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Press Demos and Other Paradoxes 
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Want to raise some blood pressure? Ask a press demonstrator working for any equipment manufacturer to recall one of their most-disastrous demos. In fact, this question is just as likely to evoke strong rebuke from almost any press salesperson or commercial printer who has travelled to see a million-dollar machine in operation.
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8 Simple Ways To A Profitable Pressroom
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As we entered 2012, what questions regarding your pressroom floor can be important to you? How can I extend the useful life of my sheetfed equipment? There may be a lot of reasons why some of us are working much more profitably than others.
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Asleep At The Wheel?
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November 25th’s announcement by manroland was shocking but not really surprising. Sounds rather silly in that context but similar to learning of the death of a loved one you know is terminal - shocking still but not a surprise.
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A Greek Tragedy
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The Greek Islands are stunning. Picturesque villages back dropped by the deep blue waters of the Aegean and Ionian Seas. The weather is usually fantastic, wine somewhat of a world secret and, of course, the food - absolutely fantastic!
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The Harris Study
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In the fall of 1974, in Los Angeles, the Harris Intertype Corporation presented an extensive report concerning the future of offset printing. The report was presented to the National Association of Printers and Lithographers (NAPL). The North American economy, at the time, was deep in the doldrums as reflected in high fuel costs, shortages of paper and weak consumer confidence.
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The Upside-Down Value of Presses
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The economic forces of supply and demand
are particularly strong in the
business of selling highly productive
machinery. Within the printing industry,
supply and demand often feels like a curse
to equipment suppliers when they need
to determine a satisfactory allowance for
taking back a client’s machine, while also
making sure that take-back allowance is
the correct figure based on current business
conditions.
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| Manufacturing Diversification |
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A few days ago, I came across a very interesting
quotation from one of Coca-Cola’s
most-prominent former CEOs, Roberto
Goizueta. Interesting in that it, at least to me,
so succinctly describes the current state of
printing in Canada.
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| Women and Children First |
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The date April 14, 1912, seems meaningless
at first, but most people are
acutely aware of the events that transpired
on this day, close to midnight, as
the then world’s largest passenger liner
brushed an Atlantic iceberg 400 miles
south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
For the next century, the story of
the Titanic, of both gallantry and cowardice,
has been told in countless books
and movies, articles, music and plays. More »
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| The End of Press Bubbles |
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The Harris-Seybold Company on July 7, 1964, presented a quotation for the following press:
One (1) New Harris 23" x 36", Two Color Offset Press. Model 236 (LTP), complete with standard attachments, one set of covered rollers for each color unit, extra cores, two sets covered dampeners for each color unit, variable speed electrical equipment to your specifications and supervisory erector’s services. F.O.B Factory, Ohio: $49,950.00.
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| Big Press Making Decisions |
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“You’re wrong!” said a printing company owner recently. “There is no way my machine could be worth such a low amount. I have always been able to sell my equipment for as much or more than I paid for it” This type of statement I hear quite often. More »
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| Reflections on America - The War of Wealth |
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Northern Rock’s former chief Adam Applegarth is not
a household name in North America, but he is
widely recognized across the United Kingdom and
most of Europe as a principal architect of the recent
global economic meltdown. Almost one year before
Wall Street’s late-2008 financial collapse, Applegarth
told a British news program that “It started on the 9th
of August (2007) when the world changed.” More »
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| Printers Cannot Afford To Cut Prices |
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79 years ago, Canada’s flagship
printing magazine, The Printing Review,
included a feature article outlining why a
printer – in 1931 – would be making “the
mistake of their life” by reducing prices to
appease the buyer’s market. The article, entitled
Printers Cannot Afford to Cut Prices,
explains, that not so long ago, a printing
company could reduce pricing to secure a
job with the intention of making up the difference
on the next job – “but these other
ones are few and far between to-day, and
the wise printer knows it.” More »
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| Print In A Changing World |
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North America, the greatest market for consumerism, has changed. Bailouts to large integrated companies are in the spotlight. Retirement savings are in jeopardy. How it has all happened is not clearly understood. The Graphic Arts industry has had to deal with tightened credit and decreasing margins for a long time. More »
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| Creative Challenge |
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I needed a fax machine for home. That’s how it started. Now, buying anything electronic isn’t quite like buying, say, a book. The store was filled with all sorts of desktop faxes - some with copier and scanning features, others with auto feeders. Almost all were under $500.00. More »
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| Perfecting The Perfector |
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More and more we are asked about 4 over 4 technology. The pre-owned marketplace reflects this growing trend. I talk to printers who have this technology and the comments are somewhat varied. That is to say that there is no definitive answer to my prodding. Certain plants experience very little problems while others complain of disappointment over the technology. More »
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