OEM’s are working to develop equipment for the Food Contact Materials (FCM). The goal is to provide their customers access to the multi-billion-dollar digital labels and packaging FCM marketplace. John Ortiz, Memjet’s VP of Inks and Materials, shares his views on inks and navigating the complex FCM compliance issues.

The proper buying of Print is a difficult task and like health-care, it is a custom-made transaction, a custom-made experience. Patients can’t “test-drive” the health-care they experience. They can’t “test-drive” the project they need printed. Most of your Buyers want something improved. Do you know what that might be?

Too often, we don’t undertake Wide-Format projects that are not in our wheelhouse. Possibly, we are afraid of outsourcing it to another printer because we don’t “trust” the security of our client list or worry about the quality of the end-product. Think of it as a partnership; it can be very profitable.

OPM Europa and DG press partnered with Memjet to develop direct to container and bottle printers. Powered by Memjet’s water-based inkjet technology, the press provides an alternative to expensive pressure sensitive film-based labels. With ROI projected at 6-months, printers can expect accelerated profits. Read the full announcement with an impactfu...

Kodak’s Print for Good program recently partnered with its customer, Alcom Printing Group, to print 2,000 books for Room to Read. This organization helps children throughout the world develop literacy skills and a habit of reading. “It is always a special moment watching books being printed when you know they will go directly to schools with limite...

Some philosophers say it’s in our American DNA, no matter our chosen field of work, we have to find ways to improve and achieve when the score is being recorded. How many of your current employees are being developed for bigger and better responsibilities? How many of your current employees want to contribute more?

You're looking for a company to facilitate your printing requirements, and truth be told, this is a hard task. There are plenty of companies out there that provide printing services at large scale for both industrial and corporate purposes. As there are plenty to choose from, it can be a little difficult and time-consuming to select a printing comp...

Xerox’s attempt to buy HP and now HP’s possible buy of Xerox has been a twisty, curvy story to analyze and report. One day the financial analysts say combining the companies would be a disaster, and later, they are describing the value that to be realized from a combined company. Shareholders will gain but how about the rest of the industry stakeho...

Are common acronyms leaving you or your customers confused? Take “CTP” for example. In publishing, it can stand for either “Computer to Plate” or “Computer to Press” or even “Call the Police”. A less technical but still important topic.

Are we so used to our conditions that we have no intent or recognition on how to improve performance and opportunities that lie before us? Many print organizations do not know their Customer’s business development challenges and don’t have Self-Promotion Literature that explains how their services can improve their Customer’s profitability.