PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from May 2002

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from May 2002

Calendar.
May 1, 2002... May 2 Digital Quick Start Seminar Radisson Riverwalk Hotel Tampa, Fla. 2 Central Canada Division Inc. Annual Spring Meeting Woodbine Raceway Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4-6 ...

Digital cameras capture DIMA Shoot-Out awards. (Photo & Digital Retailing).(Digital Imaging Marketing Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Digital cameras in 12 categories won the 2002 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out at the PMA 2002 Annual International Convention & Trade Show in Orlando, Fla. Among the entries of the 6th Annual Camera Shoot-Out were 51 digital cameras from 20...

Focused marketing campaign wins top prize: Linn Photo concentrates on convenience, education. (Feature).(Photo Marketing Association award)
May 1, 2002... Winning Photo Marketing Association's "Best of the Best" award at PMA 2002 in Orlando, Fla., in February, shocked Mark Priborsky, manager, Linn Photo Ltd. "I initially thought our chances were somewhat slim. How can you market to the level...

Printers battle in DIMA Printer Shoot-Out. (Photo & Digital Processing).(Digital Imaging Marketing Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The 2002 Digital Printer Shoot-Out produced winners in 20 categories. Winners were chosen from 108 prints submitted by 28 companies. The prints were displayed during the DIMA Annual Conference held Feb. 22-23, in Orlando, Fla., prior to PMA...

FTP capability reduces turnaround times at labs; photofinishers encourage pro photographers to switch to digital cameras. (Photo & Digital Processing).(File Transfer Protocol)
May 1, 2002... User fear is generally regarded as a principal factor in delaying the much wider adoption of digital imaging. At the consumer level, the prospect of downloading picture files from the camera into the computer creates sweaty palms for many...

Digital minilab round-up: manufacturers roll out digital minilabs for retail and professional labs. (Photo & Digital Processing).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Demand for digital services is growing in both professional and consumer segments of the industry. Many digital minilabs are not only meant for consumer photofinishers, as they can be used in different ways by all kinds of labs. Portrait...

Onward to on site: minilab growth leads to divestment of retail finishers. (Feature).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... In recent issues, Photo Marketing examined consolidation in the wholesale photofinishing, professional lab, and specialty retailer industries. The series continues with this look at mergers and acquisitions in the captive lab market. To...

PMA releases CMP for Silver Dischargers Implementation Kit. (Association News).(Photo Marketing Association, Code of Management Practice)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The Code of Management Practice for Silver Dischargers Implementation Kit, a planning tool to assist wastewater treatment authorities in adopting the Code of Management Practice program (CMP), is now available from PMA. PMA developed the...

Get employees off to a Quick Start. (Association News).
May 1, 2002... Photo Marketing Association International, Jackson, Mich., developed the Digital Quick Start training program to assist retailers with new staff training and to bring existing employees up to speed quickly. This traveling program, presented by...

PMA Latin American 2002 Conferences scheduled. (Association News).
May 1, 2002... More than 1,600 people attended the first PMA Latin American Conferences, hosted last year. They will be held again this spring and summer in cities across Latin America. The conferences are designed to provide education opportunities to...

PPLA members meet for annual event.(Professional Photographic Laboratories Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The Professional Photographic Laboratories Association's "trade day" attracted nearly 250 delegates to the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham in March. The National Motorcycle Museum offered unique facilities for a business exchange...

PMA France participates in Mondial.(Photo Marketing Association, Mondial Image Photo Son)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... PMA France participated in the first Worldwide Image/Photo/Sound Trade Show (Mondial Image Photo Son, or MIPS), which was held in Paris, France, from March 14-18, providing two sessions on: "The digital revolution: Impact on counter service."...

Camera Kingston is local camera king: this downtown specialty store and one-hour photofinisher is still thriving after 25 years. (Profile)(Cover Story).(Cover Story)
May 1, 2002... Don Gillespie is many things -- entrepreneur, employer, industry expert -- but one thing he's definitely not is a procrastinator. Gillespie and pal Don Sleeth had just graduated from college. One day, they had a conversation about owning a...

Getting the word out: done well, a newsletter can be a powerful marketing tool. (Feature).
May 1, 2002... The problem with most company newsletters, according to retail industry expert Jon Schallert of Schallert & Associates, Sorrento, Fla. (www.retail-usa.com), is people fill it with information about things they want to sell -- rendering it...

AAA Imaging and Supplies Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(Advertisement)
May 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: Advertisement).
May 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, but...

Aperion Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 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...

CPAC Imaging Group - CPAC Equipment Division. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... New METSTM P-115 - Transfer silver-bearing solutions safely and easily with CPAC's new low profile, portable METS unit (Mini Environmental Treatment System). The unique design of the METS P-115 allows you to roll it beneath your processor...

Clayton Chemical Company. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... The Film and Print Developing Kit is a single use processing kit, designed to introduce the dark room enthusiast to CLAYTON CHEMICAL's most popular black and white developers and secondary chemistries. The kit will develop two rolls of film...

Crown Photo Systems. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 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: Advertisement).
May 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....

Filmguard Corporation. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... Filmguard adds new PRO-LINE "Generix" Film Cleaning Products. PRO-CLEANER for Film and Negatives is an exceptional emulsion cleaner that will safely clean modern silver halide hardened films and paper. PRO-CLEANER is available in a 4oz. spray...

GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. is pleased to introduce the newly redesigned SoftView 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...

Gepe, Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... Gepe, Inc., is introducing the new 3033 Automatic Slide Mounter. Previously known as the "3003", the new design includes a host of new operating features. The 3033 mounter provides the unique ability of "last image mounting", the only mounter...

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

HOP - Have Our Plastic Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... 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. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... The Kinetronicsc Digital Scanner Cleaning Kit reduces `after the scan' touch-ups. The Kit provides professional tools to clean your scanner, film, slides and transparencies. Cleaning film and documents before scanning insures that they are free...

Loon Photographic Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Loon has expanded its digital product range with Silverlab Software solutions for the photofinishing industry. Silverlab's Photo Assistant 2000 and Premium Print Service offer you four steps to make money with digital. 1. Let customers...

Mackay Photopak. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(MacKay Envelope Co. acquired Mailwells Photopackaging Div.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Mackay Envelope Purchases the Photopackaging Division of Mailwell Envelope Mackay Envelope Company has completed its purchase of Mailwelrs Photopackaging division, which will become part of Mackay Photopak. Mackay purchased all of the assets of...

Minilab Supply Store & Prolab Imaging Products. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(introduce Ilforstar Novajet 850i)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Minilab Supply Store & Prolab Imaging Productsare pleased to announce a new line of wide-format inkjet printers to its product line. The 60" Ilfostar Novajet 850i combined with Ilford's paper and inks, won the PMA shoot out. The Ilforstar...

Neil Enterprises Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(photo promotional accessories)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Photo Sport Mouse Pads New thin sleek design safely displays a favorite 2 1/2' x 3 1/2" sports photo and features a non-glare surface over the photo. Available for: Basketball (#198), Football (#199), Soccer (#200), Cheerleader (#201),...

Noritsu America Corp. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(Noritsu EZ Mall digital color printer application software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 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).
May 1, 2002... The Combo-Pak saves money and space! This new product is a print wallet and counter envelope combined into one compact unit. Buy one product instead of two and save storage space, shipping costs and overall packaging expenses. Choose paper or...

Pakon. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(F*12 Plus Scanner by Pakon/Packaging Company of California)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
May 1, 2002... F*12 PLUS IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS The F*12 Plus Scanner from Pakon scans at high, medium and low resolution to meet the demands of today's digital needs. At the high resolution of 2000 x 3000 ppi, the F*12 Plus scans a 24-exposure roll of...

Pakor, Inc. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(Sony UPX-C21 Digital Passport Photo System)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
May 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).(digital template imaging software, www.phototidings.com)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... PhotoTidings offers a unique collection of digital templates for printing photo cards, gifts and products. Template designs include cards, announcements, "sloppy" borders, collages, business cards, trader cards, calendars and more. To help...

Picture Pocket Corporation Sublimation Systems. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(PhotoGift Creation Stations)(Brief Article)
May 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).(Brief Article)
May 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...

Point Mfy Limited. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... 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...

Russell Photochemistry - Clean, clear ONE Part Chemistry. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).(photographic developing bath products)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Russell Photochemistry is the first manufacturer world-wide to produce a full line of clean, clear ONE Part Chemistries for all 7 processing baths (C-41 & RA-4)- with no shaking, no slurrys, no powders and no pills. With ONE Part products such...

Shinjin Trading Co., Ltd. (Product Gallery: Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... We, Shinjin Trading Co., Ltd., are the premier exporter dealing in used Japanese-manufactured Mini Labs machines, films and papers such as Noritsu, Fuji, Konica and Agfa, etc. Our experience in this field allows us to export them at competitive...

DIMA delivers 2002 Innovative Product Awards. (Feature).(Digital Imaging Marketing Association)(Brief Article)(Directory)
May 1, 2002... Fifteen digital products on display at PMA 2002 in Orlando, Fla., received the DIMA Innovative Digital Product Award. Judges from the press determined the 15 products utilize new technologies and/or applications to make them either unique or...

Quick Print 2002 provides platform for developments. (Equipment Report).
May 1, 2002... Palo Alto, Calif.-based Hewlett-Packard Co.'s dramatic surge into commercial printing with its acquisition of Indigo N.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands, was confirmed at Quick Print 2002, which was co-located in February with PMA 2002. The move,...

LifeSketch brings online memory keeping into the home. (Feature).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... When online memory keeping company LifeSketch Inc., Madison, Wis. (www.lifesketch.com), first launched in April 1999, their approach to online photo services was similar to that of many other (and now, often nonexistent) companies: Build the...

Worldwide camera sales prove to be strong: digital camera sales growth leads the way. (Feature).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Judging from worldwide camera sales, more people around the world are becoming shutterbugs or upgrading their equipment. Camera sales growth was strong in 2000, particularly in the digital camera segment, in all the major world markets....

Digital output units can pose environmental concerns. (Compliance Corner).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Q: An inspector tells me I need to determine the volume of contaminants discharged from my large printer. He says he detected some odors inside and outside the building during a walk through. How do I deal with this request? A: First,...