Electrophotography/toner

Kodak culls COO role and will cut further 1,000 jobs
Kodak has axed the role of president and chief operating officer Phil Faraci and will shed a further 1,000 jobs as it speeds up cost cutting efforts while the clock ticks on its Chapter 11...

Precision prepares for arrival of B2 Indigo
Precision Printing's HP Indigo 10000 is set to be delivered at the end of this month.

Severnprint invests in digital equipment
Commercial printer Severnprint has installed two new Xerox presses along with a Morgana DigiFold in a 430,000 investment.

Shawmut Printing purchases Indigo 7600
Danvers, MA-based Shawmut Printing announced the purchase this week of 13x19inch format sheetfed Indigo 7600 as it continues to leverage HP presses to drive the company's digital direct mail business.

HP could cut up to 30,000 jobs
HP is considering slashing more than 25,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, due to falling demand for desktop computers and services, according to reports.

Jadason shows latest version of B2 digital press
Jadason is back at Drupa with a much bigger booth and the latest version of its QPress toner-based B2 sheetfed digital press.

Miyakoshi and Ryobi to launch B2 digital press
Offset press manufacturers Miyakoshi and Ryobi have joined forces to develop an 8,000sph B2 digital press, which they are to demonstrate as a prototype at Drupa 2012 (Hall 9, Stand A04).

Xeikon to offer glimpse of future toner tech at Drupa
Xeikon will unveil a new toner-based print platform at Drupa that it claims will combine the quality of its 1,200dpi colour printers with "inkjet-like speed" and cost of production.

Heidelberg announces litho and digital Drupa launches
Heidelberg will show a new range of Speedmaster presses and a new brand of digital machines across the biggest stand at Drupa 2012.

Landa promises nano print technology premiere at Drupa
Digital printing visionary and Indigo founder Benny Landa is set to unveil a new nano printing technology at Drupa.