PRINT GEEKS
The WhatTheyThink Print Geeks section focuses on the inner-workings of the processes and technology used to create print in today’s ever-changing industry. Thought leadership and educational content focuses on print production workflow, color management and process control. Print Geeks is a place where ideas on technical and operational process concepts are presented, exchanged, and debated. ••••
Association Insights—Getting to Know the Ghent Workgroup
The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) is an international organization made up of graphic arts experts, users, hardware and software vendors as well as educational members building best practices for print and packaging workflows. David Zwang highlights the accomplishments the organization has achieved over the past 20 years, expanding beyond its initial goals. Read More
Show Me the Money: Making Print Secure
Printing is a valuable and versatile platform that provides methods of communication, identification, even interaction. However, what happens when you need your printing secure or validated? David Zwang looks at today’s options. Read More
Can Measuring OEE Improve Your Productivity?
It seems like everyone is talking about “OEE” these days. This article, sponsored by HP and written by HP Indigo's "Workflow Chef" Gershon Alon, explains how OEE is a standard way to measure the “overall equipment effectiveness” of a manufacturing process—in this case, the printing process. Read More
Automation for the Win!
Automation is the next step in a successful future. It enables print service providers to tackle a growing number of print orders with the greatest efficiency and accuracy. Beyond having financial and practical benefits, it can be yet another differentiator that helps organizations stand apart from their competitors. This article discusses the most common benefits of automation and offers insights into how to overcome the challenges associated with implementing it. Read More
APTech Brings Research, Standards and Education to 2021
Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) President Thayer Long details APTech’s latest developments, and discusses the programs, events, and other services the association has planned for 2021. Read More
Prepress Automation Made Easy
If you have taken the first steps to automating your workflow, you will have seen significant benefits from software you had likely already invested in. In this article, sponsored by EFI and the second in a series, explores how to take your workflow automation to the next level by examining your prepress operation to uncover bottlenecks that require extra labor and slow the production process. Read More
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Association Insights—Getting to Know the Ghent Workgroup
The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) is an international organization made up of graphic arts experts, users, hardware and software vendors as well as educational members building best practices for print and packaging workflows. David Zwang highlights the accomplishments the organization has achieved over the past 20 years, expanding beyond its initial goals. Read More
Show Me the Money: Making Print Secure
Printing is a valuable and versatile platform that provides methods of communication, identification, even interaction. However, what happens when you need your printing secure or validated? David Zwang looks at today’s options. Read More
Can Measuring OEE Improve Your Productivity?
It seems like everyone is talking about “OEE” these days. This article, sponsored by HP and written by HP Indigo's "Workflow Chef" Gershon Alon, explains how OEE is a standard way to measure the “overall equipment effectiveness” of a manufacturing process—in this case, the printing process. Read More
Automation for the Win!
Automation is the next step in a successful future. It enables print service providers to tackle a growing number of print orders with the greatest efficiency and accuracy. Beyond having financial and practical benefits, it can be yet another differentiator that helps organizations stand apart from their competitors. This article discusses the most common benefits of automation and offers insights into how to overcome the challenges associated with implementing it. Read More
APTech Brings Research, Standards and Education to 2021
Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) President Thayer Long details APTech’s latest developments, and discusses the programs, events, and other services the association has planned for 2021. Read More
Video
Global Graphics Goes Full Speed Ahead with New Guide to Making Variable-Data PDFs
Published: June 1, 2020
Martin Bailey, CTO of Global Graphics Software, talks with David Zwang about “Full Speed Ahead,” a new guide that helps people make PDF files for variable-data printing more efficiently, especially as VDP is taking off in new markets and applications, such as labels and packaging. Watch Video
Resident Print Geeks
Shelby Sapusek
Shelby is a Certified Digital Color Instructor and loves to help brands, marketers and printing companies excel at using color.
Jim Raffel
Jim is an industry old-timer with a ton of print management, process control and color management experience.
Contributors
Dan Gillespie - Bonafide ColorGeek
Mary Schilling - Print Quality Guru
Interested in contributing thought leadership on the technical side of print? Get in touch.
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