Merging photo and print: American Color Imaging adds photo book press to lab services.(Business & Marketing)(Eastman Kodak Co.'s Kodak NexPress 2100 digital press)
PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities, November, 2006 by Gretzner, Bonnie
As the popularity of photo books soars, professional imagers like American Color Imaging (www.acilab.com), Cedar Falls, Iowa, enter the market. Rather than wading in cautiously, American Color immersed itself by making a $700,000-plus investment in the Kodak NexPress 2100 digital press.
Mark Lane decided earlier this year the investment was a must. The only question was which printer/press to purchase.
"We felt competitive pressures to be able to produce photo books," says Lane, who serves portrait and wedding photographers. "Many labs have a lot invested in this. Luckily, we weren't the first to get into this. We were early, but not the first--and that's the best place to be.
"We like the NexPress for several reasons. A big one is the...
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