Show Me Your Money
The ability to access and manage cash will determine your fateby Sandy Hubbard As I make my rounds to the various printing events, I ask everyone, “How’s business?” The answer varies. For small shops, reality is staring them in the face. It’s difficult to find time or money to do marketing; it’s difficult to borrow […]
What is a Print Futurist Anyway?
by Sandy Hubbard As an industry, we’ve been scratching our heads for decades, trying to figure our what the print shop of the future is. In many ways, we are already operating the print shop of the future, filled with prepress and press automation, remote order entry, JDF and XML instructions, and other technological processes. […]
Making a Case for Relevance in Pricing
Although I have spent most of my adult life in the pursuit of all things print, I am admittedly a TV junkie on the side. Many of the posts I write unrelated to a news article or a blog that sparked an interest are inspired by something I’ve seen on television, and this one is […]
Graph Expo Recap: An Opportunity to Reach Those Who Couldn't Attend
Despite the enormous amount of attendees last week in Chicago, there are people and companies out there who arent on social media and didnt make it to the the show. We have held off sending out our September newsletter to provide an opportunity for the Exhibitors to get their products and services in front of […]
Why we are excited for Graph Expo – Part 2
So we had some fun thanks to Ryan at M-Bossed by making a video for his blog, but before we head off to Chicago I wanted to expand on the excitement list… 1. The Exhibitors Armed with my new digital camcorder I will be prowling Graph Expo row by row looking to share your […]
This Labor Day Thank Canada and PRINT For Your Day Off
This Labor Day while you are grilling away and sipping on a nice cold refreshing cocktail, don’t forget to take a moment to thank Canada and PRINT for your day off. In what is now Toronto on March 25 1872, the Typographical Society (Printer’s Union) went on strike against The Globe newspaper due to the […]
PMC's Vendor Spotlight: Scott Baker VP, GMC Software Technology
In June of this year, PMC put a call out to all service providers under the banner “PMC Wants to Promote You.” We had some great responses; Jeff Sierra from Budco was our July spotlight and moving into August we come to GMC Software Technology represented here by Scott Baker. DC: Who is Scott Baker and […]
3D Printer Creates TOOLS for Space Travel!
3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing technologies. 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials […]
World's First Chocolate Printer (video)
Chocolate goes bespoke. It could be the biggest Valentine’s day hit ever. Scientists in the UK have come up with the ultimate in bespoke gift giving – 3D customized chocolate. Using new digital technology, a ‘chocolate printer’ allows you to create your own designs with software and reproduce them physically in 3D form in chocolate. […]
PMC: Our visit to The Augmented Reality Summit in London
by Nigel Cliffe Never has there been a more expectant and excited audience tucked under the shadow of Tower Bridge than sat in the Delfina conference room at the Augmented Reality Summit last week. I reflected on what I expected as I left the building. A buzz, yes. A load of people, yes, err, I mean […]
Coolest Roundup of Augmented Reality in Printing
Many say the printing industry is in decline, some even say print is dead. Think again Egon! This has got to be the coolest innovation to hit print next to QR Codes and it has been said before: Print is not dying, it’s Evolving. If you are a movie buff, you may have already heard of […]
What Printers Might Not Know About Print Buyers (but should)…
Two weeks ago I participated in #PrintChat – a weekly twitter discussion hosted by @QuadGraphics every Wed at 5pm ET. The topic: Choosing a Print Partner. QuadGraphics began posting questions such as: 1. Selecting a Print provider can be confusing, what should buyers and marketers look for? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of […]
