While many clients are requesting price reductions to help manage their cost of doing business, print suppliers are being hit with price increases for ink, paper, personnel, utilities, equipment, and cybersecurity to name a few. Their print clients have options: they can reduce quantities, switch providers, or move from print to social media. All o...

Our designers are changing some company documents from landscape orientation to portrait. Are we going to need different versions of our fonts and images to manage the rotations?

Unless you successfully manage the digital transformation, your company may not exist in 10 years. So how do you go about creating and executing a successful digital strategy? Take a holistic view of your organization and consider consulting with a partner. First, create a vision based on factors that are disrupting your market, an Altimeter Group...

As a manufacturer, how often do you invite your Distributor customers for a Plant Tour, that's not rushed, but rather engaging for meeting key personnel, and detailing not so obvious capabilities?

The results by scientists from Image Test Labs were 10 years in the making. They will benefit the evolving print industry by offering commercial printing companies reliable quality of images, variety of paper choices for printed works, and a cost-effective process. The event is free and open to printing and imaging professionals, scientists, facult...

Nick Gawreluk, a millennial print evangelist, currently working at Heidelberg, shares practical recommendations for successfully attracting young, creative talent into your company. It takes more than an attractive job title and a competitive salary to secure the next-gen workforce. In Part 2 of his video series, Nick provides useful information th...

Kristi Pierce, GSM’s Director of Operations, and Michael Rowell, Director of Marketing, discuss the factors driving the company’s long-term success. GSM consistently invests in high-tech innovations to increase productivity, efficiency, and quality. The new Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 LED UV inkjet press makes the sky the limit on what GSM can p...

In this Top Trends for 2020 article, Memjet’s CEO, Len Lauer, shares how modular technology reduces an OEM’s time-to-market for industry-leading inkjet innovations. For example, Memjet introduced DuraFlex technology in September 2019, and a month later, Kirk Rudy, their new OEM partner, took orders for its new, low-cost DuraFlex-powered printer, Fi...

I’ve had so many disappointments, what should I look for when hiring a Sales Rep? My answer: Talent is important but is not the most important quality. The most important quality is ‘Work Ethic’ and a burning desire to constantly learn and improve who you are and what you can contribute and accomplish.

Nick Gawreluk, a millennial who is proud-for-print, shares a roadmap to find, attract, and retain the print industry’s next-gen workforce. A 2013 RIT graduate who navigated strategic positions at Heidelberger, Infotrends, HP, and Mimeo, Nick speaks with passion about attracting young professionals to the print industry.