I am the editor for printmedianieuws. The future remains online. Our public is growing and also our partners are still with us after this period. So I'm looking forward for the results in this year. I like a little bit to look at video. You inspired me on that. We also develop websites. Because we want to share our publishing knowledge to a wider audience. About 25 percent of our time we spend in developing websites for various markets. I have to cope with a lot of clients who set their steps in the online world and they need the experience of a publisher. After the pandemic we still use online communications a lot. And this tower represents all the online communications for me. Because it is a telecom company. So when I talk to you, I always think: OK, my first meters are over there. My son, who has Down syndrome, couldn't be at his work the whole week because of the influence of older people together. My son Joost was half time with me at the office. And he was making puzzles. Using his iPad. And he was using color books. I don't want to get rid of the stuff yet from my office. Because I'm still afraid that he might have to come back because of some pandemic reason. We analyze that there are losers and there are winners. The perspective I have on the site of the winners is that there are so many challenges in this printing industry. And we write about that of course. You have to see there is luck everywhere. But you have to grab it. And you have not to be afraid to try to do things.

German language - subtitles in English! Editor Jacques Michiels in conversation with Peter Franco Kreutz, project manager for Druckhausnord, part of the Scandinavian Print Group A/S, one of Europe's leading online printers. Open for business 24 hours a day means your operations must be as fluid and efficient as possible. Competitive pricing to serve a B2B and a B2C market means automation, standardization, and efficiency at all levels. Peter says you have to keep on the ball; it's a competitive game. We agree with this statement. (Deutsch) Redakteur Jacques Michiels im Gespräch mit Peter Franco Kreutz, Projektleiter bei Druckhausnord, Teil der skandinavischen Gruppe, einer der führenden Online-Druckereien Europas. Wenn Sie rund um die Uhr für den Geschäftsbetrieb geöffnet sind, müssen Ihre Abläufe so reibungslos und effizient wie möglich sein. Wettbewerbsfähige Preise zur Bedienung eines B2B- und B2C-Marktes bedeuten Automatisierung, Standardisierung und Effizienz auf allen Ebenen. Man muss am Ball bleiben, sagt Peter, es ist ein Pflichtspiel. Wir stimmen dieser Aussage zu.

With almost 20 years of experience, Peter Kohler has a good idea of what goes on in Kohlhammer Druck. We talked with him, and here we go.

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Pete Dolfis, sales VP (Americas) for Tecnau, walks INKISH through the Stack 1212 cut-sheet stacking solution for B2+ format digital print output. The streamlined machine reduces manual handling and requires no guillotine cutting. It's ideal for applications such as letters, books, brochures, postcards, and posters!

At drupa 2024, Tecnau launched its patent-pending Revolution 50 auto-setup line, automatically making all the changeovers. This is smart if you have multiple designs on a roll of paper, as the barcode printed automatically adjusts the settings, so you get all your formats delivered as you like. All the different sizes in the stacker are perfectly stacked for further processing. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-dolfis-1a07a825/

In this film from PRINTING United, Pete Dolfis from Tecnau explains how its guillotine technology enables cleaner cuts when producing high-quality postcards, for example. We also get to talk more about how digital printing is paving its way into the commercial space, constantly raising the bar on the finishing side. But listen for yourself :-)

Heidelbergs Prime Fire 106 is a digital printing machined aimed for the packaging market. With a large format, excellent quality and digital capabilities it not only do short-run packaging, but it also opens up for completely new business opportunities. In this Print Sample TV episode host Pat McGrew show samples from Japanese K.K.Kyoshin Paper & Package who has made a web-to-packaging portal called Hacoplay. Enjoy!

Our beloved host, Pat McGrew, for sure loves dogs, and so do millions of other people. The pet market is one of the fastest-growing markets, and who should have thought that "dogalized" (personalized but with dogs instead!) packaging could be the next big thing - but in this Print Sample TV episode, Pat McGrew will show you. Be surprised!

The Screen L350UV label printer is an amazing piece of hardware, and in this Print Sample TV edition, Pat McGrew shows the samples from the machine. Pat McGrew emphasis that the red colors that apparently are difficult with inkjet stand out brilliantly. Red is dangerous, but with the L350UV, we are unsure whether it's dangerous or just makes a lot of sense! Judge for yourself!

Vpaper is really exciting product from Peleman making double folds on papers in order to get layflat binding. This is a really cool machine and you can meet Peleman at www.argosinspirationdays.com.

I met Peeter Adamson for the first time years ago in the Estonian city Tartu. An old and nice city with a bar in one of the oldest and largest gun-powder storage buildings from ancient times, but of course, this has nothing to do with today's interview :-) Peeter Adamson is the CEO and owner of the printing company Paar and decided to go to the Horizon Finishing First event in Quickborn to check out a new folding machine. Adamson, however, says that he is replacing a twelve years old machine and believe that the challenging time is a great time to invest in new technology. But listen for yourself, and maybe you'll agree with him?

On September 29th, Fujifilm delivered an excellent presentation of their latest products. The second day focused on Fujifilm Jet Press 750s, and about 50-60 people from the UK, Benelux, and Scandinavia showed up. The agenda was to hear, see, and even touch the new Fujifilm Jet Press 750s. INKISH covered the event with numerous interviews you can find on INKISH.TV. On day two, we took the opportunity to look at many aspects of Fujifilm's graphic offerings as well as the Peak Performance Print demonstrations - so enjoy this really great film - filmed and edited by Jan Majnik, INKISH - of course :-)

On September 28th, Fujifilm delivered an excellent presentation of their latest products. About 100+ people from mainly Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Portugal met in the Fujifilm demo center located near the airport. The agenda was to hear, see, and even touch the new Fujifilm Jet Press 750s + the Revoria PC1120. INKISH covered the event with numerous interviews that you soon can find on INKISH.TV - so start here with our "postcard" from Day One.

"Project Peacock Print Fair is basically a traveling show-and-tell event where designers, print buyers, and the printing industry can see amazing print samples," and so it was. The very first Project Peacock Print Fair held in NYC March 14th, 2019 was merely great. The printing industry met the designers and print buyers, and cheerful music arose. Tobias Degsell from Combiner and Trish Witkowski from Foldfactory.com did two engaging keynotes, and the exhibitors presented some of the greatest print samples of today's technology. GREAT event!

Super interesting conversation with Paula Comes Ahedo & Oscar Vidal!

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Paul Zamfir is Managing Partner with Printman in Romania - a distributor we met at Weilburger Graphics's booth a few days ago. Now we meet him at the Post Press Alliance booth, and of course, I had to ask him whether he has favorite products among all the machines we see - see the film to get the answer :-)  

James Quirk is talking for Paul Zamfir at the Weilburger Graphics stand at Drupa 2024. Paul Zamfir distributes Weilburger Graphics products in Romania.

At PRINTING United, we got to look at the new Horizon BQ300 - perfectly explained by Paul Steinke. The BQ300 is still a one-clamp solution but still manages 500 books an hour and has been updated to be integrated with the I.C.E. IoT solution from Horizon + a few other interesting things - but listen to Paul Steinke :-)

We met with Paul Hudson at the Scodix booth - a beautiful booth showcasing the newest and latest digital Scodix embellishments. Hudson, as usual, uses the opportunity to showcase a brand new product and sample that explain the advantages of his digital technology, but listen for yourself :-)

Paul Grzebielucha of Stahl Packaging Coatings discusses the launch of a new sustainable barrier coating for coffee cups, which allows them to be recycled.

Paul Arndt of PrintsPaul, a German manufacturer and distributor of finishing and converting equipment, attended Labelexpo Americas 2024 to explore the opportunities for his technology in the US market and to look for a potential local partner. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-arndt-a50a93142/

German Language with English subtitles: CEO and Lawyer Paul Albert Deimel from the German Bundesverband Druck und Medien BVDM gave a presentation about the temperature of the German printing industry. There are fewer companies and fewer employees, and dark clouds are in the sky with the current crisis. Here you can see his presentation.