At the end of every year, it is good to take some time and look back at where you’ve been. The world of print...
Print Samples: Before You Ring in the New Year…
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Print Samples: What DO YOUR Business Cards Say?
Before every trade show, event, or customer meeting, look at your business cards. What do they say about you and your...
Print Samples Sell Your Association
Every print association has had the same problem – how do you keep members engaged and interested in your events? Over...
Print Samples Sell Packaging
The hot topic this year is packaging and all of the things you can do with it. It’s the most common billboard...
Print Samples: Add Dimensionality to Your Print
This is the story of dimensionality. Textures, shine, matte, and a host of other print embellishment options can take...
Print Samples: Everything Needs a Label
There are dozens of ways you might create a label. You might do it on your desktop printer using label stock bought...
Print Samples: Why You Need Your Own Magazine
Many years ago, as we were getting ready for Drupa in 2012 one of the sales team members I was working with in Europe...
Print Samples: Love Letter to All Our Pals in Print
Have you ever been specifying a print job and couldn’t remember how to spec an element? Do you want A4 or B4? How do...
Print Samples: Create Your Own Magazine
When was the last time you told someone about a great magazine article you read online? For many, reading online is...
Print Samples: The Wonderful VIGC Member Package
Do you belong to an association? A bowling league? Intramural golf? What about a print association? Is that...
Print Samples Danish Style
Print shows in Europe often bring out displays of amazing print samples gathered by passionate people who want to...
Explore Print Sample TV: Even More Print Samples!
A few weeks ago, we had a chance to create a bucket of new episodes of Print Sample TV! We have some cool things...
Print Samples: Pushing the Envelope
The folks at the Envelope Manufacturer’s Association have a mission – envelopes. But it is more than that! They share...
Print Samples: Xplor and The Personalized Magazine
Have you been following the stories of innovation in magazines and catalogs? Articles will spotlight personalization...
Print Samples: Why You Should Use Postcards
Postcards are the lingua franca of communication. Even in today’s Instagram world, people send postcards when they...
Print Samples: Let’s Play with Playing Cards!
When was the last time you played with a deck of cards? Real cards, not the online solitaire version? Over the last...
Print Samples! Tell a Story with YOUR Business Card
Do you carry business cards? Some people have started to avoid them and exchange phone bumps to transfer contact...
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...
Print Samples: Unboxing Packaging for Subscriptions
There is nothing like getting a box in the mail, opening it, and discovering what’s inside. Whether you ordered...
Print Samples: Up Your Event Game with Playing Cards
The title on this one spotlights FujiXerox, which is now Fujifilm Business Innovations, but the story still resonates....
Print Samples: 19 Crimes Taught Us AR with Story
When you have really great Australian wine to bring to market you face some challenges. Australian vineyards produce a...
Print Samples: Menus Make a Difference!
One of the early segments of PrintSampleTV featured an important marriage of content and paper embodied in a...
Print Samples! Let’s Get Started!
Over the decades I’ve developed a love affair with print samples. It started back in high school when I worked in a...
Do You Have Any Magic Under Your Workflow?
Workflow is part of the business infrastructure, part of the supply chain, and a key element to production. It’s art...
Training the Next Generation of Workflow Wizards
Across the years of doing workflow reviews and assessments one question comes up frequently: Where is the next...
The Workflow Wizardry of Web2Print!
While explaining why so many of you are workflow magicians, last month we looked at preflighting and the magic it...
You Are a Print Workflow Magician! Here is How I Know!
In my last post, I said that not all document composition engines or word processing products or even creative layout...
The Magic of Digital Front Ends in Your Workflow!
Last summer in this blog the topic of the magic inside your Digital Front End took position front and center. The idea...
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...
The Magic of Order Entry and Onboarding in Your Workflow!
Continuing our adventure through the wilds of workflow, the next stop is that messy process of codifying the order and...
The Magic of Composition in Your Workflow!
The promise for this next series was to go back to basics, so this edition is all about the magical role of the...
Becoming a Smart Workflow Wizard!
Sometimes it is good to go back to the basics, so let’s start with defining workflow in 2018. It’s a tall order...
Casting Workflow Spells for a Magical and Profitable 2018
The last of the decorations are neatly in their boxes and the new calendars have been organized to get the new year...
Practical Workflow Magic to End 2017 and 5 Ways for More Success in 2018
What a year of workflow wizardry! We started the year advising everyone to take a close look at their production shop...
Alexa is a Workflow Wizard and Wisdom From IPEX
A while back I wrote a blog on how it wasn’t yet possible to walk up to an Echo Dot or Alexa tower and ask where your...
Wizards of Workflow at SGIA Expo 2017
We are experiencing change in the print world! Forces are gathering to enable workflow automation in every segment,...
Workflow Wisdom From Print 17
There are only a few tradeshows that attracts not only printers and print buyers, but an entire range of hardware and...
Understanding The Magic Inside Your Digital Front End
If you own a digital print device, somewhere in your life is a Digital Front End. The Digital Front End (DFE) is the...
The Day the Workflow Stood Still
The print hardware often gets the blame when there is a shop slowdown. Misfeeds, wrong stock loaded, paper transport...
Alexa! Where’s My Print Job?
When you think about workflow (and I know you do!), how much do you think about automation? The two should go...
The Way for Smaller Printers to Make Workflow, Work
A question came up over in the Print Production Professionals Group on LinkedIn that came down to this: there is a lot...
Casting A Spell on Workflow Automation
Over the past couple of months I’ve been to more than a few conferences and vendor events where workflow and workflow...
Waving a Workflow Wand for Magical Onboarding Success
Most print providers (commercial, in-plant, corporate) won’t need a wand or cape to discover that some parts of their...
Appify Your Workflow!
We’re off to a fast start in the Wizarding World of Workflow 2017. The stars are telling us that this could be the...
The Wizarding World of Workflow
Welcome to 2017! It’s a new year full of options and opportunity. If you are a print professional it’s time to become...
Top 5 Tips for InkJet Success
If you aren’t already working with an inkjet web press, this is a great time to get onboard the inkjet train....
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