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What Do Printers Print?
Frank wants to know what printers are actually printing. Certain categories of print like “Financial” went electronic with the EDGAR and “Catalogs” are mostly online. So what are we printing and where are the growth areas for printing companies?
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The Value of Embellishments: Making the Most of Your Printed Communications
Human beings love bright and shiny things. Glimmering objects have a way of catching our attention, and people tend to associate shine with higher quality. Many of today’s digital printing devices come equipped with specialty inks, inline or near line spot coating, varnishes, or finishing methods that make it easier than ever to produce high-value printed products in short runs. This article explores the appeal of embellished printing.
Cool Tools: OneVision at drupa
Mary Schilling, David Leonardi, Vice President of Sales and Karin Bader, Team Lead Marketing, OneVision Software, highlight the significance of productivity and automation in print shop workflows. They discuss OneVision's automation software that streamlines pre-press, production and finishing. It minimizes manual intervention and offers connectivity to existing systems. The new Stations module allows scanning of non-digitized manufacturing steps.
Mimaki’s Textile Printing Solutions at drupa
Nick Gawreluk talks with Marc Verbeem, Supervisor Product Manager at Mimaki, about the company’s solutions for textile printing and sustainbability that were on display at drupa 24.
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An Overview of Strategy So Far
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Printing Outlook 2024 - The WhatTheyThink Overview of the Current State of the Printing Industry
The Printing Outlook 2024 report provides detailed analysis of the latest WhatTheyThink Printing Industry Survey, the latest industry economic data and macroeconomic trends, as well as industry and cultural technological trends to look out for in 2024 and beyond.
Stationery Product Manufacturing—2010–2021
According to County Business Patterns, in 2021 there were 318 establishments in NAICS 32223 (Stationery Product Manufacturing). This category saw a net decrease in establishments of -36% since 2010. In macro news, June inflation was practically 0. Full Analysis
Sizing the Printing Industry in Europe—Belgium
This bi-weekly series of short articles provides some country details on the size of the printing industry in Europe per country, especially tracking the number of printing establishments. This time we look at Belgium. Full Analysis
April Shipments: A Pleasant Surprise
April 2024 shipments came in at $7.30 billion, up from March’s $7.24 billion—an unexpected but welcome rebound. Full Analysis
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Around the Web: Bead Bodega. Refrigerator Revolution. Chucking Checks. Trainer Tech. Automotive Audio. Cosmic Collision. S’more Story. Pickle Pastry.
Snack food packaging replicated using beads. A 3D-printed chair that is easy to assemble. The “Cold-Storage Banquet” of 1911 was the most frightening meal ever: it was the first to ever feature foods that had been refrigerated. Target will no longer accept personal checks. Nike is no longer supporting the app for its self-lacing sneakers. Electric vehicles make no noise, but are required to—what should they sound like? The James Webb Space Telescope captured two massive asteroids colliding in a nearby star system. A history of s’mores. Pickle cupcakes, for some reason. All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly miscellany. Read More
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Recent Discussion
Mike Price on The Value of Embellishments: Making the Most of Your Printed Communications
This is a solid article on the importance of incorporating embellishments into our sales and consultitive process. A suggestion for a follow up article would be what new and up-and-coming embellishments would be suggested and which vendors are creati… Full comment Reply
Pat McGrew on OOPS! Your Vendor Isn’t Ready to Deliver to You! Now What?
Justin! It is an excellent point! Thank you! Reply
Justin Bailey on OOPS! Your Vendor Isn’t Ready to Deliver to You! Now What?
An interesting and well written article, as I would expect from Pat McGrew. Delays in hardware are more challenging to overcome as Pat rightly states. In the case of software, one of the things that can easily be done that will mitigate the ris… Full comment Reply
According to a Heatmap email this morning, "Would a President Harris carry on [Biden's climate] legacy? As Bloomberg noted, her own climate agenda as a presidential candidate in 2019 was more ambitious even than Biden’s. She called for a carbon tax, … Full comment Reply
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Jim Hamilton on What Do Printers Print?
A bunch of the research that Keypoint Intelligence did (and continues to do) divides out printing by application breaks (books, promotional, transaction, etc.). A recent example is their "Vertical Visions Multi-Client Study: An Analysis of Business P… Full comment Reply