Josh Hope

Ray assists association members with information on digital printing as well as digital equipment, materials, and vendor referrals. He oversees training and certification workshops at PRINTING United Alliance. Ray is project manager for both the PDAA Certification program and the PRINTING United Alliance Digital Color Professional Certification program and is an instructor for the Color Management Boot Camps as well as a G7 expert. Ray regularly contributes to the Association's Journal and won the 2016 Swormstedt Award for Best in Class writing in the Digital Printing category. Ray was inducted into the Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technologies (ASDPT) in 2020. He also works with SkillsUSA to conduct the National Competition for Graphics Imaging Sublimation. Outside of work, Ray enjoys biking, international cuisine and spending time with his three fantastic grandkids.

Four wide-format OEM reps, representing Canon Solutions America, FUJIFILM Graphic Systems Division, Mimaki USA, and Agfa Inkjet Solutions, share their insight about whether the current focus of equipment development meets the needs of today's users.

As the wide-format segment evolves, and particularly as the printing devices wide-format producers use have become more robust, the needs of wide-format PSPs have changed. They want different things from their vendor relationships.

This past week, March 2-4, Mimaki ran an international virtual event called Innovation Days, where the company updated the world on its latest technologies and where it sees the market going.

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