The Next Generation.
The Next Generation BY DENISE M. GUSTAVSON Healthy competition gives wide-format print providers a lot to choose from Water-based inkjet printers started the wide-format revolution in the early 1990s, but nearly 20 years later, they're still going strong. According to Tim...

Eco-friendly Printing Paints a Greener Picture for Wide-Format Shops.
Eco-friendly Printing Paints a Greener Picture for Wide-Format Shops BY BILL SCHIFFNER New environmentally-friendly legislation is continuing to change the way most wide-format print providers run their businesses. Since solvent-based ink is volatile and releases chemicals into the air, health concerns are coming to the...

Grand Days for Outdoor Graphics.
Grand Days for Outdoor Graphics BY JEFFREY STEELE Bold new roll and flatbed print technologies, major advancements in ink, and inventive substrate innovations are all blending to make this a grand era for wide-format imaging shops specializing in grand-format outdoor applications. Whether they're...

Communicating Clearly.
Communicating Clearly BY DENISE M. GUSTAVSON I have to admit getting laryngitis is not the best way to start a major trade show--the first wide-format one of the year, too. For those of you I may have spoken to--whispered to or croaked at--during the ISA...

Third Party Candidate.
Third Party Candidate BY JEFFREY STEELE The presidential elections are still 18 months off, but already many Americans are sizing up potential candidates. As is true in every presidential race, some voters will seriously consider alternatives to the standard bearers endorsed by the major parties....

The Next Generation of Media Specialties. . . What to Expect from Solvent Media.
The Next Generation of Media Specialties. . . What to Expect from Solvent Media BY DAN HALKYARD Ink and media are linked because neither serves a purpose without the other. A recent trend in solvent ink technology has been the development of eco-solvent and mild-...

Backlit keyboard useful in dark environments.
A new backlit keyboard is ideal for dark imaging environments, according to the keyboard's manufacturer. Saitek Industries Ltd. of Torrance, Calif., has begun shipping the Eclipse Red, a slim computer keyboard with backlighting that shines through laser-etched keys. Saitek is targeting the keyboard to the medical community,...

Kodak Selects Kopin's Electronic Viewfinder for New Zoom Digital Camera.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-19 July 2007-Kodak Selects Kopin's Electronic Viewfinder for New Zoom Digital Camera(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Kopin, a supllier of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics, announced that Eastman Kodak Company has selected Kopin's CyberEVF 230K-NF electronic viewfinder (EVF) for its new Easyshare Z712 IS digital camera....

Innovations: what's hot in the marketplace.
a. NIKON INC. (www.nikondigital.com) unveiled two new DX format Nikkor lenses--the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED. The lenses are optimized for Nikon's DSLR cameras. Despite the long zoom range of the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED, the lens is compact...

Heatwave: it's more than the weather heating up this fall.
I don't know about you, but this summer's been a scorcher here in the Northeast, and I'm looking forward to September--both for the weather and, of course, the big industry shows, Print '05 in Chicago and SGIA 2005 in New Orleans. While our October issue will focus on the...