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Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Rob Proffit of NAPCO USA
This week, Warren talks to Rob Proffit of NAPCO USA. NAPCO USA was founded in 1977 and started out manufacturing boxes and packaging products. In 2017 NAPCO acquired Vulcan Information Packaging. The company has two manufacturing facilities: NAPCO North Carolina and NAPCO Alabama. Watch Video
Canon’s Recent Hardware and Software Announcements
Canon USA’s Bob Barbera recaps Canon’s recent PRINTING United announcements, such as the new imagePRESS V family and new PRISMA software, which won two Pinnacle Awards. Canon’s new PRISMA offerings are now cloud-based, allowing more printers to migrate their workflows to the cloud and add additional levels of automation. Watch Video
Duplo Showcases Its Finishing Solutions for the Packaging Market
Rick Salinas, President of Duplo USA, leads a tour of Duplo’s booth at PRINTING United featuring finishing solutions for the B2 packaging market. He is joined by Technical Product Manager Anthony Blanco, talking about the DuSense DDC-8000 B2 Raised Spot UV Coater and DSM-1000 B2 Platen Die Cutter; Product Manager Kevin Chen discussing the DC-746 B2 Slitter/Cutter/Creaser and DFL-700 Foil/Laminator; and Product Manager David Nguyen, showing the DF-K2000 Thick Paper Creaser/Folder. Watch Video
Corefact Grows Its Direct Mail Business with HP Indigo Presses
David Zwang talks to Corefact’s Christopher Burnley. Corefact was founded in 2005 as a company selling analytics software to the real estate industry. They added direct mail printing capabilities to help build the software business and then began growing the print business, specializing in variable-data printing and some transactional. The company now has locations in California and Kentucky. Watch Video
Frank's Font of Knowledge Part 2
In this second part of Frank's interview with digital font pioneer Joe Treacy of https://treacyfaces.com, Frank and Joe talk about the current state of typefaces. With more than one million fonts and 20 programs for making digital fonts, there is no end in sight. Watch Video
Lintec’s Glass Decoration Solutions
Lintec’s Jim Halloran talks about the company’s materials for glass decoration—which include scratch-resistant optically clear polyester films with permanent or removable adhesive. The company has substrates that are compatible with all major printing technologies. Watch Video
Epson’s Tim Check on the New SureColor F6470H Dye-Sub Printer
Epson’s Tim Check talks about the new Pinnacle Award-winning SureColor F6470H dye-sublimation printer, the company’s first six-color 44-inch dye-sub. It offers options for fluorescent inks, orange and violet to expand the color gamut, and light cyan and light magenta for photographers and fine artists. Watch Video
Three-Year-Old Start-Up Print-Hub Expands into Commercial Printing
David Zwang talks to Sammy Shehadeh, President of Print-Hub, a printing company founded three-and-a-half-years ago out of hospitality and real estate businesses that needed printing, had difficulty finding a printer, so decided to start a print business to serve their own needs. They soon started printing for other customers and has since acquired another print business to expand their capabilities. Watch Video
Standard’s Bob Flinn Talks Finishing Equipment
Bob Flinn of Standard Finishing Systems talks about the binding and finishing equipment the company was demonstrating at PRINTING United, featuring units from Hunkeler and Horizon—and including a robotic arm feeding a Horizon perfect binder. Watch Video
Talking Marketing #SexyPrint with Darren Kenning of Sugar Print
In the latest installment of our new Marketing Digital Embellishment Capabilities video series, Taktiful's Kevin Abergel talks with Darren Kenning, the President of Sugar Print, about how to best market digital embellishment capabilities to clients. Watch Video
Canon’s Matt Poloniak Introduces the New imagePRESS V900 and V1350
At PRINTING United, Canon USA’s Matt Poloniak introduces two new units in the company’s imagePRESS V Series—the light-production imagePRESS V900 and the high-end flagship imagePRESS V1350. Watch Video
Frank's Font of Knowledge
In this first part of two videos, Frank talks with Joe Treacy of TreacyFaces, one of the pioneers in digital fonts. He began making fonts in 1984, before PostScript and “desktop publishing.” His library now includes 500 fonts. Watch Video
Julie Watson on Ultimate TechnoGraphics’ Workflow Automation Solutions
David Zwang talks to Julie Watson, CEO of Ultimate TechnoGraphics, about the post-pandemic uptick in interest in workflow automation, the factors driving that interest, and Ultimate’s portfolio of automation solutions. Watch Video
Mark Little on Ricoh’s Customer-Centric Approach
David Zwang talks to Mark Little, Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, for Ricoh about Mark’s new role at Ricoh as a liaison between the company and its customers, helping customers identify specific desired outcomes and what solutions would bring about those outcomes. Watch Video
Neenah Introduces Curbside Recyclable Mailer for the eCommerce Market
Don't you hate getting all that plastic packaging when you order online, and then trying to figure out if it can be recycled, and if so how, or maybe it just gets thrown away? Neenah has an answer with its new Environment Mailer. Clearly printed on the mailer is the fact that it is 100% curbside recyclable and a patent pending coating repels water and adds strength. Ideal for all kinds of soft goods. Kristen Duncan and Jennifer Dietz of Neenah share the full story, including future plans to expand the product line and options even further. Watch Video
FESPA Update with Neil Felton
CEO Neil Felton talks about FESPA and what the federation offers the graphic arts community, and highlights some upcoming events, including FESPA Global Print Expo, to be held to Münich in May 2023. Watch Video
Robert Stabler on Koenig & Bauer and Durst’s Joint Venture into Corrugated Printing
At PRINTING United, David Zwang talks to Robert Stabler, managing director of Koenig & Bauer Durst about the joint venture between Koenig & Bauer and Durst to build single-pass inkjet presses for the corrugated printing market. Watch Video
Frank Reads the Classifieds
Frank found a 1975 article about the New York Times’ first entry into cold type (aka photocomposition). They initially used an MGD MetroSet CRT phototypesetter to set the classified section (what used to take three days was cut to 20 minutes). John Werner, then Director of Prepress Operations, was in charge of that transition and is quoted in the article. Watch Video
Vanguard’s Award-Winning Wide-Format Printers in Display at PRINTING United
Vanguard Digital Printing Systems’ Jim Peterson talks about the wide-format printing equipment the company was demonstrating at last week’s PRINTING United expo, including five Pinnacle Award-winning flatbed and rollfed units. Watch Video
Hybrid Software Group at PRINTING United
David Zwang talks to Hybrid Software Group CEO Mike Rottenborn about the evolution and growth of the company. Hybrid Software Group is one company with six operating businesses—Hybrid Software, Global Graphics, ColorLogic GmbH, iC3D, Xitron, and Meteor Inkjet—which serve predominantly, but not exclusively, packaging end users and OEMs. Watch Video
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