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Online eNewsletter here's your May 5, 2020 eNews
Andy and Julie Plata

Seeking Young Marketing Communications Talent?
A Virtual CareerFest May 20. Mark Your Calendar.
Attract new clients with young, highly skilled print, digital, video, and packaging talent. This Virtual Career Mixer is an easy, convenient way to meet cross-media graduates from the University of Houston’s highly recognized Digital Media Program. Meet virtually with talented students for prospective internships and full-time positions. For details…
Elizabeth Gooding

Inkjet Economics - Not a “One and Done”
Sometimes analyzing inkjet costs feels like trying to boil the ocean. There are so many features and so many variables that it can be overwhelming. Calculating Total Cost of Ownership or Total Cost of Print for a particular application is a complicated exercise. The key to making your way through this process without becoming frustrated, cross-eyed, or both is to break the analysis down into relevant stages.
Anatomy of a Font

Anatomy of a Font: Support Your Customers Brand with Informed Font Choices
Using the correct terminology for the components of fonts and typefaces can give your printing business an edge when competing for assignments from sophisticated marketers. Learning to recognize differences in the three primary typeface characteristics allows print professionals to make sound choices that support a customer’s brand identity.
Earth Day

Every Day is Earth Day for These Kodak Customers
Each year, printers from around the world tell Kodak how they’re making the environment a priority for their business. They’re looking to win the SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award, a program started in 2013 that recognizes printers for going above and beyond for the environment. In 2019, there were 52 winners, a record number! Find out who now>>>
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Elixir
Sid Chadwick

Developing the Business - Sid Chadwick 
Unrecognized........Buying Signals
There’s growing evidence that important phone and email conversations are occurring that may or may not be recognized for their potential. Do you know what responses are happening or what they hear in these crucial conversations? Is there any Group Training on potentially important comments, and how to possibly respond, or follow-up?
Rainer Hundsdorfer, CEO Heidelberg

Heidelberg debuts Print Media Industry Climate Report
Heidelberg is presenting its Print Media Industry Climate Report to the public for the first time. "With the Print Media Industry Climate Report we have our finger on the pulse of our customers," says Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberg. "The weekly climate in the print industry was developed to support print shops during the corona pandemic in particular."
Webinar - XMPie

As Stores Re-Open Is Your Company Ready to Help?
Attend this webinar that will demo a cross-media campaign for promoting the re-opening of a store that has been temporarily closed – a scenario many businesses can relate to in today’s environment. XMPie will show how to set up campaign elements that can be easily reused and walk you through config files and other details of working with XMPL technology.
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In Memorandum
Ray and Bonnie Prince

Ray Prince was a 61-year industry veteran, consultant, and advisor passed away on May 1, 2020. Ray dedicated his career to helping printing companies improve in the areas of productivity and quality with the bottom-line objective of increasing their profitability. Always a friend and supporter of education, Ray helped develop the resources and funded what is now called the Raymond J. Prince Graphic Arts Center at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California.
Names in the News
Greg Collins

Greg Collins Inducted into FTA Hall of Fame. The induction was announced during the FTA Awards Presentation on April 22, which kicked off the first of three days of Virtual FORUM 2020.
Flex Technology Group

Flex Technology Group Named One of America’s 1,000 Largest and Most Inspiring Private Companies by Inc. Magazine.
Good News Outside of Print
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Family Uses 3D Printers to Make Masks for First Responders
It started with one family’s simple idea and a 3D printer, but it has spread to an entire Oakland County community that is now on a mission to support local hospitals.

Industry News

o Konica Minolta Recognized in the 2020 CRN Partner Program Guide

o Sun Automation Group Continues Full 24/7/365 On-Site and Remote Service... 

o Keeping You Connected: Print, Paper and Digital Tech #WeAreInThisTogether

o SGIA and PIA Merge to Become the Largest, Most Comprehensive Printing...

o Financial Times Recognizes Wizard Labels' Growth

o DeepTarget and Cathedral Provide Critical Communications Outreach Capabilities

o Visual Workflow Designer Released by Quickcoms

o Epson Reinforces Commitment to Changing Needs of Creative Professionals...

o Printers’ Impact: Master Print Helps Companies Communicate Time

o Large-Format Rapidas from Koenig & Bauer in Demand the World Over

o Print Channel Asks for More Support from Vendors amid Market Disruption

o Gerber Technology Announces Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

o Global Graphics Unveils New Class of Software to Power the Next Generation of Faster...

o Toshiba Wins Better Buys Q1 Editor’s Choice Award

o Pitney Bowes Marks 100th Anniversary with Award-Winning SendPro Mailstation

o SpeedPro Chicago Loop Leverages Canon’s Colorado 1650 to Streamline Workflow

o Sappi Casting and Release Announces New Line of Textured Casting

o 3Diligent Updates Flagship Service with On-Demand Quoting

o Mazovian Printing House (MZGraf) Invests in a New Performance

o Xerox Releases First-Quarter Results

o O-I : Expressions Invests in Hybrid Software Technology

o Flex Technology Group Named One of America’s 1,000 Largest and Most Inspiring Private...

o 3rd drupa Global Trends Spotlight Report to be Published in May