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Profiles in Print Thysse
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Thysse (Madison, Wisconsin)

 

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Profiles in Print Colorchrome
Profiles in Print
Colorchrome (Atlanta, Georgia)

 

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DCG ONE (Seattle, Washington)

 

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Product Strategy: The EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ and the Soft Signage Market

In this video sponsored by EFI, Tomer Ohavi, Dr. Director Product Management—Display Graphics, talks about the recovery of the soft signage market post-COVID and the EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ wide-format/soft signage printer. Watch Video

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Product Spotlight: EMT International DP22 PRO

In this video sponsored by EMT International, Mike Herold, EVP of Marketing and Sales, showcases the company’s new DP22 PRO dynamic perf and punch continuous-feed processor line. Watch Video

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Business Update: EFI Wide-format Portfolio

In this video sponsored by EFI, Julie Shaffer talks with Ken Hanulec, EFI’s VP of Worldwide Marketing, about the extensive EFI wide-format printing equipment portfolio, the representative examples on display at PRINTING United, and how they help customers meet their goals. Watch Video

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Product Spotlight: The Xerox Production End-to-End Ecosystem

In this video sponsored by Xerox, VP of Global Product Marketing Andrew Gunn talks about Xerox’s digital printing equipment as well as other elements of the workflow such as prepress software and automation, as well as AI to help with equipment servicing. Watch Video

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New RFID System that Competes with Barcodes

David Zwang talks with Louis Gautier, President of Idyllic Technology, which has developed a new RFID system that can compete with barcodes with many distinct advantages. It is currently targeted at logistics, but has a place in retail and many other identification scenarios. Watch Video

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Product Spotlight: W+D i-Jet 3

In this video sponsored by W+D North America, Brook Spaulding talks about the latest features in the i-Jet 3 and how they help address the needs of their customers. Watch Video

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The Target Report Interview with Mt Royal Printing—Growth and Expansion Through M&A

In part 1 of this two-part video, Liz Hare, Chief Operating Officer at Mt Royal Printing, talks about the history of their fourth-generation, family-owned commercial printing company. Mt Royal opened in 1947 in downtown Baltimore and now serves the greater Baltimore/Washington DC markets. Liz shares the company’s history of growth and expansion utilizing a strategy of multiple mergers & acquisitions over the years. This includes details of their recent acquisition of Westland Enterprises, Inc. Watch Video

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Business Update: swissQprint's Precise and Reliable Display Graphics Printers

In this video sponsored by swissQprint, Erik Norman, President, shows off the Kudu, the company’s flagship wide-format printer, and talks about current trends toward more neon and pastel inks and textured prints for décor. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Canon imagePRESS V Series

In this video sponsored by Canon, David Zwang talks with Canon Senior Marketing Manager Matthew Poliniak talks about the Canon imagePRESS V series digital press and the focus on automation in models the series. Watch Video

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Frank Finds Meaning

Frank recommends “The Dictionary People” by Sarah Ogilvie. It chronicles the literal army of people who contributed to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It took over 30 years to produce the first volume (A-B). Watch Video

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Booth Tour: Canon at PRINTING United

In this video sponsored by Canon, Robert Barbera, Director of Product Solutions Marketing, identifies how recent Canon product launches address customers’ needs for quality and automation. Watch Video

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Product Spotlight: The Fruits of Memjet’s Partnership with Capital Mailing

In this video sponsored by Capital Mailing, Donald Allred, VP of Packaging for Memjet, talks about Memjet’s partnership with Capital Mailing, and two new products resulting from that partnership: the DuraBolt PrintBar and the Ophrys Iricolor. Watch Video

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Thought Leadership: Vicks Printing and Distribution Moves Book Production to Completely Digital

In this video sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks with Dwight Vicks, President of Vicks Printing and Distribution Services. More than 100 years old, the company has evolved from letterpress to offset, to digital, to production inkjet. Now they are poised for further growth. Watch Video

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Thought Leadership: Beyond the Production Workflow with Canon PRISMA

In this video sponsored by Canon, David Zwang talks with Karen Dimora, Sr. Specialist in Business Planning and Marketing for Canon, about Canon PRISMA workflow software, the new cloud-based platform, and the new workflow tools available. Watch Video

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Booth Tour: Sharp at PRINTING United

In this video sponsored by Sharp, Senior Product Manager Kent Villarreal shows off some of the equipment Sharp had been demonstrating at PRINTING United in Atlanta, including the BP-1200S Color Digital Press Series and BP-90C80/90C70, as well as the high-value print applications these machines can produce. Watch Video

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Business Update: Fiery Addresses Industry Challenges

In this video, sponsored by Fiery, Maria Brilaki, Senior Director of Product Management for Fiery, identifies the major trends impacting their customers, and how Fiery solutions are helping address these challenges. Watch Video

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Booth Tour: Tecnau at PRINTING United

In this video, sponsored by Tecnau, Product Marketing Manager Scott Peterson and Western Regional Account Manager John Beutel show off some of the equipment Tecnau had been demonstrating at PRINTING United in Atlanta, including the Phoenix 20 flood coater, Stack 1212 cutsheet solution, and Unwinder. Watch Video

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Brian Techter of RR Donnelley Discusses EFI Nozomi Acquisition

Brian Techter, SVP, RRD Packaging & Labeling Solutions, discusses their recent acquisition of an EFI Nozomi single-pass digital direct-to-board printing solution in their Milwaukee plant, including how the system will be used and his view of the evolution of the packaging and display graphics markets as digital production continues to gain traction. Watch Video

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Thought Leadership: Sun Print Solutions Shifts More Work from Offset to Production Inkjet

In this video, sponsored by HP, Jennifer Pettinger, CEO of Sun Print Solutions, talks with David Zwang. Sun Print Solutions is an 85-year-old company that produces a wide range of products, including commercial printing, direct mail, and folding cartons. The company recently upgraded to an HP PageWide T250 to expand what they can print using production inkjet. Watch Video

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Product Spotlight: Ultimate TechnoGraphics’ Nesting Optimization Software

In this video, sponsored by Ultimate TechnoGraphics, CEO Julie Watson talks about the company’s software for nesting optimization for wide-format printing, as well as Ultimate BestCut for automating guillotine cutting. Watch Video

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