Prepress in 10 seconds Link to presentation: https://grafkom.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/WS19/Grafkom+-+Prepress+in+10+seconds.pdf

Stahl acquired Weilburger Graphics about a year ago, but continues to be committed to being at events like the IST UV-Days. In this interview, Senior Marketing Manager, Magnus Berheide, talks to Editor Morten B. Reitoft about Stahl as a company, and how they develop various coatings for the packaging and printing business. Magnus Berheide is great to talk to and has a clear idea of where Stahl is positioned in the market, despite it being difficult to market and communicate a consumable, but listen for yourself - great to learn from!

KAMA develops and produces folding/gluers die/hot stamping machines with several smart features, making them unique in the market. With a 100+ years history, based in the former East Germany (Dresden), they have developed technology that today gives them products that fit the digital space tremendously well. Almost everything is produced on-site. In this film, the new CBO, Jordi Giralt, shares insights about what KAMA produces, its philosophies, and what markets it addresses. Super interesting, but watch for yourself! LinkedIn Profile: Marcus Tralau

Wayne from INKISH is at The Print Show on day one, catching up with Luke Wild from Howens. Despite living only a couple of miles apart, Wayne jokes that they always seem to meet at trade shows. Luke explains that Howens specializes in providing insurance tailored specifically for print businesses, covering everything from signage and graphics to large format and related sectors. With a background in litho, digital, and print management, Luke brings hands-on industry experience to his role, aiming to secure the right cover for clients while often saving them money in the process. He outlines the types of insurance that are critical for print companies, including commercial liability, fleet policies for vans and cars, cyber insurance, and machinery damage. Cyber insurance, in particular, is a growing priority as even small businesses are vulnerable to phishing, ransomware, and employee mistakes. Howens partners with providers to offer training, phishing simulations, reporting, and access to risk engineering teams, helping to strengthen IT and cybersecurity practices. Luke emphasizes that while business insurance can seem daunting, it’s easier to understand when broken down step by step—much like learning imposition in print. He emphasizes the importance of collaborating with a broker who thoroughly understands the print industry, thereby simplifying and enhancing the process for clients. Visitors to The Print Show can stop by the Howens stand to learn more, enter a prize draw for a Sage coffee machine, or try their luck at winning one of the company’s signature lions from the grab machine. A practical and insightful conversation about protecting print businesses, filmed live at the NEC in Birmingham.

Mark Andy is one of the leading suppliers in the flexo/label market, and on May 23rd and 24th, Mark Andy has an open house in their Warsaw-based. Jacques Michiels asks the European Sales Manager Łukasz Chruśliński why 'low migration' and isn't low migration more about things besides the machines? Enjoy, and learn!

At Expográfica in Guadalajara, Claudia Mendoza Angeles, Editor-in-Chief of Revista El Impresor, speaks with Luis Heredia, Commercial Director at Konica Minolta, about the company’s newest digital production technologies for commercial print and label production. The conversation highlights the launch of the AccurioPress C14010, featuring white-toner capabilities, enhanced suction feeding systems, advanced inline quality control, and high-capacity finishing solutions designed to deliver consistent color quality and production reliability. Luis Heredia also presents the AccurioLabel 230 digital label press, explaining how conventional printers are increasingly turning to packaging and label production as new growth opportunities. The interview explores how digital roll-to-roll label printing enables faster setup times, improved productivity, premium label production, and easier diversification for both offset and flexographic print providers seeking new revenue streams in the evolving Mexican print market.

In this ‘Over the Skype’ session, we talked to Luis Gerardo Sanchez, Administrative Manager at Papelera Progreso. Papelera Progreso is a Mexican paper distributor that has been 16 years in business. In this episode, we talk about Luis Gerardo’s beginings at the age of 10, how Papelera Progreso is handling the pandemic and how the printing industry can get ahead in this new normality. En esta sesión "Over the Skype", hablamos con Luis Gerardo Sánchez, Gerente Administrativo de Papelera Progreso. Papelera Progreso es un distribuidor mexicano de papel que lleva 16 años en la industria de la impresión. En este episodio, hablamos sobre los comienzos de Luis Gerardo a la edad de 10 años, cómo Papelera Progreso está manejando la pandemia y cómo la industria de la impresión puede avanzar en esta nueva normalidad.

Luis Diníz has a comprehensive background in the web-to-print industry, and despite the competitive situation, he has chosen to offer a new solution called Arando (Cranberry in Portuguese). The solution is, according to Luis Diníz, is a new and fresh approach, and yes, the solution seems to offer new approaches to web-to-print. In the 'Over the Skype' session, Luis Diníz explains that the driver for work is content creators. Imagine a museum that offers print of posters. By using Arando, the museum can easily integrate their current show to their print supplier and then order work directly from their existing shop with an easy integration - great approach. We expect to cover this when we again can travel. 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!

If a piece of paper can change your life, like exam papers potentially can, these are, of course, highly guarded as they are almost as valuable as currency. In South Africa, the exams are printed in secure printing facilities across different provinces, where uptime is as close to 100% as possible. These facilities undergo rigorous security checks, including background checks, and utilize offline equipment to ensure it can't be hacked. Lucia Bredenkamp is the Director of the Western Cape Education Department, and as she says in the interview, loves her work. In a public bid and tender, Ricoh won the assignment to equip the print facility with the right equipment. Lucia Bredenkamp explains that Ricoh is a clear upgrade from the previous supplier, but listen to the interview yourself.

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Years of experience with Meccanotecnica, and soon experience in the US, where Luca Negro has taken on the role of promoting and selling the Italian OEM. As Luca Negro explains in the interview, Meccanotecnica is well known by many companies, and in particular for the solution they offer within print and offset, but Luca Negros job is to make Meccanotecnica more known among printers in the US, an interesting job, where travel is part of the package, taking Luca Negros to the various parts of the industry, where his personal approach, friendliness and at the same time professionalism will build the position of Meccanotecnica takes one step, at the time!

At Canon's Power to Move event in Venlo, Morten Reitoft speaks with Sander Hendrix and Louis Van der Linden about one of Canon's biggest success stories in production inkjet: the varioPRINT iX3200. From the launch of Canon's first sheetfed inkjet platform in 2015 to nearly 900 installations worldwide today, the conversation explores the technological journey that helped create an entirely new market segment. Hendrix and Van der Linden explain the engineering challenges behind sheetfed inkjet, including paper handling, registration accuracy, and scaling a concept from prototype to industrial production platform. The discussion also examines why the iX3200 has gained traction across multiple market segments, from transactional printing and commercial print to online printing and, increasingly, the demanding photo products market. The ability to deliver high image quality, productivity, reliability, and media versatility has enabled customers to expand applications while maintaining the efficiency required for peak production periods. A significant part of the interview focuses on Canon's Prisma workflow ecosystem and the importance of open integration. Rather than forcing customers into a closed environment, Canon's approach is designed to connect with existing workflows, MIS systems, prepress solutions, and production environments. Hendrix and Van der Linden explain how scalable workflow architectures, automated processing, and flexible integration help printers transition from offset to digital production while maintaining operational efficiency. The conversation also touches on mass customization, RIP performance, workflow scalability, and the growing importance of software in modern print manufacturing. As run lengths become shorter and customer demands become more complex, workflow and automation are becoming just as important as the presses themselves. Finally, the discussion highlights Canon's unique portfolio strategy, spanning toner, sheetfed inkjet, B2 inkjet, and web-fed production inkjet, enabling customers to find the right technology for virtually any production requirement.

At Canon's Power to Move event in Venlo, Morten B. Reitoft speaks with Jutta Hendrikx and Louis Van der Linden about the VarioPrint iX 1700, Canon's latest addition to its growing sheetfed inkjet portfolio. While Canon's larger sheetfed inkjet presses have attracted significant attention for their ability to replace higher-volume production environments, the VarioPrint ix 1700 has been developed to address a different segment of the market. Designed for monthly volumes starting around 300,000 A4 impressions, the press opens the door to sheetfed inkjet for print providers who may previously have considered the technology beyond their requirements or investment range. The conversation explores how the VarioPrint iX 1700 fits into Canon's broader strategy of providing customers with multiple technology options rather than forcing a choice between toner and inkjet. According to Hendrikx and Van der Linden, the market increasingly demands solutions that combine the flexibility traditionally associated with toner devices with the productivity and efficiency advantages of inkjet technology. The VarioPrint iX 1700 is intended to bridge that gap. The discussion also looks at the types of applications Canon expects the press to serve. Commercial print, brochures, postcards, greeting cards, and other high-quality applications are obvious targets, but the platform's quality also makes it relevant to markets such as photo products and premium print applications. At the same time, the machine's flexibility allows customers to configure paper input and output capacities to meet their specific production requirements. Another topic is the increasingly important role of long-sheet applications. With support for sheet sizes up to 364 × 660 mm, including duplex printing, the VarioPrint iX 1700 enables the production of products such as six-page brochures, larger-format covers, and a variety of value-added commercial print applications that traditionally required alternative production methods. Throughout the conversation, Hendrikx and Van der Linden emphasize that Canon's objective is not to replace one technology with another, but to provide customers with the widest possible range of choices. As print businesses continue to evolve, selecting the right technology becomes less about whether a device uses toner or inkjet and more about matching production volumes, applications, workflow requirements, and business objectives. Recorded at Canon's Customer Experience Center in Venlo ahead of the Power to Move event, this interview offers insight into how Canon sees the next phase of sheetfed inkjet adoption and where the VarioPrint iX 1700 fits within that vision.

Interview in English - subtitles in Dutch. INKISH Morten Reitoft talks to CEO Louis De Nolf about the ins & outs of preparing and delivering value for a trade fair such as Drupa and as an event partner and advertising agency. -- NL -- INKISH Morten Reitoft gaat in gesprek met CEO Louis De Nolf over de ins & outs van het voorbereiden en leveren van waarde voor een beurs zoals Drupa en als een event-partner en reclamebureau.

Michael Mullen started his business in Sacramento, California, four years ago; fortunately, the startup turned out great. With two toner-based label printers, Mullen is now considering inkjet and maybe even a Hybrid. Here is his story on INKISH, filmed at the BOBST Open House event in Alpharetta in December 2022. Enjoy!

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 Lode Vlayen from Belgium. Lode Vlayen used to be the CEO of VIGC in Belgium but is today operating a consultant company. Enjoy!

Commercial manager Lizzie Bentley talks about IST Intech’s LED curing technology and the company’s recent rebranding from Integration Technology Ltd.

· Inkjet still comes with a health warning in the minds of some what is the reality · Long term user perspective · Comparisons and observations with Conventional and Toner systems. · How have systems improved – introducing the latest generation.

Live from Horizon Innovation Park in Japan, Horizon will take you to their showroom floor to demonstrate the Inkjet Press Inline Book Production System. With only a single operator, the demonstration will showcase the SCREEN Truepress Jet 520 HD Mono and inline Horizon Smart Binding System producing variable page count books using the latest in print finishing automation. During production, attendees will be able to see the efficient, labor-saving benefits of inline finishing solutions that are ready to increase the profitability of their production floor today.

At PRINTING United we did 2 hours LIVE TV daily, and October 24th was dedicated to the great people from CHILI Publish. During the day we got interviews with the people from the booth, but also a chance to get a presentation of the software by Solutions Expert Sean Crowe. Here is the first one, where editor Morten Reitoft from INKISH.TV is getting a quick tour, including walk-through of some of the new features. Excellent presentation, great software, and whau - awe-inspiring.

Self-proclaimed “women-in-print champion” and visionary Lisbeth Lyons Black talks with INKISH’s Mark Vruno about her first two years at the WIP Alliance. An important new membership initiative kicked off last month.

It was super lovely talking to Lisa Weese, who shared insights on bringing products to market. Imagine setting the right price point, marketing into channels, providing service, and all the things that make a product available when ready to be launched—genuinely great to learn from Weese, so enjoy!

At Printing United in Orlando, Morten B. Reitoft from INKISH speaks with Lisa Oakleaf from Ricoh about the company’s renewed focus on automation, AI, and software integration in commercial printing. Oakleaf, who oversees Ricoh’s software ecosystem, explains that success in modern print depends on the seamless connection between hardware and software. “If you don’t have the software,” she says, “you can’t get the results out of the hardware.” She highlights the Ricoh Pro VC8000, calling it the company’s most advanced production inkjet press to date. Built with machine learning and AI, it automates make-ready, color control, and real-time adjustments — addressing labor shortages and improving uptime. “The system takes on the work that used to require deep operator expertise,” Oakleaf notes. “It keeps the printer running and ensures consistent, high-quality output.” Oakleaf also introduces Ricoh Predictive Insight, a data-driven tool included with the VC8000 and other Ricoh presses. It monitors productivity, identifies inefficiencies, and sends alerts before issues occur, helping printers improve processes and profitability. Customers can even track true job costs by entering cost-per-piece data. Ricoh’s solutions are designed for open integration, supporting API connections and custom workflow development. “We meet customers where they are,” Oakleaf says. “Some have IT teams; others just need it to work out of the box — we can do both.” She concludes that Ricoh’s mission is to make the transition from offset to digital effortless. “We’re not leaving offset printers behind,” Oakleaf says. “We’re bringing everything they value — quality, reliability, and precision — into a smarter, more automated world.”