PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from March 2003

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from March 2003

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... March 1-5 PPFA National Convention Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev. 2-5 PMA 2003 International Convention & Trade Show Quick Print Trade Show Las Vegas...

APCI: imaging industry leadership conference. (APCI 2003).(Association of Professional Color Imagers)(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... The 35th Annual Convention of the Association of Professional Color Imagers (APCI) takes place April 23-27 at the Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Fla. The event features three days of sessions and opportunities to network with...

Eastman Kodak Co. (Interview).(interview with Daniel A. Carp, president and CEO)
March 1, 2003... Despite a difficult economy, executives at Eastman Kodak Co. remain optimistic about industry opportunities. The continuing economic recession, as well as decreased film and photofinishing volumes, has meant the company has had to adjust both...

Digital camera online newsletter now offered free. (Feature).
March 1, 2003... Begun as a paid-subscription online newsletter, with annual rates as much as $4,000 for manufacturers, now the Newfoundland, Pa., DigitalBenchmarks TalkingPoints newsletter is free to all segments of the imaging industry, as well as to digital...

Regional roundup: Charlotte, North Carolina: Photo Marketing's Regional Roundup looks at what it's like to do business in different areas of the world. This month, learn what matters to PMA members in Charlotte, N.C.
March 1, 2003... Charlotte Camera Inc. Charlotte Camera (www.charlottecamera.com) primarily sells new and used equipment to customers in Charlotte and throughout the world in their retail store, and via mail order and the Internet. The store does not offer...

PMA 2003: joins us for the 79th PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The 79th PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show is back in Las Vegas, Nevada--a city that never sleeps. It's an appropriate venue for learning "24/7 non-stop" ways to make your photo imaging business more profitable. The renowned PMA...

Thank you all. (Viewpoint).(Column)
March 1, 2003... As you read this issue of Photo Marketing, I am concluding a career of many years at PMA. For more than three decades, I have been fortunate to hold the most enjoyable position a person could wish for. There have always been wonderful...

PMA 2003 capsule schedule. (PMA 2003).(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... March 2-5, 2003 All events take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center unless otherwise indicated Pre-Convention Activities Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003 8:00 a.m. PSPA Golf Tournament Paiute Golf Resort 12:00 noon-6:00...

PSPA 2003: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 27-March 1, 2003. (PSPA 2003).(Professional School Photographers Association)(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... The theme for the Professional School Photographers Association convention is "Operation Participation," and convention sessions will focus on strategy for improving student purchase rates of school portraits. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003 ...

DIMA 2003 annual conference: Feb. 28-March 1, 2003 Mandalay Bay Conference Center, Las Vegas, Nev. (DIMA 2003).
March 1, 2003... Friday, Feb, 28, 2003 2:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Commercial Imaging D11 How to Manage Salespeople to Sell at HIGHER Prices In this session, David Fellman will explain how to point your salespeople more effectively toward profit....

Popular printer, camera shoot-outs set for DIMA 2003.
March 1, 2003... Stiff competition is expected from digital manufacturers at the eighth annual 2003 Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA) Printer Shoot-Out and the seventh annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out held during the PMA Annual Convention at the...

PIEA 2003: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 28-March 2, 2003: "focus on imaging education". (PIEA 2003).
March 1, 2003... Current as of Jan. 2, 2003. Friday, Feb. 28, 2003 6:00 a.m.-12:00 noon P1 PIEA Photo Safari to Red Rock Canyon Park Cost: $20/person; includes park admission and transportation. 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. P2 PIEA Roundtable...

PMA 2003.(Photo Marketing Association International's convention schedule)(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... (Current as of Jan. 2, 2003) Sunday, March 2, 2003 6:15 a.m. Fun Run Las Vegas Hilton For the energetic crowd, an early morning Fun Run (or fun walk) is slated for each morning. Your registration fee of $10 in advance...

PMA 2003 session locations. (Event Locator).
March 1, 2003... All events accessible by Main Entrance Lobby (West Lobby) unless indicated by *. Las Vegas Convention Center South Halls South Hall Level One * Coat Check * Prize Drawing * Shuttle Bus Drop Off and Pick Up Points *...

PMA 2003 exhibitor list. (Exhibitor List).(Directory)
March 1, 2003... A A-1 Photo Wholesaler & Distributor K266 * A.L.S. Industries Inc L136 * AAA Imaging & Supplies Inc. ...

PPFA 2003. (PPFA).(Professional Picture Framers Association)
March 1, 2003... It's a meeting of the membership--the one chance every year for Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) members to come together, make decisions for the association, learn more about the art and framing industry, and network with...

Five ways to ensure success: creative frame designs, high quality and consistent service keep customers coming back. (PPFA).
March 1, 2003... While the framing business is not a particularly difficult one to enter--a few thousand dollars will allow one to procure all the equipment and materials to get started--framing artwork properly takes a lot of skill and knowledge. Framing a...

AAA Imaging and Supplies Inc. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... 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...

Aperion Inc. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Celebration Photo Greetings have been completely redesigned for today's new digital labs. Thanks to digital technology, a high level of integration between greeting designs and customer supplied photographs is possible. Now labs can produce...

CPAC Imaging. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... CPAC's new ColorPAC[TM] XLS Paper Processing Kit provides a practical alternative for achieving high quality performance in digital minilabs. This kit contains balanced quantities of RA-XLS Developer and Bleach-Fix A/B concentrates, processing...

Clayton Chemical Company. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Clayton Powder Chemistry for low volume black and white processing without replenishment has been formulated to yield highly satisfactory results for a wide range of black and white emulsions in all formats. Both film and print developers are...

Coastal Business Supplies. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... The company that brings discounted COPIER SUPPLIES to the marketplace is pleased to announce the newest addition into their heat transfer paper line: "Glo-Jo". Glo-Jo, is a heat transfer paper, (8-1/2 x 11) that will run through an ink-jet...

Crown Photo Systems. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... 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).
March 1, 2003... 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 corners, and a variety of styles....

Filmguard Corporation. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Filmguard adds new PRO-LINE "Generix" Film Cleaning Products. PRO-CLEANER for Film and Negatives is an exceptional emulsion cleaner that will safely clean modem silver halide hardened films and paper. PRO-CLEANER is available in a 4oz. spray...

GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Take a look at the Graphiclite[R] PDV series of Professional Desktop Viewers from GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. These compact D5000 viewing systems bring high quality color viewing into an economical price range for all critical color viewing...

Gepe, Inc. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Pine Brook, NJ, is now offering the Quickslide 6006 automatic slide mounter in 2 speeds--95 slides per minute and 180 slides per minute. After many years of success, this popular system for slide mounting comes with new features, growth...

HOP--Have Our Plastic Inc. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Hop Inc. has introduced the TCC series of wide-format laminators, which are designed to thermally laminate both sides of wide-format graphics. The laminators feature solid state controllers with LCD readouts for temperature control, precise...

Kinetronics Corporation. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... New SpeckGRABBER Pro Kit[TM] Safely Remove Dust Specks from: CCDs, Optics, SLR Mirrors,Films, Glass, Transparencies, Electro Optical Devices & Delicate Surfaces. Kinetronics has developed a tool specifically designed to facilitate the removal...

Liberty Photo Products. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... The LIBERTY PHOTO PRODUCTS brand of inkjet media and compatible Epson[R], Canon[R], Lexmark[R], and HP[R] inkjet cartridges, enable minilabs, camera stores, and drug & grocery retailers to meet the growing demand for home digital image printing...

Lucidiom. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Lucidiom's Touch Prints Automated Photo Machine (APM) is an advanced, networked, printing and ordering kiosk system that will make it easy for you to capture all the digital print business your lab can handle. Printing is easy: Connect it to...

Mackay Photopak. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Digital Stock Packaging Digital Stock Packaging From Mackay Photopak Mackay Photopak has developed a complete stock packaging line to handle the increasing demand for processing photos from Digital Cameras. The line includes an Order Envelope,...

Minilab supply store/prolab imaging products. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... OMNIJET by ILFORD wide format inkjet media can save you time on both simple and complex print jobs, while ensuring that you produce consistency in color reproduction and print quality. Many sizes and types available; from Photo Gloss & Satin in...

Neil Enterprises. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Sports Memory MateThe Sports Memory Mate (#236) has been redesigned to appeal to a variety of team sports. The simple yet attractive design holds a 3.5" x 5" individual and 7" x 5" team photo and features an easel stand and autograph area on...

Noritsu America Corp. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... 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...

Pakon. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Announcing the New F235 High-Speed Digital Film Scanner from Pakon Pakon has introduced their newest 14-bit Film Scanner for 35mm and APS. The F235 scans rolls up to forty images, as well as strips down to two frames. It has low maintenance via...

PhotoTidings. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... PhotoTidings offers a wonderful collection of digital templates for printing announcements, invitations, creative edge borders, collages, calendars, trader cards, sports prints and more. To promote photo and digital products, PhotoTidings...

Pictographics International Corporation. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... iCorrect[R] by Pictographics is a family of revolutionary tools for quick and easy color correction of digital pictures. With just one or two clicks, iCorrect quickly improves the tonal range, removes unwanted colorcast, and corrects...

Picture Pocket Corporation Sublimation Systems. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... 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:...

Point Mfy Limited. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Point Mfy Limited is a famous photo-bags manufacturer in China. With over 20 years durable efforts, our products with innovative design and strict quality control system, can be found worldwide. Our factories mainly produce photo/camcorder...

Polaroid. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... New Digital Miniportrait Camera System Apparently, "instant" images just weren't fast enough. So now Polaroid lets you enjoy digital speed and convenience from the first name in document and ID imaging. Our new Digital Miniportrait is a...

Rapid photo: give your customers a $10 digital facelift!!. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Introducing oidphotofix.com's[TM] online photo restoration service. It's as easy as 1,2,3... Scan, Email, Print then Sell!! If you have a Kodak Picturemaker[TM], Fuji Alladin[TM] or other digital photo kiosk or lab, you can now make extra...

Sony goes to print with PictureStation system. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... Around the country photo stores are delivering high-quality digital prints in minutes with Sony's PictureStation digital photo finishing systems. Available in two configurations, a counter-top unit and freestanding kiosk, the small footprint of...

U.M.I. Tech. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... i-Genie--The Innovative High Quality Digital Output Solution! U.M.I.Tech is introducing i-Genie, the intelligent digital LED enlarger. Designed and engineered with the most advanced digital technology, i-Genie delivers true photographic images...

Vivitar Corporation. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... The DLP-2100X is a compact, portable, high performance digital projector for either home entertainment or office applications. At just 5.8 pounds this digital projector is small enough to take with you on a vacation, on a business trip, or to a...

Whitech USA Inc. (Product Gallery).
March 1, 2003... The total lab management solution for photo, digital & retailing is here. Whitech's new Photo.teller is easy-to-use, and allows the consumer to order photo prints from digital images. Accountability is Whitech's main aim; with that in mind...