Average selling price for offset press prints is 6-10 cents per page

- According to a study conducted by Kodak about the print for pay industry:

o Total print revenues grew from 2006 to 2007 by 1.7%

o Offset press revenue grew from 2006 to 2007 by 1.7%

o From 2007 to 2008, offset press shipments declined by 1.5%

o Total print shipments were down 13% in 2009, and 5% down in 2010

o Profit from digital print averages 20-40%
o Profit from offset press is 1-4%
o Average run length is less than 10,000 pieces per job
o Run lengths have decreased by 30% in last 5 years
o Average time to run a 1,000 piece job on offset press is 30 minutes for makeready plus 15 minutes for actual printing for a total average of 45 minutes
o Average selling price for offset press prints is 6-10 cents per page with profit of 1-4%
o Average cost per page for high speed digital is 10-14 cents per page
o Average cost per page for offset press job for 500-1000 run length is 35-45 cents per page

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This Week in Kodak "TWIK Notes"

- More details on the high speed color inkjet presses from Kodak:
- called the Versamark series
- was originally started by Kodak, who sold technology to Scitex of Israel
- Kodak reacquired the division in 2004
- Uses continuous inkjet technology, where ink droplets are continually ejected and are steered to or away form the paper using electrostatic forces
- Versamark VT3000 and VX5000 have top speed of 3080ppm
- Versamark VL2000 offers 75 meters per minute at 600 x 600dpi
- Versamark VL4000 offers 125 meters per minute at 600 x 360dpi
- Versamark VL6000 offers 150 meters per minute at 600 x 600dpi (4 bit)

- Kodak announced it is reducing its staff in British Columbia and shifting work to Israel. This will reduce the Canadian staff from 1265 to 500. The Canadian office was part of the $980 million acquisition of Creo in 2005. Also, Kodak sold some of its office space in the area for $43 million.

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TWIK "This Week in Kodak"

Kodak announced it will have a large booth at the upcoming Print 09 trade show in Chicago, IL in September.

Details:
- Will sow the new Kodak PROSPER system, a high speed b/w inkjet imprinting system
- NEXPRESS SE3600 production color system
- 120ppm top speed or 3600 sheets per hour
- new Intelligent Calibration System using a Kodak i1220 ICS color scanner
- new, improved Enhanced Dry Ink toner
- 25% more yield from toner bottles
- new, improved developer for more consistency
- fifth toner station for clear toner, which works with off-line Intelligent Dimensional Coating
- DIGIMASTER EX300 production b/w system
- 18,000 impressions per hour or 300ipm
- uses two b/w engines to print on both side of paper (similar to Xerox Nuvera 288 or Oce’ 6250)
- optional Watkiss SpineMaster and PowerSquare 200 bookletmaker able to make books
of 8 to 200 pages with square spine with text on spine

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KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology Hits the Market with

All products using Stream Inkjet Technology now branded KODAK PROSPER CHICAGO, June 16—The commercial inkjet platform of the future is available today, as Kodak rapidly advances its breakthrough Stream Inkjet Technology. In commercializing the S10 Imprinting System, formerly referred to as the Stream Printhead, K
All products using Stream Inkjet Technology now branded KODAK PROSPER

CHICAGO, June 16—The commercial inkjet platform of the future is available today, as Kodak rapidly advances its breakthrough Stream Inkjet Technology. In commercializing the S10 Imprinting System, formerly referred to as the Stream Printhead, Kodak also announced it is branding all products using Stream Inkjet Technology under the KODAK PROSPER family name.

The new KODAK PROSPER S10 Imprinting System, the first product deploying Stream Inkjet Technology, is successfully installed at customer beta sites worldwide and is now commercially available. The monochrome continuous inkjet solution for inline digital printing on high-speed web devices delivers offset class, variable data printing with significant savings on production costs for direct mail, catalogs, magazines, newspapers, inserts, and transactional documents.

go here for rest of press release

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Print Production "Weekend Notes" 4/12/09

4-12-09

The following is a quick review of print production news from various trade publications.


Xerox announced it sold an iGen4 production color system at Blue Star, a print shop in Australia. It also sold them a Nuvera 288 b/w system.

PrintShop Mail, a product of Objectif Lune, won award for best variable data software from the European Digital Press Association.

Oce’, at the recent OnDemand show, highlighted multiple engines connected together by the Fiery Central system, instead of a MicroPress.

Kodak announced it has placed a NexPress 2500 production color system and DigiMaster EX150 b/w system at Alcom, a print shop in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. The NexPress 2500 also included a NexGloss unit and a Watkiss booklet maker.

Interesting statistics about German offset press maker, Heidelberg
- In last 20 years, sold over 230,000 presses
- World wide share of press consumable market is only 3%
- CEO, Jurgen Rautert, hopes that in ten years, half of company revenues will come from consumables and service
- Will cut another 2500 employees in 2009 to reduce costs
- Plans on future digital color inkjet press system

EFI, maker of Fiery controllers, announced it would take cost cutting measures due to declining revenues:
- Employee salary reductions of 5%
- Management salary reductions of 10-15%
- CEO Guy Gecht’s salary reduced to $527,000
- President Fred Rosenzweig’s salary reduced to $450,000
- CFO John Ritchie’s salary reduced to $279,000

Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group Announces New Agreement with Canon

Got this from Google, I was posting so much forgot where it came from, very interesting Canon and Kodak collaborating to develop Creo Color Servers for Canons Color imagePress line. Wonder what else may be in the oven, if you know what I mean!

Powerful CREO Color Servers and Workflow Integrations Demonstrated at ON DEMAND 2009
1 Apr 2009 , Philadelphia, PA : Kodak’s Print On-DemandSolutions Group is proud to announce a new agreement with Canon to develop a new CREO Color Server for the CANON imagePRESS C7000VP, C6000VP and C6000 Digital Presses.

The new server leverages the distinctive heritage of CREO Color Servers to galvanize the position of the imagePRESS line of digital presses in the commercial print, print-for-pay and creative graphic arts markets. This new collaboration enables CANON Digital Press customers to seamlessly integrate with a variety of professional workflows with open connectivity using JDF standards, including KODAK PRINERGY Workflow Solutions. More details are available in the Canon USA booth, #1701.

With this announcement, Canon joins the list of digital print solution providers such as Hewlett-Packard, IKON, Konica Minolta, Océ, and Xerox Corporation that are already driven by a CREO Color Server.

Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group is demonstrating CREO Color Server connectivity between printers that have an alliance with the company and its workflow and VDP (variable data printing) affiliates at ON DEMAND 2009. These connections demonstrate one of the key values that CREO Color Servers bring to the professional digital print market.

“The leadership of CREO Color Servers is demonstrated with multiple connections to digital presses that serve a variety of market segments. We show our open connectivity through advanced workflow integration with many of the companies with which we have an agreement,” said Chris O'Connor, Vice President, Global Business Group, CREO Branded Products. “At AIIM ON DEMAND 09, CREO Color Server technology is powering the industry’s leading printers and presses. In this economically challenging year, CREO Color Servers are the obvious choice for professionals who want to save costs through more efficient and productive operations and grow revenue with unique services that they enable.”