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Friday December 19, 2008

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Today's News

Just In: The launch of PrintSynergy postponed until 2010 - 01/06 at 08:56

Just In: Presstek Appoints Guy Sasson President of its Europe, Africa, and Middle East Region - 01/05 at 09:28

Just In: St. Ives to sell off U.S. Division in Management Buyout - 01/05 at 09:33

Just In: November 2008 U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Down 8%; 2008 Commercial Printing Shipments will be Approximately $98 Billion - 01/06 at 22:44

Presstek Appoints Jacobson Chairman of the Board

Big Deals: Changes in the wide-format market Following this link will take you outside of WhatTheyThink.com

Going Green: 56 Ways to Go Green in 2009

Grupo Ajusco Installs First Mitsubishi Diamond V3000LS Press In Latin America

IKON Expands Portfolio with RICOH Pro C900 Digital Color Printer

FASTSIGNS Names Catherine Monson CEO

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Recent Blog Posts

From 1947, A Recruiting Resource for 2009

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Kodak Must Look to the Long-Term

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Yellow Dots on Xerox Digital Prints

indexed color spaces

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Today's Feature

Free - Fridays with Frank Romano
The Last Printer, A Seasonal Fantasy

Gutenberg was dead, dead these 540 years. There is no doubt whatever about that. Hummery had signed the papers; Gutenberg was as dead as an em quad.

I had retired for the evening in my night gown and cap, settled into the canopied four-poster, and dreamt my usual dream about Oreos with the wafer in the middle.

Suddenly, a cold wind came wooshing through the room and someone was standing at the foot of the bed...Read More

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