May 26, 2021
Embellishing Your Inkjet Print
Begin by understanding your options because across the vast range of print products there are many embellishment solutions.
Pat is a well-known evangelist for inkjet productivity. At McGrew Group, she uses her decades technical and marketing experience to lead the industry toward optimized business processes and production workflows. She has helped companies to define their five-year plans, audited workflow processes, and developed sales team interventions and education programs. Pat is the Co-Author of 8 industry books, editor of A Guide to the Electronic Document Body of Knowledge, and a regular contributor to Inkjet Insight and WhatTheyThink.com.
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May 13, 2021
Finishing Your Inkjet Print
Pat McGrew asks and answers: When you add inkjet capability, does your finishing have to change?
May 5, 2021
Have You Walked Your Legacy Workflow?
The wrong time to discover that a legacy job no longer runs is when you are at the deadline.
April 28, 2021
ACME Corrugated Box and Inkjet
Inkjet integration journey with ACME corrugated and Digital Print Inc.
March 24, 2021
Can Enhancement Cast a Spell on Inkjet Print?
Pat McGrew discusses print enhancement opportunities and inkjet compatibility considerations with leading suppliers. Cool examples!
March 11, 2021
May I Impose on You? Or is Your Gang Nesting?
Depending on your digital device, you might need 4-up impositions or 8-up impositions – the imposition requirements are based on the page size, how many pages fit on a sheet, and the type of binding. This is where the software can be very helpful.
March 3, 2021
Design Workflow Matters for Folding Carton
Inkjet brings many options for folding carton production, but take the time to ensure that you don’t create bottlenecks in the workflow with overweight PDF files.
February 24, 2021
Are You Thinking about Folding Cartons? Start with your Workflow!
A look at the workflow and planning that goes into a successful folding carton operation and some of the special considerations for inkjet.
January 27, 2021
What are Inkjet Forecasts Trying to Say?
Pat McGrew talks about considering who research was written for, who wrote it and how not to get ripped off.
January 13, 2021
Workflow Learnings from 2020: Automation Counts!
Any and every improvement you make to your workflow is a step in the right direction. Start here.
December 16, 2020
Microsoft, Kodak, and Inkjet Workflows: Kodak’s Announcement!
Kodak launched Prinergy On Demand Business Solutions, creating a collaboration between the Prinergy On Demand workflow automation platform and the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
December 2, 2020
Design or Composition: What Creates Your Files?
You can’t tell your customers how to create their files, but if you can find out what tools were used to create them you can evaluate the files to ensure that they will print as expected.
November 18, 2020
To G7 or Not to G7
Pat McGrew asks Whether ‘tis noble in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of qualitative color perception, or, to take arms against the sea of G7 Masters
October 20, 2020
Welcome to the Greatest Virtual Show on Earth!
Virtual conferences should be curated with dedication to building the best mix of information for the target audience. Virtual event offerings continue to multiply so organizers should be mindful of how much time they ask for and what is being delivered in return.
October 7, 2020
Ganging & Nesting – The Efficiency Puzzle!
Grouping and nesting jobs can drive tremendous efficiencies in an inkjet environment. Pat McGrew explains best practices and where to look for solutions.
September 24, 2020
FuturePrint October Edition: 5 Days of Education
Building on the success for the first FuturePrint Virtual Summit, October brings five more days of topic-specific education that every printer will want to review. Just about every topic in print gets a look during the week, with deep dives into the traditional printing arts and the emerging printing sciences.
September 10, 2020
The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful & The Ugly: Living Through Virtual Conferences
Without knowing if we would all be starting to go back to work or suffering online fatigue, organizers had to devise plans to keep everyone engaged while meeting their conference brief.
September 2, 2020
Turbocharging your Workflow for Inkjet Printing
While the hardware that informs inkjet printing is essential, the workflow software that supports the hardware is an equal partner.
July 29, 2020
No Automation? Rules for Managing Manual Workflows
If end-to-end automation is not for you at this time, what can you do to optimize your efficiency? You can still look at the path of work through your shop and make a note of each stop it makes.
July 7, 2020
Software Essentials for Inkjet Printing!
Consider that that every business has at least two workflow environments: a business workflow and a production workflow. In both types, there can be a distinct advantage to automation, especially in fast-paced inkjet printing environments. But, automation can mean many different things, so here is a quick guide to looking at automation for your environment.
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