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  • Sustainable--Not “Green” Printing

    By Doc | May 11, 2012, 6:02am PDT

    Doc recently tweeted about a green printing study and received a comment from sustainability expert and printing industry veteran Don Carli, calling into question the term “green” printing. “Green...

  • Optimism for European Hardcopy Peripherals Market

    By Doc | May 9, 2012, 6:57am PDT

    Doc knows you can’t look at any single region these days to get an idea of how an industry is doing. So I’m always on the lookout for global sales data. That lead me to a recent report from...

  • Should We Come Up with a New Term for Books?

    By Doc | May 7, 2012, 6:49am PDT

    A while back, I wrote about the Espresso digital book printing device, which allows bookstores to print back-list book titles on-demand based on consumer requests. This allows stores to “stock” a...

  • New Owners for Print Chain AlphaGraphics

    By Doc | May 4, 2012, 6:38am PDT

    Doc has been interested to see the changes happening in the commercial printing industry where volume is down and competition is high. So it’s curious that business and marketing communications...

  • Do Americans Still Prefer Print and Paper Communications?

    By Doc | May 2, 2012, 6:32am PDT

    Doc is always skeptical of industry-sponsored research, but sometimes I present it here for all to consider and respond to. Such is the case of a new survey commissioned by Two Sides, the...

  • Office Equipment Market to Reach $78 Billion by 2015

    By Doc | April 30, 2012, 6:26am PDT

    It’s always hard for Doc to get reliable information about the size of the various markets covered in this blog. So I was glad to see a recent study by Global Industry Analysts that tries to put...

  • Ricoh Gets High Marks in Analysis by IDC

    By Doc | April 27, 2012, 6:26am PDT

    Doc is always looking to the independent research group International Data Corporation for the latest skinny on what’s going on in various parts of the tech industry. So a recent report from IDC,...

  • Ricoh and Inkjet at Drupa

    By Doc | April 25, 2012, 6:56am PDT

    Just about every four years Doc schleps it over to Düsseldorf for the Drupa printing trade show – the biggest in the world. This year the giant event takes place May 3-16, 2012 and is shaping up...

  • Better to Print In-House or Outsource?

    By Doc | April 23, 2012, 6:54am PDT

    A while back, Doc wrote about 5 green printing tips, which spurred an interesting set of comments. According to one poster, when a job is outsourced to a third party, the customer typically prints...

  • What Happens Now with Kodak's Commercial Divisions?

    By Doc | April 20, 2012, 6:50am PDT

    Doc wasn’t terribly surprised when Kodak filed for bankruptcy – he’s been to Rochester and seen first-hand how entrenched Kodak has been in its legacy businesses. And though most people are...

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