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High-Speed Digital Print and Finishing at Hunkeler Innovation Days 2023
This international print industry event showcases innovations and further developments in high-speed digital print and...
Equality, Technology, and HERstory
Happy Women’s Print HERstory Month to one and all! Of course, this print-centered initiative occurs alongside Women’s...
Remote Control: Cybersecurity and Working From Home
We’re all getting used to the ways in which COVID has changed our working lives. Dealing with restless children,...
Print, Technology and the Circular Economy
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some lauded a positive of the widespread virus – a win for sustainability, a...
How to Invest in Marketing for Short and Long Term Results
When you or your clients plan how to spend marketing dollars a decision needs to be made whether to spend for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How Many Printers Does It Take to Print a Light Bulb?
Q: How many Printers does it take to print a light bulb? A: You don’t know, you don't print light bulbs... right?...
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...
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...
[VIDEO] Print Ninja Warrior: Adapting To The New Game
Print Ninja Warrior: Adapting To The New Game This panel focuses on the state of the industry, the equipment and...
[VIDEO] Are Your Bits Fit? Workflow Integration Without Perspiration
Are Your Bits Fit? Workflow Integration Without Perspiration This panel focuses on the tools that help print shops...
[VIDEO] Canon Solutions America Customer Panel
Case Study Café with Canon Hear directly from customers how Canon is helping printers realize new opportunities with...
[VIDEO] Optimize Prime: Transforming Your Workflow
This panel focuses on helping printers understand how to optimize their workflow and maximize their...
Take a Cue From The Olympics and Share Your Backstory for Success
EVERYONE loves a good backstory whether it’s a rag to riches journey, or overcoming the hardships, struggles and...
Beacon Technology: The Next Wave of Interactive Marketing is Here
When I decided to write a column on recent use and discussion of QR codes, I knew I wanted to follow it with a piece...
What Are Your Olympic Printing Events?
Hi! I’m Chloe! I can’t help admiring all of the Olympic athletes in Rio. They have passion and dedication, and they...
#drupa2016: The Hype, The Hope, And The Social Media Revolution
To paraphrase Jan Brady… “All I hear is drupa is so big, drupa is so great… drupa, drupa, drupa.” Well Jan, and anyone...
Boost Email Open Rates with this One DAM Tweak
Digital asset management saved the day! I was doing the email strategy for a company that markets itself to prosperous...
Caution: Dangerous B2B Marketing Fail Ahead
This is a story many of you will be uncomfortable with. It touches upon the BIG FEAR many companies have in the...
Web to Print Solutions Benched by New Tech
Guest Post by Alex Almada, Propago YES, we offer the services to help you, but this post is not about that. This post...
[VIDEO] Meet the Movers and Shakers From the Inaugural thINK Conference in NYC
The first thINK Conference - appropriately called thINK First, was held in NYC Sept 8-10, 2015 in the Roosevelt Hotel...
[VIDEO] Print Smart: Evaluating Tools for Saving Time and Money
This Graph Expo panel focuses on tips, best practices for printers to assess their workflows and processes in order to...
[VIDEO] Digital Schmigital: Marketing Print to Millennials
This Graph Expo panel focuses on “The New Print Customers” – what they know, what they don’t, and how to keep them...
[VIDEO] Reinventing World Class: A Conversation with Pitney Bowes
What does world class look like? Whether you’re a family-owned small business, a growing global enterprise, or...
[VIDEO] Incoming! Print Techs and Trends You Cannot Ignore
This Graph Expo panel focuses on just launched/upcoming technology, and provides thought leadership as far as where...
[VIDEO] 50 Shades of YAY! Color Management, Paper and Digital Print
This Graph Expo panel focuses on the value of color management, and how to manage color across multiple devices and...
[VIDEO] Breach Is The New Black: Data, Privacy and The Cloud
This Graph Expo panel focuses on helping printers understand how to protect their customers and their data by sharing...
[VIDEO] What Have You Done For Me Lately? Adding More Value to Customers Beyond Service.
This Graph Expo panel focuses on ways printers can expand their relationship with customers to create loyalty and...
Get Ready For International Print Day (#IPD15) October 14, 2015!
INTERNATIONAL PRINT DAY 2015, A 24-HOUR SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT, TO EMPHASIZE THE INDUSTRY’S LOVE FOR AND DEDICATION TO...
The Print Galaxy, GraphExpo, and Girl Power!
Hi! I’m Chloe and I’m a print addict. I admit it. If there is a show and there is printing involved, I have to be...
5 Take Aways From Graph Expo – And One Big Learning
2015 was my first Graph Expo So how would I find the show? Would I find myself in a strange parallel print world,...
Print Media Centr Announces Line Up Of FREE Expert Panel Presentations And Special Events At Graph Expo 2015
Print Media Centr (PMC) announces a robust line up of expert panel presentations and special events that will take...
GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS Winners Announced
Congrats to all - but especially our GRAPH EXPO 2015 Intergalactic Alliance members: HP, Xerox, Scodix, Pitney Bowes...
Why Printers Should Attend A DAM Conference
I reached out to Henry Stewart to help me find a company that has helped PRINTERS successfully become Digital Asset...
Upcoming Events And Happenings In The Printerverse And Beyond!
I sent this as a group announcement to my LinkedIn group today, and it's too packed with awesome event info NOT to...
Innovation, Personalization And The Cloud + More Predictions For Print In 2015
Greetings Earthlings, Prink Geeks and Citizens of the Printerverse! It's a new year and while I am sure you have been...
Print, The Gateway to Doing More Than Ever Possible?
By Jonathan McGrew, EDP When we get to this time of year (my birthday month), it always feels like it is the time to...
Graph Expo 2014 – A Year For Celebrating
by Stephen McWilliam Executive Vice President, Avanti - sjm@avantisystems.com As we were preparing for Graph Expo 14,...
Why You Should Be At GRAPH EXPO 14 This September
by Jonathan McGrew, edp Preparing for this year’s GRAPH EXPO got me thinking; in recent years trade shows have been...
I Speak Print, Yes I Do! I Speak Print, How About You?
By Jonathan McGrew, edp In many ways Print still makes the world go round; if you consider all of the things we print...
1/1 Interview With Vitaly Golomb of Keen – Print Technologist, Venture Capitalist And Founder of #FuturePrint14
A few years back I stumbled upon a tweet with three simple words, "Print Is Big" and a link. After clicking, I...
Rights, Reuse, Revenue And The Recap from #DAMNY
by Thaddeus Kubis This blog is provided via Print Media Center and Deborah Corn. Deborah set me up with a press pass...
Is Taking Work From HELL To HELL YEAH Really Possible?
With some dramatic accompaniment courtesy of Mother Nature, the thunder claps and lightning flashes outside my window...
How CRM Can Help You Market Your Print Business
by Kate Gansneder First, what is CRM? For many in the customer service industry, a Customer Relationship Management...
DAM Equals Dollars For Print
If you follow PMC or my posts with any regularity, you already know my strong belief that "Those who hold the assets,...
[infographic] The Five Most Dangerous Creative Productivity Myths – BUSTED!
Our friends at AtTask have produced a series of cool infographics I'll be sharing here and there. I started with this...
10 Zen Tips for Mastering User Interfaces
How to Quickly Adjust to Navigation Changes in a Cloud-based Program by Sandy Hubbard, Print Futurist Does this...
Meet Jim Raffel, CEO Of ColorMetrix And Renaissance Road Warrior!
As promised in my LinkedIn group, this year I am going to share a lot of information from, and about our community...
#PRINT13 WEBINAR: Hot Technology Highlights
It’s simply impossible during PRINT 13—with 603 top suppliers, 49 MUST SEE ’EMS, plus over 140 new worldwide...
PRINT 13 Garners Upbeat Reviews
Graphic Communications Industry Event of the Year Draws Positive Feedback from Exhibitors and Attendees Reston,...
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...
The Future of Print is Online Now
I am not a Vista Print fan. I have never used them, but I do know three people who have and only one was happy with...
The Road to drupa 2012 and More from Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP – Part 6
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Personalization Becoming A Reality Across The Hospitality Industry
The article below is from HotelMarketing.com, but I see it as a call to action for Printers & Service Providers...
Taking Control of the Phrase "Because We've Always Done it This Way"
Taking Control of the Phrase "Because We've Always Done it This Way" The Pitfalls of "Step and Repeat" Process...
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...
PMC's Documobi Webinar Replay is now available!
Please feel free to share this Webinar Replay with your contacts and embed this video on your websites!
Xplor Reports Sold-Out Exhibits for 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum
For Immediate Release Xplor Reports Sold-Out Exhibits for 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum Lutz, FL – January 10, 2012...
Win a FREE ticket to PODi AppForum 2012!
The PODi AppForum conference is 3 days of innovation and ideas for making more money with digital printing. Join us...
1/1 Interview with Rab Govil CEO Caslon and Naehas, and President of PODi
With the PODi App Forum coming up in January I was eager to speak with Rab and provide you with some more information...
Augmented Reality Meets Gesture Recognition Through Print And More
Lot's of cool stuff coming down the road to interact WITH Print as well as other objects. Like any marketing...
What Digital Asset Management can mean to a Printer
We all talk about the myriad of ways a printer might add value to the services he provides his Client in these...
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