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COVID-19 and the Shift in Packaging Requirements

Mike Scrutton, Adobe's Director of Print Technologies and Strategy, shares his thoughts on changes in packaging, for both brands and converters, as a result of the increased use of ecommerce due to the pandemic, conditions he believes will continue to prevail post-pandemic. Watch Video

Domanda Lets Consumers Apply Professional Designs to Almost Anything

Kristen Dettoni founded Design Pool as a way to make her textile designs available to other designers and developed a network of printers who can execute those designs. More recently, she founded Domanda, an online store that enables consumers to use professional designs on a wide range of home goods. She talks about why she started these businesses, what she has been able to achieve, and how the pandemic has affected the demand for these types of services, especially in home and commercial decor. Watch Video

Kasper Tomshoj on PrintVis’s Partnership with Kodak

David Zwang talks to Kasper Tomshoj, CEO of PrintVis, about the company’s almost 25-year history as an MIS provider for the printing and packaging industry. PrintVis recently teamed up with Kodak as an implementation partner as part of PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions. Watch Video

Frank to the Future

In this episode we meet “Future Frank,” a hologram from the year 2100 that reports on what life and technology are going to be like over our next 80 years. We get a glimpse of our future, but maybe we don’t want to know. (Hint: Start to look into printing food.) Watch Video

Adobe's Mike Scrutton Discusses Print Redefined

Ever since Gutenberg, print and its uses have continued to evolve. That's true today as well, and that evolution has likely been accelerated by the pandemic. Hear what Adobe's Mike Scrutton, Director of Print Technology and Strategy, has to say about where we are with print today, where it's going, and how printing companies can take advantage of new opportunities offered by this continuing evolution. Watch Video

Mimaki's Mike Maxwell Shares Update on Mimaki Solutions for Signs/Display Graphics

Mimaki offers a broad portfolio of solutions for the sign and display graphics market. Mike Maxwell, Senior Manager–Corporate Strategic Development at Mimaki U.S., provides a look at the range of applications customers are producing, including how customers can incorporate 3D printing into the sign and display graphics businesses. Watch Video

Todd Bigger on PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions: “Not Your Father’s PRINERGY”

Todd Bigger, VP of Software and Services for Kodak, talks to David Zwang about the new iteration of PRINERGY On Demand. Back in May, Kodak moved moved PRINERGY into the cloud with PRINERGY On Demand and this Fall, Kodak is launching PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions, a fully integrated and managed end-to-end software platform for all printers of any size and any segment that aims to eliminate the need for multiple standalone software products from different suppliers. Watch Video

Banner Year: A Conversation with AATCC's Incoming President

Harrie Schoots is taking on the volunteer role of President of AATCC in the year the association turns 100. In this conversation, you'll learn more about Harrie, his goals and objectives for 2021 for the association, and see the energy and innovative thinking he will bring to the organization. Watch Video

Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with VISOgraphic’s Bob Dahlke, Jr.

This week, Warren talks to Bob Dahlke Jr., of VISOgraphic, a general commercial shop based outside of Chicago. Founded in 1946 and owned by the Dahlke family since 1979, the company is about 65% litho, 35% digital, and starting to do more and more packaging. 2019 had been the company’s best year ever, and, VISOgraphic having been an early adopter of LED UV, they bought a brand new press in December, enjoying one great quarter of business before the pandemic hit. Watch Video

Brother's Rick Frye Talks Sewing Automation

Sewing is often referred to as the "last mile" in the manufacture of sewn goods in terms of an overall automated workflow. Huge progress has been made in the level of automation, and an operator can be quickly trained to execute sewing of some types of items. But the fine work of sewing apparel is still out of reach. Rick Frye shares his thoughts about the current state of sewing automation, and describes Brother's new Bridge sewing technology. Watch Video

The New Canon imagePRESS C10010VP Digital Press

Canon’s Matthew Poliniak talks about the new Canon imagePRESS C10010VP digital press, which features enhanced media handling capabilities. The imagePRESS C10010VP can handle media up to 400 gsm and also supports running on synthetic media, allowing you to offer new and customized applications to customers. Watch Video

Shutterfly and HP Discuss Recent Landmark Agreement for Indigo Digital Press Rollout

Cary Sherburne speaks with Dwayne Black, COO of Shutterfly, and Haim Levit, General Manager, HP Indigo. Shutterfly, the US-based online personalized products and photo leader, last month signed a landmark agreement with HP Indigo for more than 60 new HP Indigo digital presses, as it expands its capabilities to supply the growing demand for printing photo memories. Watch Video

Michael Makin Looks Back and Ahead

In this discussion, Michael Makin talks about his experience in the SGIA/PIA merger that created PRINTING United Alliance, the benefits for PIA Affiliates, and the industry of the merger and his view of the future of the industry. Watch Video

Frank Goes In Search of The Lost World of Typesetting Services

The Museum of Printing has one of the largest collections of specimen books from typesetting services, a business classification distinct from type foundries. At their peak around 1990, there were more than 4,000 typesetting services in the U.S. They set type for ad agencies, book and magazine publishers, and graphic designers. When word processing came along, these businesses lost the income from keyboarding, and desktop publishing finally did away with this once-vibrant industry. Watch Video

Mimaki Brings Digital Textile Printing Versatility to North America with Hybrid Fabric Printer

Victoria Harris, Textile Specialist at Mimaki USA, discusses the Mimaki TX300P-1800 MKII hybrid printer, which easily switches between pigment ink printing for direct to fabric and dye-sublimation inks for printing on heat-transfer paper, as well as other digital textile printing solutions from Mimaki. Watch Video

EFI Reggiani BOLT Wins an InterTech Award

Adele Genoni, General Manager of EFI Reggiani, talks to Cary Sherburne about EFI Reggiani’s BOLT being awarded an InterTech Award—the first textile product to win an InterTech Award. Watch Video

APTech and Innovatis Group Join Forces to Better Serve the Industry

Thayer Long, President of the Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech), and Eric Hawkinson, Senior Vice President at Innovatis Group, explain APTech's partnership with Innovatis Group to enable the association to broaden its offerings and increase its value to its members and to the industry. Watch Video

Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with PDI Group CEO Jamie Barbieri

This week, Warren talks to Jamie Barbieri, President & CEO of PDI Group. Formed in 2007 from the consolidation of three printers, PDI Group is the largest independent printer in Canada and provides commercial and wide-format printing, distribution, and other products and services for a blue-chip customer base. Watch Video

For Label Specialties, Versatility Is Key

David Zwang talks to Jenny Johnson Wolf and Mike Wolf of Label Specialties. Based in Louisville, Ky., Label Specialities is a trade printer that uses every technology available, especially flexo and, most recently, digital labels using HP presses. They also offer a variety of finishing and die-cutting services so as to be able to handle whatever requirements a customer may have. Watch Video

Duggal Visual Solutions: "We Try to Be Involved in Every Way Our Customers Communicate Visually”

David Zwang talks to Michael Duggal, CEO of Duggal Visual Solutions. The company started in 1963 as a boutique photo lab for artists and museums and has transformed with new technologies to offer a full gamut of visual communications—from high-quality photoprinting, wide-format printing and vehicle and building wraps,to fabrication services, to CGI and interactive digital multi-media. Duggal also just recently acquired a Landa S10 to broaden their print offerings even further. Watch Video