Grey Matter

Product packaging has developed an even more vital role in the COVID-19 world. Early shelter-at-home orders made food delivery and ecommerce a necessity, driving increased packaging demand. via Pocket

Preface: Several people told me that it is risky for me to write this chapter because the US is in a type of war with China and emotions are running high, so many Americans will be angry at me when I say complimentary things about China, many Chinese will be angry at me when I say critical things ab via Pocket

Over the course of this year, we have been rapidly adding new features of Adobe Document Services. We had some great announcements in March that brought some of the release of our new actions to PDF Tools API like Create PDF, OCR, and Export. via Pocket

JDF has become an integral part of the graphics production process. Nevertheless, there has been some criticism – from Heidelberg, for instance. Robert Hartman from MIS supplier Dataline defends the importance of the standard. “It is important that even more suppliers commit to the platform. via Pocket

If you are engaging with print buyers, you know that the process looks very different from the way it used to. Just ask Maeghan Nicholson, marketing manager of Suttle-Straus, a large commercial printer just outside Madison, Wis. via Pocket

Our mission is to provide cogent commentary and analysis about trends, technologies, operations, and events in all the markets that comprise today’s printing industry. Support our mission and read articles like this with a Premium Membership. via Pocket

Our mission is to provide cogent commentary and analysis about trends, technologies, operations, and events in all the markets that comprise today’s printing industry. Support our mission and read articles like this with a Premium Membership. via Pocket

template buttons in roam via Pocket

template buttons in roam via Pocket

The recently announced partnership between HP and BW Papersystems could have some exciting implications for the board converting industry. via Pocket

AIM’s (the European Brands Association) announcement officially launching the HolyGrail 2.0 plastics recycling initiative has generated buzz across the industry and media outlets, including Packaging Europe, Recycling Today and Labels and Labeling. HolyGrail 2. via Pocket

Kingfisher Labels, a UK-based label and packaging converter, was established in 1996 in Bristol. via Pocket

Our mission is to provide cogent commentary and analysis about trends, technologies, operations, and events in all the markets that comprise today’s printing industry. Support our mission and read articles like this with a Premium Membership. via Pocket

With the usage of Agile methodologies the big picture and vision of a product or service gets sliced in small parts to be developed incrementally. As the slice is executed in a separated scope, sometimes by different teams/organizations than the other slices, this creates the product contraption. via Pocket

Between quarantine and travel risks, it is difficult to plan big vacations or holidays. Instead, people are opting to stay local. Recently, we were able to spend a few days in Western Massachusetts and get back to nature. With social distancing in mind, we went to restaurants and a brewery. via Pocket

Enfocus, the leader in PDF quality control, advanced PDF editing and workflow automation for the graphic arts industry announces the release of BoardingPass pre-release 2. Beginning in July, BoardingPass was offered as a public pre-release. via Pocket

A project team from Stanley Black & Decker, a US$12.7 billion diversified manufacturing firm, noticed something problematic when observing customers using the company’s products at construction sites. via Pocket