CONTENTS Volume 39, Number 6
Feature
16
Thoroughbreds of Digital Printing
Amid the past decade, three drupa tradeshows, and projects code named
FutureColor and Tinker Bell, four companies begin to emerge as
combined toner and inkjet giants
Print
6
NEWS
The O’Borns raise $2.6 million for SickKids,
while Gandinnovations files under Chapter 15
and CCAA, and new Canadian directions are
established by Konica Minolta, INX and Durst
8
CALENDAR
July 2009
Democrat Printing hosts a JDF User’s Group in
Little Rock, while IDEALAlliance presents a
G7 Buyer’s Guide and the SGIA runs a Brown
Bag session about the state of screen-printing
10
PACKAGING
Molson Vision
Packaging Association of Canada hands out
Leadership Awards, including Alcan, All Stick,
Annan, Ellis, Image Pac, Innovia, Jones, Lynnpak,
Norampac, Peel Plastic, Schawk and SGS
Columns
12
ZAC BOLAN
State of China Print
An inside look at the technology of China Print 09, Beijing’s world-class
tradeshow that comes every four years
14
ANDREW TRIBUTE
Amazon Ups the Ante
Kindle DX will soon hit the market with the support of some of the
world’s most powerful publishers
Archive
30
June 1973
Secretariat wins the Triple Crown at Belmont, as
Bob Marley and the Wailers release Exodus, and
printing unions ask why you are only making
$10,000 a year
Resources
22 Services to the Trade