Is printing 3D corsets in your future?
Yesterday an article by CNN caught my eye about how one of the Victoria’s Secret models wore a 3D-printed costume at their fashion show. They took a 3D scan of her body and created form-fitting “wings”...
View ArticleProviding Value by Re-engineering Workflows
One of the ways in which digital printers can offer value to their customers is by re-engineering a process to improve efficiencies and lower costs. The latest addition to the PODi case study database...
View ArticleWhat’s the New EFI Fiery FS150 All About?
Yesterday, May 14th, EFI announced its new Fiery FS150 Pro DFE platform. Press releases can only provide so much content. Since I had an opportunity to sit down with their product team a few weeks back...
View ArticleIf you need to digitally print a LOT of books, you should check this out
I recently did a product briefing on Canon’s Oce PRISMAproduction Professional Book Module and it is a pretty impressive automated digital book production workflow solution. The catch is that you...
View ArticleAvoiding color shift across the space-time continuum
OK, I’ve been watching too many Star Trek reruns, but there still is an industry-wide challenge with maintaining color consistency across space (devices and locations), time (day to day and shift to...
View ArticleBig Plans for Graph Expo
The big US trade show for the printing industry starts Sunday in Chicago and Dave and I will be there getting close to the hardware and software from the industry movers and shakers. All year long I...
View ArticleWhen is an in-plant not an in-plant?
Just before Thanksgiving I visited a printing company called Labels in Motion. Labels in Motion is a label printing company which uses a Xeikon 3500 to service a wide range of industries such as food...
View ArticleEFI Fiery GAPPE – Unearthing Print Production Problems Before They are Problems
We hear a lot about workflow automation, but today I’m going to discuss some tools designed to help your operators do their jobs quicker and more efficiently. I’m looking at EFI’s Fiery Graphic Arts...
View ArticleInside the Brains of Solutions Buyers
No, we aren’t zombies … but who wouldn’t like to know what our prospects are thinking when they’re taking our calls or sitting across the table? The final speakers and contents are rolling in for...
View ArticlePrint eCommerce Versus Web-to-print
One great thing about being in this industry for the past several decades is that I’ve had a chance to witness and participate in the birth and evolution of some of the technology and services. One...
View ArticleHow You VDP and Workflow in 2015
by Greg Cholmondeley, Workflow Practice Director, PODi and Caslon & Company A couple of weeks ago I asked people in the industry to share the VDP languages, workflow solutions and MIS solutions...
View ArticlePrinters continue to invest in digital color printing and marketing services
In early 2015 Caslon surveyed printers in North America about their investment plans for the near future. Caslon segments the market into seven categories: commercial printers (>10 employees),...
View ArticleNew MarcomCentral Product Briefing: Beyond Print
by Greg Cholmondeley, Workflow Practice Director, Caslon & Company Over the years I’ve reviewed numerous web portal products for print and marketing services providers. This month I had the chance...
View ArticleWhat the heck is variable, personalized, specialty printing?
by Greg Cholmondeley, Workflow Practice Director, Caslon & Company I had a fascinating conversation yesterday with Eric Thibodeau, Worldwide Variable Print Business Manager for Xerox. We had a...
View ArticleHow Does a Worth Higgins get Hundreds of Jobs a Day with MarcomCentral?
by Greg Cholmondeley, Workflow Practice Director, Caslon & Company I recently interviewed a commercial printer with over 70 active online portals servicing tens of thousands of end users,...
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