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Graphic Whizard’s Max Allen talks about Graphic Whizard’s new highly automated digital die-cutting solution designed for longer digital runs. Watch Video
European consultant Eddy Hagen has researched and produced an excellent report on brand colors: “Project BBCG: a Better Brand Color Guide.” It should be required reading for anyone working with Pantone and specialized color systems. Frank the discusses brand colors in the context of the Pantone system. Watch Video
Troy Shatus of Capital Mailing Equipment talks about the latest industry trends, such as the increased demand to be able to print on as many different kinds of papers as possible, as well as integration of new printing equipment with mailing and binding equipment. Capital Mailing Equipment offered solutions that will address these demands and more. Watch Video
Kirk-Rudy’s Jim Williams talks about the evolution of envelope printing and how the company's FireJet envelope printer has been a game-changer for customers. Watch Video
Tecnau Product Marketing Manager Scott Peterson talks about how Tecnau’s versatile and easy-to-use finishing equipment helps customers address supplies and labor shortages. Watch Video
Muller Martini President and CEO Andy Fetherman talks about how Muller Martini’s automated, “smart factory”-based finishing workflow helps overcome the challenge of finding bindery employees. Watch Video
On the 8th and final US stop of its “Commit to Print World Tour,” RMGT stopped at PRINTING United for a sold-out showing of the RMGT 9 Series Offset Press. The “Commit to Print World Tour” included six stops at printing companies across the US, bringing together the industry for education, demos, and networking. Watch Video
Benoit Chatelard of Xeikon talks about top trends impacting labels and packaging, including the increased desire to print on non-paper substrates, the desire to reduce inventory, and a move toward more sustainable processes. These trends and others are continuing the drive toward digital label and packaging printing. Watch Video
David Zwang talks talks with Matt Doran of The Anstadt Company. Founded in 1878, the company is a fifth-generation family-owned commercial print business that has expanded and diversified. It has been shedding its offset equipment in favor of HP Indigo Digital Presses. Watch Video
GEW’s Gary Doman discusses trends in sheetfed offset and how UV curing can address these trends. Watch Video
Fujifilm’s Chris Cohara talks about how employee turnover has been a big challenge for firms producing display graphics and how the automation and ease-of-use features on Fujifilm’s wide-format equipment have helped mitigate this challenge. Watch Video
Zünd America’s Bill Richards talks about the challenges of keeping employees, and how the automation features on Zünd’s wide-format cutting equipment can help streamline workflows through data integration, metadata manipulation, and robotics. Watch Video
Pat McGrew talks to David and Bryant Crawford from N.C. HVAC company Pleasant Air, one of the winners of AlphaGraphics’ “Make It Happen” contest. As a result of its efforts in giving back to the community, the long-time AlphaGraphics clients were awarded an AlphaGraphics business brand makeover. Watch Video
The Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) is recently announced the inauguration of an award honoring the unending service of John Berthelsen to the Education of Students interested in the Graphic Arts. The award, in his name, will be given out each year to a deserving individual or organization that exemplifies the ideals and practices of John over his many years of dedicated service to the industry and affiliated organizations. John was the first recipient. We had the opportunity to interview him and gain an understanding of the many contributions he has made over 50 years in the industry. Watch Video
This week, Warren talks with David Sasson of Hubschercorp—formerly Hubscher Ribbon—a 75-year-old, third-generation family-owned business. The company started out producing labels for the garment industry, evolved into ribbon, and further evolved into packaging. They are now a one-stop shop for retailers. Watch Video
Mark Jameson, Chief Development Officer for FASTSIGNS, talks about how print businesses want to expand into signage, and how FASTSIGNS’ Co-Brand and Conversion programs can help optimize the move into signage and grow that part of the business. Watch Video
PageDNA’s Steve Enstad talks about PageDNA’s print software solutions and implementation process, and how they address the challenges that printers and print customers have when using print software. Watch Video
Ultimate TechnoGraphics’ Eve Petroni talks about the increased need for print production workflow automation and how Ultimate’s imposition and bindery software provides end-to-end automation. Watch Video
Ricoh’s Arron Robinson talks about how Ricoh’s integrated and "holistic" approach to print software allows different components to communicate with each other regardless of whether they are cloud-based or on-premises. Watch Video
Marc Levine of GMG talks about how the automation and remote workflow features in GMG’s software solutions can help companies overcome the workforce challenges the industry is experiencing. Watch Video
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