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Thysse (Madison, Wisconsin)

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Premier Press (Portland, Oregon)

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Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Nelson Anderson

This week, Warren talks to Nelson Anderson, Full Sail Media and Minuteman Press. Anderson took over Minuteman Press in Glen Burnie, Md., 18 years ago and grew it into the largest center in the Minuteman franchise network. Three years ago, they launched a digital marketing company called Full Sail Media. Watch Video

Graphco Holds Open House at EZ Mailing in Indianapolis

Graphco President Chris Manley is joined by EZ Mailing Owner Kevin Bennet on the final day of a two-day open house dubbed "The Unfair Advantage" by Graphco. They discuss the company's beginnings as a mail only shop to a full service printer and mailer now with offset, digital, and wide-format capabilities. Watch Video

CustomXM’s Paul Strack on How the Pandemic Changed His Company

Sometimes a major crisis like a global pandemic helps a business focus, change, and better prepare itself for the future. Paul Strack, President of CustomXM, shares how this happened with his print business. Watch Video

GMG’s Marc Levine on Accurate Color Proofing and Print Manufacturing

Hard-copy color proofing has come a long way over the years. David Zwang talks to Marc Levine of GMG Color about how GMG has been on the front lines of this battle. Watch Video

Catching Up With a FASTSIGNS Master Franchisor from Puerto Rico

José Corujo, FASTSIGNS Franchise Partner from Puerto Rico, talks to Kelley Holmes about his three centers there and 10 years of experience as a franchisee. José also discusses selling a center in the Dominican Republic as a Master Franchisor, as well as what it means to be a part of the FASTSIGNS franchise network. Watch Video

Guerrillas in the Midst: A Look at the WhatTheyThink Staff

The past two years of seclusion have given scientists a unique opportunity to study the WhatTheyThink contributors in their natural environments. Enter these unique worlds…if you dare. Watch Video

New Technology and Drivers for Printing and Packaging

There are lots of moving parts in print manufacturing, and lots of new technologies and applications. David Zwang talks to Dr. John Anderson, Director of Advanced Print Applications for Miraclon, about some of the issues and advancements that will provide the new growth. Watch Video

PBR Printing Owner Ken Hopkins on the Benefits of NPSOA Membership

Kelley Holmes talks with Ken Hopkins, Owner of PBR Printing, which specializes in anything ink-on-paper. He shares the reasons he enjoys membership in the National Print and Sign Owners Association (NPSOA), including networking, the listserv, and opportunity to build mutually supportive relationships with other print business owners. Watch Video

The Business of Using Technology to Prepare All Kinds of Print—Repeatedly

Increasingly, printing technology is changing to accommodate many new applications, from legacy printing and packaging to industrial print. David Zwang talks to Kevin Bourquin, VP Operations, CyberGraphics, to see how CyberGraphics has figured out the way to keep up. Watch Video

Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with MindFire's David Rosendahl

This week, Warren talks with David Rosendahl of MindFire about the actions printers can take to help build their businesses. Watch Video

Kyocera Ramps Up Production Inkjet Print Business

Industry veteran Michael Poulin is now the Director of Product Marketing & Business Development for Kyocera, building a robust team to enhance Kyocera's go-to-market strategies for sheetfed production inkjet. The company has already installed more than 200 TASKalfa Pro 15000c worldwide. Poulin provides more information in this exclusive WhatTheyThink interview. The TASKalfa Pro 15000c swatch book can be ordered here from April 2022 and beyond. Watch Video

Meeting Print Quality Expectations—Qualitative or Quantitative?

David Zwang talks to Dianne Kennedy of PQX Initiative about PQX and PRX, which now provide a "standardized" way to communicate print quality between the brand or consumer and producer for all forms of print and packaging using all types of equipment and ink. Watch Video

Geeking Out About UV Inkjet Technology with Gabriel Conti

Resident Print Geeks Jim and Shelby sat down with Gabriel Conti, CEO of Kover, to discuss many aspects of UV inkjet technology including the importance of having highly trained and educated machine operators. Watch Video

Getting Color to Match Across Design, Media, and Processes. Magic? No—CxF!

What is CxF and how does it ensure the transfer of color information and customer expectation throughout print and...? Dave Zwang talks with Steve Smiley of SmileyColor to find out. Watch Video

The Advantages of Being a FASTSIGNS Co-Brand Location

Chuck Lobaugh, a FASTSIGNS franchise owner from Hilton Head Island, S.C., talks to WhatTheyThink's Kelley Holmes about his long history in the printing industry, why he became a co-branded FASTSIGNS location, and the advantages it gives him as a small business owner in challenging times like the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch Video

Frank Reads Ben’s Mail

Frank uses a new book called “Poor Richard's Women” as a launching point for a discussion on how authors and others often saved their written correspondence, which could then be used as references and sources for historians and biographers. For example, most of Ben Franklin's correspondence is available in 47 volumes from Yale. But what of his emails? (Author Nancy Ruben Stuart will be at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Mass., on May 21 to give a talk about “Poor Richard's Women” and sign books. If you’re in the area, be sure to attend!) Watch Video

Graphene One Brings New Functionality to Textiles with Kyorene

Graphene was discovered at the University of Manchester in the UK in 2004 and garnered a Nobel Prize. It is being used in a wide range of industries to deliver unique characteristics but has been relatively slow to enter textiles & apparel. Graphene One covalently bonds the graphene into the Kyorene fiber family, ranging from viscose to nylon to polyester and more. Director of Sales and Business Development Dave Vanek explains. Watch Video

Kevin Lee Explains Pineapple Payments

Kelley Holmes interviews Kevin Lee of Pineapple Payments at the NPSOA Owners Conference in San Antonio, Tex. Pineapple Payments is a payment technology company that provides print owners with a simple and secure payment processing system to collect their accounts receivables via credit card payments. Watch Video

American Litho’s Digital Printing Journey

At Dscoop, Frank Arostegui, Executive Vice President of American Litho, talks about how the company first went digital in 2017 with an HP 12000. They are now at capacity and are considering a second one. They also acquired a PageWide T240, were able to migrate a lot of work over to it, and 12 months later bought a T250. Both are now at capacity. Watch Video

Catching Up with Dayton Ohio FASTSIGNS Franchisee Larry Miller

Dayton, Ohio, FASTSIGNS franchisee Larry Miller talks about being a board member, the history of his business as a FASTSIGNS conversion, and being in the "120k Pickup Club." Larry also talks about some of the fun projects he's worked on in his business. Watch Video