Print Samples! The Jazz Fest Vibe
Print-on-Demand has a certain vibe. It’s immediate. It’s vibrant. But it’s also not the way many printers work. In this episode of Print Sample TV, we had a chance to talk about a print that we’ve been sitting on since last year. It’s the 202nd edition of the amazing New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival […]
Color Management: The Intersection of Technology and Intent
The Printerverse at Print 18 was a resounding success. Our panels, interviews and events were attended by almost 2000 print pros, with a few hundred more watching from home around the planet via YouTube and Facebook. More than 6000 minutes of programming was watched live. If you missed any of our broadcasts the replays are here […]
The Magic of Workflow Management in Your Workflow
Sometimes workflow gets a bad rap. After all, it takes time to create a strategy for linking all of the pieces together, and time is something that is often in short supply. However, if you do not take the time, things can get messy, inefficient, and expensive. You leave money on the floor, run at […]
Color, Quality and Consistency: 2017 Print Buyer Survey Results Are In
For the past two years I have sent out some poignant questions to the print buying community with two goals in mind; first and foremost to find out what they care about, and second with my Print Buyerologist hat on, help printers and suppliers understand what they care about, in a manner that will resonate. The […]
The “Year of Color” is Here! (Are You READY?)
Optimism is in the wind. Things are picking up. People are feeling better. The clue? Color. People NEED color. They CRAVE color. So if I’m right (and I think I am), we’re going to see printed items with vivid color. Print design trends often follow consumer preferences in retail, home furnishings and fashion. Based on that, […]
[VIDEO] Cleansing Your Palette: The Fresh Taste Of Color
This panel focuses on specialty inks, creative color use, and color management across multiple devices and substrates. Panelists: Xerox, Canon, HP, Mutoh Download the panel brochure PDF!
The CxF/3 File Format, X-Rite And The ISO
By Brian Rothschild / TechCreative / GraphicFXOnline Studio. Contributing blogger for PrintMediaCentr.com Good day PMC readers, X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, announced that the ISO TC130 committee that sets global standards for the Graphic Arts has adopted the X-Rite Color Exchange Format version 3 (CxF3) […]
And The Magic Ingredient Is…. Paper!
By Chloe Mahendra-Fuji, Print Diva Hi! I’m Chloe! If you have been following me you know that I work with customers to help them be the best they can be. Last month I told you my tale of woe as I tried to get a job done on an inkjet press and managed to mangle […]
#UKvUSA: Who Really Cares About Color
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the post… and if you are just joining us, here is some background… Matthew and I haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to Print Buying. He comes from the UK procurement world, […]
Being A Good Customer… And How I Failed!
by Chloe Mahendra-Fuji, Print Diva Hi! I’m Chloe! Sorry I missed you last month… there was a big job in my life and time got away from me. And now that I look back, I still missed the mark of being a good customer to my printer. Let’s start with the basics. You’ll recognize the […]
Winning Customers With High Speed Inkjet And More
A few weeks ago I had the honor of working with Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP to bring you a panel discussion with printers who are using HP’s high speed inkjet technology to create some amazing work, and win some amazing clients – like Mercedes! As I head off to Jetcomm and Dscoop tomorrow, I wanted […]
Yo! A Piece Of Paper Is NOT A Screen!
by Chloe Mahendra-Fuji, Print Diva It happened again today. I opened an InDesign file from a reputable agency and it’s wrong! The brief was that the creative had to include a dozen images, some graphic elements, three type faces and meet the content brief for an eight-page brochure. It wasn’t a big job. There was […]