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 […]
World's First Print-on-Demand Newsstand Being Tested In Sweden
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while that is purely PRINTtastic! Step up to the machine, pick your pub, push print, and viola’ – within two minutes your freshly printed magazine drops into the pick-up slot! Genius! I am totally a buy a magazine and a pack of gum before getting on […]
The PODi AppForum is back in the UK after a 7-year gap
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 […]
3D: The Next Frontier in On-Demand Printing?
Although it’s not something typically associated directly with the print industry, three-dimensional (3D) printing is gaining a lot of traction as a way to revolutionize and democratize manufacturing. 3D printing is used largely in general manufacturing, architecture, engineering, industrial design, and other areas that rely on rapid prototyping. It’s an additive manufacturing technology, meaning that […]
Kodak Hosts Discussion on the Future of Book Publishing
Press Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 31—While the book market overall will remain relatively flat over the next three years, digital technologies will provide new opportunities and better processes for content creation, delivery and production. That perspective was one of many shared by participants during an expansive roundtable discussion about the future of book publishing. Held […]
Free Web to Print Webinar: Wed, Oct 13, 2-3pm EST
Free Webinar: Building An Online Print Business The print procurement process is going through a major transition. Customers expect self service options. Online ordering enables printers to solve more than print manufacturing needs – from automating and centralizing national marketing programs to monitoring and controlling marketing budgets. Web to print expert, Jennifer Matt will provide her […]
The Future of the European In-House Printing Market
InfoTrends has announced the release of a major multi-client study entitled The New Repro: A Study on In-House Production Printing in Europe in 2010 and Beyond. Having conducted a 2009 multi-client study on the US in-plant printing market and a 2005 study on the European in-plant printing opportunity, InfoTrends has a significant existing knowledge base […]
KODAK NEXPRESS SE Class and DIGIMASTER EX Series earn Editor's Choice Award from Better Buys for Business
Better Buys for Business recognized the KODAK NEXPRESS SE Platform and the KODAK DIGIMASTER EX Digital Production Systems each with an Editor’s Choice Award in their annual review of digital printers. The Digimaster system has earned the BBB Editor’s Choice award multiple times over the last several years. The leading independent authority of office imaging […]
GRAPH EXPO VIRTUAL PREVIEW-REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Attendee registration for the free online virtual preview of GRAPH EXPO 2010 is now open. As its name implies, “GRAPH EXPO 2010: A Virtual Preview” offers graphic communications professionals an exciting sneak peek at all that the GRAPH EXPO show in October will have to offer. The Virtual Preview is scheduled for August 19, 2010. […]
Choosing a Web to Print Vendor
After working for web to print vendors for the last 15+ years, needless to say it’s interesting to look at the industry from a different perspective. Now that I have an independent perspective (not filtering everything through the role of selling a single technology), I would like to share some insights on how printer’s could […]
Packaging experts discuss advances in digital and offset printing for this niche market.
Global sales of packaging-related print from digital print-on-demand and wide format presses reached $1.95 billion in 2009 and are expected to climb to $4.05 billion by 2014, according to InfoTrends research. The study reports two major causes for this increase: advances in the productivity, image quality and total ownership cost of digital color printing, and […]
NAQP Owners Conference to be Held in Conjunction with GRAPH EXPO 2010
The NAQP 2010 Owners Conference returns to Chicago this fall, enabling attendees to take advantage of two-and-a-half days of educational sessions on topics of specific concern to small commercial and quick printing businesses, immediately prior to the industry-wide programs and exhibits of GRAPH EXPO 2010. Themed “Transform Strategy into Action!,” the Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Owners […]
