UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: September 24, 2008
TOMBSTONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado 333-138184 51-0431963
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File (IRS Employer Identification
incorporation) Number) Number)
2400 Central Avenue, Suite G, Boulder, CO 80301
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
303-684-6644
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGMENT
ITEM 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation, or Bylaws; Change In Fiscal
Year
On July 31, 2008, Tombstone Cards, Inc. ("Tombstone and/or the Company") amended
its Articles of Incorporation for the change of its corporate name and the
authorization of preferred stock as approved in its Annual Shareholders' Meeting
on July 24, 2008.
Preferred Stock
Tombstone amended its Articles of Incorporation to authorize the issuance of up
to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The shares can be issued with such
designations and terms as to be determined by Tombstone's Board of Directors. No
shares have been issued at this time.
Name Change
In addition to the authorization of a preferred class of stock, Tombstone
amended the Articles of Incorporation to change its name from Tombstone Cards,
Inc. to Tombstone Technologies, Inc. in order to better reflect Tombstone's
current operational activities, as discussed below.
SECTION 8 - OTHER EVENTS
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
Change of Operational Focus
Tombstone has had limited operations over the last two years, those operations
have focused on the structure and capital formation of the Company, as the
Company's operations have focused on the manufacturing and marketing of
customized playing cards.
During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company as part of its
manufacturing and printing of customized playing cards, created a technology
division in order to handle the development, marketing and licensing of our
proprietary OIEPrint(TM) software, a web to print template driven application.
Web to print is the overall process of integrating technology, from ordering and
pre-press to post-press and delivery in order to reduce time and costs.
While developing their customization playing cards operations, the Company had
discovered that the software tools they would need did not exist at that time.
The difficulties are inherent in constructing a tool that requires no download
can function on Macs, PCs and even Linux based machines and that can provide
high-resolution graphics that are suitable for printing. For example, while
graphics on the Web can appear clear, they are only 72 dpi (dots per inch) and,
therefore, would appear fuzzy when printed. Print graphics must be 300 dpi for
full clarity.
In connection with the development of the OIEPrint(TM) software, on December 27,
2007, the Company filed a provisional patent application with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) titled Internet Application for the Design
of High Resolution Digital Graphics.
During the second and third quarters of 2008, management made the decision to
focus a majority of its efforts and the Company's resources on the development
and marketing of the OIEPrint(TM) software. The Company will still continue to
offer customized playing cards, but has determined that this will be a smaller
part of the Company's operations. The Company will continue offering customized
playing cards using the OIEPrint(TM) software to create and print the playing
cards.
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The combination of the Web and the still-unrealized changes that are being
brought by the explosion of professional digital printing is part of what the
print industry calls "Web-2-Print" (W2P). Because digital printing does not
require specialized inks, color separations and individual printing plates,
standard PDF files can move from the desktop to the print head without
intervention. This means that the digital print industry is no longer restricted
by the size of the job. For example, while it may not be profitable (or even
possible) to create small runs on a traditional press, digital printing not only
permits it, it encourages it.
In addition, end-users are now accustomed to being able to handle many of their
business and personal tasks online: from browsing and ordering to getting
customizable quotes, managing their accounts and making payments. However,
because of the complexity of creating print orders online due to the number of
unique options involved, along with the expense involved in creating and/or
maintaining a Web-based system, the print industry has been, for the most part,
unable to fully enter this world.
OIEPrint(TM) 2.0 Software
OIEPrint software is a web to print template driven application that allows the
users to personalize and customize designs. The software will be available to be
licensed through either purchase or as a hosted solution. A full purchase allows
the customer to license the software, while the hosted solution allows the user
to use the software through our website at www.tombstonetechnologies.com.
We offer our OIEPrint software product through the internet. The software has
been developed to be used with several platforms. We intend for the product to
help meet the needs of printers, specialty product producers and others to
satisfy the growing customer demand for personalization of products.
Tombstone will offer the following products:
o OIEPrint
o A platform independent, browser-based RIA that supports template
driven design and provides high-resolution PDF files to the
printer.
o OIEPrint Store
o An advanced e-commerce solution that supports multiple
customization options (e.g. paper color, paper weight, paper
finish, collating, binding, shipping, etc.) and dependent
variables (e.g. If you choose "A," you cannot choose "B" but can
choose "C")
o OIEPrint VDP (2009)
o An easy-to-use tool for linking database mining with custom
printing and 1:1 marketing.
While each product will be available as a stand-alone license, the Company is
offering a fully hosted solution for a monthly fee. The Company believes, and
research underscores this belief, that printers do not have the in-house
staffing to support the complexity inherent in a Web-based system. Added to that
the database requirements (all products have database back-ends for data
storage) and the ongoing maintenance, and it becomes clear that a hosted
solution, properly priced, becomes quite attractive. Customization and
implementation fees are also anticipated.
The Company's technology has been successfully employed since July 2007 on the
Tombstone Cards' website, allowing customers to design and order full color
custom playing cards.
During this "proof of concept" period, the Company worked with the actual
printing processes involved in digital printing, as well as verifying order and
inventory systems, the OIEPrint Web design tool, the ecommerce system,
independent credit verification systems and direct links to shipping providers.
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Competition
The Company competition includes:
- EFI
- Firesprint
- Print Science; and
- Print Via.
All five of these companies offer services for printing similar to the ones
offered by Tombstone. Tombstone is the only one to offer an integrated design
system and therefore allows the customer to design the document through their
software.
Sales Strategy
The Company's products will be available through the Company, via an outbound
sales staff that utilizes Web-based demos and Web-video in order to engage
customers.
The Company is a member of the Print On Demand Initiative (PODi) and will
attempt to publish articles and deliver keynotes in order to gain "top of mind"
positioning among potential clients.
The Company is considering setting up independent, commission only sales
affiliates, based on a regional distribution. Because the OIEPrint Suite has
been developed to handle languages from around the world, overseas partnerships
are also a possibility.
The Company has identified three key market segments for its initial product
line:
o Regional chains of print shops that want to offer cutting-edge,
Web-based solutions to their franchises;
o Small and medium sized digital printers who want to offer Web-based
solutions to their clients.
o Medium and large printers who want to offer customized features to
their corporate clients, allowing them to more easily manage their
accounts and purchasing via a Web interface.
Production and Delivery
Production will be provided through in-house capabilities. The Company owns it
own servers and can easily "clone" the software package for new clients.
The Company anticipates hiring and training recent college graduates for the job
of working with clients during the consultation stage, gathering information
about the clients and their product offerings in order to populate the client's
ecommerce store.
At this time, the Company expects that it will hold no inventory.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
TOMBSTONE CARDS, INC.
By: /s/ John Harris
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John Harris, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Date: September 22, 2008
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