DÜSSELDORF, Germany, July 1, 2008 – HP today announced the winners of the first HP Indigo Progressive Printing Competition that recognises excellence and innovation in digital printing.

Prizes were presented at a gala dinner on Tuesday 3rd June in Düsseldorf, to coincide with the international trade show for the graphic arts, drupa. The awards were presented by Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo Digital Press Division, HP, at a ceremony held at The Rheinterrasse Dusseldorf.

The competition which attracted 482 entries from 31 countries, was divided into five categories: photo-specialty; direct marketing and transpromotional printing; publications, including books, user manuals and magazines; marketing collateral, and an open, “other,” category for innovative, inspirational or creative submissions.

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April 8, 2009
By GAIL NICKEL-KAILING
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For years we’ve talked about how VDP (Variable Data Printing) cuts waste by zeroing in with content that people WANT to get. Now we see VDP (Variable Data Publishing) take the concept of personalized production further with a “news aggregation” model more like that offered by online news sites.

Early Wednesday morning, March 18, I received a Tweet from a friend that said;

“Time Inc customized magazine tries to mimic Internet in printed form with personalized news feeds http://tinyurl.com/cmr3n3.“

OK, so I didn’t read it at 3:30AM Pacific time when it was sent from Boston; but within hours, I had already subscribed to mine magazine.

Two weeks later, at On Demand Expo, in Philadelphia, I sat down with Val DiGiacinto, VP Sales, from The Ace Group, the company that is handling the production of mine magazine. He filled me in on the project and its progress. Clearly he’s excited about being part of something new and different!

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