How will the growing acquisition/consolidation trend affect the long-term health of the $79.3bn print industry and its tens of thousands of stakeholders – employees, employers, shareholders, suppliers, financial partners? Let’s look at the good, the bad, the ugly and then the opportunity. Change can result in havoc or opportunity based upon the att...

Using kerning, tracking, and leading together can allow designers to make documents easily readable. Wider spacing and extra white space can be used to emphasize small blocks of important text. A quick read on the features of each.

“Making the switch to SONORA Plates was simple, especially with the great support we received from Kodak. The impact on our printing process once we started using the plates and our new CTPs was felt immediately. With no need for a plate processor anymore, we eliminated the time and cost of managing that process,” said Richard Featherston, Trumbull...

Do our customers know more about the importance of print to effectively communicate an important message than many of our industry’s members? Do our Associations need to educate their members on opportunities to demonstrate “The Value of Print”?

  Rochester, NY, February 10, 2020 – Kodak, a global leader in developing sustainable printing solutions, awarded 52 printers from around the world, a record number, the 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award. The program, now in its seventh year, celebrates printers who are leaders in adopting sustainable practices that benefit the environment, their...

If your Company is new to Wide-Format Printing – it could be terrifying to your sales staff if they are only well versed in offset and small format digital printing. Their Intimidation – is real! Now, what are you going to do about it?

An Industry stalwart who sold his family printing business didn’t want to ride off into the sunset. Charles Henry, who turns 90 in July, sold his company founded in 1898 by his grandfather to Knepper Press in 2001. The sale included a consulting agreement for Henry to stay on for two years but never left.

Graham Reed, CEO of the Marlixia Group, shares his print industry optimism as he sees more buyers coming back to print. Graham’s thoughts on how print cuts through the dense digital landscape are right on. Marlixia Group was near failure before integrating a range of cross-media tools to leverage the company’s print sales. Graham’s short video prov...

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?