PRINTING United Expo

At PRINTING United this year, one special guest in attendance is Joe Everson, an artist and performer known around the world for his talent at painting and singing. Celebrities, corporations, sports teams, and more are all found on his client list — and now the attendees of PRINTING United will be among them as well.

Growth and profitability. At the end of the day, those are the two key metrics every printer is after. Every attendee is here because they are searching for new ways to grow their business. The challenge, however, is figuring out what those growth opportunities actually are.

SGIA announced the winners of the 2019 Product of the Year competition.

While Konica Minolta may be showcasing one of the widest ranges of products on the PRINTING United show floor, it’s the applications that are drawing the most attention at its booth.

MultiCam Inc. (Booth 7801) is celebrating its 30th anniversary by displaying its full range of versatile high-speed cutting and rigid routing solutions, priced to fit any budget.

The GBC story began in 1947 when founder William Lane and two business partners helped Chicago printers find a faster, more reliable way to bind and laminate. Seventy plus years later, the original vision and commitment to innovation is evidenced by its newest laminator: the GBC Foton 30.

Larger format landscape book production has been an awkward issue for some time in the finishing area. With print engine manufacturers continuing to expand the capabilities of their products, the post-press equipment suppliers have had to keep pace and find solutions for larger sheet sizes and new applications.

Sara Hoida's focus on print — and her relationship with substrate and press manufacturers — led Hoida to rely on Color-Logic, a software package that enables graphic designers using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite to quickly incorporate metallics and other specialty embellishments into their designs.

As well as enticing customers with a wide selection of delicious candy, B.A.O also offers a unique customer experience — on-demand, high-quality personalized color labels, which can be composed at any one of the tablet stations placed in-store, and printed immediately.

Since the installation of the Tornado Autopunch EX from Rhin-o-Tuff, the Graphic Arts Department of East Baton Rouge Parish School (EBR)'s in-house print operation has been able to automate the collating and punching steps for its finishing jobs that were previously hand-collated and punched.