September issue of PSPA newsletter now online
The latest issue of School Photographer, the newsletter for the Professional School Photographers Association, is now available online. Highlighting this issue is a look at how school photo companies can hone their social media strategy. Dirk Knemeyer, CEO of Involution Studios, Arlington, Mass., offers tips for owners, including, “Be brand consistent, and be nice. If [...]
Joto website enables online ordering
Joto Paper is promoting its new website. It enables customers to place orders online, view the company’s entire product offering, and download instructions and supporting documents. Also, Joto’s 2010 full-color catalog is now available in digital format. “Not only will browsing our catalog be easier and always current, but by cutting down on our printed [...]
Punch Graphix reports growth across all lines of business
Belgium-based Punch Graphix, holding company of the Xeikon and basysPrint brands, published its mid-year financial report, citing strong revenue and profit growth for both its equipment and consumable business. “Our recurring digital print consumable revenue is up significantly by 21 percent, proving Xeikon customers are growing their business and are printing more jobs due [...]
Xeikon expands label production capabilities with technology to offer no-label look
Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, said its latest label presses offer converters higher productivity with its one-pass opaque white toner to create the no-label look on transparent labels. “Clearly, an increasing number of brands are recognizing that they can achieve a higher impact on the shelf with this ‘no label or label-less look’, as [...]
Report says Agfa sees sales growing, thanks to graphics unit
According to a Reuters report, Agfa-Gevaert, Brussels, Belgium, expects revenues to grow 7 percent in 2010 spurred by its graphics unit, with sales of printing systems continuing to improve particularly in the United States. Business at the company’s graphics unit was picking up after being hit hard by last year’s financial crisis, the company said. [...]
Tiffen offers handful of new products for pro use
The Tiffen Co., Hauppauge, N.Y., debuted a number of new products. First, the Steadicam Phantom is a low cost big rig that performs like the top-of-the-line Ultra2, the company said. At $44,950, the base system starts with a 29- to 49-inch telescoping carbon fiber post coupled to the Ultra2 stage – with a patented +/– [...]
New Nik Software offers photographers new imaging toolkit for HDR enhancements
Nik Software, Northport, N.Y., introduced HDR Efex Pro, a new HDR imaging toolkit designed to help photographers achieve the full spectrum of HDR enhancements from the realistic to artistic. High dynamic range photography is a process in which multiple exposures are captured, aligned and merged to generate a single image that enables a much wider [...]
Kubota Image Tools offers new package of Vintage Delish Lightroom Presets
Kubota Image Tools, Bend, Ore., has made available its latest package of presets for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Fully compatible with Lightroom 3, the Kubota Lightroom Presets – Vintage Delish offers photographers pre-programmed short-cuts to create popular image effects. Using these new tools devised by photo industry veteran Kevin Kubota, professional photographers will save time in [...]
Dirt be gone! Studio Saver keeps dirt from shoes off the studio set
JTC Services Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., launched the Studio Saver, a product for the photography and videography industries. The company says the Studio Saver prevents studio set wear-and-tear with the use of a convenient sticky mat. The Studio Saver, which works like a sticky mat on the floor, removes dirt and light grit from the soles [...]
Canon offers new projector for use in large venues
Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., introduced a high-performance XGA-resolution LV-7590 Multimedia Projector. Delivering 7000 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of 1800:1, this new projector offers five optional lenses that enable it to be customized to a variety of front or rear projection applications. This flexibility makes the LV-7590 Multimedia Projector ideal for [...]
