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Making Money Printing Colors | 08/27/2015 |
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(Top) It's not often that a company in our industry makes mainstream news - but, Pantone made it in this Bloomberg Business article.
Some interesting tidbits from this article:
Pantone in 2014 had a banner year - and grew more than any other time in it's 53 year history.
Adobe has a digital color wheel - at this link - that is very cool (you'll need to sign in with your Adobe account to access the color wheel).
"Of Pantone’s 120 employees, the mix-masters in the ink room now take a back seat to the "color economists" and "color psychologists."
It's really a world economy, and Pantone is a source of standardization - where a Pantone color printed in Pittsburgh, PA would be the same as a Pantone color printed in Vietnam.
In any case, color consistency is big business, and Pantone is in the forefront. |
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Microsoft Is Charging for Solitaire in Windows 10 | 07/30/2015 |
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(Top) From an article at pcworld.com:
"Microsoft wants you to pay for Solitaire, again, in Windows 10. Netflix charges you $7.99 per month for thousands of streaming movies and TV shows. Spotify, Slacker, Rdio and others charge about $10 per month for unlimited music. And Microsoft? They want you to pay $1.50 per month to remove ads from Solitaire."
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EFI Warns Not to Upgrade to Windows 10 | 07/27/2015 |
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(Top) From an EFI email blast (read more at this link):
"Fiery servers running Windows® 7 or Windows 8.1 will not support the Windows 10 upgrade directly on the server. Please do not install Windows 10 directly on your Fiery server.
If the Fiery server is upgraded to Windows 10, it will not operate and the system will have to be rebuilt from original software disks or backup images.
Microsoft announced that a Windows 10 upgrade can be performed through Windows Updates starting July 29th. A "Get Windows 10" notification may pop up on your Fiery server asking you to upgrade to Windows 10. Please dismiss the notification."
We've actually been hearing a few good things about Windows 10, but we would provide the same advice. If Windows 10 will break a Fiery server, it could very easily break other software that is being used. Our advice is to not be an early adopter - let the problems and their resolutions be discovered and resolved before upgrading. |
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Hahnemühle's Comparable Ilford Papers | 07/25/2015 |
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Best Color Printer Values | 06/30/2015 |
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Cleaning Products that Help Wide Format Printers Run Well | 06/08/2015 |
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(Top) We've added a few Ink2image cleaning products that will help to keep your Epson wide format printer in great shape. Ink2image's Lyson Dead Head Cleaning Fluid is designed to flush out inks and dissolve dried ink deposits. You can check out our selection of these cleaning products at this link. |
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Detours for Local Customers | 05/11/2015 |
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(Top) We've added alternate route maps that will help our local customers traveling from the Liberty Tubes avoid congestion caused by the Rt. 51 and Rt. 88 construction. To view the alternate routes, click this link. |
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Epson Photo Paper Sale! | 05/08/2015 |
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(Top) Stock up and save on Epson photo papers in sheets and rolls - including Exhibition Fiber, Luster, Glossy, Semimatte, and Metallic! Buy three packages of qualifying Epson Photo Paper and get reimbursed by Epson for the cost of the least expensive package (excluding tax).
For a complete listing of eligible items, please Click this link. Up to 9 claims can be made per customer address! Offer ends on July 31, 2015. |
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Epson Pano Awards | 05/06/2015 |
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(Top) The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography. Advances in digital photography and editing software has resulted in a surge in the popularity of image stitching, especially in the panoramic format. Panoramic film photography also remains alive and well.
There is a prize pool of $50,000.00, and the entry fee per image is $20.00 (or less for students, etc.). Click this link for more information! |
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Check Out Our New Ink and Toner Finders | 03/03/2015 |
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(Top) If you are looking for ink or toner for your printer, check out our new Ink and Toner finders. You can use them to easily find inks or toners that work with your printer. We currently list printers that we have sold or that we recommend to customers. If you have suggestions for other printers, please let us know. |
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Save 25 Percent on ColorBurst RIP Software | 02/09/2015 |
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(Top) Save 25 percent off list price on all Colorburst RIP SKU's - both the ColorBurst OverDrive RIP (Mac OS and Windows) and the ColorBurst Pro RIP (Windows only). Get PostScript RIP support for EPS, PS and PDF files, Pantone Color Matching, nesting, cropping, step and repeat and a host of other features at the best price ever.
To take advantage of this offer, enter coupon code cb25 in the Gift Redemption Code box as you checkout. For a complete listing of eligible items for this offer, please click this link. |
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Apple updates the Mac mini | 10/19/2014 |
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(Top) It looks like Apple has once again done what is best for Apple, and has left their customers with less value and choice than ever.
The October, 2014 Mac mini is an updated version of the previous mini (updated in October, 2012). It includes the latest generation Intel Haswell processors, the latest on-board Intel HD 5000 or Iris Graphics, Thunderbolt 2, and USB 3.0. The October, 2012 models included previous generation Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 and i7 CPUs, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Thuderbolt (1), USB 2.0 and FireWire. And, the 2014 Mac mini's start at $499.00 vs. $599.00 for the 2012's.
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It sounds like a great deal - you get all of the latest technology rolled into a very small package - really nice updates to Thunderbolt 2 and much better graphics. But, you are being forced into the Apple non-repairable, throw-away model - the 2014 mini's memory isn't user upgradeable, making the $499.00 base model price very deceiving. 1. the base model comes with 4GB of memory that can't be upgraded, barely enough to boot a new computer, 2. it has a low power and very slow Core i5 processor (CPU Benchmark of 3651 vs. 3804 for the 2012 base model), and 3. it comes with a slow 500GB mechanical hard drive. And, if you aren't satisfied with it's performance in a year or so, you can throw it away, because it can't be upgraded.
On the high-end, the 2014 mini is even less of a bargain. A 2014 Dual-Core i7 (CPU Benchmark of 5068) model with 16GB of memory and a 1TB fusion drive clocks in at $1399.00 (the top-of-the line model with 1TB PCIe storage and AppleCare is $2298.00!). A 2012 Quad-Core i7 (CPU Benchmark of 8328) model with a 500GB SSD drive, a 1TB storage drive and 16GB of memory (with user installed upgrades) would cost around $1250.00. I'm sure that users would love to have Intel Iris Graphics and Thunderbolt 2. But, why force them to get the improvements by charging more money for a machine that is 40 percent slower in processing horsepower?
Finally, if you are looking at the 2014 Mac mini, include AppleCare in your purchase. Since the machines aren't upgradeable, if you need a new high-end motherboard, you will need to buy the model that corresponds to your mini - i.e., you'll need to buy a high-end one with a Core-i7 processor and 16GB of soldered memory. (Funny, adding that extra $99.00 AppleCare cost brings the base model price within $1.00 of the 2012 base model - which we felt didn't need AppleCare.) |
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