the nightlife jumping in Dusseldorf’s Altstadt, Océ quietly rolled out the results of its latest R&D investments to a small group of analysts at... ]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 14:49:59 EDT I’m not usually in the practice of opening emails from sources I don’t know, but this one was from “trillium@xeikon” with the subject line of “Sneak preview of Trillium press.” Hmmm, I thought, I’ll take... ]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:48:17 EDT A recent discussion on a LinkedIN forum began with a member seeking input on a couple of mid-range digital presses he was considering. The original poster (I’ll call him Tom) is the pretty savvy owner of a small print business doing his due... ]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:31:05 EDT So I’m standing in line with all the other Boarding Zone 1 gate lice in San Diego, eager to get on a flight to Charlotte, when I get an email from Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions , asking when I’ll be... ]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:33:48 EDT A lot of words have been written lately about print being sustainable. But what, exactly, does sustainable mean? How much is too much? How much is just right? Or, is it as Mick Jagger once said, “Too much is never enough.” Maybe... ]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:35:30 EST It was fitting that it was in Las Vegas that Konica Minolta announced to its dealers that the next move in the company’s evolution is offering managed IT services. This takes the company a giant leap beyond the more commonplace offering of... ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:45:12 EST “Is this heaven?” asks John Kinsella. “No. This is Iowa,” says his son. And it was Iowa, like a scene from the “Field of Dreams” movie, that rolled beneath our wheels as we hurtled across the plains. Xerox... ]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:09:22 EDT Seeing the equipment and software on the show floor are only part of the value of shows like Graph Expo. At least for analysts and members of the press, a big part is learning how companies are approaching the market and how they think about their... ]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:24:08 EDT Why, I kept asking myself, would anyone voluntarily spend a perfectly good September Sunday inside McCormick Place at a trade show? Beats me, but there I was, dashing from one appointment to the next at GRAPH EXPO 2011. Moving about was easy... ]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:15:01 EDT With a few variations, a recurrent question in some of the LinkedIn groups I frequent is something along the lines of, “What’s the best digital color press?” This is a bit like asking, What’s the best car? Based on many of... ]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:43:48 EDT