Please welcome Fabian Prudhomme from Enfocus. Enfocus is a software developer that has specialized in workflow and automation and is well known for software like PitStop and Switch. As part of the X-treme Switchover project that INKISH.TV is covering we went to Belgium to visit Enfocus. We will soon publish more episodes about Switch and from the winner of the X-treme Switchover competition Sign-Age.

Enfocus is one our favorite companies in the printing industry - inventing great software products, that enable printers to be more effective and more productive. At GraphExpo we had the opportunity (once again) to talk to Vice President Fabian Prudhomme. Automation is still key for Enfocus and with the Switch App Store introduced at Drupa, both Enfocus and third-party vendors will be able to add functionality to Switch and the customer's workflow. A new feature soon available is PDF proofing - really cool, but see for yourself.

Argos Solution is a company developing and producing UV-coaters and more. In this INKISH episode, we talk to Tony Michiels about the Argos Inspiration Days that he is the organizer of. Tony Michiels is very open about that the inspiration for Argos Inspiration Days comes from Hunkeler Innovation Days - and we are certain that the participants will enjoy the knowledge, the network and the inspiration that you can experience yourself March 6th-8th 2018.

At the Argos Inspiration Days 2018, Trainer & Application Specialist Tom Moulaert gave the audience a range of tips- and tricks for the Adobe CC suite of programs. Really cool.

Imagine that just 10 years ago, maybe Norway had 10, 12 maybe even 15 web-offset printing companies. Today the winner is Aalgard Offset - being the only web-offset printing company left. As Paul Bjarte Løyning explains - not the only one in the market, but the only one in the country. The company have invested a lot of money in new equipment and new premises. INKISH.TV visited the company in beautiful Stavager and here is our episode - great people, great company and whau....

Kiss Lajos is triple European Wrap Master and the current World Champion in wrapping. The wrapping competition is organised by FESPA Federation of European Screen Printers Associations FESPA Wrap Cup Masters Series is a series events at all over the world, designed to encourage, recognise and promote excellence in the vehicle wrapping community and to enable car wrappers around the world to hone their skills within a live competitive environment Kiss Lajos is from Hungary www.inkish.tv

Substrates and effects are quite difficult to show on video and though we rarely do this on INKISH.TV we really liked the new lookbook V2 from AMS Spectral UV. President Steve Metcalf presented the lookbook at Print17 and we bring here a more or less un-edited version of his presentation. What is worth thinking of is the fact that the entire book is done on a 6-color B1 KBA printing machine with one LED UV lamp. No effects have been added in screen afterward - so what you see is what you get. The lookbook shows the potential of UV-print and since both inks and investment in UV is dropping these years and you even can buy equipment from all the major vendors with pre-installed UV - AMS Spectral UV - now a part of Baldwin - has really pushed their way into printing companies worldwide. As Steve Metcalf also explains in the episode - the ink densities can be dramatically increased and since curing is instant you can even print with high densities on un-coated substrates, on plastics and this, of course, opens up for a lot of new applications for a printer. A while ago we also spoke to Marc De Jong from Deltabach in Holland about his investment in LED-UV and as he explained he was having his company in a relatively small place, the instant drying of the printed paper gave him extra space since he didn't have to stock printed paper before binding. With Baldwin's investment in AMS Spectral UV, it is, of course, interesting to see whether LED-UV will lead over H-UV. Baldwin delivers both technologies.

Thayer Long became head of NPES just 18 months before this interview was recorded at Print17 in Chicago - and we are SO happy that Thayer took time to talk to us about the state-of-the-union in the US right now. In this 'Conversations" program your humble editor Morten Reitoft and Thayer Long have a chat about the industry. I hope you like...

Not only has the new generations of UV- curing made print even more fantastic over the past years - but with AMS's development of LED-based UV - the company has become tremendously successful on the global print stage. AMS has always been a close friend to INKISH.TV and is one of the main reasons why we faster than anticipated became a global online TV-channel. We have made three films about AMS LED-UV customers from Sweden (Billes, Gothenburg), Germany (Königsdruck, Berlin) and, the Netherlands (Deltabach, Rotterdam) - so what is more natural than bringing an interview with President Steve Metcalf - thank you, Steve, for your support and a warm congratulation on your awards, your success and your extremely great products. This Interview we did at Print17 and it is done in two sep. episodes - where the second will be published during the next days, where Steve will present the latest

This is a short presentation of Slava Apel from Amazing Print Tech - a Canadian software company producing - well, as Slava says himself - Web-to-Print software in a nutshell. The software has become one of the major solutions in the printing industry and won numerous awards and prices. Slava Apel is also a quite interesting man since he is also writing books, articles and participating in industry events. I am quite sure we will see more to Slave here on INKISH.TV. Stay tuned!

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Sign & Print is the leading exhibition for the printing industry in Scandinavia - and though these exhibitions are small compared to DRUPA, GraphExpo and other international exhibitions, these exhibitions can do things, that the large ones can't. The Sign & Print exhibition in Oslo has been recognised by both visitors and exhibitors, by it's high quality of visitors, exhibitors, service around the show. The Exhibition also has a range of speakers teaching the visitors everything from InDesign to sharing success stories in the market. INKISH.TV enjoyed the Sign & Print show in Oslo - nice people, warm atmosphere and a great potential for all participants.

Being at an exhibition is ALSO about having a fun time - of course, and at GraphExpo at least the two guys from TEC Mailing Solutions had some great fun and also caught some attention from visitors and other exhibitors. We got a chance to talk to Scott Eganhouse VP Business Development and got a nice conversation about what TEC Mailing Solutions does and why they were dressed like clouds. As usual, please watch, like and share.

At the Argos Inspiration Days 2018, Consultant on Innovation and Business Development Sander Jansen gave a great speech about the connection between Creation, Digital Print, and Finishing. Interesting and educational at the same time!

It's no secret that we at INKISH.TV really like to see new technology and to meet new people. At GraphExpo we met Roi Aldaag who is the man behind QRlead. Basically, QRlead is an extension to your business card and rather than placing a "standard" QR code, using the QRlead QR code, it opens up a new universe - but why not just listen to the guy who is responsible for QRlead - so here is Roi Aldaag - welcome!

Robots and the history of industrial revolutions plus interview with Henrik Chistiansen from Cool Graphics who deliver robots to the printing industry.

At the Argos Inspiration Days 2018, Richard Askam gave a FANTASTIC speech using an Island to illustrate the obstacles in the printing industry. It was entertaining, educating, and a great inspiration to end first Day's Inspiration Day.

Hamta International Group is a family owned company in Iran that have specialized in various industries. One of them is the printing industry where CEO Reza Sezavar among his duties introduces companies from outside Iran into an industry that is ready to invest. After decades of embargo's, a quite big industry needs investments and Hamta International Group is ready to service partners. Quite interesting inside in a country that for many has been a closed territory. We at INKISH.TV has already decided to see if we can raise sponsors for a tour to Iran to see the potential - interested?

INKISH.TV have been for the past two years been invited to participate and cover the annual meeting held by the Federation of Printers from Norway. We have of course showed some film from the events and also participated in visits with members in the areas - but here is a postcard that we did from Stavanger - I like the music Jan Majnik have selected for this film - so I hope you also will enjoy this postcard. As cover page we have selected a photo with CEO Magnus Thorkildsen - and though he may look thoughtful - I can guarantee that he was in a good and cheerfull mood at the event - and I chose to use this photo also as our acknowledgement of a great corporation with Magnus - who here per January 1st is not longer CEO of the Federation. He will, however, continue to do some work for the Federation - but we will see him as an active partner in Grafkom - we look forward to that. All the best and thank you!

INKISH.TV, of course, was present at Sign & Print in Stockholm and it was really a great event. Exhibitors were positive, audience were positive and as you could see from the latest "Conversations" with Peter Ollén who is responsible for Sign & Print, he was also very happy. Take a look at our postcard and stay tuned for interviews with key people from the exhibition.

INKISH.TV covered GraphExpo for the first time held in Orlando, Florida, USA. It was a really cool event and here we give you a small postcard from the event. During the next weeks we will give you a lot of interviews from the event. Stay tuned.

DRUPA is an amazing exhibition and it is simply amazing that more than 1.800 exhibitors is able attract almost 300.000 visitors from 184 countries. The show last for 11 days and exhibits equipment, consumables, software, hardware, applications and more. For any media it is almost impossible to cover all 19 halls and all products at the show. Here is our little 7 min. post card from Düsseldorf which we hope you'll enjoy.

To the printing industry. PrintNext18 in Stockholm was by far the best event in the Grafkom history - more than 230 participants from many countries. The aim to become a truly international event with a dedicated focus on knowledge and sharing of the same is evident! You should have been there, Love INKISH

INKISH covered the Argos Inspiration Days in Brussels this year and we have already published many hours of speeches recorded live during the show. When we cover events we always make a postcard from the event to give a taste of the event and to inspire you to go next time. Enjoy!