Benefits of flexo printing for package printing applications

Flexographic printing performance, efficiency, quality, and sustainability continue to improve, says Flexo4All. During the past 30 years, flexography has been demonstrated to be a printing technology with a very impressive growth in terms of quality and productivity. It passed from low- to high-quality printing and today is widely used for packaging production in different applications: […]

FREE WEBINAR – What's Next: Keys to Postal Progress 5/13 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time

The United States Postal Service, the Mailing Industry, the economy, and your business are all going through tremendous changes right now. A new barcode, greater emphasis on address quality, and the continued pressure to simultaneously bring more value to mail while deftly mitigating rising postage costs are demanding more from mail owners and preparers. Staying […]

Research and Markets: The US Commercial Printing Industry Includes About 35,000 Companies with Combined Annual Revenue of About $100 Billion

Research and Markets www.researchandmarkets.com/research/171a2f/commercial_printin has announced the addition of the ” Commercial Printing ” report to their offering. First Research is the leading industry intelligence company that helps sales teams perform faster and smarter, open doors, and close more deals. First Research performs the “heavy lifting” by synthesizing hundreds of sources into an easy to digest […]

It’s Time to Charge for Your Brainpower

Agencies have always charged for their strategic thinking. In contrast, many printers give it away as part of the price of getting print business. For print providers to thrive in today’s economy, this practice needs to change.This was the case made on a panel presentation I led at the On Demand Conference and Exposition in […]

Free Webinar: Direct Mail Dynamics

May 18, 2010 2:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific) Take back the creative controls with PaperSpecs’ next FREE Webinar – Direct Mail Dynamics! Chief Folding Fanatic Trish Witkowski of foldfactory.com will present a power-packed hour of folding inspiration and direct mail tips. She’ll show you how to map out your own successful plan with fresh […]

Agfa Graphics launches new :Azura V chemistry-free plates at IPEX

Agfa Graphics today announced the launch of the :Azura V chemistry-free plate for violet CtP systems. The new violet photopolymer plate works with gum, similar to Agfa’s industry-leading, ThermoFuse-based :Azura plates for thermal systems. This new, chemistry-free plate works with all mainstream violet CtP units currently in use at commercial print sites across the world […]

New Color-Logic Process Metallic Color swatch chart demonstrates worry-free metallic printing

Color-Logic,  http://www.color-logic.com/tech/ developer of the Color-Logic Process Metallic Color System, has announced the availability of a new color chart demonstrating metallic printing produced using the new system.  The Color-Logic metallic color chart, with 250 brilliant metallic color swatches, was produced using only five inks, rather than the 250 different inks required with traditional metallic printing […]

The High Cost of Preventable Errors

It’s no secret that the past several years have been difficult for many printing companies.  The big problems – declining print sales and persistent low profit margins – have been discussed in a variety of venues.  The recent recession has exacerbated the difficulties, but the underlying cause has been a fundamental shift in the ways […]

Label Summit Latin America begins next week

Label Summit Latin America, taking place next week on May 11-12 in the Hilton Mexico City Reforma hotel, has lined up a wide variety of industry experts to present to delegates during the conference. Industry experts from Latin America, North America and Europe will represent some of the world’s leading label converters, end users, technology […]

Agencies position for the rebound

More than any emerging channel or technological development, the most pervasive direct marketing trends in 2009 were shrinking marketing budgets and an ever-tightening belt across the agency landscape. Neither an agency’s size nor its capabilities offered shelter from the storm, as many direct agencies began the year with leaner staffs. Even digital leaders Razorfish and […]

New Vision 3 Summit Leadership Conference Announced by Industry Associations

The National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL); NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies (NPES); and, Printing Industries of America have joined forces to create a dynamic new leadership conference for graphic communications executives—the Vision 3 Summit—slated for March 13–16, 2011 at the J.W. Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, […]

Printing Services: Old And New Techniques

The popularity of print medium as a potent means of spreading information to people of all types is immense even these days. The present form of the printing services industry is an outcome of years of change and evolution in printing styles and processes. Today it addresses a vast range of needs of customers, which […]