By Sid Chadwick “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”……………….John C.  Maxwell INTRODUCTION: A recent article, published by a relatively large association, and written by our own Bob Lindgren, was well written, logical, instructive….and missing critical elements of “stra... Read More

By Sid Chadwick “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”……………..…………….Sir Arthur Conan Doyle INTRODUCTION: This month’s issue (January/February) of the Harvard Business Review focuses heavily on culture, leadership, and teaching. One of their headlines reads: “The Best Leaders…are Great Teachers” I belie... Read More

The Fowler Group, a multi-generation, family-owned design and delivery agency based in Fort Worth, Texas, continues its legacy of thoughtful, innovative client engagement and brand enhancement with the acquisition of the Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press. In a continuing series on innovative printers that embrace the potential of new tech... Read More

Konica Minolta is reinventing production inkjet with the AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press. Behind this revolution is a long and powerful history of Konica Minolta technologies that are being leveraged to change the commercial production print environment. More Than Just TechnologyKonica Minolta has assembled an unstoppable leadership team and given... Read More

A New BusinessKonica Minolta has a long and successful legacy in the world of printing and copying, and now it has taken that experience to the next level with the high-end AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press aimed squarely at the world of commercial print and major in-plant printers – a space that has traditionally been populated with toner-based digi... Read More

The American Printer Community is comprised of professionals involved with commercial and production printing, direct mail and corporate communications.  If your company serves this community, we invite you to share information about your company, its people, products and services by completing the Submission Form with: Your email address The U... Read More

  By Sid Chadwick, Chadwick Consulting, Inc.https://www.linkedin.com/in/sid-chadwick-163a1a12/ “All of us can handle adversity…most of us can not handle uncertainty…each employee …each customer…. needs to know that this company will be a strong and stable place for them…into the future…that said, this is just the end of week one..…”……...CEO Peer Gr... Read More

  Printing Industry implores Governor Walz to reverse non-essential status and keep the doors open for this vital communications sector [March 25, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota] - Minnesota is recognized nationally as an epicenter of printing in the United States, third to only New York and California – two states reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More

  Rochester, New York, February 20, 2020 - Kodak has announced the integration between KODAK PRINERGY Workflow 8.4 and Canon’s PRISMAsync Print Server starting with v7.2. This new integration provides PRINERGY users a quick, seamless, and efficient method to set up, control, and monitor print jobs. Thanks to the new connectivity, PRINERGY Setup can... Read More

Critically, our vast industry’s Graphic Communications Business Development Programs should be updated and especially at our” academic institutions,” which tend to have “0” re. Business Development curriculum with the University of Houston Digital Media Program …representing a rare exception. Read More