If there’s one thing I’ve learned after spending 50-plus years in this industry (other than the hard work put in by printers 24/7), is their generosity when it comes to helping worthwhile causes and giving back to their respective communities – both here and south of the border. Tandem Printing in Eagan, Minnesota has been … Read more →
Here, guest contributor Sheila Donnelly, head of Operations at Precise Continental, an award-winning specialty printer located in Harrison, NJ, explores the value-added technology of embossing. “You can’t touch something without being touched yourself.” – Dr. David Eagleman We often talk about what we see and what we hear, but what about the objects that we … Read more →
For Minuteman Press franchise owner Dan Murias of Red Deer, Alberta, the time was right to move his design, marketing and printing business to its new 6,800-sq.-ft. location at 6781 52 Avenue on the “North Hill” in Red Deer, Alberta. “The vast majority of industry and commerce in Red Deer is on the North Side,” … Read more →
The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) has announced its new website (www.ryersonimagecentre.ca), launched in conjunction with the Toronto University’s fifth anniversary. It celebrated the milestone earlier this fall as part of Nuit Blanche Toronto – and it’s been five years to the day since the centre’s opening in the Fall of 2012. The new website, with … Read more →
The new study reports that currently, 71% of total publishing printing revenues are concentrated in five markets – China, U.S., Japan, U.K. and France. However, the largest share and fastest pace of future growth will be primarily among emerging nations in the Asia-Pacific region. India’s large market will be the most opportune global bright spot, … Read more →
Across the globe, Kodak’s Print for Good campaign supports communities with book drives, book donations and the printing of school materials to help increase literacy. Because of the tremendous efforts of Kodak employees, print customers and local literacy partners, in its first full year the program placed approximately 30,000 books and school materials in the hands … Read more →
With the approach of the new year, business owners are looking ahead to make sure their brands remain relevant and poised for growth in the coming 12 months. The question is: How do you accomplish that? Larry Light, a global brand revitalization expert and CEO of the business-consulting firm Arcature, has some timely suggestions. “To … Read more →
Here, Marcus Timson, Co-Founder of InPrint: The Industrial Print Show and Pure Digital: The Digital Print Show, reveals a unique approach to metal printing that will be showcased in Germany November 14, 2017. Responding to growing demands for greater flexibility for shorter-run, multi-version beverage packaging, Tonejet, the only manufacturer of advanced electro-static drop-on-demand digital print … Read more →
Are you suffering from ‘printer’s remorse’? Is the transition into the so-called digital age becoming more and more stressful? For example, you get an e-mail with a document attached from a colleague or a client. You open it and read it on your computer screen. And then – for a variety of reasons that usually … Read more →
Mohawk (Cohoes, NY), North America’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty materials for commercial and digital printing, has announced the grand opening of Paper is Part of the Picture: Strathmore Paper and the Evolution of American Graphic Design at The Opalka Gallery, located on the Sage College (Albany Campus) in Albany, New … Read more →
London-UK-based Audio and Video in Print consultancy Talking Print recently announced the launch of its new brand – Cards & Modules – selling through eBay. The online shop allows customers to get extremely creative and produce their own unique, personalized audio and video brochures, cards, gifts and perhaps for printers – marketing materials. The shop … Read more →
Not many teens can say they attend an Ivy League school and perhaps even fewer can claim an invention to their name. This is not the case for 17-year-old Maya Varma, an engineering student and intern at Stanford University in California, who has developed a low-cost 3D-printed device that can analyze a patient’s breath and … Read more →