PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from January 2002

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from January 2002

Calendar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... February 2002 21-23 PSPA Annual Convention Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. 22-23 DIMA Annual Conference Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. 24-27 PMA 2002...

Compensation and benefits survey available. (Association News).(Photo Marketing Association International)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The 2001 PMA Compensation and Benefits Survey details the compensation and benefits offered to employees by U.S. and Canadian photo-imaging businesses. The 150-page report shows average compensation and other statistics for specific job titles...

"My list" to help navigate PMA 2002. (Association News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Attendees of PMA 2002, held Feb. 24-27, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., will once again have free access to an organizational tool to help them navigate the massive trade show floor. "My List" will appear Feb. 1 on the...

Sales training course aims to win, retain customers. (Association News).(Photo Marketing Association International)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The 88-page sales training course, Winning Customers & Keeping Them, is available from PMA Business Resources. Written by Dave Allison, C.S.P., the guide is designed to help PMA members improve employees' customer-relation skills. Course goals...

Striking the right balance: Denver-based The Pro Lab finds right mix of traditional/digital imaging. (Profile).
January 1, 2002... The daily flow of walk-in traffic at portrait and wedding lab The Pro Lab, Denver, Colo., is steady. Customers first enter the lab through a cozy atrium filled with plants, then descend wooden stairs to approach the open, well-lit counter...

Welcome to San Diego! APCI 34th Annual Convention. (Feature).(Association of Professional Color Imagers)
January 1, 2002... The 34th Annual Convention of the Association of Professional Color Imagers (APCI) takes place Jan. 9-13, 2002, at the Hyatt Regency San Diego, San Diego, Calif. In addition to three days of sessions and workshops, the new conference...

Camera sales growth slows in early part of 2001; digital cameras drive meager growth in uncertain economic climate. (Photo & Digital Retailing).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... After strong growth in 2000, the photographic industry now faces a less certain economic climate. Now that a long run of strong economic expansion has ended, consumers are curtailing some of their spending habits. The 2000-2001 PMA Industry...

Monarch Photo Fargo, N.D. (Regional roundup).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... This company has been around a while. Arnold Artz founded it in 1896. Today, his grandson, PMA Past President Bob Artz, is president of the company. Bob has worked there more than 50 years; and his granddaughter, Shannon Kroshus, who is in the...

Rainbow 1 Hour Photo Inc. Butte, Mont. (Regional roundup).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Like Monarch, Rainbow 1 Hour Photo Inc. does a little bit of everything, according to Tony DiFronzo, president and co-owner. "We do film processing and printing, slides, internegs and copy negs. We sell cameras and we offer digital services. We...

Harold's Photo Center Sioux Falls, S.D. (Regional roundup).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... There are nine stores in the Harold's Photo Center chain, all located in South Dakota and Iowa. This family business was started in 1910 by Emil Hanson, and is now run by his grandson, Bob Hanson, who has worked in the business since 1968 and...

Fast facts. (Regional roundup).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Fargo, N.D., is home to North Dakota State University. It boasts two professional sports teams, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (baseball) and the Fargo-Moorhead Beez (basketball). For those who prefer music, Fargo offers the Fargo-Moorhead...

Finding, keeping and growing the right customers; Laurence Haughton, who will deliver the opening keynote address on Feb. 22 at the DIMA 2002 Annual Conference (held Feb. 22-23 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla.), has advised more than 600 companies around the world during his 25-year business-consulting career.(Interview)
January 1, 2002... Finding, keeping and growing the right customers; Laurence Haughton, who will deliver the opening keynote address on Feb. 22 at the DIMA 2002 Annual Conference (held Feb. 22-23 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla.), has advised...

Businesses face challenges as reservist employees are called up. (Retail news).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... During times of peace, members of the United States military reserves serve one weekend a month and two weeks per year. Now that the country is at war, however, many are being called to active duty--and their employers are facing tough hurdles....

PMA 2002: plus The Quick Print Show 2002. (Invitation To Attend).(Photo Marketing Association International)
January 1, 2002... THE PMA 2002 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIN AND TRADE SHOW OFFERS TREMENDOUS OPPURTUNITIES IN Education Interaction with Industry Colleagues Product Information Don't miss the select PMA educational sessions offering Simultaneous...

AAA Imaging and Supplies Inc. (Product Gallery).(photo processing equipment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The D-Carrier equips your minilab to process digital output from ALL digital media without spending $200,000 in new equipment because it utilizes your existing minilab by interchanging with your negative carrier. A built-in high resolution LCD...

Advanced Greig Laminators. (Product Gallery).(79-inch laminating system)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Advanced Greig Laminators, Inc., Madison, WI. -- AGL introduces the AGL 8000 laminator, capable of laminating 79" pressure sensitive and 76" thermal films. Available in four configurations to satisfy not only specific finishing requirements,...

Aperion Inc. (Product Gallery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Aperion's True Balance 2 System now incorporates the latest digital technology. Aperion has replaced the mannequin with a real person to help judge flesh tones more accurately. A gray scale, flesh patches, color patches and a focus checker have...

Champion Photochemistry Ltd. (Product Gallery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Have you had your fill of multi-part mixing? Champion Photochemistry proudly introduces the simplicity of single part chemistry. With clear Primaprint SP VR Developer and Mydoprint SPV Bleach-Fix you have a complete simple, clean, homogeneous...

CPAC Imaging Group -- CPAC Equipment Division. (Product Gallery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... SilvPAC[R]LM/BF-20[TM] silver recovery systems are ideal for labs processing 4,000 - 10,000 ft.2 of paper per day. Featuring a patented stationary cathode that eliminates moving parts, these automatic electrolytic systems use a filtered power...

Crown Photo Systems. (Product Gallery).(MD365 film transfer unit)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... In a space not much larger than most new cameras, Crown Photo's new MD365 APS Daylight Detach unit is the smartest new thing to come along since the dark box itself. Handy, small and fast to use, this is quickly becoming the staple of every...

Empire West Inc. (Product Gallery).(photo developing trays)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Empire West Inc. offers dozens of convenient envelope handling tray sizes in five bright colors to make lab organization a snap. The trays feature high-impact plastic, nonslip corrugated bottoms, custom nesting comers, and a variety of styles....

Epoch Arts. (Product Gallery).(photo frames)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Epoch Arts reinvents classic photo frames by fusing unique, elegant wooden easel back to premium, hand finished, wood frames. Seen from any angle, the beauty of each frame is enhanced by the wooden back. Great for display on desk top, coffee...

Filmguard Corporation. (Product Gallery).(sleeving for displaying digital prints)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... With Inkjet and thermal printers now capable of producing archival quality prints, the professional photographers and labs that are using this equipment have requested a way to protect and display the digital prints they produce. This demand...

Gape, Inc.; Pine Brook, NJ. (Product Gallery).(sleeving material for displaying photographs and slides)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Slide Sleeving just became affordable and reliable with Gepe's G-340 Sleeving Material. At less than the cost of a box, slides can be returned to customers in clear, archival sleeving material. And, since you only use the amount of sleeving...

Gretag's Digital Photo Station kiosk for digital image print fulfillment. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... Gretag's new Digital Photo Station is easy-to-use, and allows the digital camera consumer to display, enhance, and order true photo prints from digital images. The kiosk provides input to a wide range of digital photo-quality printers such as...

GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. (Product Gallery).
January 1, 2002... GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. is pleased to introduce the newly redesigned Soft-View series of D5000 desktop color viewing systems for print and transparency viewing. Models SOFV-1e & SOFV-2e are designed to illuminate hard copy originals for...

Kinetronics. (Product Gallery).
January 1, 2002... The Kinetronics[C] Digital Camera Cleaning Kit provides professional tools to clean your digital cameras, lenses, viewfinder and LCD screen. The Kit is also suitable for cleaning camcorders, traditional cameras, telescopes, binoculars, spotting...

Mackay Photopak. (Product Gallery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Mackay Photopak, the leader in photo packaging, has introduced a new paper CD/Floppy disk holder to its stock line of products. A unique new design now allows one product to hold either a CD or floppy disc. Complementing Mackay's existing...

Microtech. (Product Gallery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Three Slot SCSI PC Card Reader/Writer PCD-47B Download images from PC Cards to CPU in record time. * Type III slot (ATA) * CompactFlash slot * SmartMedia[TM] slot * SCSI-2 interface * 3.5" x 1" (Internal) * Windows, Mac, Unix, Solaris. Designed...

Minilab Supply Store. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... Compete with the mass merchandisers! Promote YOUR brand name! Minilab Supply Store offers private label CD-R's and 35mm film with low minimum quantities and competitive pricing. Our high quality film is comparable to Vista and our CDR's are...

Neil Enterprises Inc. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... We have combined great selling photo novelty items with a unique point of purchase device--the clear bucket. It takes up very little room and packs a lot of sales into a tiny footprint. A variety of our most popular items are available this...

Noritsu America Corp. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... Noritsu has released the latest version of application software developed specifically for Noritsu's digital output capable minilabs and digital color printers. With a simple layout, operation is made easy by the icons and explanations...

Noteworthy Photo Packaging. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... Exciting new products and super low freight rates are what you'll find at Noteworthy. The NEW CD-Print wallet is shown here. Its durability is surpassed only by quality graphics and larger than normal imprint area. Imprint your store logo and...

Pakor, Inc. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... The Sony UPX-C21 Digital Passport Photo System is an advanced, digital system that allows you to preview all images before printing, eliminating wasted media. Prints passport photos, ID photos and more in black and white or color on low cost...

PhotoTidings. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... PhotoTidings offers a unique collection of digital templates for printing photo cards, gifts and products. Template designs include announcements, invitations, mats, borders, collages, scrapbook prints, business cards, team mates, sports...

Picture Pocket Corporation Sublimation Systems. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... Make additional income by creating customized PhotoGifts. Enter the newest in our line of PhotoGift Creation Stations. This system enables you to transfer a photo-quality digital print to a variety of different PhotoGifts. This system includes:...

Pioneer Photo Albums, Inc.[R]. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... Pioneer offers Bi-Directional[TM] Le Memo Photo Albums for 4"x6", 4"x7" and 5"x7" photos. Patented pages allow the same pocket to hold horizontal or vertical prints, as well as panoramic photos up to 4"x12" vertically. Next to each pocket is a...

Serrano Rey -- Miami. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... INCREASE PROFITS $$$ In your business by offering the latest in Photo ID technology. The credit card style ID system will give your company a professional look and a big advantage over the competition. For more information log on...

TriPrism Inc. -- TEPS-2000 digital event and portrait software. (Product Gallery).(advertisement)
January 1, 2002... The TEPS-2000 was created for digital event and portrait photographers to speed the process of delivering their products and services to their customers. The Apple based software is easy to use and it's designed to work with virtually any...

Pro labs' DI equipment budgets were up in 2001; digital minilabs were a common purchase. (Photo & Digital Processing).(digital imaging)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... At this point, digital-imaging services are a core part of most professional photo lab operations. In 2000, 82 percent of professional labs offered digital-imaging services, accounting for almost one-third of their sales revenue, according to...

Printing goes flat: many companies announce new flatbed inkjets for rigid substrate printing. (Photo & Digital Processing).
January 1, 2002... In 2001, manufacturers introduced new digital flatbed inkjet printers that accept a wide variety of rigid substrates. These substrates range among corrugated, poster, and art boards; rigid PVC and metal sheets; and foam display boards. Many...

CTP going mainstream: more quick printers incorporate all-digital workflow. (Photo & Digital Processing).(computer-to-plate)
January 1, 2002... Computer-to-plate (CTP) technology dates back more than 15 years; but the all-digital workflow has taken off in the past five years, with a broader offering of systems, and has transformed the printing industry by eliminating a production step...

Inkjet printing for portrait studios; in-house production of customer prints. (Photo & Digital Processing).
January 1, 2002... Once an expensive luxury, photo quality printers can be found in many photographic studios--no matter what size they may be. From one-person home studios to large operations, portrait photographers are more likely to make at least some prints...

Elcorsy launches photo panoramic product. (Processing news: a look at recent news for photo processors.).(Elcorsy Technology)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Elcorsy Technology Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, introduced a photo panoramic product and created a division, Elcorsy-BO (Banners Original), to edit, publish and sell the product. The first Elcorsy-BO shop opened in Montreal in the fall of...

Digital technology makes cash registers ring; innovations coming in 2002 will offer new marketing opportunities. (Feature).
January 1, 2002... Improved digital technology will make a major impact on consumer choices in 2002. For example, look at 2001 digital camera models and compare them to many of the early introduction models a few years ago. Many had built-in memory chips; single...

Mary Ellen Mark in "An Evening with an Artist". (Feature).(photographer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... After all the technical and marketing seminars of DIMA and PSPA, and before the PMA 2002 Annual Convention and Trade Show opens the next day, there is a rare opportunity for a welcome respite. Meet one of the world's most respected and...

Dreaming of a green Christmas ...: retailers hope consumer purchases pick up during the holiday season. (Newsview).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... It's now official. If there was any doubt in our minds the economy was in a sorry state, the experts delivered the confirmation in late November. The U.S. economy is officially in a recession. In fact, that has been the case for about the past...

See the future of digital imaging.
January 1, 2002... DIMA 2002 Annual Convention February 22-23, 2002 Orange Country Convention Center Orlando, Florida USA Friday, February 22 2:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Commercial imaging General Session D11 Optimize Your Digital Sales...