The PODi AppForum is back in the UK after a 7-year gap

6th February 2012 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Education, Events, Marketing, Print & Digital, Print Services, Software and Systems, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends, Web to Print (W2P)

Leading international organisation for digital printing announces one-day conference in London on March 29 Customer case studies will take centre-stage at the PODi European AppForum which takes place in London on March 29. The last time PODi ran a major event in the UK was 2005. PODi returns to the London College of Communication for [...]

tagged in Cross Channel Marketing, cross-media, Digital printing, Multichannel Marketing, PODi, Print On Demand, print on demand publishing, W2P, web-to-print

3D Printing Brings New Angle To Animation

30th January 2012 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Print & Digital, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends

By Meaghan Murphy Sony Pictures upcoming “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” still uses molding clay and traditional stop-motion animation to bring its wide-eyed characters to life, but creator Aardman Animations happily embraced a strange new technology to make those figures speak: 3D printers. A 3D printer is much like an ordinary one, but it works in [...]

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10 Winners for PODi AppForum Announced!

9th January 2012 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Education, Events

Entering contests pays off – especially with PrintMediaCentr! PODi was only giving away ONE free ticket to the AppForum but had such a great response from our audience that they are now giving away 10!!! WooooHoooo!! CONGRATS to the Winners and THANK YOU PODi for being so COOL! Michael FerettiJohn Heinzmann Shelby Sapusek Jeff Class [...]

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Win a FREE ticket to PODi AppForum 2012!

30th December 2011 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Events, Marketing, Print & Digital, Print Services, Software and Systems

The PODi AppForum conference is 3 days of innovation and ideas for making more money with digital printing. Join us & hundreds of your peers in Las Vegas Jan. 23-25, 2012 for the industry event of the year. (Full 3-day conference valued at $1,295) Click here http://appforum2012.org/pmcfree and enter before January 5th for your chance to [...]

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Printers: Is Your Online Portfolio Making The Right First Impression?

13th December 2011 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Marketing, Paper, Print & Digital, Printers, Social Media, Tips

By now it should be pretty self evident that your website serves as the first impression of your company in many cases. While your capabilities and services are of course relevant, as a Print Producer I usually skip right over that type of information and go directly to your portfolio first. I want to see [...]

tagged in commercial photography, digital and social media, Digital Photography, Direct Marketing, print production, Printing, Relationship Marketing, ROI, Social Media Marketing

1/1 Interview with Rab Govil CEO Caslon and Naehas, and President of PODi

8th December 2011 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Education, Events, Featured, Interview, Marketing, Print & Digital, Software and Systems, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends, Webinar

With the PODi App Forum coming up in January I was eager to speak with Rab and provide you with some more information on the event. Not only did I receive that, but Rab as kind enough to answer a few more questions about digital printing and the industry. At the end of this interview [...]

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USPS To Slow Delivery of First-Class Mail

5th December 2011 by Deborah Corn under Buyers, Digital Print, Direct Mail, Finance, Marketing, Printers, Publishing, Tips

“Currently, first-class mail is supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses within the continental U.S. in one day to three days. That will lengthen to two days to three days, meaning mailers no longer could expect next-day delivery in surrounding communities. Periodicals could take between two days and nine days.” By HOPE YEN, Associated [...]

tagged in Cross Channel Marketing, designers, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, Graphic Arts, Multichannel Marketing, Print Buying, print production, Printing, Publishing and Printing

Track Chairs Announced for the 2012 AppForum Digital Printing Conference

29th November 2011 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Direct Mail, Education, Marketing, Print & Digital, QR, Training

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Christine DeLooze585-214-5900chrisd@podi.org Top strategists chosen to lead tracks on cross media, cutting edge digital print applications and technologies, and sales & business strategies Rochester, NY — November 29, 2011 — PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, has announced the Track Chairs for the 2012 AppForum, January 23–25 in Las Vegas. These five prominent digital [...]

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Revealing Fashion Trend In Japan Sure To Be a Shocker

17th November 2011 by Deborah Corn under Design, Digital Print, Trends

What does this have to do with PMC? Well, PRINTED TEXTILES of course! That, and I want to do my best to preempt any heart attacks on the subway if this ever makes it’s way to the States… These skirts are all there, and not see through. What you are seeing is printed on them… [...]

tagged in Digital Print, Screen Print, screen printing, textiles

MoMA’s The Printed Picture Website Launches

14th November 2011 by Deborah Corn under Digital Print, Print & Digital, Publishing, Tips, Tools, Training

This site is really amazing. “Richard Benson, who wrote the book and co-curated the exhibition, was videotaped for approximately eight hours in the Museum galleries.” The video’s review printing process, technology, and methods of reproducing images in print throughout history. There is a ton of content and information and you will will certainly use it [...]

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