The Kodak stream inkjet technology is an inkjet system that enables offset class reliability, productivity, cost, quality with high volume of digital printing. The new Kodak stream inkjet technology is designed to meet the wide number of commercial applications of the clients. The full color inkjet technology has limited users to print on uncoated paper with dye or water based inks. The inkjet printers print on both clay coated and uncoated papers. It is easily operable which produce deep black glossy substrates. It initiates the inkjet printing into commercial printers with benefits of variable data, short run, personalization or versioning.
Rapidly advancing prnt-on-demand(POD) technology is creating waves in the publishing industry. This innovative method of self-publishing opens the door for writers a simple and affordable way to publish their own books. The prospect of getting your book into print and selling it is indeed exciting. But before you venture into this, you need to understand everything about POD publishing and whether it suits your needs.
It is said that POD is a technology, employed in different ways by different publishers to achieve certain set goals.
POD is a particular method of laying ink to paper that facilitates words and graphics being printed with amazing speed. POD eliminates the cumbersome and costly setup of traditional offset printing. As we all know, deploying traditional methods, the cost of printing a small number of books is astronomical. Once POD facility is set up, it gives printers cost-efficient method of producing one book at a time.
In the traditional method, there is an author-publisher relationship whereby a publisher contracts with an author to print and sell his books. The author is usually paid an advance against sales and once the advance is earned back, a royalty. The publisher bears the cost of printing and marketing the book.
In the event of a writer self-publishes, he is responsible for the entire project from beginning to end, and bears all the costs. To make the printing cost-effective, the writer usually must print several hundred copies. He should assume responsibility for distributing, selling and promoting the book.
Now, let us see how a POD method is different. With the POD method, you deliver a printer-ready manuscript file to the publisher. It is transformed into digitized computer language and entered into a bank of specialized computers from which printing is initiated. Both cover and pages are printed at a lightning speed of approximately 764 pages per minute. Before you wink your eyes, a hardback or paperback book emerges, ready to be shipped.
Once the facility is set up, your book is printed "on demand," or when someone orders it. If you want copies of the book yourself, you have to pay for them, but you receive a royalty on all copies bought by others.
POD companies do offer authors marketing plans provided the authors pay for them. These plans include providing the author with printed postcards, fax press releases to some select media and bookstores. But it must be noted that without proper follow-up, these steps hardly generate favorable responses.
For several types of nonfiction, POD publishing can be a good choice. It can be an ideal option for the self-publisher who is able to devote time and money to marketing his book. Again, a nonfiction writer with a niche market he knows how to reach, or someone who tours and speaks extensively and can sell his own books, POD is the right answer.
With POD, marketing is certainly an area of concern. Although all books need to be aggressively marketed, extra efforts are required for POD-produced books - because bookstores seldom stock them and are even reluctant to sign contracts with their authors.
Let's say you decide that the POD method can meet your goals. Then prepare a POD manuscript yourself and find out the exact requirements. Insist on detailed instructions about how to set up the pages and make corrections. If what's required is beyond your capabilities, hire a professional editor. Remember, you are responsible for the final copy, so when the proof is ready, minutely check and rectify the mistakes.
Canon launches new products in the family of selphy portable photo printers in the shape of CP770 and CP760. Canon rolls out two new selphy printers to meet the requirements of the customers around the world. It is a special product initiated with more new features. The canon CP770 comes up with own carry handle, while other models supports a 2.5in LCD screen to print directly from memory card. These printers make use of dye sublimation technology which prices competitive and good. This product fetches more demand in the market for reasonable prices. This is an excellent opportunity for the people who are interested to carry to on the printers all over the way they travel in their business.
In Silicon Valley, the Palo Alto research center is considered to be an emerging technology. The research center has introduced a new copy paper which is reusable. The unique feature of the copy paper is that it is a reusable material but also prevent consuming of any kind of ink or toner while printing words. This innovation was made possible by the printing company Xerox. The paper introduced can be reused for at least 100 times and the paper comes up with a feature of specially coded molecules that reacts when exposed to ultraviolet light produced from bar in a printer. The absence of toner and ink makes the printing more cost effective and the paper can be used for printing as much of time required.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Epson's New SX200, SX400 Printers