Printing Industry Commentary & Analysis

Articles by Richard Romano

Richard Romano is Managing Editor of WhatTheyThink. He curates the Wide Format section on WhatTheyThink.com. He has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business. His most recent book is “Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.

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Power Windows

Published July 26, 2012

Numbing Numbers on Climate Change

Published July 25, 2012

The Plastic Bag Debate: To Tax or To Ban?

Published July 24, 2012

Beyond the Pale: White Inks Offer Unique Wide-Format Challenges and Applications

Published July 24, 2012

Those of us used to traditional offset and digital printing rarely give the concept of white ink a second thought. After all, “white” is typically synonymous with the color of paper, so when we want something to be white, we design it with the absence of any color. (Tellingly, in Adobe InDesign, we select the color swatch labeled “Paper.”) There are situations, however, when—oxymoronic as it may seem—we need to specify the color white.

Learn from the Winners: Premier Press

Published July 23, 2012

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #16

Published July 23, 2012

Camp It Up with Outdoorsy iPhone Adapter

Published July 20, 2012

Rocky Road to Renewable Energy?

Published July 19, 2012

A New Label in Town?

Published July 19, 2012

Rinse and EPEAT

Published July 18, 2012

Unisource Re-Commits to Healthy Schools

Published July 18, 2012

One Little Victory

Published July 17, 2012

Wide-Format Printing Presents Unique Sustainability Challenges, Opportunities

Published July 17, 2012

The past five years have seen an increased discussion of, and emphasis on, the idea of “sustainability.” Sustainability can refer to many things, but one of the oft-discussed components of it is environmental sustainability. That is, what is the impact of a product or process on the environment, and what are the ways of reducing that impact?

Learn from the Winners: EarthColor

Published July 16, 2012

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #15

Published July 16, 2012

The Sound of Old T. Rex

Published July 13, 2012

Comic CERNs?

Published July 13, 2012

A/C Dicey

Published July 12, 2012

Paper Love

Published July 11, 2012

Seal of Approval

Published July 10, 2012

Learn From the Winners: DST Output

Published July 9, 2012

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #14

Published July 9, 2012

Solon Kobza of DST Output Talks About Winning a Green Award

Published July 9, 2012

Solon Kobza, Safety Manager at DST Output talks to Richard Romano about winning an Environmental Innovation Award. DST and Solon won in the Environmental Sustainability and Your Processes category.

Earth Colors David Podmayersky on Being a Repeat Green Award Winner

Published July 9, 2012

David Podmayersky, Sustainability Director at Earth Color speaks with Richard Romano in Atlanta during the Environmental Innovation Awards. David and Earth Color won in the category of Environmental Innovation and Your Community.

Scent to Press

Published July 6, 2012

Owed to Joy

Published July 6, 2012

A Tale of Two Packages

Published July 5, 2012

May the Fourth Be With You

Published July 4, 2012

Tree Huggies?

Published July 3, 2012

Learn from the Winners: Sandy Alexander

Published July 2, 2012

Going Green Two Sides Fast Fact #13

Published July 2, 2012

TC Transcontinental's Donald Simard on Winning "Thought Leader" Green Award

Published July 2, 2012

Donald Simard, MRO Procurement Director at TC Transcontinental talks to Richard Romano about being the 2012 Environmental Innovation Awards "Thought Leader".

Chip Chipman of Premier Press talks about winning "Beyond Sustainability" Green Award

Published July 2, 2012

Richard Romano talks to Premier Press Sustainability Coordinator Chip Chipman about winning the "Beyond Sustainability" Award and shares a bit about the company and what they did to win the award.