| Date for the Press Ball is set
The Evening News Press Ball in aid of the SOS Bus project, which provides a safe haven to people out on the streets and in trouble late at night, will be taking place at Sprowston Manor on Friday, November 24. The event has been running for three successful years and last year raised more than £11,000 for the city's life-saving SOS Bus. With a sparkling winter wonderland theme, live music, fine food, comedy and an auction and raffle, this year promises to be bigger and better than before. OTW Imaging, a large format digital printing company, is the main sponsor of the night. Managing director Darren Marsh says: “The SOS Bus is a unique and vital service which desperately needs financial support, so we are proud to involved with this fund-raising event. “As a parent of two, it gives me peace of mind to know that there is somewhere young people can go to seek help without any fear.
Efficiency Starts with I.D.
There are many ways to reduce material handling costs when moving rolls, sheeted board and pallet loads between plants, sheetfed presses, pallet storage racks, diecutters, and folder-gluers. All of these cost reduction opportunities depend on a common capability: the means to identify pallet loads after each operation. For most converters, that means pallet load tickets. What You Need to Know— A load ticket should be affixed to each pallet of product as it exits sheeting, printing, diecutting, and folding-gluing. And, for each operation a new load ticket could (or maybe "should") be affixed. The following is minimum information that should be included on each load ticket:
• Job number
• Job name/customer
• Date
• Machine name and number (Press #3)
• Operator
• Quantity
• Pallet X of N (pallet 3 of 6)
This information is usually produced manually in smaller box plants, however putting a small digital printer at each machine is no longer a large investment.
Speedpro opens printing center in Sharonville
National franchiser Speedpro Imaging has opened its first Midwest location at 2736 E. Kemper Road. Speedpro is a large-format digital printing center that can produce high-resolution images of up to 1440 dots per inch. "We offer a variety of products including trade show displays, vehicle graphics, land development signs, full-color banners and graphic design services," said owner Dave Sperry. .
DigiGear Unveils 3D Picture Frame
California-based DigiGear Inc. has introduced the EZ3D Photo Print, which gives users the ability to take any digital photo and turn it into a 3D image in few easy steps. EZ3D Photo Print (DIY Lenticular Software with 3D Frame and Lens) comes with EZ3D Photo Print software, which allows users to select and import an image, use the built-in rendering tool to outline the desired item in the photo, and print it. When the finished print is mounted behind the included EZ3D Photo lens and placed in the EZ3D frame, the image will appear as its a 3D image. The EZ3D Photo Print starter kit includes the software, one EZ3D Photo Frame, one 4 x 6-inch lens for using landscape photos and one 6 x 4-inch lens for portrait photos. This package retails for $29.99. For printing additional photos, the EZ3D Photo Print refill kit is also available for $24.99.
VoIP Call Quality Takes A Nosedive
VoIP call quality has taken a nosedive over the last 18 months, with nearly 20 percent of VoIP callers experiencing unacceptable voice quality, according to a survey done by Brix Networks. The results come from Brix Networks' TestYourVoIP.com site, a free VoIP quality-testing portal. Brix claims that nearly one million VoIP phone tests have been conducted at the site since its March, 2004 launch. Brix claims that from late 2004 through mid-2006, the tests done at the site have shown a consistent decrease in overall voice quality as calculated via the Mean Opinion Score (MOS). MOS is an a measurement of conversational voice quality that rates calls on a scale from one (bad) to five (excellent). Test calls with a MOS of 3.6 or better are usually regarded as being satisfactory, and those below it as unsatisfactory.
EarthLink Personalizes Online Storage With WebLife
ATLANTA, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Have your old photos from that family trip to Orlando wound up in some shoebox -- or worse, in the local trash heap? Are those CDs that you used to back-up your monthly budget files lost in a closet or attic? EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK - News), the nation's next generation Internet service provider (ISP), has a new, easy-to-use solution for consumers to store and share their digital lives called WebLife(TM). WebLife provides consumers with a secure, personal Web space to store, organize and share their most important digital photos, media and personal files. In addition, WebLife gives consumers access to a virtual file cabinet and photo album in one with the added benefit of accessing their important files anywhere and anytime, through a Web-based interface.
EU Services Unveils Fall EU University Schedule
Educational sessions will include tips on paper selection, the power of one-to-one marketing and a primer course on direct mail production. Rockville, MD (PRWEB) August 4, 2006 -- EU Services has just announced a full slate of educational seminars for Fall 2006 as part of the company's EU University series.
The first EU University seminar will be the highly-regarded "Direct Mail Production 101", which will be held Tuesday, September 19th. This popular 3-1/2 hour session touches on all aspects of direct mail – from package design and lists to what goes into getting your package printed, personalized and mailed.
This year, Direct Mail 101 has been updated to include valuable information on the latest printing and mailing technologies. Attendees will also review common problems that may occur at every stage of production.
E-Commerce Shrinks As Second Timers Get Touchy
TWICE: So as the dynamic of who is buying a digital camera has changed, has the dynamic of where they're buying changed as well? Lee: For first-time buyers, the mass merchants are the bigger channel. Electronic specialty is seeing a bigger share of the second- and third-time buyer. .
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