Business Management - Industry Trends

Inkjet Summit: Advancing the Market through Sponsor-Attendee Collaboration
December 10, 2013

The second annual Inkjet Summit, hosted by Printing Impressions and nGage Events, will be held at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, April 7-9, 2014. The invitation-only event will feature expanded coverage of market segments and an increased number of qualified attendees.

Fast-Track Firms : Shrink-Free Print Growth
December 1, 2013

The industry continues to shrink, as evidenced by a brisk 2013 transaction season, capped by the jaw-dropping pickup of Consolidated Graphics by RR Donnelley. And while it was by far and away the biggest deal in '13, a glimpse at the PI 400 can provide further evidence of a shrinking market.

Offset to Aqueous Inkjet...the Basic Differences
November 20, 2013

Do you currently sell both offset and inkjet? Are you confident that your sales staff understands the basic differences? Not knowing will affect your sales and integration of new technology.

Inkjet’s Favorite Drink
November 6, 2013

Until there is an inkjet fluid that dries quickly and stays on the uncoated paper surface, designers wanting to design to the machine color space will have to require the printer to “fingerprint” the machine on the uncoated paper, as well as request the output profile for soft proofing. We can call this proofing profile “Uncoated Kool-Aid.”

International Paper to be a Keynote Speaker at the 2014 Inkjet Summit
November 4, 2013

International Paper will be the featured keynote speaker at the 2014 Inkjet Summit being held April 7-9, 2014, in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. "We are excited to be featured as a keynote speaker at this year’s Inkjet Summit and look forward to meeting with senior managers and business executives interested in our current and future strategies to improve their business," said Clay Ellis, International Paper's vice president of printing papers.

‘I'm Wonderful and I Am a GYPSY’
November 1, 2013

Good business sense and sensibility should tell us to understand why people react and behave as they do. We can then go about managing them in a way that will result in the most productivity, as well as career growth for the individual. It will cause us a lot less agony in dealing with them and wondering what we are doing wrong...nothing.