Ball State University Students LOVE Letterpress!
Earlier this year the fabulous students from the Book Arts Collaborative, a Ball State University cottage industry dedicated to bookbinding and letterpress printing, approached me to help them share their LOVE of PRINT by posting and sharing some content here at PMC. It has taken me WAY too long to get these our to all of you – my apologies […]
2018 CMYK MANIFESTO: PROVIDING THE PRINT EXPERIENCE
The following topics are over and done with in 2018: SHRINKAGE! There is less print in the world. Deal with it. Darwin called it “Survival of the Fittest.” Your biz, and the communications you produce or create have to be optimized for effectiveness at all times, or you will become extinct. SAVE A TREE? Psst… […]
You Have WHAT on Your Bookshelf?
Books. From the time we’re babies, they surround us, with their bright pictures, big words and thick cardboard pages to chew on. Who doesn’t love a good book? What lines your bookshelf will no doubt change and evolve throughout your life, but there will always be titles that withstand the test of time (and teething). […]
2017 Survey Says: Print Buyers Need Time and Have Money
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! This post is about results from my 2017 Print Buyer Survey. The survey background info can be found here. If you haven’t read it please do that first, it will be helpful. Additional results can be found in this post: 2017 Print Buyer Survey Says: When it Comes to Driving Print Sales, Stay in […]
GCSF Scholarship Winner Natalie Alcide on Print, Design and Industry Mentors
“This is the best industry in the world.” Those were the words of Natalie Alcide, a young graphic communications student and valedictorian of her class at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech). If you’re an elder in your professional tribe, you’re doing your duty when your heirs speak in this way. I […]
Order Up! 3 Ways to Serve Fresh Digital Print to Local Restaurants
I recently spent some time with HP at Interpack 17 in Germany (watch the videos!). As usual they had a plethora of products and services that are wowing the packaging industry and pushing the packaging envelope way beyond the corrugated box. It’s really cool to get a glimpse of where the “package” is heading, and the huge […]
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 the wizard of workflow! If you buy print, this is a great time to expand your knowledge so that you can have great conversations with your print providers. But, before we dive in […]
[VIDEO] Succeeding With Substrates: The New Roll Of Paper
This panel focuses on paper as a technology, current and future trends, and helping printers understand the revenue opportunities with new substrates. Panelists: Xerox, Canon, adphos, GPA, RMGT, Fastbind USA Download the panel brochure PDF!
Look for ME at GRAPH EXPO!! I Want to Show You to the World!
GRAPH EXPO will bring in 400+ exhibitors to Orlando this year! In previous years I have watched the show as best I could via Twitter feed. This year I am excited to announce that I will be flying to Orlando not just as a show floor visitor, but as a part of the action as […]
THE PRINTERVERSE TO DELIVER “STELLAR” EXPERIENCE AT #GRAPHEXPO 16
Trending Topical Sessions, Special Events, and Robust Networking Round Out the Interactive Programming in Store for Orlando Show Goers in The Printerverse. Print Media Centr is pleased to announce the Printerverse™ will return to GRAPH EXPO 16, coming to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, September 25 – 28, 2016. Here, attendees will […]
No, No, No, No! Black Typewriter Font – Just No!
Hi! I’m Chloe! I just got back from a trip and did my usual scan of the mail, and someone sent me, in 2016, a DM piece that is done in a typewriter font laser printed onto a preprinted shell. And then I opened a credit card statement for a new card I opened and […]
Print is a Lifestyle Choice, Part I
Print and Neuroscience Emily Dickenson once said, “The brain is wider than the sky.” Of course she was right. The statement is as true today as it was then. The human brain is as much a mystery to us as are the cosmos. In fact, The Society for Neuroscience wrote on their website that “The […]