Print Business AI: Beyond the Hype
An interview with Toby Saalfeld, Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing Business Partner at Ricoh North America
Technology
Employee Survey Shows Businesses Struggle to Manage Major Changes
Before introducing major changes in your printing business, consider how different generations of employees are likely to perceive the proposed changes. A one-size-fits-all approach to change management strategy may not succeed as well as expected. National research from Eagle Hill Consulting finds that employees across all generations agree that organizations struggle to effectively manage major change. Just one-quarter of U.S. workers (25%) …
Durst P5 SMP Could Be a Game Changer in Large-Format Printing
Durst’s P5 SMP™ (Super Multi-Pass) system is a hybrid UV-LED Multi-Pass Inkjet system with the versatility and production speeds to serve high-volume producers of signs, corrugated packaging and displays, and decor materials. The printer was announced at drupa 2024 and officially launched at a November 2025 event at its production site in Lienz, Austria. With a maximum print width of …
Alliance Insights Reports on AI Adoption in the Printing Industry
A report from Alliance Insights (formerly NAPCO Research) explains how commercial printers, book manufacturers, apparel decorators, and sign and graphics companies are moving beyond the hype about artificial intelligence. The 31-page report, entitled “AI Adoption in the Print Industry,” shows that AI is moving swiftly from experimentation to execution and delivering measurable gains in efficiency and creativity. The report notes …
Significans to Participate in AI Pavilion at the PRINTING United Expo
At the Printing AI Pavilion at 2025 PRINTING United Expo, visitors can learn how artificial intelligence (AI) is radically transforming the printing and packaging industries. Until AI technology is widely used by all, experts believe AI offers print-service providers a massive competitive advantage. AI Pavilion visitors will see AI applications (including the latest solutions from pioneering exhibitors), hear expert-led panel …
2025 Pinnacle Product Awards for Technology that Improves Printing
Previous posts on this blog have covered the 2025 Pinnacle Product Awards in the Output and Non-Output categories. This post puts the spotlight on the winners in the Technology category. The Technology category in the Pinnacle Product Awards program of the PRINTING United Alliance continues the tradition of an awards program previously known as the Intertech Technology Awards. The Printing …
2025 Pinnacle Product Award Winners in the Output Category
Thousands of engineers, chemists, materials experts, and software developers create innovations that improve the versatility, sustainability and efficiency of digital printing systems every year. The PRINTING United Alliance highlights some of these advances by presenting Pinnacle Product Awards in three main categories: Output, Non-Output, and Technology. The awards honors the variety of digital printing devices that enable all types and …
Roll-to-Roll Process for Creating Flexible Printed Electronics in Healthcare
Linxens Health experts will be speaking and exhibiting at the TechBlick event: The Future of Electronics Reshaped June 11-12. 2025 in Boston, MA. Linxens submitted this post which explains why the roll-to-roll printing process is poised to transform the creation of flexible printed electronics in healthcare. By Sabine KacedHealthcare Field Marketing ManagerLinxens The healthcare industry is experiencing a revolution, driven …
Excelitas Expands Phoseon Nexus ONE UV-LED Curing Platform for Flexography
Advances in UV-LED curing have helped improve the energy efficiency of curing the durable inks and coatings used in many analog and digital printing processes. For the flexographic printing process (used for mass-produced labels, shrink sleeves, and flexible packages), Excelitas Technologies® Corp. has expanded its Phoseon® Nexus ONE™ UV LED curing platform. UV LED curing technology for flexographic printing provides …
What is Nanography and How Is It Used?
Nanography® is the enabling science behind a breakthrough digital printing method that combines the variable-data and print-on-demand features of digital printing with the throughput speed, media versatility, and quality of offset printing. The inks used for the process were developed with nanotechnology — the science of particles that are measured in nanometers (billionths of a meter). Nanography was invented by …