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Digital Content Printing Firm Presto Services Raises $10 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 24, 2006 - 7:18pm.
Mountain View, Calif. - Presto Services, a developer of technology that will let consumers without computers or Internet access share digital content, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10 million in its first round of venture capital financing.
tags: Deals | VC | CE | Presto Services | Printing | Kleiner Perkins | Content Sharing |

Kodak Acquires 2 Digital Printing Firms; Sues Sony for Patent Infringement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 9, 2004 - 6:30am.
Rochester, N.Y. -- Photo giant Eastman Kodak stepped up its move into the digital market yesterday when it acquired two digital printing companies owned by the German firm Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG for a combined $150 million. The two companies, NexPress Solutions and Heidelberg Digital, manufacture digital color and black-and-white printers. Separately, Kodak announced it has filed patent infringement claims against rival camera maker Sony, alleging the company is infringing on 10 of its patents covering digital photography technology. The suit seeks an injunction against further sale of the allegedly infringing products and unspecified monetary damages. "We have attempted to resolve the matter with Sony for almost three years, and the discussion between us have not led to a suitable licensing agreement," Kodak spokesman Gerard Meuchner told Reuters. Sony said it had not yet seen the suit and had no comment.
tags: Sony | Kodak | Printing | Digital | Patent | Infringement |

Amazon.com Removes Page Printing from Text Search Feature

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2003 - 8:26am.
Seattle -- Online retail giant Amazon.com, which last month launched a feature that enables users to search the full texts of 120,000 books it offers, and print out several pages of the actual texts, has removed the latter feature after receiving complaints from groups including the Authors Guild, the Associated Press reported. While Amazon would not confirm the feature's removal, AP said that as of Friday surfers using the "Search Inside the Book" feature were no longer able to print out samples from books. Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken told AP that some of its 8,000 members were concerned that users may simply print out recipes and other reference materials instead of paying for the book. Amazon did say that 15 authors had requested that their works not be included in the list available titles for "Search Inside the Book."
tags: Printing | Amazon.com | Text Search |