Recently, I ran across an online article on how designers can avoid newbie mistakes when designing for print. With fewer design schools offering a good print education these days, I was intrigued. Not by the article itself necessarily, but by the comments (all 61 of them!) and how many designers admitted to making these fundamental… Read More »
Contributed by: Ed Jansen, Vice President, Professional Services at Canon Solutions America As a print service provider, you want color to remain consistent and repeatable, especially when you use multiple devices or print technologies. Ensuring that the color on the proof matches the color on the final output at all times can mean more efficient… Read More »
We can all debate about what the most important goal in business should be. It’s always been my opinion that the most important goal is to “create a sustainable competitive advantage”. From that point, all things follow. The problem is that of all the goals and objectives you can identify creating a sustainable competitive advantage… Read More »
What does it take to produce consistently high-quality pieces on a digital press? Not just solid commercial-quality work, but output that consistently meets the most demanding client expectations? Lately, I’ve been doing a series of interviews with high-end digital printers asking this very question. Here is what I’m hearing. Please chime in with your own… Read More »
I have spent a lot of time over the past several weeks starting and moderating discussions about the output quality of digital print and different perceptions of what can be produced. It has been so interesting to hear the perspective from both sides — printer and client. Clearly, with the right press, a skilled operator,… Read More »
Last Friday, I wrote a post on data in “The Digital Print Survey: 2014” published by WTT / Unisource on the issue of print quality. I cited data that 61% of respondents indicated that quality was either “as good as” or actually better than offset. Yet high percentages of respondents cited print consistency, color matching,… Read More »
It’s hard to believe that I’m finally at the age when I can say, “I remember when. . .” Just like those “old codgers” who used to remember technologies and processes so foreign to me back in the early 90s as a young twenty-four-year-old, wet-behind-the-ears editor of Printing News for whom digital printing technology was no… Read More »
When to use which one, and the need for flexibility! Every day we hear about tools and programs for improving operating performance. There are many of them, with more versions coming out all the time. They include TOC, Lean, Six Sigma, ISO, CMM and BPI/BPM. Some, such as Six Sigma and ISO, have rigorous training… Read More »
What is your organization doing to improve its value for the shareholders and stakeholders? Companies in general, and specifically those in the print and communication industry, have been working hard to improve profits and increase EBITDA as the economy continues to be depressed. Our industry not only has the economy to deal with, we are… Read More »
Note: This is Part 8 of a 9-Part series based on the book “Business Transformation: A New Path to Profit for the Printing Industry” Social networking is certainly one of my favorite passions. I truly believe that it can help print, mail, fulfillment, and marketing services providers in many different areas — including marketing, sales,… Read More »