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Cool Tools at drupa: Tech4Check

Mary Schilling checks in with Dietrich Magerlein, Managing Partner, Tech4Check at drupa 2024, software that verifies PDFs for packaging. The software tackles market challenges by comparing customer PDFs, final prints, and approved PDFs. It checks for printing accuracy, blade making, and postpress processes. In the pharmaceutical industry, this verification is vital to prevent recalls. The software's capabilities include pixel and dot comparison, geometry and ink spread measurement, and braille decoding. Watch Video

HP's Sustainability in Industrial Printing

David Zwang talks with Joan Perez Pericot, VP of Sustainability, HP, about the significance of sustainability in their operations. They discuss into HP's methods for assessing and enhancing their environmental impact, their participation in sustainability initiatives such as forest preservation and carbon footprint reduction, and their commitment to designing sustainable products. Watch Video

Cool Tools at drupa: Diversified Nano Solutions

Mary Schilling and Bruce Carnes discuss Diversified Nano Solutions' development of specialty pigments and dyes. They delve into various fluid inks, including aqueous-based, magnetic ink character recognition, UV fluorescent, and infrared inks. They introduce the encrypt biomarker technology, which allows on-site fluid testing and the addition of custom DNA string biomarkers to any ink or dye pigment. Watch Video

Sustainability and Innovation in the Printing Industry: A Discussion with Calvin Lakhan

Nick Gawreluk and Dr. Calvin Lakhan, York University, discuss everyone's favorite topic: waste management and how it affects sustainability and the future of the printing industry. Lakhan shares his insights on communicating sustainability and his perception of the industry. Watch Video

Fujifilm's Growth and Expansion in North America

David Zwang and Hidetoshi (Toshi) Kino, General Manager, Fujifilm, discuss the company's growth and expansion in North America. They highlight the addition of colors and solutions to their machines. They also touch on the challenges of hiring and the company's focus on software technology for automation and cost reduction. Watch Video

Neyenesch Printing Looks at Inkjet

In this video, sponsored by Canon, David Zwang talks with Natalie Neyenesch, VP of Operations for Neyenesch Printing, a 125-year-old, fourth-generation family business that specializes in direct mail and high-end boutique work. The company has a mix of offset and toner-based digital equipment and Neyenesch attended thINK to investigate potentially investing in inkjet. Watch Video

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? Watch Video

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. Watch Video

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. Watch Video

Enhancing the Value of Direct Mail with Oregon Printing Communications

In this video sponsored by HP, Kevin Abergel talks with Judd Plattenburg, CEO of Oregon Printing Communications, a small direct mail printer that concentrates on pinpointing the right recipients of a campaign and using HP Indigo digital presses to deliver high-quality pieces. Watch Video

HP’s Nachum Korman on the Analog to Digital Transformation

Nick Gawreluk talks with Nachum Korman, Vice President & General Manager, Worldwide Industrial Print Go To Market at HP, about how HP Indigo has been one of companies leading the analog to digital transformation. Watch Video

Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with PrintReleaf’s Jordan Darragh

This week, Warren speaks with Jordan Darragh of PrintReleaf. PrintReleaf enables customers to balance or grow the global forestry system by connecting them to the PrintReleaf Exchange (PRX), a patented software platform connecting enterprise printer environments, commercial printers, packaging companies, and print software applications to a network of Global Reforestation Projects where customers can certifiably plant trees to reforest their paper/packaging consumption. Watch Video

Dataline: A Leader in ERP Software for the Graphic and Printing Industry

David Zwang sits down with Dirk Deroo, CEO, Dataline, a company specializing in ERP software for the graphic and printing industry since 1997. They talk about the features of Multipress, Dataline's flagship product, and its web-to-print solutions. Watch Video

CEO of Ship & Shore Explains How RTOs Help Flexo Operations Be More Sustainable

Ship & Shore offers Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTOs) for flexo and other printing operations that use solvents. Increasingly, government regulations require printing operations to discontinue emitting VOCs and ozone into the atmosphere. Anoosheh Oskouian, CEO and President of Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., explains how these systems work and why they are important. Watch Video

The Digital Embellishment Show: FUJIFILM at drupa

Kevin Abergel talks with Andrew Gunn, Director Production Sales Enablement, FUJIFILM Graphic Communication Division, about specialty colors and their latest embellishment solutions available at drupa. Watch Video

KYOCERA NIXKA: Revolutionizing Industrial Printing with Inkjet Technology

David Zwang and Paul Morgavi, President, KYOCERA NIXKA, introduce the newly merged companies to revolutionize industrial printing with inkjet technology. They discuss the potential of inkjet solutions across various applications and explore the niche market of photo printing and expresses optimism for future growth. Watch Video

Cool Tools: IIJ Industrial Inkjet at drupa

Mary Schilling talks to Graham Vlcek, IIJ Industrial Inkjet, about the company's specialization in creating custom machinery for inkjet printing on various media. They work closely with customers to provide tailored solutions, capable of printing on a wide range of substrates. The company also offers security features and has successfully completed challenging projects such as robotic arm printing and continuous 24/7 output. Watch Video

Adobe Adds Integrated Print Function to Adobe Express

Adobe Express has been a popular design and publication application for smaller companies, ease-of-entry users and more for some time. But it lacked an integrated print function. Users could create a PDF and then figure out how to get it produced. Now print is integrated, with Zazzle as its default print provider for a curated print service, with the option for other print providers to create Express add-ons by customer request or as a way to increase their reach. In this interview, Aubrey explains why Adobe Express was created and the value of the integrated print function. Watch Video

Cool Tools: Scodix at drupa

Mary Schilling and Amit Shvartz, General Manager and COO, Scodix, introduce Scodix AI, a solution designed to simplify embellishments in printing, especially for the web to print market. The software's features include image analysis, true font recognition and design software import capabilities. Watch Video

Too Much Type?

Gutenberg had one font. By 1900, there were 480 handset type fonts. Linecasting had 410. Phototypestting had over 1,000. Today, there are over 1 million digital fonts. Frank thinks we need a better classification system for them. Watch Video