ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 11, 2012—Kodak’s Service and Support Group, a 2011 STEVIE Distinguished Honoree, was presented with a medal at the 2011 8th Annual International Business Awards in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Kodak, which ranked among top companies in the “Support Department of the Year” category, received high scores during two months of preliminary judging and two weeks of final judging.
“Recognition from the International Business Awards is truly a credit to our customers around the world who put their trust in Kodak to consistently deliver services that enable them to succeed and grow,” said Roberto Colangelo, General Manager, KODAK Services for Business, Eastman Kodak Company. “Kodak remains committed to the constant innovation of its services as we continue to work with customers to profit from ongoing changes impacting their businesses.”
Kodak Launches Document Cloud Printing App for ANDROID OS Devices
Rochester, N.Y. -- Continuing to make printing from smartphones and tablets easy and accessible, Kodak recently launched its free KODAK Document Print App for Android OS Devices. Consumers can now send documents from their Android OS device directly to their KODAK All-in-One Printer using Google Cloud PrintTM.
Supported files include web pages, Microsoft Office documents including Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel, PDF and text files, as well as image files. In addition to printing files that are located locally on an Android OS device, files can be accessed on Google Docs, Dropbox and Evernote Sites. Web pages can be accessed using the KODAK Document Print App’s built-in browser.
Dec 05, 2011 Rochester, N.Y., Continuing to make printing from smartphones and tablets easy and accessible, Kodak today launched its free KODAK Document Print App(1) for ANDROID OS Devices. Consumers can now send documents from their ANDROID OS device directly to their KODAK All-in-One Printer using Google Cloud PrintTM.
Supported files include web pages, MICROSOFT OFFICE documents including MICROSOFT WORD, POWERPOINT and EXCEL, PDF and text files, as well as image files. In addition to printing files that are located locally on an ANDROID OS device, files can be accessed on Google Docs, DROPBOX and EVERNOTE Sites. Web pages can be accessed using the KODAK Document Print App’s built-in browser.
Nov 17, 2011 Rochester, NY, The KODAK NEXPRESS SX Digital Production Color Platform with the long-sheet option has been honored with the German printing industry's prestigious Innovation Award 2011. The digital press scooped the coveted ‘Most Innovative Technology’ (Gold Award) in the Printing category. The awards are organized by the Deutscher Drucker Verlagsgesellschaft publishing house. The winners were chosen in an internet poll by readers of Deutscher Drucker and Grafische Palette, two leading German trade journals, and print.de, froma total of 30 technologies nominated by the publications’ editors.
This latest award marks a hat trick of honors for Kodak. In 2009, the company won an Innovation Award for its unique KODAK NEXPRESS Dimensional Printing System, while last year Kodak walked away with two Innovation Awards—the first for its KODAK TRILLIAN SP Thermal Plate in the Prepress category and the second for its KODAK PROSPER 5000XL Press in the Printing category.
Oct 25, 2011 ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Phoenix Publishing and Media Group (PPMG) has selected a KODAK PROSPER 1000 Press to help grow its short-run book printing operations. The PROSPER 1000 Press enables the company to better manage its book inventory and provide book titles as needed in a much more efficient operation.
The China Daheng (Group) Co. Ltd., a long-time distributor of KODAK Products in China, consulted with PPMG and recommended the PROSPER 1000 Press for its quality, productivity, and low cost of ownership. Competitive solutions were considered, but the strength of Kodak’s technology and extensive product portfolio led PPMG to invest in the PROSPER 1000 Press.
“Book publishing and consumer habits have changed dramatically during the past few years, so a new approach is needed,” said Xue Qiang, Vice President of China Daheng (Group). “The PROSPER 1000 Press gives us the ability to improve our supply chain and drive new business opportunities. High-quality, high-speed digital printing clearly is the future of the industry.”
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 11—At Graph Expo 2011, Kodak is providing a unique opportunity for a printer to experience the power of KODAK MARKETMOVER Digital Diagnostic Services by entering to win a service engagement valued at $15,000. MARKETMOVER Digital Diagnostic Services experts provide an objective assessment of the printer’s core business and new service offerings, including evaluating and benchmarking capabilities and skills, analyzing workflow efficiencies, interviewing clients, and helping to develop business growth strategies.
“Print service providers are facing increased pressure to branch out and offer new services to develop new revenue sources,” said Deb Stranaghan, Director, KODAK MARKETMOVER Business Advantage Solutions. “Often, they need help identifying the areas of opportunity and putting the resources in place to take their business to the next level. This expert assessment will do just that.”
With MARKETMOVER Digital Diagnostic Services, experts work side-by-side with customers to explore and validate their capabilities and gaps, and recommend strategies that offer the greatest return on investment. Digital Diagnostic Services brings together a cross section of subject matter experts to help provide a comprehensive analysis of the current and future business requirements, from marketing services, multi-channel communications, data analytics, and direct mail to transactional documents, books, newspapers, magazines, and catalogs. The service team helps customers execute a plan to deliver a wide variety of innovative services.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8—The KODAK PROSPER S20 Imprinting System with CMYK is at Graph Expo 2011 and features breakthrough speeds of up to 2,000 fpm/610 mpm at 600 x 300 dpi. The full-color imprinting system delivers fast, offset-class variable data applications, produced inline with web offset presses and finishing equipment. It’s ideal for publication market applications such as commercial inserts, versioned ads in magazines and newspapers, and commercial direct marketing, all while leveraging and complementing existing offset printing and finishing equipment. The system will be on display as a technology demonstration in the Adphos booth (#2518) at McCormick Place South during the September 11-14 show.
KODAK PROSPER S-Series with CMYK customers use the specialty printing capabilities of offset—including metallic inks, heavy color saturation, scratch-off coatings, and other specialty inks—to create high-value shells that can then be customized with process color digital printing inline at production speeds. This revenue-generating capability opens new opportunities with one of the most cost-effective and uniquely efficient hybrid digital color solutions on the market. Current PROSPER S10 Imprinting System with CMYK customers will have the option of upgrading to the new, faster system by leveraging their current transport without any changes in integration. Many Kodak customers around the globe are achieving hybrid printing success with PROSPER S-Series Imprinting Systems.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8—The KODAK NEXPRESS Photo Platform with Print Genius, which has industry-leading print quality and is designed for the printing of high-quality photo products, is now available and shipping worldwide. The NEXPRESS Photo Platform is ideal for photo specialty printers, photo labs, commercial printers, and others who serve customers in the photo space.
The NEXPRESS Photo Platform delivers effects unique to in line digital cut sheet presses such as raised printing, gloss coating and matte finish. It features exceptional photo quality output with tremendous productivity of printed photo products, including hard and soft cover photo books, calendars, greeting cards, 4x6 prints and more. The NEXPRESS Photo Platform delivers superior print quality whether these products originate on a desktop with KODAK Create@Home Software, at a KODAK Kiosk, online, or at a retail outlet like a KODAK EXPRESS Digital Solutions participating store or retail partner. The NEXPRESS Photo Platform can also now print on longer sheets—up to 26 inches or 660 mm—which enables larger book covers, posters, panoramic prints, or simply more impositions per sheet for higher productivity (up to 131 ppm).
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2011 -- To meet the demands of today's mobile consumers and connected professionals, Kodak introduced a new line of KODAK HERO All-in-One Printers allowing people to print how, where and when they want. The HERO Printers are Google Cloud Print Ready and KODAK Email Print Ready, letting consumers easily send documents and photos to their printer from anywhere in the world, using any Internet-connected device(1). They represent the latest innovation in the company's consumer inkjet portfolio, marrying effortless connectivity with Kodak's unique combination of high quality output and affordable ink.
In addition, Kodak will enable Google Cloud Print and KODAK Email Print for previous generation KODAK All-in-One Printers, making Kodak the first printer manufacturer to also offer cloud printing for its existing customers(2).
"With our new lineup of HERO Printers, Kodak is helping to meet the needs of an on-the-go lifestyle by making it easy and convenient for consumers to print from any connected device, anywhere," said Susan Tousi, General Manager, Inkjet Systems, and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. "With new features like Google Cloud Print and KODAK Email Print, we continue to advance our intelligent technology while also offering the exceptional quality consumers expect from Kodak and premium ink at an affordable price. With Kodak, consumers do not have to compromise between smart features, quality and affordability."
ROCHESTER, N.Y , Aug. 31—Kodak was among the top companies honored with a Best of FOSE award during the July 2011 FOSE Conference and Exposition in Washington, D.C. The KODAK i2800 Scanner, a compact scanner offering numerous user benefits in productivity and efficiency, was named the winner of the Best of FOSE Award in the peripherals category. Each year, Government Computer News (GCN) staffers, consisting of writers, editors, and researchers judge exhibitors for the Best of FOSE Awards that recognize outstanding and innovative IT products best suited for government use.
The government technology industry relies on document imaging tools to effectively maintain both the accuracy and security of data distribution among employees. On all government levels, including local, state and federal, KODAK Scanners, Software and Services are utilized to meet shared workspace needs as well as records management requirements. The FOSE Conference and Exposition provides a forum between the public and private sector to introduce digital solutions to the government market as well as the international and commercial technology communities.
