Super nice meeting Yoshinari Otani, General Manager, Screen at PRINTING United. As usual, a wonderful booth, but also interesting technology, for example, the recently announced Truepress Jet S320.

At PRINTING United Fujifilm, for the first time outside Japan, showed the new Revoria GC12500 - a B2 toner-based printer - aimed to conquer a certain B2 space in the industry and maybe even more open new doors for printing companies looking for alternatives to offset. The machine is quite big, but the operator area is easy to access within a few steps, and the machine can print on structured substrates (paper and synthetics), thin paper, and even cardboard, opening tons of new opportunities - and quality. Well, the quality is as good as it gets. When INKISH saw the machine for the first time at IGAS in Tokyo, samples could not be picked up or even examined closely, but now the samples can be checked in detail, and soon the machine will be available. Interesting to see how Fujifilm today delivers a full range of printing devices in the commercial space, from B3 digital printers to B2, to inkjet to continuous feed - a strategy that will be interesting for almost all segments in the commercial space. Super interesting. The interview is with Scott Mackie, General Manager, Fujifilm Asia Pacific - and always great listening to Scott Mackie - so listen and enjoy what you see and hear!

Fujifilm was the biggest exhibitor at PRINTING United, and with about 100 Fujifilm people at work, it was a pleasure for us to meet with Jeffrey Nelson. In front of the JPress 750S, we talk about digital transformation and how Fujifilm, with their cut-sheet inkjet machine, combines speed and high quality with the needs offset printers have - and also about how successful Fujifilm is in the North American market - enjoy!

Fujifilm was the biggest exhibitor at PRINTING United and showed for the first time the entire range of graphics products from large format, toner to inkjet - and we, of course, took the opportunity when presented to talk to 'Toshi' - General Manager of Fujifilm North America - enjoy!

At Graphco's booth, we meet on the first morning of PRINTING United: Chris Manley, owner of Graphco and distributor of RMGT in 17 states (I believe) - and as we start the interview, the new 9-series at the stand - and by the way the only offset machine at PRINTING United, has a beautiful plague that has a super cool history - actually involving Heidelberg. That story you, however, have to get listening to Chris Manley here on INKISH. Enjoy!

Ultimate TechnoGraphics is one of the absolute forerunners in the workflow/automation part of the graphic arts industry - not only because of the workflow/automation software but also because of their openness. In the months before PRINTING United, the company announced several partnerships and some major product announcements, like a brand new nesting engine, but too many, maybe even more important, an option to scale processing power dynamically as needed. This interview with Andrew Bailes-Collins - Head of Product Management - gives us great insights, so get on board - NOW!

Mike Herold has been well-known in the US printing industry for years, working for Ricoh. At PRINTING United in Atlanta, we met Mike Herold at the EMT International booth. EMT International delivers binding various types of paper processing and finishing equipment, and as Herold said in our interview - the time when many are changing to digital isn't a bad time for the company - and also one of the reasons why he chose to have a new career with EMT International. Funny, btw, as we also met Mike Herold at the HP #PrintAhead event the day before the show - and that would have been impossible while Herold worked for Ricoh - but listen for yourself - super nice seeing Mike Herold and again!

Screen has been a partner with Solimar for years - and both Solimar and Screen often emphasize the importance of the relationship. Fast printers require fast processing and optimized data - but listen to Peter Georges from Screen.

Our opening question to Maggie Curry is, "How important is it to have partners like Solimar?" - Of course, it's important. Though the answer isn't surprising, it's still something that some PSPs may not prioritize at the same level as investing in hardware. Maggie Curry from RISO gives you great insights in this interview, so listen and enjoy!

Thomas Hayes is the President of Kompac Technologies, and they develop both water- and UV-based coaters. At the Tecnau booth, they show an inline/nearline solution for online coating, and that's a great idea. As digital print gets better and better, more and more applications will move to digital print - and therefore, integrated solutions like the one Tecnau and Kompac offer make a lot of sense. Postcards, Covers, you name it. It is great to see an important component in Digital Transformation!

To learn is to live, and to live is to learn - and one of PRINTING United Alliance's member services is iLearn+. Joe Marin is responsible for the organization's member service. In this interview, we learn how the program is curated and how and why many of the courses and certification programs are translated into 30+ languages. One of the things we liked about how PRINTING United develops member services is the business approach. Member advantages for sure, but PRINTING United Alliance develops material based on demand instead of providing tons of courses nobody demands. It offers these services as paid-for-services at a very fair price level. But listen to Joe Marin and get your first lesson (ours) entirely for free :-)

In this interview, we speak with Marc Rannow from Elitron - and besides showing their cut-tables, Marc Rannow also talks about a collaboration Elitron have with Enfocus and Infigo - showing the online ordering of product. Finally, Rannow also talks about some of the productivity gains you have using their tables - but listen for yourself :-)

We passed their booths at previous North American print shows and always wanted to meet them, and suddenly, an invite to a party on Wednesday evening gave us an opportunity. Chris Harrington is the VP of sales, and as you may already know, Graphic Whizard does things differently than most. Two times a year, they do road trips showing customers, offering training, and well - as Editor Morten B. Reitoft says - if Mohammed doesn't come to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed. Nice concept, and well - listen to what Chris Harrington has to say!

Eagle Systems IS, in many ways, Mike King, but for years, Ellen Manning has also been the (prettier, sorry pal) face of Eagle Systems. In this interview, Ellen Manning speaks about cold-foil, the Eagle Systems technology, and all the wonderful applications that take advantage of metalization. Nice to talk to Ellen Manning, and we hope you will enjoy the interview as well :-)

Bonjour day 3 from PRINTING United - and again, a wonderful morning program with our guests, Volker Leonhardt and Andrew Fetherman. Perfect collaboration across the pond, exchange of ideas, and a clear focus on the future. Enjoy our third and last Bonjour :-)

Listening to Eric Hollingsworth is nothing but impressive. RevSpring is a well-known company, but more than 1 billion pages annually are part of what they do - listen to Eric Hollingsworth and learn - how he uses Solimar to secure his workflow best!

The third winner of the new INKISH UNICORN Award is Aleksey Etin, owner of the Lithuanian-based company Veika. The company won the award because of its excellent Dimense product. See the print samples in this film, and you immediately see the opportunities. It's a structured print, but rather than layering like in a 3D; the paper is prepped with foam, giving the print a structure. Great technology and a well-deserved win. Congratulations!

At PRINTING United, we got a chance to meet with Colin Flinn from Horizon USA. We first met Colin Flinn back at the Think Smart Factory event in Kyoto, where he surprised us by being fluent in both Japanese and English. We have also met Flinn at several online events LIVE from Japan, where he and his team has built up a comprehensive online/offline demo facility - but now it's at PRINTING United where Colin Flinn demonstrates Horizon's new Gauze, End Paper, and bar code printing capabilities, enabling customers to use the BQ-series binders for softcover AND book blocks for hardcover books - quite amazing, but see for yourself :-)

It's been amazing seeing the Ahmedabad-based web-to-print developer's journey. We saw the company for the first time at a Print Pack show in Greater Noida in India, and from then at both Indian and international shows in many different countries. The company has developed the web-to-print solution Design'N'Buy but has recently released its DesignO software, essentially the design module from the web-to-print solution, but now possible to integrate easily with several standard eCommerce platforms - and with a comprehensive API set making it easy(er) to use in many different applications. During the pandemic, Nidhi Agrawal and her team wrote a book on becoming a successful online print retailer. Recently, the company was evenly awarded the Pinnacle Award for its software. Difficult to say this isn't a success.

At PRINTING United, the exhibitors showed more gear than earlier, which was the case for Standard Finishing. In this film, we get a great chat with the Director of Sales, Paul J. Steinke, about the market and products, and we end with a walk-through of the Docutrim to see and understand what it does.

Standard Finishing represents Horizon in the US, demonstrating a range of new products. In this film, Bob Flinn presents a robot-arm solution that makes it possible to operate the company's binding equipment almost without people being involved. Amazing to see it in action, and Bob Flinn also tells us about the HUGE interest from many of the attendees!

The winner takes it all but in this case? Nah... the customers get an excellent and straightforward product to use to share happy memories. The Unicorn Winner Nations Photo Lab has developed a photo frame that allows customers to place and replace canvas without needing any tooling - fast, innovative, and looks excellent. The Intergalactic Ambassador to the Printerverse, Deborah Corn, found the Unicorn Award winner, who here receives the award and shows the idea/product to you! Congratulations, and enjoy! LinkedIn Profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catecannavino/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmccauley/

Tom Fitzgerald is responsible for Post Press Products for Koenig & Bauer North America, and for him and his company, PRINTING United has been very successful. In the interview, Fitzgerald can't hide his appreciation of the sales achieved - and as with the rest of the Koenig & Bauer team, everything seems to move up and forward. Good work, guys!

In this film, we wrap up our experience from PRINTING United together with Ford Bowers, the CEO of PRINTING United Alliance. Still, we also get a chance to see some of the products and print samples HP has spent the past three days showcasing. We find PRINTING United an overwhelming success - congratulations to the hard-working team. It's not an easy job to set up a show like this!

Thank you to everybody who has followed us during the past three days. PRINTING United has been a success, and we have been covering as much as we possibly could. This is the last edition of our BONJOUR program, where Deborah Corn, Pat McGrew, and Morten B. Reitoft talk about what we have seen and our expectations for the last day. This has been fun, exhausting, and a lot of hard work! Thank you to our sponsors, supporters, followers, friends, and, most importantly, those who choose to see and read our content!

This was a very cool interview, person, and company - all three in one! At the Scodix booth, we got the chance to meet with President & CRO David Baird. His company has for years produced 'Save the Date' magnets - and we talk in the 100,000s per month. David Baird is an entrepreneur, so what's more natural than developing the concept - and voila - here you see the result of a lot of work involving vendors, paper merchants, and of course, the workflow enabling customers to order these very special sets of cards online.

The Scodix booth at PRINTING United was pretty busy during all show days. The interest in the new Scodix Ultra 6000 was immense, but it was also truly great meeting customer who utilizes the technology - some even further than the intentions of Scodix :-) Edmond Rassi is the owner of Trade Finisher in Houston and says that he wanted to extend his business with capabilities enabling customers. He also challenges brand owners as he educates designers and customers about the technology - driving more sales! 100% inspiration!

Everybody knows Sabine Lenz from PaperSpecs. Known for high-quality inspiration and education - and as she says in this film, bridge designers with technology. We met at Scodix's booth at PRINTING United in Las Vegas. We agreed that Scodix had asked us to meet as we both have a passion for embellishment, quality, and everything technology does for designers. The new SHD (Smart High Definition) technology enables finer details and negative text on foil or down to 4.5pt size embellished. Super cool, and it was fun talking to Sabine!

He was happy. He was really, really happy, and for good reasons. Donald Droppo Jr. was one of the first US Scodix S75 customers years back, and here at PRINTING United 2022, he is again becoming a 'first.' Donald Droppo Jr. is the President and CEO of Sandy Hook-based Curtis Packaging - a company with historical roots in packaging back in 1845. The new Scodix Ultra 6000 offers many new technologies, and in this film, we talk about equipment, market, quality, and opportunities - great things to learn from. I would like to share one takeaway: Donald Droppo Jr. expects to use the Ultra 6000 in print runs up to 25,000 sheets, but watch, listen, and learn!

We wanted to create a new fun award that awards a product/technology/application picked by the Intergalactic Ambassador to the Printerverse, Deborah Corn. Walking a tradeshow takes time, and finding a thing that stands out isn't always easy. However, W+D's new solution for creating creative and unique mailing solutions was picked for the opportunities it gives marketers to communicate and engage. The INKISH team salutes the pick, as it technically is a super interesting product, and as Andrew Schipke told us later, sales have already started at PRINTING United - good work!

Solution Specialist Philip Dodge shows Editor Morten B. Reitoft Tharstern Desktop in this film. The demo takes us through how to create a quote, how Tharstern integrates with Avalare for accurate tax reporting, and finally, how Tharstern integrates with Power BI for super cool data visualization. Cool demo and a great chat with Philip Dodge - enjoy!

Tom Peire is the CEO of the Belgium-based company Four Pees. The company has specialized in implementation, and what the company has learned during the pandemic is that implementation work CAN be done remotely and therefore opens up a global market. At PRINTING United, CEO Tom Peire tell how important the implementation process is as it opens up for further automation using software PSPs often have already. Interesting!