Tag: Agfa – The Dead Pixels Society

Agfa, EFI announce global strategic partnership

February 2, 2024February 9, 2024 GaryPageau Agfa, EFI

Agfa-Gevaert Group and EFI announced EFI will incorporate Agfa’s high-end hybrid inkjet printers into its suite of solutions. The collaboration will debut at the FESPA trade fair in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 19-24, where Agfa and EFI will be showcasing the potential of this dynamic collaboration at their respective booths. “Digital Print is one of our company’s key growth engines,”... Read More

Events

PRINTING United Expo 2021 registration now open

May 21, 2021May 23, 2021 GaryPageau 3M, A-Plus Printing, Agfa, Canon, CWT Worktools, Durst, EFI, Epson, Fujifilm, GSG, Heidelberg, HP, Komori, Konica Minolta, Kornit, M&R, MBO America, Mimaki, Muller Martini, MultiCam, Nazdar, OmniPrint, PRINTING United Expo, Ricoh, RISO, RMGT, Roland DGA, Stahls’, Standard Finishing, StratoJet, TVF, UltraFlex., Vanguard, Zund

PRINTING United Alliance announces registration has officially opened for the highly anticipated PRINTING United Expo 2021, taking place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 6-8. New this year is a three-phase Expo experience furthering provides access to even more education, new product debuts, and more, for the industry around the globe, the group said. The... Read More

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Koelnmesse cancels photokina “for the time being”

November 27, 2020 GaryPageau Agfa, Apple, Eastman Kodak, Fujifilm, HP, Koelnmesse, Microsoft, Photokina, PMA, PMA Show, Polaroid

Koelnmesse, the organizer of the leading worldwide photo/imaging exhibition, photokina, has canceled the Cologne event “for the time being” after 70 years. The 2020 edition had already been canceled but dates for May 2022 were announced. It’s an ignoble end to the largest and, arguably, the most influential photo/imaging trade event. For most of its existence, photokina was held every... Read More

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Xeikon consolidates operations in Belgium

July 5, 2019July 11, 2019 GaryPageau Agfa, Flint Group, Xeikon

The main activities will be transferred by July 1, 2019, and at the end of the year, the Eede location will be closed. All customers, partners and suppliers will be informed in due time. Established in 1988, Xeikon started the revolution in digital full-color printing out of a former Agfa production site in Mortsel, near Antwerp in Belgium. There, yet... Read More

News Opinion

Top 10 Dead Pixels Society photo industry stories of 2017

December 26, 2017 GaryPageau Agfa, Canon, Costco, DxO, Fujifilm, Glossy Finish, Kodak, Kodak Alaris, Lifetouch, Minolta, NeoModern, Nikon, Polaroid, RPI, Shutterfly, Sony

It’s been a busy year for the Dead Pixels Society, with the launching of the full blog and a weekly newsletter. Here are the top 10 stories from the website, based on hits and shares: 10) Costco gets into business printing Costco has added business printing to its online Photo Center. The company notified customers of the addition of business... Read More

News Opinion

Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors

December 20, 2017May 14, 2018 GaryPageau Agfa, Applied Science Fiction, DFX, Eastman Kodak Co., Fujifilm, HP, Konica, minilab, Noritsu, Phogenix

When a friend of photographer Ben Carufel showed him 30 old-school inkjet digital labs unearthed in a San Diego, Calif., salvage yard, he wasn’t sure what he was seeing. After doing a little Googling, he discovered the colorful purple units were film processors from the early 2000s-era Phogenix joint venture between Eastman Kodak Co. and HP. (The entire salvage story... Read More

News

Harman Technology appoints new USA distributor for Ilford & Kentmere ranges

December 7, 2017 GaryPageau Agfa, Harman Technology, Ilford, Kentmere, Roberts Camera, WYNIT

HARMAN technology Ltd, the manufacturer of ILFORD photographic film, darkroom paper and chemicals, is delighted to announce the appointment of Roberts Distributors, LP as the new distributor of its products for the United States of America. The appointment marks the expansion of Roberts, a leading photographic retail and e-commerce company based in Indianapolis, into the photo distribution market with ILFORD... Read More

Marketing Opinion

Kodak missed the point of the PR moment

September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 GaryPageau Agfa, Canon, Fujifilm, kiosks, Kodak, Kodak Alaris, Minolta, Nikon, Polaroid, Sony

Kodak Alaris recently posted a press release about its new Kodak Moments marketing scheme. There was a time when Kodak “got” the point of the press release was to convey useful information, not dwell in a marketing-speak rathole. Kodak PR pros were literally the gold standard of the business; with this release, there wasn’t even a press contact person. As... Read More