Chew Chew Train

Published June 28, 2013

HP's Ken VanHorn on the Scitex FB10000 Launch at FESPA

Published June 25, 2013

Ken VanHorn, Category Manager for HP Scitex, talks to Richard Romano about the announcement of the Scitex FB10000 at FESPA. Ken talks about HDR and other technical specifications.

Two Sides Going Green Fast Fact

Published June 17, 2013

Road Trip: A Visit to EFI’s Inkjet Solutions Facility

Published June 14, 2013

This is Part I of what will be an occasional series of manufacturer “Experience Center” visits.

Second Navitor Facility Achieves SGP Certification

Published June 10, 2013

Sustainability 101

Published June 3, 2013

xpedx Road Show Offers Data and Demos for Prospective Wide-Format Print Providers

Published May 30, 2013

WhatTheyThink's Richard Romano attends an xpedx wide format printer summit and comes away with the impression that a cutter stole the show!

Precious Fluids II: Wide-Format Inks Are Opening Up New Applications for Graphics Providers—And Vice Versa

Published May 28, 2013

In part I of this feature, we took a broad look at the different categories of inks available for wide-format inks. This week, we’ll take a closer look at how inks handle different applications (or perhaps vice versa) and, more importantly, how to think about ink in the context of choosing wide-format equipment, and how to measure and evaluate estimates of things like “cost per square foot.”

The Menagerie

Published May 23, 2013

FastSigns CEO Catherine Monson Talks About Co-branding at ISA

Published May 17, 2013

Catherine Monson, CEO of FastSigns, sits down with WhatTheyThink at the ISA show and talks about their new co-branding program which allows printers an easy way to get into the sign business while maintaining their commercial print business.

SFI Launches Consumer Microsite

Published May 15, 2013

Precious Fluids: Wide-Format Inks Are Opening Up New Applications for Graphics Providers

Published May 15, 2013

There is, in some ways, a fundamental paradox when it comes to wide-format inks. There are more ink choices than ever, and yet for any given piece of equipment, you are generally stuck in a “one-cartridge-fits-all” situation.

4Over’s Sandy-Damaged Plant Now Fully Operational

Published May 7, 2013

What Is Sustainability?

Published May 3, 2013

The Shows Must Go On! Next Stop: FESPA London

Published May 1, 2013

Perched on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands of London is the ExCel Centre, an exhibit space constructed in 2000 but retooled and overhauled for the 2012 Olympic Games, where weightlifters, fencers, boxers, and wrestlers grappled for the gold. Next month, the Centre will host competitors of a different sort.

With DDS, Graphics Professionals Sink Their Teeth Into Electronic Signage

Published April 10, 2013

The Las Vegas Strip is home to many things that you’d be hard-pressed find anywhere else—and, generally, that’s a good thing.

The Countdown to the International Sign Expo Continues

Published March 27, 2013

We have been previewing ISA’s International Sign Expo 2013. A fortnight ago, we looked at the educational opportunities to be had, and this week we will look at but the merest handful of the offerings on the show floor.

National Geographic Explores Their World

Published March 26, 2013

Gulp!

Published March 20, 2013

One Source of Deforestation: Chopsticks

Published March 19, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #43

Published March 18, 2013

Frank Defino Sr. of Tukaiz on Keeping up with Industry Change

Published March 18, 2013

Frank Defino Sr., CEO of Tukaiz, talks to Richard Romano about the background of the company as well as its evolution since 1963 to become one of the first digital printers.

Into the March of Madness

Published March 15, 2013

Cuckoo for Cocoa Mail

Published March 13, 2013

Countdown to the International Sign Expo

Published March 13, 2013

The International Sign Expo, coming up April 3–6 will feature more than 500 exhibitors, more than 40 educational sessions, and ample networking opportunities, all related to the “on-premise” signage industry.

I Am Curious Yellow Pages

Published March 12, 2013

Green Lady No More

Published March 11, 2013

SGP Partners with Re-nourish

Published March 6, 2013

iPhone App Finds Certified Papers

Published March 4, 2013

National Day of Unplugging?

Published March 4, 2013

Call for Nominations: William D. Schaeffer Environmental Award

Published March 1, 2013

Stone Paper

Published February 28, 2013

In Living Color

Published February 27, 2013

The Grandest Printers of All

Published February 27, 2013

Today’s superwides, which are proliferating in terms of number of models on the market, boast much better image quality, resolution, speed, and versatility than their forebears.

The Sharing Economy

Published February 26, 2013

Say What? A 3D Printer Outputs Human Ears?

Published February 25, 2013

Bryan Rose of Cooley Commercial Graphics on Sustainable Wide Format

Published February 25, 2013

Bryan Rose, Vice President & General Manager of Cooley Commercial Graphics talks to Richard Romano about their business and the challenges of doing very bid projects in a sustainable manner, which included the Olympics in London.

GreenBiz Forum Highlights the Latest Trends in Sustainable Business

Published February 21, 2013

Digital Wallcoverings Transform Interior Décor

Published February 21, 2013

The idea of printing materials that go on walls is not exactly new. Wallpaper, posters, murals, and other items have been printed by traditional technologies for decades, if not centuries.

Foam Corps

Published February 20, 2013

A Screaming Came Across the Sky...

Published February 19, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #42

Published February 19, 2013

Consider the Box

Published February 13, 2013

Down Under, Renewable Energy Is Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels

Published February 12, 2013

The Weather Channel Goes Rogue

Published February 11, 2013

Two Sides Facebook Page Now Live

Published February 11, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #41

Published February 11, 2013

LOLClams

Published February 8, 2013

SFI Announces Forestry Photo Contest

Published February 7, 2013

Tell Two Sides What You Think

Published February 7, 2013

"Green Teams" Save the USPS Money

Published February 5, 2013

Monday Morning Quarterbacking

Published February 4, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #40

Published February 4, 2013

CPI Releases "Paper Myths" Booklet

Published January 31, 2013

The First E-Reader?

Published January 31, 2013

Fujifilm's Jeffery Nelson on New Equipment Solutions in Wide Format

Published January 31, 2013

Jeffery Nelson, Business Development Manager with Fujifilm, talks to Richard Romano about new equipment offerings in the wide format space.

Moving Pictures: Vehicle Wraps Take the Wide-Format Show On the Road

Published January 30, 2013

A walk down the street, a drive on the highway, or a trip on mass transit today provides ample opportunities to experience one of the hottest specialty graphics growth areas: vehicle graphics. From personal vehicles with custom graphics, to commercial vans and tractor-trailers, to buses, rail cars, and even planes, fleets of all kinds are becoming more picture-esque than ever.

The Challenges of Going Paperless in the Windy City

Published January 29, 2013

Pat Walker of 4walls about wide format digital wall coverings

Published January 29, 2013

Pat Walker, President of 4walls, talks to Richard Romano about how they came to create a company dedicated to digital printing and wide format printed wall coverings.

Electronics and Environment Roundup

Published January 28, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #39

Published January 28, 2013

Hello: Goodbye?

Published January 23, 2013

Unisource Joins EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership

Published January 23, 2013

AF&PA Paper Recycling Contest

Published January 21, 2013

Douglass Screen Printers Achieves SGP Certification

Published January 18, 2013

#Paperless 2013, Part the Infinity: Whine and Cheese

Published January 17, 2013

January Hymn: Looking Backward and Forward

Published January 17, 2013

Richard looks at the printing shipment trends that happened over the previous year, and provides a bit of analysis.

What Should We Be Worried About?

Published January 16, 2013

Brazil Fast Food Chain Debuts Edible Packaging

Published January 15, 2013

Hashtag Takeover

Published January 14, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #37

Published January 14, 2013

The Lead-Crime Connection

Published January 11, 2013

Going Green Will *Not* Go Paperless in 2013

Published January 11, 2013

Cross Words

Published January 11, 2013

Durst VP Chris Howard talks products and applications

Published January 11, 2013

Chris Howard, VP at Durst, talks to Richard Romano about products being shown at shows and discusses top applications as well as awards won.

Starbucks’ Latest Reusable Cup Gambit

Published January 10, 2013

Twin Threats to Wisc.’s Paper Industry

Published January 9, 2013

NJ to Charge for Shopping Bags

Published January 9, 2013

Is Print the True Green Tech?

Published January 9, 2013

Canadian Dollars: Vending, Vidi, Vici

Published January 8, 2013

UK Supermarket Chain Offers Christmas Card Recycling

Published January 8, 2013

They Send Letters

Published January 8, 2013

IL Book Printer Sued for Air Pollution

Published January 7, 2013

Apparent Resolution

Published January 7, 2013

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #36

Published January 7, 2013

Out On the Holiday

Published December 14, 2012

One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poisson

Published December 14, 2012

Ricoh's Graham Moore on Sustainable Initiatives

Published December 14, 2012

Graham Moore, Director of Business Development for Ricoh Europe, talks to Richard Romano about Ricoh being named one of 100 global sustainable companies, their sustainable initiatives, and their embrace of the three Rs.

Context Lenses

Published December 13, 2012

Telephone Lines

Published December 12, 2012

Cory Sawatski of CGX on workflow automation with Enfocus Switch

Published December 12, 2012

Cory Sawatski, Director of Print Technology for Consolidated Graphics, talks to Richard Romano about using Enfocus Switch to automate repetitive workflow tasks.

US GPO Achieves SGP Certification

Published December 11, 2012

Kevin Horey of Xerox on new technologies

Published December 11, 2012

Kevin Horey, Xerox VP of Production Products, talks to Richard Romano about new technologies recently introduced by Xerox, including the Nuvera line as well as workflow solutions.

Erasable Toner

Published December 10, 2012

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #35

Published December 10, 2012

Community Sustainability

Published December 6, 2012

"A Keyboard, How Quaint"

Published December 6, 2012

Sustainability a Key Factor for Consumers, Survey Finds

Published December 5, 2012

Workflow Automation and the Advantages of Enfocus Switch

Published December 5, 2012

Richard Romano talks to Andrea Mahoney, President of Tribay Enterprise and Ted Vahey, Owner of All Systems Integration, about workflow automation and the benefits of Enfocus Switch.

Applications that Stick: Magnetic Media

Published December 5, 2012

New developments, and at least one new system, are opening up magnetic media to entire new applications for small- and wide-format printers and installers. Vehicle graphics is one burgeoning field, as is magnetic signage, and even entire wall coverings.