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Tertius Van Eeden is the owner and Managing Director of Print On Demand in Cape Town, South Africa. INKISH visited the company that has become the first PSP in South Africa capable of producing books of one. His company 'Print on Demand' has invested in Inkjet, smart binding, and all are tight together using Ultimate TechnoGraphics software. In this film, we talk to Tertius Van Eeden to understand the South African market and how working with various partners like Ingram, Amazon, and more enables a global approach to the business. LinkedIn Profile

A lot of people talk about digital transformation, but in the small town Donauwörth, just a couple of hours drive outside Munich the printing company Schätzl Print Emotion is not talking but doing. The CEO Ulrich Schätzl have a clear vision of how digital print production in the copies down-to-one is the future for the printing company. With vast investments in HP Indigo machines, Scodix digital enhancement, and most recent extremely efficient binding equipment from Müller Martini - and a few more large investments around the corner (inkjet), the company is geared towards a 100% digital future. Schätzl Print Emotion sell books to customers (publishers, white-labels, etc.) all over Europe, and even in the US customers have discovered Schätzl Print Emotion. INKISH went to Schätzl the first time a little more than a year ago in 2019 with Scodix, and what we saw was a company highly dedicated to being on the winning side - and coming back in 2020 was sure even more interesting since the company has grown even more. Print isn't dead. Print is changing, and with a digital mindset, the company should be an inspiration for everybody.

In this Print Sample TV edition, host Pat McGrew shows off one of our own print samples. These texts are made by me, Morten Reitoft, and I didn't even know that it was on the program - so big was the surprise :-) We are, however, very happy with this piece, and for our sponsors, we even offer this for only $30 per piece when ordering 100 pcs. - including global shipping. Regardless of this self-promotion, it's still great to see how various technologies can be used to combine a great user experience.

Print Across America is a super interesting idea formulated by the one and only Intergalactic Ambassador to the Printerverse, Deborah Corn. American and Canadian printing companies are invited to have an Open House event on October 25th - to teach, inspire, to embrace print - and more than 40 printing companies have already registered!  

Onlineprinters is among the three biggest online printers in Europe and INKISH got the chance to visit the huge printing company together with 15 other members of the press in September 2018. Flights, Hotel, and accommodation were paid by Onlineprinters. They have NOT interfered with editing except a few facts that were not correct. This is a 100% editorial presentation by INKISH.TV

Dave Leskusky has worked with NAPCO since 1995 and has had a fantastic career - now President of PRINTING United Alliance & NAPCO Media. In this interview, Editor Morten B. Reitoft from INKISH asks about the role of print and if print today might need to change the metrics on how print is measured. We also talk about print as an art form. It was SUPER nice talking to Dave Leskusky and understanding more about the motivations behind PRINTING United Alliance and why big is necessary when seeking political influence and truly making a difference for our industry.

Michael Aumann from KURZ USA delivers an excellent overview of the KURZ Uniliner - fascinating technology, so listen, watch, and learn!

2020 taught us many things – but for those in the print industry it showed that companies need to be able to pivot, change and evolve. This only really comes from implementing technology and systems that are flexible, mature and protect your investment, allowing you that room to move and grow. Understand how to Future-proof your business by adding value to print with Xerox's XMPie personalisation platform. Do more than ad hoc static print jobs. Expand into new and lucrative services by providing beautifully designed, data-driven communications, reduce workload and processes and provide you real opportunities to grow, unifying print and digital media. Solve the problems of today, while planning and protecting for the future.

CEO Chiara Prati tells INKISH TV about the new wider version of its DIGIFAST digital converting line as the family-run company celebrates its 50th anniversary.

As you are very well aware that printing is not only about books and magazines. New substrates, new applications, and for sure new technology enable printers and brand owners to produce more different solutions than ever. Even in short-runs. At LabelExpo your host Pat McGrew immediately fell in love with samples from the British company www.houb.com. They produce different kind of pouches printed on a Screen Jetpress 350UV. Judge for yourself, but we believe it looks stunning.

Postcards, postcards, postcards. Easy and effective print marketing. Print Sample TV host Pat McGrew explains why postcards are so important and so easy to use in your communication, whether it's politics, commercials, or even - well, pretty much everything. Love it!

To the printing industry. FESPA is one of the major events, and of course, INKISH was there. Please find our postcard from the event and next time - maybe we see each other? You should have been there, Love INKISH

In this interview, Application Sales Manager Adam Toqe, from Esko USA, talks with INKISH Producer Robert Godwin about Installation and Post Installation support of software - and agrees how important both are. Enjoy the film!

When INKISH visited the HQ of manroland, we also got to talk to David Soden, President of manroland & responsible for the American operations. Enjoy!

Tony Michiels is the founder and owner of Argos, known for their LED-UV coaters and web cleaners - they are exhibiting their newest and latest UV-coater on Canon's booth at Innovationdays. In this film, we learn why the machines are now sold under the Plockmatic brand and whether it's possible to have a double-sided coater. Learn!

CEO Jason Desai meets with Editor Morten B. Reitoft to explain how strong values drive Mark Andy into a Digitally Transformed reality. An extremely exciting conversation where you get closer to who Jason Desai is. We get an insight into how Mark Andy sees a future with flexo, digital, and hybrids - and also how Mark Andy aims to be a full-service supplier with technology, service, and consumables as part of the future offerings!

Jenny Holmén is one of the people that we at INKISH.TV have followed in the past years - and we plan to continue doing so. She is CEO of the Swedish bindery Aros Bokbinderi and one of the reasons this story is interesting is that Jenny Holmén, Carl Arnesson and Bo Roger Sandberg in 2015 decided to invest in a medium sized bindery with NO advanced knowledge about the printing industry. We have decided to follow Jenny Holmén and her team on their path to success. The path is based on a modern and very active management that leads the way investing time and money. See this film and enjoy future films as well. See the first film here: http://inkish.tv/Episode.aspx?vid=OfeBgYUkRLg

In a small company in the suburbs of TelAviv in Israel, you'll find a company called MibaStar. For years, the company has been researching and developing bread bags and food packaging materials that look and feel like plastic - but it's not. MibaStar, today part of the global packaging group PolyStar, has invented a product that has similar properties to the know mixed paper/plastic products used daily worldwide, but without the use of plastics. The journey has been quite interesting and with quite some a-ha experiences. Today CEO Itzhak Yoffe and his team can deliver finished products for bread, fish, and other products, and raw material for other printers to use. The story is amazing and shows how innovation and craftsmanship, hand in hand, can develop solutions to almost every problem defined! This is a very important step in the right direction - enjoy! LinkedIn Profile

As a result of the pandemic, shopping went online, handshakes become waves, and people stayed home such that trips to the mailbox became the most exciting part of the day. Companies were forced to rethink how to stay connected to their customers. Explore how digital print offers the flexibility to adapt & thrive in an ever-changing world. ​

This was a project I did with Twintag. That uses unique identifiers like QR codes to link printed products or physical products to live and digital experiences. When everything locked down I got nervous. I was convinced that I needed to be live to be any good. The focus is now more on the quality of content. People are really done with sitting in front of a zoom call. I think a lot of companies were basically not ready for this. A lot of companies had to play catch up. If good content and content creation is not in your DNA as an organization, it's really difficult to just start doing it. So one morning I walked out and I see a little Google car go by. I wrote a SMS to my mother going: Hey Mom, I am famous. I'm on Google Street View. I took like a little audio recorder where I could record ideas. I wasn't really lonely. It got lonely in other moments. I think we have gotten insanely lucky. Mortality rate is not very high. This was a good warning. And we should draw some lessons. But also: how do we communicate about this? Just as I come up a hill. And typically this is where I stopped playing the audio book. And I start recording ideas. The risk is, and I noticed this by myself, is that you start consuming so much media that you no longer process it. I read a lot of books when I was traveling. Even if you don't remember anything about the books you've read, they have changed you. Here we go. This is the one. It's called 'Cognitive Psychology And Its Implications'. This is the one. I'm in my comfort zone. It's unplanned. A lot of the best ideas just come from freewheeling. One of my customers actually forced me to do it. I did some of my best work without ever meeting the customers. There was a bunch of people, lots of excitement. We want to do this live. Because the energy level we get from you online. If that is just a part of what we're getting, we should do this live. I miss travel. I like meeting people in different places. Travel makes you focus on the essential. You take your best shoes, you take your most comfortable sweater. You take your favorite and best equipment. I've grown to do the same thing now. Not just when I travel, but when I leave the house. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietsaegeman/

As always Piet Saegeman from CHILI publish gave an excellent presentation. In this 'Learn with us' session, he talks about Smart Templates, the subscription solution recently introduced, and as usual a great insight into what CHILI Publisher can offer its users.

Web-to-Print, workflow/automation, robots? Well, these three gentlemen have answers to how the future of print can look - enjoy! LinkedIn Profiles: Piet de Pauw · Enfocus Marc Raad · Significans Chris Minn · Infigo