A growing number of web offset printers worldwide are now reaping the quality, cost, and sustainability benefits of KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates. Webstar, one of New Zealand's leading commercial web printers, is among them. In 2020, Webster replaced a conventional processed plate with the KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plate in Auckland.

Individual P & L's were reviewed on a recent CEO Peer Group Call. One member after another compared their 2020 vs. 2019 numbers, including how they got there and what they were working to improve. Almost without exception, one member after another reported lower employment, with equal-to-higher revenues per employee in 2020 vs. 2019.

The Wide-Format Printing business segment for many clients has been their saving grace through this horrific ordeal…a.k.a. COVID-19! Essentially, the wide-format segment is leading the pack within their diverse printing capabilities. The companies embracing new and unique W-F products are feeling more confident with current and future business op...

Duggal Visual announced the installation of the new 7 color Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press. "We are blessed to work with so many of the world's leading brands and creative minds in the industry, and the S10 allows us to facilitate these customers' abilities to break new ground in what is possible with print," said Duggal's CEO Mike Duggal.

The continuing business and financial challenges during these COVID-19 times have accelerated the need for more efficient business management tools. Commercial printers are not exempt from this new reality. In response, they are aggressively evaluating and enhancing past business practices to survive, and even thrive, in these difficult times.

Do you know how to design documents for 17% of the population that have reading difficulties? There are many design decisions that go in to making documents more readable for the visually impaired and also to make them more readable for people with dyslexia. Dr. Fontz offers some design

We are now approaching the annual “Snooker The Boss” season in the middle of Covid-19. It’s budget time for next year. What are we going to sell next year, by quarter, and by a customer? Is there a sense of urgency in your business development team in their efforts and decisions?

What is your Wide-Format Sales Training culture?  Do you onboard your new sales individuals with a pre-written, cookie-cutter program?  Is that working for you?

The pandemic has accelerated the pace of change in many industries, including print. As printers struggle to make sense of what the future holds, industry analyst Marco Boer shares insight into what he believes a post-pandemic print marketplace will look like. In an interview with WhatTheyThink, Boer highlighted some key developments he sees waitin...

A new Science Daily study found that participants were more likely to donate, by a factor of about one-sixth, when the message matched the typeface. Researchers determined that warm messages in handwritten fonts and competence-based messages in business-style fonts maximized results. Proof again, of the relationship between fonts and emotions that...