Jarkko Hakola is the owner, the publisher, and the event organizer of the Finish company Print & Media Publishing, and we found him busy as usual on the tradeshow floor. In our mind, Jarkko Hakola is one of the best media in the industry with a deep dedication to details and what we consider a highly recognized trade media in the Finish printing industry. Dig in!

In this combined interview and walkthrough, Head of Sales Jannik Müller shows the folding opportunities of H+H and explains how water is also used to soften the folds - crazy fast and crazy amazing!  

Sign, Print & Pack 2019 took place in Odense, the hometown of one of the worlds may be best storytellers Hans Christian Andersen. At the show, Print Sample TV host met with Janne Høgshøj from Danish Connection. Both have a passion for paper, print, and enhancement beyond most - and here they share. Janne Høgshøj and Pat McGrew never met before, but I am sure both enjoyed the company.

Dutch with English Subtitles. A long-standing customer and user of Komori printing presses is the company Koppelaar Mixmedia. Anyone who regularly drinks a cup of coffee in a "paper cup" with printed advertising has a good chance that this was produced by Jan and his colleagues. A sympathetic conversation about coffee cups and printing technology. --- Een jarenlange klant en gebruiker van Komori drukpersen is de firma Koppelaar mixmedia. Wie regelmatig een kop koffie drinkt in een “paper cup” met bedrukte reclame heeft grote kans dat dit geproduceerd werd door Jan en zijn collega’s. Een sympathiek gesprek over koffiebekers en druktechnologie.

Interview in English - subtitles in Dutch. Jan de Roeck talks passionately about the innovations and cloud strategy that Esko is rolling out with their new online platform. What did they bring to Drupa and what should we pay attention to? Short and clear overview of what you need to know when you visit, and certainly good to get an impression if you can't make it to Düsseldorf. -- NL -- Jan de Roeck vertelt vol passie over de innovaties en cloudstrategie die Esko uitrolt met hun nieuwe online platform. Wat brachten ze mee naar Drupa en waar moeten we op letten? Kort en duidelijk overzicht van wat je moet weten als je langskomt, en zeker goed als eerste ​​indruk als je niet naar Düsseldorf kan komen.

Jamie McLennan is known by some people as Jamie the Printer, and for sure he is. In this, Over the Skype episode, he explains how he got the nickname. But he also tells about how much work his company DMR Graphics has despite the coronavirus. He also talks about an amazing screen printed poster for a jazz-festival printed in 19-colours. You can see the poster at https://art4now.com/ - simply amazing, and minutes before this film is published, the festival is unfortunately cancelled :-( However, Jamie the Printer is still on - so sit in and listen to his great words! As with all our 'Over the Skype' interviews, quality is limited to bandwidth, web-cams, and ability to literally LIVE mix the conversations. However, it works, and with Over the Skype, we will bring you more than 20 exciting people, and angles on the industry as it is right now. Enjoy!

Chinese language - English subtitles

Bag print it: Chief Commercial Officer Jim Burns walks INKISH through what’s new with Inkcups, including the XJET Switch direct-to-bag printer. It’s not your father’s pad printing technology!

Some first-timers at Fespa Amsterdam, so a good time to get acquainted and learn more about them. As we speak, we are witnessing a big surge of foreign manufacturers out of India, China, Middle East, all trying to get a piece of the sweet European pie. So, we met with Kimala, a Polish cutting, milling, and CNC machinery manufacturer. We learned that it is not just in their slogan when they talk about Innovation, efficiency, and reliability of constructing their equipment. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakub-jarzabek-77521a149/

Our Conversations are popular and for good reason, as you get the opportunity to get closer to the person behind the high-level management position. Editor Morten B. Reitoft can talk to the new Tarsus Group Managing Director, Jade Grace, in this film. You will learn what Jade Grace does when she is not working, but more importantly, learn about some of the considerations about expos, her own job, ambitions, and the future of tradeshows. Super nice conversations.

INKISH hosted for the first time ever our NON-EVENT. The Non-event is celebrating the people that have been in front of the camera, or been supporting INKISH during the past years. This is a new recurring event, and the idea is to give space for the people we have featured to connect in a new way. We invited 150 people, and 32 decided to join us. Our guests came from Japan, Canada, USA, UK, Belgium, Sweden, and Denmark - and we are confident that next year, even more, will come. We asked most of our participants to talk LIVE during the dinner - and here is Jacob Hededam Hummel from Denmark. Jacob Hededam Hummel is employed by Heidelberg GmbH, but work out of mostly Denmark and the UK, and that is among other reasons because Heidelberg is now working in clusters, but also since Jacob Hededam Hummel is specialized in Heidelbergs workflow and automation solution Prinnect. Enjoy!

Beyond printing technology innovations a lot of great things happened in the last two decades since the year 2000. Jacob Aizikowitz, founder and til June 2019 President of XMPie, became a pioneer and visionary for print in the digital age. His topic was always to synchronize or align print and digital communication, what we call today cross media or omnichannel. Andreas Weber, CEO of INKISH D-A-CH, picked-up Jacob’s current article on ”Why is Print Not Frequently Used in Enterprise Marketing?“, published by American Printer end of October 2020, to set up a great conversation. See: https://americanprinter.com/p/102320-enterprise-marketing-jaizikowitz-ampr#.X5Wb3sh_aHg.linkedin So this are the topics to talk about: There is a big gap between the print industry's praising of print's value and the reality of print's infrequent use by enterprises' marketing. — What makes you think that? Does personalization and customization may have different meanings to technology providers, printers and marketeers? If so, what could we do to solve the dilemma? At least: is omnichannel a linear-organic further development of direct marketing? Or is it more or less a disruptive approach, as things change completely for enterprises? Which areas/markets in the world are ahead or behind? Do PSP’s already use omnichannel for their own purpose? And finally something personal: thinking back 20 years ago, would you have expected things to turn out the way they did? Or could it have been different? As always in those COVID-19 times we had to use Skype to set up the conversation between Jacob’s home town Haifa, Israel, and Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where Andreas lives and works. So apologize if there is any disturbance caused by weak bandwidth etc. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-aizikowitz-a6975b/

Jacob Aizikowitz, a print and digital media visionary, has revolutionized how we think about personalization and cross-media. Known for his groundbreaking work in variable data printing and cross-media integration, Jacob’s contributions to companies like XMPie and EFI have paved the way for innovative customer experiences. He is credited with inventing object-based variable data and introducing creative and personalized print capabilities that became industry standards, including PDF/VT. His leadership in cross-media innovation bridged the gap between print and digital media, ensuring seamless integration in modern customer campaigns. As the founder of XMPie, Jacob fostered a global community of innovators and inspired a transformation in how the print industry embraces the digital age. His dedication to innovation and passion for enabling creativity continue to shape the industry's future.

In this "Over the Skype" session, we speak with Jack Strimber, General Manager for Latin America at Kornit. Kornit is a company dedicated to textile printing that seeks to enter the Mexican market. Jack spoke about the benefits of direct-to-garmet printing, as well as the trends in this sector. En esta sesión "Over the Skype", hablamos con Jack Strimber, Gerente General para América Latina en Kornit. Kornit es una empresa dedicada a la impresión textil que busca ingresar al mercado mexicano. Jack habló sobre los beneficios de la impresión directo a tela, así como de las tendencias que marca este sector.

To measure is to know, and that is the core business of JS Hamilton. With increasingly strict and changing Low Migration legislation, brand owners, processors, and machine manufacturers are under increasing pressure to comply with food safety requirements. Iwona briefly overviews how they support the printing industry and customers with their laboratory services.

On the second day at the Peak Performance Print Experience event, we got a chance to ask Gareth Ward from Print Business in the UK about his views on the event and the Jet Press 750S. As expected, the answer is not about the technology but more about what the technology can do business-wise - and we liked that answer. But listen for yourself and enjoy the insights from one of the leading media in our industry. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gareth-ward-792b3312/

Print Sample TV is all about great print samples, but it's also about bridging great design and great equipment into what makes host and evangelist Pat McGrew's heart beat a bit faster. In this episode, she shows how production inkjet equipment not only delivers amazing speed, agility, but more important higher and higher quality. With HP's new Brilliant Ink the WidePage contesters deliver stunning results at the speed of - well - the speed of a production inkjet machine! Enjoy!

Advantage Label & Packaging is a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based label printing company, and we got the chance to meet with General Manager Brad Knoth. Advantage Label & Packaging runs multiple flexo/hybrid/digital presses and operates a business solely focusing on narrow web label production. Besides being a supplier of labels, Advantage also develops, supports, and sells turn-key solutions for its customers that include machines that can applicate those labels, but also as a reseller for label printers. What brought INKISH to Grand Rapids is a relatively recent investment in CERM. CERM is an MIS system - formerly owned by Heidelberg - but today owned by the management of CERM. CERM has focused on labels for a long time, and when seeing it in action, you see sensors on machines and barcodes in the warehouse, and you for sure learn that CERM has been a game changer for a customer like Advantage Label & Packaging. Most people realize how big of work it is to change the MIS system, and what surprised Brad Knoth and his team was how smoothly the process went with CERM. Coming from a home-brewed solution, the company already knew what they wanted, and before deciding, they asked four suppliers to demo and present their solutions. CERM came out as a clear winner, and Advantage Label & Packaging proudly discusses the process and the result. Enjoy!

At PRINTING United INKISH was broadcasting daily. On October 24th, we spend the day with CHILI Publish trying to understand more about their products, services, and offerings. Spending time with specialists gives you a deeper insight, and therefore it's a pleasure to welcome Gabriel Flippo here on INKISH.TV where he talks about customers, and what kind of products/services they use CHILI Publisher for.

5 Colors seem to be the new "black" in the digital printing industry and the company that kind of kick-started this is Ricoh. When Ricoh introduced NEON colors, clear toners, white, and more, Ricoh differentiated them from most of the competitors. To keep a lead in technology is one thing; print samples is something completely different. In this 28th episode of Print Sample TV, Pat McGrew have got an envelope with a nicely printed number '5' on the front indicating Ricoh's creatives have been on work. Pat McGrew is impressed and show tickets, posters, postcards, and even a small box printed on a very silver-shiny surface showcasing all the possibilities a customer will get with five colors. As usual. Watch, Like, and Share

James Quirk of Inkish TV interviews Arnd Riekenbrauck, Head of Sales for Converting and Web at IST, at Creation Reprographics in the UK. Arnd Riekenbrauck explains IST’s partnership with Fujifilm and how their combined solutions—such as LuXtream technology and CureMax inks—streamline printing processes. Discover how LuXtream enables both LED and conventional UV curing, why “Smart Cure” optimizes energy usage through digital integration, and how the new “FreeCure” approach eliminates photoinitiators for safer, more sustainable packaging inks. If you’re considering a retrofit or exploring LED UV curing benefits, this interview provides valuable insights into the future of UV curing technology.

Isabell Stiller from TDG The Document Group in Germany is excited about the color options delivered by the new Revoria PC1120. With the options to print CMYK+ varnish, silver, gold, white, or pink - the machine expands the color-gamut plus using gold and silver to give the customers metallic colors - really cool. As you can hear, Isabell Stiller is excited! LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabell-stiller-444313198/

At the recent Sign, Print & Pack in Norway, one of the exhibitors wasn't Norwegian. Actually not even Scandinavian. It was Print24 which is a well-known online printer in most of Europe. We got a chance to talk to Managing Director Ali Jason Bazooband about how they differ from other online printers. In a VERY open-minded and lively interview, the charismatic Managing Director Ali Jason Bazooband tell you the business that he is managing.