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How Promoting Employee Happiness Benefits Everyone
January 9, 2020
Note: This article orginally appeared on the Caliper blog at https://calipercorp.com/blog/promoting-employee-happiness-benefits-everyone/. Happy employees positively affect workplace operations. Statistics show that companies that foster employee happiness outperform their competitors by 20%. It's no surprise, then, that some companies are taking more active measures to promote positive employee experiences. In 2015, Airbnb became one of the... Read More
Get to Know TAGA Student Ambassador Victoria Sallese from Ryerson University
December 17, 2019
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO BECOME A TAGA STUDENT AMBASSADOR. I am a fourth-year student in the Graphic Communications Management (GCM) program at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. I joined our Student Chapter, RyeTAGA, last year as a multimedia director and had a great experience with the team and at the Annual Technical Conference. This will be my second year taking on the same position, along with being a TAGA... Read More
Partnering with Printers on Process Free Since 2005
December 13, 2019
New products like KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates are not only helping to reduce waste and improve efficiency, they also enable consistency of performance and image quality, as well as increase printers' profitability. That's why over 4,000 printers of all sizes rely on Kodak to capture all the benefits of process free. And, with the introduction of KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plates last year, up to 80% of printers can now easily switch to... Read More
Attention SONORA Plate Customers! It’s Time to Apply for the 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award
October 18, 2019
If you use KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates, then you could be the next winner of the SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award. The award recognizes printers that are environmental leaders, taking extra steps to reduce their environmental impact and make the print industry more sustainable. Important change this year! We get so many impressive submissions that we've decided to make a change that will allow us to recognize more winners. Instead of giving... Read More
Get to Know TAGA Student Ambassador Alice Ish from California Polytechnic State University
October 15, 2019
Tell us a little about yourself and why you decided to become a TAGA student ambassador. Hi, I'm Alice Ish, I'm a third-year graphic communication major with a minor in packaging. I grew up in the Seattle, Washington area. I decided to come to Cal Poly because graphic communication sounded like the perfect mix of studies for me. I decided to become a TAGA ambassador to get our school's chapter of TAGA more involved with the international... Read More
Kodak Removes the Guesswork for Printers with SONORA Plate Savings Estimator
October 9, 2019
Investing in new technology is one of the most important decisions a business faces when considering how to improve their operations. For an increasing number of printers, switching to KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates is an investment that is having a positive impact, delivering greater operational efficiencies and a clear Return on Investment (ROI). To help printers who are considering changing their plates to process free, Kodak has developed... Read More
SQUARESPOT: The Perfect Imaging System for an Imperfect World
September 18, 2019
Most modern CTP devices can be counted on to make plates reliably day after day, year after year, without much hassle or downtime. This basic functionality leads some printers to believe that all CTP devices are basically the same, different only because of options such as speed, size, and automation. However, all CTP devices are NOT the same. The heart of any CTP device is its imaging technology, the technology that is actually "making" the... Read More
Celebrate Print Powers Week
September 18, 2019
Printing, packaging, and graphic communications companies across the country are invited to join us in a weeklong grassroots celebration of all things print! Each day of Print Powers America Week, we'll focus on a theme impacted by print. Celebrate a little or celebrate a lot. All that's required is a passion for print. Here's how you can participate: Advocate with Elected Officials by Hosting a Facility Tour - Hosting a U.S. Senator or... Read More
It’s important to finish the job!
August 30, 2019
For many years there has been a debate about whether finishing a print job is best done completely offline from the printing press, or inline with a direct connection between finishing and a digital press. There are merits to both approaches. In most shops, a combination of the two is the best answer, depending on the applications being produced. Kodak and CP Bourg have worked together recently to develop a solution that combines the best of... Read More
Direct Mail: Gen Z and Millennials
August 30, 2019
According to Forbes, Generation Z and millennials combined are the biggest consumer group in history. Many printing companies are implementing strategies to make sure they are in line with these generations. While some millennials and most of Gen Z are digital natives, recent research suggests that these generations value print media channels. The next generations of consumers value print and use it in their daily life, such as reading print... Read More
