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Canon Pixma All-in-One printers

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Canon Pixma printers
The new Canon Pixma MX435 and MX515 All-in-One printers are designed to offer greater flexibility in terms of where and how users print within the home office environment, with a number of connectivity features. Built-in Wi-Fi means that documents and photos can be printed from any room covered by an in-home wireless network. Both the Canon Pixma MX435 and Pixma MX515 also offer mobile printing solutions. The Canon Easy-PhotoPrint App (for iOS and Android products) allows photo and document printing from, and scanning directly to, a mobile device. Apple AirPrint is also supported, enabling direct printing from Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Canon Pixma : Print, Copy Scan
The new Canon Pixma All-in-One printers boast fast photo and document printing speeds with the Canon Pixma MX435 and Pixma MX515 delivering enhanced ISO speeds of approximately 9.7ipm mono and 5.5ipm colour. The All-in-One printers can also produce ISO A4 copy speeds of 21seconds. The Canon Pixma MX375 delivers ISO speeds of approx. 8.7ipm mono and 5.0ipm colour and ISO A4 copy speeds of 23 seconds. All three new Canon Pixma All-in-One printers come with fully integrated Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) for easy copying, scanning and faxing of multiple-page jobs, whilst Super G3 high-speed fax provides the option to save to USB. The Canon Pixma MX515 can save straight to memory cards through the built-in card slots as well as offering the ability to turn documents into PDF files and save to a PC.

Canon Pixma All-in-One printers
The new Canon Pixma All-in-One printers feature a compact, FastFront design. This allows paper and ink cartridges to be loaded into the front of the printer, so it can be placed against a wall or on a shelf, saving valuable space. The new XL FINE colour ink cartridges, which can be installed in one easy click, offer 50% lower cost per page, allowing users to print more for less. Quick Start also ensures the new MX products power up quickly for on-demand printing. A 6.2cm colour TFT display on the Canon Pixma MX515 allows photos to be previewed straight from the memory card slots making it easy to see which functions are being selected. This Canon Pixma printer also features a Dual Function Panel which displays only the keys needed, depending on the function being performed, for greater ease of use.

Canon Pixma printer software
The new Canon Pixma All-in-One printers also come with a range of software solutions for smart printing that will appeal to consumers looking for the very latest features, whether that’s printing from the web, eco functions or getting creative with photography and HD Movies. The Canon Pixma MX515 includes ECO Settings software, a new addition to Canon’s Solution Menu EX, which monitors how much paper and CO2 is being saved through Auto Duplex printing. Smart and easy web printing is enabled through Easy-WebPrint EX for printing web pages exactly as required with no paper or ink waste. The intuitive software means multiple web pages can be combined and printed on one page using Auto Clip or the one click fit-to-page option, allowing for intelligent printing from the web.

Canon Pixma photo printer
HD Movie stills can be captured and printed from full HD video footage shot on Canon’s range of Digital SLRs or Canon Digital Still Cameras. Other creative tools include Merge Frames which combines multiple images to give a sense of motion and Layout Print, which turns a small movie clip into a comic-strip effect storyboard. Want to know all details of these new All-in-One printers, read the Canon Pixma technologies explained fact-sheet.

Canon Pixma MX515 features
• All-In-One with fax, Wi-Fi and Ethernet
• Stylish all-black FastFront design
• 6.2cm TFT display
• Up to 4800dpi, min. 2pl quality
• 30-sheet ADF
• ISO ESAT 9.7 ipm mono / 5.5 ipm colour
• ISO A4 Copy: 21 seconds
• Auto Duplex Print
• Scan to USB memory without a PC

Canon Pixma MX435 features
• Wi-Fi All-In-One with fax
• Stylish all-black FastFront design
• Up to 4800dpi, min. 2pl quality
• 30-sheet ADF
• ISO ESAT 9.7 ipm mono / 5.5 ipm colour
• ISO A4 Copy: 21 seconds
• Scan to USB Memory without a PC
• Easy-WebPrint EX
• Full HD Movie Print
• Supports Apple AirPrint

Canon Pixma MX375 features
• All-In-One with fax and 30-sheet ADF
• Up to 4800dpi, min. 2pl quality
• ISO ESAT 8.7 ipm mono / 5.0 ipm colour
• ISO A4 Copy: 23 seconds
• Compact design with FastFront
• Easy-WebPrint EX for efficient web printing
• Auto Document Fix enhancement
• Full HD Movie print

Canon Pixma printers price availability
• The Canon Pixma MX375 is available from April 2012, for a suggested retail price of €70 euro in Europe and £60 GBP in the United Kingdom.
• The Canon Pixma MX435 is available from April 2012, for a suggested retail price of €100 euro in Europe and £80 GBP in the United Kingdom.
• The Canon Pixma MX515 is available from April 2012, for a suggested retail price of €120 euro in Europe and £100 GBP in the United Kingdom.

Ferrostaal California / Hawaii Sales and Service Dealer Announced

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Ferrostaal California / Hawaii Sales and Service Dealer Announced

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Press release from the issuing company

Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America, a new and fast-growing printing equipment supplier, today announced that Orange County-based Print Finishing Solutions is its exclusive sales and service dealer for California and Hawaii.

PFS represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi throughout the two states and has more than a decade of experience selling and servicing Ryobi presses. For more information, contact 800-398-5283, support@printfs.com or visit www.printfs.com.

With the addition of PFS, Ferrostaal now has 15 print equipment dealers across the U.S. and Canada. Like the others, PFS is responsible for Ferrostaal and Ryobi sales, quick-dispatch technical service, parts and all customer support. All dealers are expert in offset and digital printing—and provide a full range of pre-press, press, bindery/finishing and mailing hardware, software and supplies. Customers include commercial printers and binderies, in-plant printers and marketing services companies.

Ferrostaal executives said PFS is an established leader for printing equipment sales and service in California and Hawaii and ranks among top peers in North America and worldwide. The company has a proven record of success helping customers improve and grow their businesses with highly automated, state-of-the-art print production and distribution technologies.

PFS and its customers are supported by Ferrostaal and Ryobi teams in the U.S., Japan and elsewhere across the world.

In the Western U.S. states outside California and Hawaii, Ferrostaal currently handles Ryobi sales, parts, and technical support. For information, contact Mark Booth at 281-741-6719, email usasales@ferrostaal.com, or visit www.ferrostaal.us.

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Innovative EFI Fiery Technology and New Konica Minolta MFPs Bring Mobile …

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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb 7, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) –
EFI(TM)

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, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, and Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. today launched the Fiery(R) IC-414 controller for the new Konica Minolta bizhub(R) C754/C654 MFPs, bringing office workgroups high-quality color, automated workflows, and unique productivity-boosting tools. Based on the latest award-winning Fiery System 10e platform, the controller delivers fully finished documents faster than ever before and offers multiple ways for mobile device users to print from their smartphones and tablets.

“Once again we have paired our advanced Fiery technology with the latest bizhub products from Konica Minolta to provide customers with an exceptional color printing solution,” said John Henze, vice president of Fiery marketing, EFI. “This launch includes many hallmark Fiery controller features that ensure outstanding color quality and ease of use along with some unique tools that boost productivity in today’s office environment, including the Fiery VUE visual application and direct mobile printing for on-the-go professionals. These are all wrapped around a scalable and modular architecture that can easily grow as the print requirements grow.”

“Konica Minolta’s ongoing partnership with EFI and Fiery technology helps boost the productivity of our products, from the bizhub family to our production print systems and digital presses,” said Kevin Kern, senior vice president of marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “With the introduction of the IC-414, we can offer customers from the high-end office to graphics and entry light production advanced capabilities and performance to maximize their efficiency.”

The Fiery controller and bizhub MFP combination enables workgroups to increase productivity and produce more professional-looking documents in-house with easy to use tools, such as the unique Fiery VUE visual print application. It allows users to interact with a document on-screen in 3D to sculpt and preview exactly how the finished piece will look, saving time and reducing waste and costs. Integration and support of the bizhub C754/C654 finishing devices and advanced tab printing* increases productivity and further simplifies the creation of finished documents such as booklets.

With the recent explosion of smartphones and tablets, now more than ever, mobile workers need to be able to access and print their documents whether from their desktop computer or mobile device. With this launch, the Fiery controller provides a built-in mobile print option for no additional cost, enabling users to print directly via Wi-Fi from their iPad(TM), iPhone(R) and iPod touch(R) applications to a Fiery-driven printer. The Fiery controller automatically discovers and presents users with choices of Fiery-driven printers and print options for fast and easy printing.

The Fiery IC-414 delivers high-quality color and images right out of the box with Fiery ColorWise(R) technology. Spot color reproduction are built-in to the controller in Fiery Spot-On(R), enabling the most flexible and accurate tools for achieving the best match for PANTONE colors or any other specialty colors to ensure corporate colors are always right.

As printing needs grow, Fiery technology provides additional capabilities with the optional Fiery Productivity Package including features such as Image Enhance Visual Editor for on-the-fly per image correction and Fiery Hot Folders to automate document preparation in distributed print environments. These tools help users meet tight turnaround times and produce top-notch color documents the first time, while automating processes to make users more productive than ever before.

Availability

The EFI Fiery IC-414 can be ordered now from Konica Minolta. For more information, go to
www.efi.com or contact 800-875-7117.

About EFI

EFI (
www.efi.com ) is a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI’s award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company’s robust product portfolio includes Fiery(R) digital print controllers and solutions; VUTEk(R) superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek(TM) UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion(R) industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions.

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About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced document management technologies and Managed IT Services for the desktop to the print shop. For the fourth consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. BLI has named Konica Minolta 2012 “Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year” and “A3 MFP Line of the Year” award winner for the company’s solution portfolio and award-winning line of bizhub Multifunctional Products. For more information, please visit
www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

* These features available in Q2

NOTE TO EDITORS: Electronics For Imaging, Fiery, PrintMe, Command WorkStation, ColorWise, Spot-On, VUTEk and Jetrion are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. EFI, FreeForm and Rastek are trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. All other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

Nothing herein should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, that are statements other than statements of historical fact including words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “consider”, “plan” and similar, any statements related to strategies or objectives of management for future operations, products, development, performance, any statements of assumptions or underlying any of the foregoing and any statements in the future tense. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual or future results to differ materially. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with EFI’s businesses, please refer to the risk factors section in the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. EFI undertakes no obligation to update information contained herein, including forward-looking statements.

This news release was distributed by GlobeNewswire,
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SOURCE: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.


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Oratio Provides Dentists with Advanced Implantology Solutions Using Objet 3D …

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REHOVOT, Israel, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Objet Ltd., the innovation leader in 3D printing for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing today announced that Oratio B.V., a leading dental industry company in the Netherlands, has developed a complete in-house digital workflow for fabrication of models for dental implants with the help of an Objet 3D Printer. The addition of 3D printing into Oratio’s workflow has turned Oratio into a fully digital dental provider, allowing it to significantly expand its implantology practice while offering higher accuracy and faster turnaround times.

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Oratio identified the use of digital solutions for implantology as a potential growth opportunity. However, the company did not want to increase staff or costs, nor compromise its high standards. According to Siebe van der Zel, Chief Operating Officer of Oratio: “Digital dentistry could enable a new level of implant models and allow us full control of the complete process – from the dentist’s initial order, to designing the restoration, through final manufacturing.”

Leveraging its strong experience in producing dental parts from CAD design imagery, Oratio chose to integrate the Objet Eden260V 3D Printer into its workflow. Since Installing the Objet 3D Printer Oratio has digitized the entire design and manufacturing process for dental implants. This has significantly improved the productivity of dental technicians by allowing them to focus on higher-level tasks. Implant models printed by the Objet 3D Printer are delivered with exceptionally fine details and an outstanding surface finish – to the full satisfaction of Oratio’s dentist customers. Dentist clients are also benefitting from improved turnaround times, enabled by the in-house rapid manufacturing process.

Avi Cohen, Head of Medical Solutions at Objet, commented: “Practices that specialize in dental implantology inherently require support systems that are flexible and versatile. For this reason Objet’s 3D printing systems represent the perfect fit. They enable labs such as Oratio to continue delivering specialist products to market while, at the same time, even broadening their range of services with new, value-added offerings.”

Summing up the benefits, van der Zel said: “Business growth followed immediately after we installed the Objet 3D Printer. We increased our productivity and as a result we can provide new and better solutions for implantology.”

Read the Case study to learn how Oratio expanded its dental implantology service while cutting operational costs.

The Objet Eden260V 3D Printer was recently recognized as a 2011 “Readers’ Choice” by subscribers to Dental Lab Products magazine. It was the only Rapid Prototyping platform honored in the magazine’s annual “Best of the Best Products” list.

To find out more about Objet’s digital dentistry solutions please visit www.ObjetDental.com.

About Oratio B.V.
Oratio B.V. is one of the leading companies in the development and production of affordable custom dental devices by collaborative computerized dentistry in the Netherlands. A unique dental technology service and knowledge powerhouse, it provides a wide range of services covering all areas of restorative dentistry. Oratio B.V. is dedicated to excellence in dentistry, constantly applying cutting edge CAD/CAM technologies wherever it helps the company provide better services. The company’s goal is to offer the latest methods and best systems to continue elevating the level of care patients can expect when they seek cosmetic or reconstructive treatment. For more information, see http://www.oratio.nl.

About Objet
Objet Ltd. is a leading provider of high quality, cost effective inkjet-based 3D printing systems and materials. A global company, Objet has offices in North America, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and India.

Objet’s 3D printing systems and 3D printing materials are ideal for any company involved in the manufacture or design of physical products using 3D software or other 3D content. Companies using Objet’s solutions can be typically found in sectors such as consumer goods electronics, dental, medical and medical devices, architecture, industrial machinery, footwear, sporting goods, toys and service bureaus.

Founded in 1998, the company has thousands of customers worldwide including a substantial share of the relevant Fortune 100 and Fortune 500. Its award-winning technology (12 awards in 5 years) is based upon over 110 patents and patent pending inventions.

Objet’s advanced 3D printing systems and range of over 60 materials enable professionals to build prototypes that accurately simulate the true look, feel and function of an end-product, even complex, assembled goods. The Objet Connex™ line of multi-material 3D printers features the world’s only technology to simultaneously jet 2 materials. With this, users can print many different materials into a single part and print various mixed parts on the same build tray. Users can also create advanced composite materials, or Digital Materials™ featuring unique mechanical and thermal properties. Objet’s range of over 60 3D printing materials simulate properties ranging from rigid to rubber-like, transparent to opaque and standard to ABS-grade engineering plastics, with a large number of in-between shore grades and shades.

Objet’s 3D printers are available in a range of form-factors, from cost-effective desktop 3D printers ideal for entry-level professionals all the way to industrial-scale multi-material machines for front-line designers and top manufacturers. Objet’s 3D printers feature the industry’s highest-resolution 3D printing quality, based on 16-micron (0.0006 in.) super-thin layering, wide material versatility, office friendliness and ease of operation.

For more information, visit us at www.objet.com, and for more about 3D printing industry-related news, business issues and trends, read the Objet blog.

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KYOCERA Introduces New KC-91 Protective Overcoat for Thermal Printheads Used …

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KYOTO, Japan, Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
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(tokyo:6971) today announced the KC-91, a
new protective overcoat that can be applied to Kyocera’s thin-film
thermal printheads commonly used in dye-sublimation printing
applications such as the self-service digital photo printing machines
increasingly found in public locations. Kyocera thermal printheads (up
to a maximum A4-size) featuring the KC-91 protective overcoat will be
sold starting Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

Features

The newly-developed KC-91 protective overcoat demonstrates the following
advantages:

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A reduction in frictional resistance of approximately 50% over
Kyocera’s conventional overcoat*1 which is made possible
through Kyocera’s proprietary assessment technology as well as
improvements in the overcoat materials and film-formation conditions.
The result is a reduction in the occurrence of ‘wrinkles’ in the
dye-sub ink ribbon, even if the applied energy is increased by 20%,
compared to printheads with conventional overcoats.

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The absolute value of the frictional resistance between the printhead
and the ink ribbon is reduced by a maximum of 30%.

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Resistance to adhesion of residues (burnt deposits of ink or ink
ribbon back-coated agents) is increased by approximately six-fold,
contributing to improvements in both print speed and print quality.

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Durability against thermo-chemical wear is increased four-fold,
contributing to increased printhead service life.

Development Background

With the increasing proliferation of high-quality digital cameras and
camera-equipped smart-phones in recent years, more people are taking and
printing digital pictures themselves, and to service the demand to print
those digital pictures, an increasing number of self-service photo
printing equipment is being installed at department stores and home
electronics stores. More dye-sublimation printers are employed in this
application than other photo-printing technologies because they offer
high print quality and compact size, allowing them to be located almost
anywhere.

The dye-sublimation printer, a type of thermal printer, works via a
process where the thermal printhead (hereinafter “head”) comes into
contact with the ink ribbon and sublimates the ink with the heat of the
head to print images on the paper. The color density is adjusted by
varying the level of applied heat (applied energy), and increased
frictional resistance is created between the head and ribbon as the
applied energy increases. Differences in applied energy simultaneously
in different locations on the head can result in differences in
frictional resistance, causing the ink ribbon to move at different
speeds and subsequently wrinkle, which in turn affects print speed and
print quality.

Addressing the demand for equipment capable of printing higher quality
photos faster, Kyocera has developed the new KC-91 protective overcoat
to significantly reduce the likelihood of ribbon wrinkles caused by
differential frictional resistances and to improve print speeds and
print quality.

With the world’s No.1 market share*2 for thermal printheads,
Kyocera strives to develop products that meet diverse customer needs and
prove useful in everyday life.

*1 Kyocera’s conventional KC-14 protective overcoat and the new KC-91
protective overcoat were compared through continuous printing by
commercial printers; based on research by Kyocera. *2 As of January
31, 2012; based on research by Kyocera.

To learn more details and view performance charts for this product,
please see:

http://global.kyocera.com/news/2012/0201_kyco.html

About
KYOCERA

Kyocera
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(tokyo:6971) (
http://global.kyocera.com/ ),
the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in
1959 as a producer of fine
ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”). By combining these
engineered materials with metals and plastics, and integrating them with
other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of printing
devices, printers, copiers, electronic components, solar power
generating systems, telecommunications equipment, semiconductor
packages, cutting tools and industrial ceramics. During the year ended
March 31, 2011, the company’s net sales totaled 1.27 trillion yen
(approx. USD15.3 billion). The company is ranked #604 on Forbes
magazine’s 2011 “Global 2000″ listing of the world’s largest publicly
traded companies.

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SOURCE: Kyocera Corporation


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Ferrostaal Appoints New Printing Equipment Sales, Tech Service Dealer for …

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LOS ANGELES, Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America, a new and fast-growing
printing equipment supplier, today announced that Orange County-based
Print Finishing Solutions is its exclusive sales and service dealer
for California and Hawaii.

PFS represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi throughout the two states and has
more than a decade of experience selling and servicing Ryobi presses.
For more information, contact 800-398-5283, support@printfs.com
or visit
www.printfs.com .

With the addition of PFS, Ferrostaal now has 15 print equipment dealers
across the U.S. and Canada. Like the others, PFS is responsible for
Ferrostaal and Ryobi sales, quick-dispatch technical service, parts and
all customer support. All dealers are expert in offset and digital
printing–and provide a full range of pre-press, press, bindery/finishing
and mailing hardware, software and supplies. Customers include
commercial printers and binderies, in-plant printers and marketing
services companies.

Ferrostaal executives said PFS is an established leader for printing
equipment sales and service in California and Hawaii and ranks among top
peers in North America and worldwide. The company has a proven record of
success helping customers improve and grow their businesses with highly
automated, state-of-the-art print production and distribution
technologies.

PFS and its customers are supported by Ferrostaal and Ryobi teams in the
U.S., Japan and elsewhere across the world.

In the Western U.S. states outside California and Hawaii, Ferrostaal
currently handles Ryobi sales, parts, and technical support. For
information, contact Mark Booth at 281-741-6719, email usasales@ferrostaal.com,
or visit
www.ferrostaal.us .

About Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America

Ferrostaal helps commercial and in-plant printers in the U.S. and Canada
make their businesses stronger, more innovative and more sustainable.
The company provides printers of all sizes with equipment, custom
financing, quick-dispatch service and overnight parts availability
through a large network of local and regional graphics equipment dealers.

Ferrostaal tailors its offer to each printer’s specific business needs.
With more than a half-century of experience working with printers
worldwide, Ferrostaal is independent, entrepreneurial and expert in the
business of print, publishing and packaging. Ferrostaal markets and
distributes the RYOBI 1050, 920, 750/780, 520, 3304 and 3302 series
presses. Technical service and parts are available for these presses as
well as legacy Ryobi presses.

About Ryobi

Ryobi Ltd., Tokyo, is a diversified manufacturer and leading OEM with
operations on three continents and sales in more than 170 countries.
Ryobi is a major supplier of precision die-casting products for the
world’s top automakers. It is also a leading manufacturer and innovator
serving the printing, telecommunications, electronics and construction
industries.

Ryobi is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of advanced sheetfed
offset printing presses, hardware, software and related peripherals. Its
high-speed, fully automated, 2- to 8-up multicolor presses are respected
for their superior print quality, low total cost of ownership, operating
ease and efficiency, environmental responsibility and high reliability.

SOURCE: Ferrostaal


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T-Shirt Printers Big Winners In Big Game

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Promo products companies printing 25,000+ shirts overnight after Super Bowl

TREVOSE, Pa., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — No matter which team scores the Super Bowl trophy, T-shirt printers will be big winners, printing tens of thousands of logoed shirts overnight for devoted football fans to snap up Monday morning.

The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) said hundreds of promotional products companies will work into the wee hours Sunday into Monday to get Super Bowl items to sports fans waiting for commemorative T-shirts, jackets and other logoed items.

“The ad specialty industry works overtime whenever there’s a big national event to make sure everyone who wants a special keepsake gets one,” said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI, the largest member organization representing the $18.5 billion promotional products industry. “ASI research shows logoed T-shirts generate huge sales among Super Bowl fans and that companies continue to order them all year long to give away to promote their brands or thank their clients.”

Jay Meyer, president of ASI member Blue Dolphin Screen Print Embroidery of New Hampshire, heads one of hundreds of companies working tons of OT this weekend to keep sports fans happy.

If the New England Patriots win in the big game against the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, Blue Dolphin expects to print at least 25,000 shirts overnight in the initial order.

“The big sports stores start showing up around 3 a.m. because they want to have the apparel ready in the morning when they open,” said Meyer. “If it’s really doing well, they’ll reorder, probably another 5,000. Last week after the AFC championship, we printed 7,000 shirts.”

Over 40 employees will work on the initial order, starting by the game’s third quarter. Printing starts as soon as the game finishes. And even if the hometown team fails to take home the title, Meyer said Blue Dolphin still expects to print at least 9,000 Giants shirts.

About ASI
The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is the largest media, marketing and education organization serving the promotional products industry, with a network of over 27,000 distributors and suppliers throughout North America.

SOURCE Advertising Specialty Institute

Wael Ghonim, Revolution 2.0

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Just a year and change since the protests that marked the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, Wael Ghonim was in Chicago this weekend for a conversation about his new book, Revolution 2.0, and questions about social activism.

He spoke with the Tribune’s Julia Keller in a Printers Row program at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Rubloff Auditorium and then took questions from the avid audience members, nearly a hundred of whom bought or brought copies of the book for his autograph.

Reflecting a clear current of support for Ghonim’s social activism, one woman alluded to America’s Occupy Wall Street and related protests, decrying what she described as attempts at censorship and asking how people in the United States could make their voices heard. “I want to ask your advice from the heart,” she said.

“That’s the brilliance of the Internet,” Ghonim responded, noting that it cannot be blocked, that open sourcing and inevitable leaks of information from sources in government and power give the Internet reach and strength. Efforts to stifle dissent on the Internet eventually lose, he observed.

The issue of abundance in the hands of very few is global in scope, Ghonim continued. “There is no social justice in the world,” he said.

That Egypt’s economic situation and widespread poverty made the country ripe for a people-based movement is a theme of his book. Through a Facebook page he managed, Ghonim gave voice to, first, thousands and then millions who collectively answered his call to take to the streets on Jan. 25, 2011, which was Egypt’s Police Day, a national holiday.

Just as the protests begin to build, he was taken into custody for 12 days, interrogated, beaten; upon his release, he spoke on national television and the protests grew. In four days, the Mubarak regime of three decades collapsed. The Egyptian demands for democracy unleashed what came to be known as the Arab Spring, as people in other countries staged their own demonstrations.

Ghonim remains unwilling to take what he considers undue credit for what he calls the leaderless revolution, despite many who would have him be the face of the uprising. The proceeds from his book, he said, will go to charity, to help the impoverished in Egypt or those hurt or suffering from injuries in the violence.

At this Printers Row program, questions kept returning to activism. You speak of interest in an evolving democracy, a woman noted. What do you mean by that? Define democracy? And, how can Americans visibly support your efforts?

To that, Ghonim said that in a way, democracy is a call to individual action, to realize that each person acts from strength and is a dictator in a sense, in his own behalf, and that people must come together.

He made a distinction about American support. There is the government, he said, and then there are the American people. The U.S. government has a long history of questionable practices supporting regimes without regard to the effect on the people, he said. Even in the case of the Mubarak regime, U.S. policy was to support the government in power – until it began to be clear that the regime was going to lose and the people would win, Ghonim said.

American people, he said in answer to this and similar questions need to be more aware of the impact of the U.S. foreign policy. In a practical way, he said, Americans could support economic development. And tourism, he added.

Ghonim, who is on leave from a marketing position with Google, fielded questions with a mix of serious responses and gentle humor. At one point, a man referred to the upcoming economic summit in Chicago in May and asked how protesters could change that world stage into a high-profile moment to call attention to income gap and economic disparity. The Tribune’s Keller clarified: “He wants you to start a revolution here.”

Ghomin smiled and said: “I’m not an American,” as people laughed.

Conditions were so different in Egypt, he said, where there is immense poverty and frustration. “People really had nothing to lose – to revolt, you pay the price,” he said.

Ghomin paused and added: “I’m very apolitical and I’m very proud of it.”

People in each country must decide their course of action, he said, citing the impact of democracy and self-determination if individuals accept the real power of unbridled speech loosed by the Internet.

This was one of a series of Printers Row programs with well-known authors. For more information about Printers Row membership and other programs, go to www.chicagotribune.com/printersrow.

– Margaret Holt, Standards Editor

Framingham printers gear up for Super Bowl victory

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:33:10 +0000

Depending on the result of Sunday’s Super Bowl, there are two potential scenarios for business partners and friends Steve Bremner and Paul Bernardi.

Scenario one: The Patriots exact revenge against the Giants for Super Bowl XLII. Bremner and Bernardi do not stick around to watch the confetti fall. Instead, they shoot over to their screen printing shop, Image Graphics, at 59 Fountain St. in Framingham, to pump out more than 3,000 kid-sized Patriots Super Bowl championship T-shirts, working until early Monday morning.

Scenario two: The Patriots lose. The presses stay quiet. And they ship blank white T-shirts to New York.

At Imprint Graphics, started by Bremner and Bernardi 25 years ago, the routine has been the same for every Super Bowl in which the Patriots have played: The boxes of blank T-shirts remain unopened until the final play, and the nervous printers watch the game from their homes — knowing that a Patriots victory means a profit.

But why do they wait until after the game to open the boxes?

“It’s kind of a superstition,” Bernardi said Saturday from the cluttered print shop, his hands splotched with red ink.

Having lived long enough to watch the ebb and flow of New England sports, he knows never to expect a win. Anyway, he said, sports fans are naturally superstitious.

He and Bremner were at the shop prepping the massive octopus-like printing press yesterday to make sure everything is ready to go before the big night.

Bernardi began by adjusting the calibrations for the press’ many squeegees, which move across stencils to imprint the shirt’s design, provided by Reebok. A shirt stops at multiple stencils during the printing process, at each stop receiving a different aspect of the design.

Next, Bernardi added ink to the press. The design calls for three colors — red, blue and silver. The press produces six to eight shirts a minute.

After the first shirt went through, Bremner and Bernardi carefully examined it next to the print information sheet that the distributor — in this case, Reebok — sends them.

They noted places where the colors came out too light or where the design looked skewed. The first shirt was OK. But the metallic silver ink was a bit too thick, Bernardi said, and so the color was off.

Once printed, the shirts run through a giant conveyor. Two people at the end of the conveyor catch the shirts and fold them. Then, another person boxes them.

“The whole thing is like Lucy in the chocolate factory,” Bremner joked.

Bremner and Bernardi work with a six-man crew. And they expect them to arrive at least partially sober. Of course, everyone takes a minute to celebrate before starting the grueling process.

Though he has printed shirts for the Bruins, Celtics and Red Sox, Bernardi favors the Super Bowl shirts.

“The nice thing with the Super Bowl is that you can plan ahead,” he said. “That’s not the case with other sports.”

This year’s design, they said, beats out 2008’s. Bremner remembers that year — that loss — well.

“We were ready to go — 19-0 and everything,” he said, his voice sounding notably sullen. “It just didn’t happen.”

Recalls this week include snowmobiles, ottomans, printers

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:06 +0000

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SNOWMOBILES

DETAILS: Arctic Cat snowmobiles, made by Arctic Cat Inc. of Thief River Falls, Minn., and sold at Arctic Cat dealerships from May through December 2011. The recall involves the 2012 model year of the F, XF and M model snowmobiles. These models were previously recalled in December.

WHY: The lower steering tie-rod attachment can loosen and cause loss of steering control, posing a crash hazard.

INCIDENTS: Arctic Cat has received four reports of incidents, including one complete loss of steering control. No injuries reported.

HOW MANY: About 19,000.

FOR MORE: Call 800-279-6851 or visit http://www.arctic-cat.com .

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SLEEPER OTTOMANS

DETAILS: Fold-out sleeper ottomans, which unfold to three cushions on a black steel frame, manufactured by Perfect World of Xiamen Fujian, China, and imported by LTD Commodities LLC of Bannockburn, Ill. They were sold by LTD Commodities, ABC Distributing and The Lakeside Collection both online and through catalogs between June and October 2011.

WHY: The welding joints on the legs can break, posing a fall hazard.

INCIDENTS: Four reports received of ottoman legs that have broken, including two reports of minor injuries.

HOW MANY: About 2,650.

FOR MORE: Call 866-736-3654 or 866-847-4327 or visit http://www.cpsc.gov .

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PRINTERS

DETAILS: Konica Minolta printers, manufactured in China for Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc. of Ramsey, NJ, and sold at Konica Minolta dealers and various resellers from June 2010 through March 2011.

WHY: The printers can short-circuit and overheat during use, posing a fire hazard.

INCIDENTS: The firm is aware of two reports of the printers overheating. No injuries reported.

HOW MANY: About 8,430.

FOR MORE: Call 800-825-5664 or visit http://www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us .

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GAS FURNACES

DETAILS: Coleman, Coleman Evcon and Red T Gas Furnaces for Manufactured Homes, made in the United States for York International Corp. of York, Pa., between 1995 and 2000 and sold as original equipment in manufactured homes and as replacement furnaces in manufactured homes.

WHY: The furnace can overheat and cause the heat-exchanger to crack and create openings that allow flames to be exposed, exposing drywall and other nearby combustibles and creating a fire and smoke risk.

INCIDENTS: Reports of 393 incidents, including some involving extensive property damage. No injuries reported.

HOW MANY: About 223,600 in the United States and 2,400 in Canada (previously recalled in 2004).

FOR MORE: Call 888-665-4640 or visit www.dgatprogram.com .

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INFANT BODYSUITS

DETAILS: Carter’s Watch the Wear Bodysuits and Sleep ‘n Play Garments, made in Bangladesh, imported by Weeplay Kids LLC of New York City and sold at many retailers nationwide from November 2010 through August 2011.

WHY: The snaps can detach from the fabric, posing a choking hazard.

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