XEROX AND FUJI ARE ‘SWINGING A SHORT STICK HARD’ Two of Xerox’s largest stockholders, Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, are hotly contesting Fujifilm’ acquisition proposal. The battle around the Fujifilm/Xerox/Fuji Xerox transaction may negatively affect the public and financial community’s impression of the entire print industry. Print professionals...

By Sid Chadwick “Their Keynote Speakers spoke emphatically on the importance of C.I. for the Customer, but to your point, “No…, they didn’t offer any tools or processes or sessions  for one-to-one Customer Improvements…the Program was mostly about lowering production costs…. which was helpful….”….Volunteered by V.P. of Mfg Attendee to Recent Contin...

Old Trail Printing has more than 90 years of delivering top quality print from its home in Columbus, Ohio. The OutputLinks Communications Group spoke with Dave and Mike Held, third-generation leaders of the family-owned and operated commercial printer. Blending Legacy Culture with New Technology Dave and Mike Held discuss Old Trail Printing’s off...

  Are your operators in need of some help in their booklet making operation? Are your operators losing productivity? Is the quality of the booklets far from satisfactory?   Maximizing productivity is the key to success in high functioning print operations. If booklet making is hampering productivity and profits, the SDD missing link is the answer....

By Sid Chadwick “…laptops also distract…students sitting next to the user…and a growing number of professors are banning laptops from their classroom…”……..Print-In-The-Mix” INTRODUCTION: My observation is that a significant number of commercial printers: Have higher-education customers (e.g., universities, community colleges, technical schools, et...

By Sid Chadwick “Great Customer Service…. prompts us to share those encounters….with others”………………...Forward Day by Day INTRODUCTION: Let’s first look…..at what that company and organization…. didn’t do….. They didn’t over-promise….and under-deliver. Generally, though they are unusually profitable, they didn’t “low-ball” their competition....

Are your operators in need of some help in their total large format production operation? Are your operators losing productivity? Is time being wasted trying to keep up with handling the large volume which has been printed? If so, adding an SDD Roll Wind Module to your large format printer can be an immediate solution and an answer to that problem....

By Sid Chadwick “The generous and bold…. have the best lives”………Norwegian Proverb INTRODUCTION: Let’s look at the evidence….before we draw premature conclusions --- about mediocre profitability: Has Senior Management…. personally met….our top 10 customers….in the last year….to discuss how we might improve what they receive from us…? Is our Cross-T...

An American Printer CommentaryAndy & Julie Plata If your company uses or provides print, social media, cross-media, or transmedia marketing services you will probably be affected in some way by the fallout from Cambridge Analytica actions. News of Cambridge Analytica’s nefarious activities should have all printers and marketers reviewing their and...

Are your operators in need of some help in their total booklet production operation or unable to obtain the kind of ultimate booklet perfection that professional printers can? Are your operators losing productivity in the booklet production operation? Are materials being wasted in re-runs and repairs? If so, adding the SDD BLT7202 2-Side Trimmer an...