Mark Michelson

Little did I know a subsequent job offer in 1982 would turn into a nearly 43-year love affair with the printing industry.

Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions, provides a preview of the session, “The Skilled Labor Crisis: Is Automation Adoption the Only Answer?” which will be presented — along with relevant keynote sessions — at the 2023 PRINTING United Expo in Atlanta. Michelson, who will moderate a panel of innovative printers, also shares his impressions about the upcoming event, October 18-20.

As day three of the 10th annual Inkjet Summit wrapped up, attendees dispersed, returning to their shops motivated, changed, and hyped to expand the use of inkjet in their production.

The Inkjet Summit is a unique industry event designed to foster productive relationships between print providers and industry OEMs and suppliers. The focus of this first day was on setting the stage with a series of general sessions addressing automation, innovation, business optimization, and labor challenges.

On this episode of The Week that Was, Allied Printing installed an HP Indigo 12000 HD; Paul Nickoloff of Fotorecord Print Center talks about why the company installed a Fujifilm J Press 750S; Mark Michelson takes a 40-year trip down memory lane; and Chief Economist Andy Paparozzi talks trends and predictions for 2022.

Long-time offset printer Bennett Graphics started building its digital business with a Xerox iGen3, eventually switching over to HP Indigos. In March, it became the first commercial beta installation for the new HP Indigo 100K. Printivity, on the other hand, started as an all-digital, online-only print shop.