Ricoh and Video Conferencing - Repost

Ricoh and Vidyo's business-class portable cloud-based videoconferencing solution available now in US (via PR Newswire)

P3000 Unified Communication System delivers portable videoconferencing without the cost and complexity of room-based systems MALVERN, Pa. and HACKENSACK, N.J., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing commitment to empowering the remote…

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Printing part of the Mix in Shanghai - Repost

APPPEXPO: Providing New Solutions to Customers (via PR Newswire)

SHANGHAI, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- APPPEXPO 2013 Concurrently held at the: Shanghai International Ad & Sign Technology & Equipment Expo Shanghai International Printing Week Shanghai International Lighting Expo High-functional Plastic Film Processing…

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Windows to support 3D Printing - RePost

Microsoft Windows 8.1 will support 3D printing (via The Inquirer)

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has announced that its Windows 8.1 service pack will have support for 3D printing in what the firm claims will make 3D object production on your PC "as easy as writing a document in Word". "Just as desktop publishing transformed…

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Ringdale Receives 2013 Silver Partner in Excellence Award from HP (via PR Newswire)

Download image FollowMe Logo GEORGETOWN, Texas, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ringdale, Inc. the provider of FollowMe®, the complete document output management solution, announce today that they have been awarded the 2013 Solutions Business Partner…

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Green Printing (Repost)

“Green” Printing and Recycling Techniques and Tips (via THE Tech Scoop)

Almost everything involved with printing in the 21st century can be transformed to fit the green revolution from recycled paper and ink to carbon neutral shipping. Organic materials for inks such as soy and vegetable are starting to achieve acceptance…

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Haymarket hangs on to hard copy Printweek in India

I am a bit late with this news. Haymarket has sold the UK apsect of Printweek to the Mark Allen Group. I had thought they might take it online but instead the new direction is as a fortnightly. My first impression is that the new context is not as web friendly as much of Haymarket. There is a significant base in journals. But it seems the website will continue. The Indian version of Printweek however stays with Haymarket. This may because they see a longer term future for print until bandwidth catches up. Not sure if they have a title about mobile devices. Printweek started in 1958 according to the Printweek India website. So it must have been fairly central to Haymarket at the time. At first it was called Lithoweek, then litho became assumed. According to the Wikipedia "Haymarket Publishing , due to its growing presence in online media and live events, was rebranded as Haymarket Media Group in 2007". Without Printweek as a UK brand the London offices will presumably continue to move online and adjust their editorial views on the future of print. But not in India. Even though they know more than most about how to format an e book , there is still a future for print. If you have half an hour listen to Mark Coles on newspapers, part of a series on media. Scroll down to 11th June. What will this mean for IPEX 2014 ? London media conversation is moving towards Cross Media though print is still part of this. The global aspect will be more interesting than ever. Some reason must be on offer not to wait for a print show in Mumbai.

3D Printshow, my comment on Repost

Previous post selected from suggested links sent to me as email. I guess as long as the right words are in this blog then the relevant news will turn up. The 3D shows are in different places but before March next year so part of the approach to IPEX. So the time aspect makes sense if you think that IPEX has started. Here in Exeter we have already had several 3D items and one complete show as art in the Phoenix Arts Centre. On the Wild Show, Phonic FM, we have had guests explaining the technology including scanning objects. So we will probably come back to this. The hellospidersblog may go off topic in IPEX terms. One idea is to scan the Colston Hall in Bristol and move a scale clone to Exeter bus station. Anyway back to Repost. This is working ok.

3D Printshow Giving Free 3D Printers to Schools at Shows in London, Paris and New York (via PR Newswire)

Download image Download image 3D Printshow represents a new approach to tech shows. Blending technology, art, design and medical applications with a live show that features music and fashion, it gives visitors a glimpse of the future where 3D printing…

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Repost, translation of Konica Minolta, seems to be about measuring colour in 3D

More comment about this on Hello Spiders dotcom. The post from repost worked ok unless you don't understand Spanish. I got an email this morning with suggestions based on the content of the two blogs I have linked to Repost, this one and Hello Spiders. So spiders, listen up. This is ok. Konica Minolta will definitely be at IPEX 2014. This news is definitely Cross Media. Search on terms related to Cross Media also welcome. Not sure if the spiders respond to bold type. Thanks to Google for the translation - Konica Minolta Sensing has added new marketing channels to attract industry manufacturers in Latin America Ingenious marketing messages dynamically through monthly newsletter, blog and social networks. RAMSEY, NJ, June 18, 2013 / PRNewswire / - Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and 3D shape, launches the first edition of its newsletter, Color Trends and Technology, designed for subscribers to stay abreast of the latest news, events and industry information in Portuguese and Spanish. The launch of the newsletters is a result of launching websites in Portuguese and Spanish versions, clearly showing the commitment of Konica Minolta Sensing with the Latin American region. According to Darlene Giordano, Marketing Manager at Konica Minolta Sensing, "We want to provide educational resources to help our clients make better, more informed decisions. Understanding, evaluating and communicating color allows our customers make decisions to become more successful . This is the aim of our newsletter ". In an effort to keep the newsletter interesting and attractive, the company invites them to give their opinions and comments via direct solicitation of color experts via email. Konica Minolta Sensing is further expanding its educational initiative to debut simultaneously expert blogs, color theory workshops throughout Brazil and Mexico and new pages on social networks like Facebook. Due to the fact that Latin American users spend more time on social networks ahead of Europe and North America, the company hopes to use Facebook as an additional means to educate, interact and attract more followers through regular communication and constant updates. The combined efforts of marketing serve the growing need for color measurement technology and software solutions in Latin American countries, where key industries, such as food, plastics and paints are continually growing. The main spectrophotometers, spectroradiometers and illuminance meters Konica Minolta, are configurable with custom screens, fields and software suitable for Spanish and Portuguese languages. To keep in touch with Konica Minolta Sensing subscribe to the monthly newsletter Color Trends and Technology or the Facebook page, just by following the links and filling the required information. About Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Holdings USA, Inc., is recognized as the international leader of industrial color, light and form. The company is responsible for product lines that continuously revolutionize the way how visual perception is measured by the world. An industry pioneer and innovator, Konica Minolta Sensing developed and introduced the first portable color measurement for the world. Currently, the catalog contains instruments such as portable colorimeters as well as portable and desktop spectrophotometers for color measurement, spectroradiometers and lux meters for light measurement / displays and 3D non-contact scanners for shape measurement. Thousands of companies around the world choose Konica Minolta Sensing equipment when color, light or 3D measurement is vital to the manufacturing process. The Konica Minolta Sensing products can be found in a wide range of industries including food, plastics, paints, coatings, automotive, aerospace and cosmetics The Konica Minolta Sensing corporate headquarters in New Jersey Ramsey is fully equipped with modern service center, 3D scanning laboratory, tech support center and sales force dedicated to both the regions of North and South America. When it comes to the measurement of color, light and form - the world looks to Konica Minolta. Darlene Giordano Marketing Manager Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc.

Konica Minolta Sensing ha añadido nuevos Canales de comercialización para atraer a fabricantes de la industria de América Latina (via PR Newswire)

Mensajes ingeniosos de marketing de forma dinámica a través de boletín electrónico mensual, blog y redes sociales. RAMSEY, Nueva Jersey, 18 de junio de 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), el líder mundial en la medici…

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Test Repost

Eolectric Club y Fiera Axium anuncian el cierre de la financiación del parque eólico Vents du Kempt (via PR Newswire)

BROSSARD, Quebec, 10 de junio de 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eolectric Club, L.P. y Fiera Axium Infrastructure Canada Limited Partnership se complacen en anunciar que el proyecto del parque eólico Vents du Kempt ha logrado cerrar el financiamiento de su deuda principal provista por los  coestructuradores…

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Updating this blog for 2014 , reposting stuff, scope of Cross Media

Jeff Jarvis on Buzzmachine has done a demo of how to use Repost so I am trying it out. The instructions for Squarespace are a bit confusing so I am concentrating on Blogger for now. ( hellospiders.com has a wide scope)

This blog continues as IPEX 2002 which may be a decade or so too late, or may be a year too soon. I still think things are moving quickly. Also the IPEX event is getting significant not just for the companies that will be there but also for the ones that won't. Apple and Adobe seem a good place to start. More later.

Meanwhile I am exploring Exeter and city walks. see hello spiders for updates. I hope to document a walk from King's Cross to Islington Green to the Olymic Site then to ExCEL. Mostly by canal or river. The final bit is still vague. It may be just imagined in Exeter at the moment. Getting from King's Cross to Islington Green is clear enough so no problems before the Cross Media event. ( apart from how to link to the Elephant and Castle. Not sure of the dates for the LCC Futures )

So next post, plan A is to link to other sources.

Scope of Cross Media just the same as IPEX but at another time, to be determined.

ZPD graphic not showing on Posterous

Came back here as Posterous seems to have lost graphics at the moment

See the rest of the blog HERE

Briefly, try BETT as a guide to IPEX

(Adobe has moved on from both)

Trade shows still part of Blended Learning @Bett_show @Ipex_World

(Posterous seems not to be working today. so this is reposted here. Maybe more cross posting later.Running 10 years late makes the point that this year could be as good a a couple of years into the future as an occasion to think about print in context)


Learning can be analysed by academics but is also part of normal life. The word has a simple meaning for most people. So a lot of things can relate in the same blog post.

BETT is a tech show. Now moving to ExCel, it was the last big computer show at Olympia. It continues even though teachers are using Twitter and soforth. I will know more about blended learning when the MOOC course is happening. The topic may come up at BETT. There is still some benefit in "real time and space". Feel free to discuss online of course. The people at BETT will have already decided to be there.

IPEX has also decided to move to ExCel from Birmingham. (ExCel is in East London not far from the Olympic Park) But the exhibitors are cancelling. Jeff Jacobson wrote in a Xerox blog -

In times of change and transformation, one is given the unique opportunity to look at things differently – to step out of the comfort zone and take a different look at how things get done.

http://digitalprinting.blogs.xerox.com/2012/12/4725/#.UO09QeR1GSo

which means that the stand is cancelled. In reply to a comment he added

 there are international trade shows, such as Hunkeler, which we will attend due to its continuous feed focus – an important offering to our customers and the industry. It is also our intent, at the current time, to participate in Drupa.

So drupa is looking strong as a special occasion once every four years. Heidelberg and HP have already cancelled for IPEX in 2014.

However there could be a gap around drupa for Cross Media Live, a show launched last year in Islington. This is intended to happen every year, more suited to the pace of digital developments. I hope this year that the Furures Conference organised by the London College of Communications will be at the same time and with nearby locations. But online this year is much like last year. The move from print to print as part of communication has taken decades. Print changes over centuries. So we can blog about LCC Futures 2012 as if it was 2013.

BETT though is to be considered day by day. I still don't know what Michael Gove has to say about it. Adobe will not be there, they   left most trade shows a while ago. The Serif stand looks interesting, volume licences for a suite of software once known as dtp.

Barney Cox interview, but where is Printweek video?

This is an interesting video. Excellent explanation on where Landa technology is heading. But it is branded as "Beyond Print" , presumably this is ok with eh drupa red sofa authorities. I think this is Barney Cox though. He is editor for Printweek, published by Haymarket in the UK. It appears that video on the Printweek website is mostly from 2011 When I was at IPEX in 2010 there was a lot of video and Printweek joined in. If magazines are gradually moving into tablets and other mobile devices then I think they will need some video in the mix. Looking on YouTube finds some WhatTheyThink but mostly video is on their own site. It can come from companies they interview. But I wonder where Haymarket is heading on the video front.

Apple and Adobe definitely not at drupa 2012 , at least so far #drupa

Beginning the second week of drupa ( yesterday was a rest day here in the UK ) theere is much to add to the drupa blog - http://drupa2008.blogspot.co.uk/ - about nanotechnology and augmented reality. But this is the spot to comment again about Apple and Adobe. I think it may have been at a drupa that Apple did not turn up. But I think some local dealers arranged a meeting of some kind. Adobe at IPEX 2010 was more or less not there in terms of booking space. There were some presentations on other stands. But the news item I reported was that John Warnock and Charles Geschke were noted as champions of print but chose not to attend. My conclusion is that for Adobe in recent years Postscript and PDF is just not that interesting. John Warnock was in the UK later in the year for an honorary degree when I think most of his talk to students was about Flash. Using Google search I still find just Datalogics when looking for Adobe at drupa. But what is more striking is the result for "drupa, Apple" -

“We are particularly proud of a 100-page coffee-table books sponsored by the classic sports car company Jaguar Eagle Speedster,” says Heather. “No ordinary book, the imagery includes candy apple red with high gloss and they are printed on the Pro C901 using a water-color fine-art paper and finished off-line.”

This is from a story about Ricoh and how to design print samples. The word apple is in there but if the company is anywhere near drupa it has not reached blogsearch at this time.

Continues on drupa 2008 #VIDEOdrupa

This blog will be updated over the next few weeks. But mostly there will be new comment on the drupa 2008 blog. No reason to change the titles just because of which year we are in. http://drupa2008.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/videodrupa-andy-tribute-starts-cloud.html By the way, the WhatTheyThink videos from drupa are public on YouTube, not restricted to subscribers. They may be very close to drupa as editorial policy but this may not make much difference. Seems fair and balanced so far.

Charles Geschke found in the Great Lakes

http://www.greatlakesgeek.com/podaudio/bios/chuckgeschke.htm

Time keeps on slipping away. The most recent IPEX in the UK featured several "Champions of Print" but John Warnock and Charles Geschke were unable to attend. I got the impression from available sources that they had decided against much travel and were more or less retired. So one mystery is how they continue to be jointly chair of Adobe. Do they turn up at work very often?

A complication was that John Warnock did turn up in the UK for an honorary degree from the University of Nottingham. Maybe this was more interesting than a print show. His talk for students apparently dealt mostly with Flash and tablets, not much about hard copy.

Now through the magic of YouTube I find a video from the City Club of Cleveland. This would have been a great contribution at IPEX. The introduction recalls that Geschke was advised by his father not to go into the printing industry. But there is some continuity. The first Adobe business plan included some equipment for printing but this was dropped when the enquiries were just about software.

There were no questions about recent Adobe policy. I think there could be study of how Warnock and Geschke deal with business strategy. The decision to purchase Macromedia was an unusual move with respect to existing technology.

Now there seems to be another shift happening. This time Kevin Lynch is Chief Technology Officer but still with a focus on innovation.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/18/BU7Q1LVG9M.DTL&type=tech

Moving into the cloud with apps for tablets has some risks. My impression is that tablets are seen as close to a book or television, mostly for passive consumprion of content. There are not many examples yet of how they can be used for creaqting new work.

There is no counter information yet to my post yesterday about Adobe not beinbg at BETT 2012.

http://will789gb.posterous.com/will-adobe-be-at-bett-2012-this-january-apple

(my blogs are all over the place at the moment but there are some links)

Perhaps the trade shows in the UK will be noticed for what is not in the space as much as what can be seen. Adobe is now mostly in the cloud, rare in the UK. If Charles Geschke is still in the printing industry it is taking a new shape.

I am now a MOO affiliate.

moo.com

That should be the code. MOO supply business cards and other short runs of digital print. More when I check if this link works ok.

drupa blog comments on printweek move online

http://drupa2008.blogspot.com/2011/02/haymarket-morphs-printweek-online.html

posts will now mostly be on the drupa blog, 2012 coming up soon

This is a significant event. The hard copy version of Printweek is full of links to the website.

the LCC was clearly right to switch to communication as a scope of which print is a part.

London College of Cross Media has no ring to it somehow