Graphics Update Summer - Printing Association of Florida

GRAPHICS
UPDATE
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
SUMMER - FALL 2016
TECHNOLOGY
ADVANTAGES
FAVOR THE COMMERCIAL PRINTER
DIGITAL-PRINTINGTRENDS-TO-WATCH
PRESIDENT
MESSAGE
OFFICERS
WHAT AN EXCITING DAY! & DIRECTORS
The Print Awards Dinner, the PAF Golf Classic and the Mac
Papers Casino Night were held on July 29th at the beautiful
Orlando World Center Marriott. The morning started at the crack
of dawn with the golf tournament at Hawk’s Landing. We had a
record turnout and some pretty impressive golf. Congratulations
to the first place team that included Brad Persons, Art Abbott,
Mike Bell and Chris Long. Also playing some outstanding golf
CURT KREISLER
were the teams of Wayne Dooley, Bob Davis, Jon Hartzler, and
CHAIRMAN OF THE
Jerry Messener; and Sam Creel, Tim Weeldryer, Rich Sierra and
BOARD
Don Leon, who finished second and third respectively. Jennifer
Larsen won the women’s longest drive competition. Well done!
CURT KREISLER, Chairman
Gold Star Printers, North Miami Beach, FL
The Florida Print Awards were once again a special night. We had a great turnout and
were privileged to honor and acknowledge the best printing in Florida the past year.
The evening started with a cocktail reception, followed by a terrific dinner and then
the awards. The companies that participated did some amazing work, which made
the judging very difficult. Some our big winners were, Serigraphic Arts “Best of show
Division I”, Designers’ Press “Best of show Division II” and MBI Direct Mail “Best of
show Division III”. Progressive Communications, Inc. won the Golden Flamingo!
DAVID BOYARSKY
On Demand Specialty Envelope, Miami, FL
Associated Printing Productions, Inc., Designers’ Press, Progressive Communications,
Inc., and The Color Express won Printing Industries of America’s Benny awards for
overall best of show in their respective categories. Congratulations to all of our winners!
The award presentations were followed by one of the most exciting membership events
of the year. The Mac Papers Casino night was once again a home run. Attendees
had the opportunity to show off their skills and expertize at black jack, craps, roulette
and Texas hold’em tables. When the night was drawing to a close the gamblers used
their winnings to enter drawings to win prizes that included 40” TV’s, Cool Pix camera,
Cuisinart Cookware set, Keurig Coffee Maker, a blender/food processor, wireless
Bluetooth speaker, a Wine basket, a Rum Basket and a 2 night hotel stay at the Orlando
World Center Marriott donated by the Marriott.
Thank you to all of the sponsors for their generous support of this event and the entire
print industry. Also thank you to the PAF staff who all worked so hard to make this night
special. A special thanks to my two co-hosts Kimberly Lawton-Koon and Art Abbott for
their efforts throughout the awards presentations.
Now is the time to start preparing for next years’ Florida Print Awards. Pull those
samples, show off your production capabilities and your creative side. Who knows
next year at this time you may be displaying your Printing Association of Florida Golden
Flamingo trophy.
ART ABBOTT, Treasurer
Abbott Communications Group, Maitland, FL
ROBERT T. DAVIS, 1st Vice Chair
Roberts Quality Printing, Clearwater FL
KIMBERLY LAWTON KOON, 2nd Vice Chair
Lawton Connect, Orlando, FL
RICHARD BEADEL
Associated Printing Productions Inc.,
Miami Lakes, FL
JODI COLLINS
Trend Offset Printing, Jacksonville FL
WAYNE DOOLEY
Wikoff Color Corp., Tampa, FL
ROB HASSON
Fidelity Printing Corp., St. Petersburg, FL
MARK MILBOURN
Komori America Corp, Bradenton, FL
SHARON PRATT
Sandy Direct, St. Petersburg, FL
GRAHAM RILEY
Mac Papers, Jacksonville, FL
SHANNON YANNONE
MBI Direct Mail, DeLand, FL
SYLVESTER CAMPAGNA
XEROX Corp. Orlando, FL
STAFF
GABE HERNANDEZ | President
RICH BIDER | Operations
MAURICIO H. VANEGAS | Creative Designer
KASONDRA WEEKS | Membership
DANIELA TRIANA | Digital Content
MIKE BURGSTEIN | Latin America Relations
Curt Kreisler
Chairman of the Board
CAROLE DUCANSON | Government Relations
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“PAF is an association of graphic
communications companies that provides
programs, information and services to
positively impact the profitability and
professional growth of its members.”
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Lake Wales. FL
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Consulting services provider.
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n KODAK
Roswell, GA
(585)724-6383
Tim Weeldreyer
Technology company focused on imaging. Providing hardware,
software, consumables and services to customers in graphic
arts, commercial print, publishing, packaging, electronic displays,
entertainment and commercial films, and consumer products
markets.
n PROFECTUS, INC.
Sarasota, FL
(941)379-8700
Craig L. Press
National business management consultancy specializing in the
printing and packaging industry. Offers a comprehensive array of
consulting services designed to help organizations solve problems,
drive change, improve processes, reduce costs, implement best
practices, maximize profits, and embrace technology.
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Lake Mary, FL
(407)963-4113
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n SOUTHEAST FINISHING GROUP
Orlando, FL
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Bo Young
Outsource vendor servicing the printing industry. Services include:
die cutting, fold & glue, foil & emboss, UV coating (spot & flood), and
book binding (wire & coil).
TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGES FAVOR THE
COMMERCIAL PRINTER
Jim Workman, Vice President, Center for
Technology and Research, Printing Industries of
America
Technological capability is a critical
competitive advantage for commercial
printers. It is one reason that even
companies with in-house printing
capabilities rely heavily on commercial
printers for their business printing needs.
The issue came to the forefront again
during a recent survey of 400-plus
marketing and business executives at
medium and large companies across
different industrial sectors. Printing
Industries of America and FedEx Office
jointly conducted the survey, which delved
into the executives’ use of and attitudes
toward business printing.
would like more services in seven specific
areas. Technology-related services were
three of the top four print-related requests
by business and marketing executives.
The top four included the ability to print
from the Cloud, access to advanced
technology for color printing, access
to advanced digital imaging, and the
management of digital assets.
Print’s market-space is evolving in
a very specific direction—from the
simple provision of printed products to
adding ancillary services to providing
communications solutions. It’s not
uncommon for in-plant operations, such
as those at universities, businesses,
and government entities, to be well
behind the curve when it comes to
reacting to changing customer needs.
Among the many topics explored in the
It is doubtful, for example, that most of
survey, respondents indicated if they
them can provide an easy way
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DESIRING SERVICE
print via Web portals. They are
Ability to print from Cloud
48%
unlikely to be able to enhance
direct marketing campaigns
Access to advanced technology for color printing
42%
with customized and variableAccess to advanced technology for digital printing
41%
data printing. Nor are they as
responsive as commercial
Management of digital assets
35%
printers to providing new
digital print technologies and
Access to dedicated project support
32%
representative
applications, such as signage,
posters, and point-of-purchase
Ability to collate into kits and ship
27%
displays.
Environmentally friendly options
24%
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the proper trajectory in technological
evolution and in thinking about how you
can take advantage of technical and
process superiority when selling against
in-house print resources. Emphasize
the careful attention given to product
quality, since the survey showed that
product quality was the number one
reason why customers rely on commercial
printers compared to in-house resources.
Customers of commercial printers
reported lower instances of content being
displayed incorrectly, color consistency
problems, color accuracy problems, and
product quality challenges.
You might even consider joining the group
of printers that are getting involved with
print management services, by which
we mean the practice of a customer
outsourcing all of their print needs to a
commercial printer—not just on a job-byjob basis. In that situation the commercial
printer is managing the overall printing
process for the customer. This may
even include operating and staffing the
customer’s existing in-plant facility.
The complete survey findings, contained
in an eight-page Flash Report, should
be very helpful to company owners and
executives determining how best to
position their company against in-house
competition.
Author. “Technology advantages favor the commercial printer”
Web blog post. www.printing.org Printing Industries of America,
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The retail value of digital printing in North
America is now over $30 billion per
year, according to print industry trade
association PODi. By 2020, Smithers Pira
research group reported digital printing
will reach 17.4 percent of the value and
3.4 percent of the volume of all the world’s
print and printed packaging.
Color digital printing’s growth spurt is
primarily the result of adoption of highspeed continuous feed color digital inkjet
presses, for transactional, books, and
direct mail applications, stated PODi.
Inkjet developments, however, are active
for any type of printer—continuous
feed and sheetfed, black and white and
color, large monthly volumes to mid-size
volumes, etc. “Inkjet is no longer just for
the high volume transaction world but
is now a key player in a variety of print
markets,” said Michael Poulin, Director,
Marketing Production Print Solutions,
Canon Solutions America.
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As the march to drupa 2016 continues,
digital printing vendors and enthusiasts
will be in high watch mode—especially as
developments in the production speed
inkjet arena show no signs of stopping.
Vendors are offering inkjet machines with
higher quality imaging, expanded color
gamuts, and increased productivity and
speed.
While many industry participants referred
to drupa 2012, as “inkjet drupa,” it was
really more about announcing the arrival
of inkjet technology for the production
printing market. Industry followers
anticipate drupa 2016 to be about the
vast improvements in inkjet technology,
including the enhanced quality of
the devices, new ink sets, additions
to approved media lists, and new
applications and segments that inkjet can
serve.
“This drupa will show that not only
has inkjet technology arrived, but
it’s here to stay and have a profound
impact on the market,” Poulin said.
“Production speed inkjet is highly
likely to be featured extensively at
drupa 2016,” agreed Craig Reid,
Vice President - Digital Division, INX
International Ink Co.
“Toner-based digital certainly still has
its place for specific applications, but
inkjet technology for printing onto far
more than graphics and signage is
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in huge growth and entering most areas
of industrial printing,” he added. “New
inkjet inks along with the latest generation
print heads and OEMs willing to build for
specific applications are enabling inkjet to
finally enter significantly more application
areas. This includes industrial segments
such as rigid and flexible packaging,
direct-to-shape decoration of plastics and
metals, flooring and wall coverings, as well
as further expansion into a variety of textile
applications.”
Look for production inkjet machines to be
faster, cheaper, and offer better quality—
the big three factors PSPs are always on
the hunt for.
“We’ve trained the market in the U.S.;
every successive technology will have
some sort of improvement here; cost
savings in operation, enhanced benefits
to image quality, or faster speed,” noted
Ed Wong, Product Marketing, Ricoh
Production Printing Business Group.
“PSPs are looking for one of those—or all
three.”
Will Mansfield, Kodak Worldwide Director
of Marketing, Inkjet Printing Solutions,
noted that at Kodak, “we are hearing of
the need for increased productivity to
drive lower manufacturing costs, which
in turn allows PSPs to move toward the
digital process.”
Using production inkjet for a wider range
of applications is also trending.
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“Wider applications improve the revenue
and profit of digital providers as well as
technology vendors who serve them,”
Mansfield said.
The larger the net of applications clients
go after, the more there is to sell. This,
in turn, improves page volume, ink
consumption, and creates a positive
snowball effect, fueling vendors’
development efforts to invest further in the
process.
There is an increased use of hybrid
production workflows, which lets PSPs
make the best use of both analog and
digital print systems. The idea is to
leverage the incumbent technology –
whether that be offset, gravure, or flexo,
and adding inkjet where it can value,
Mansfield explained.
For example, in Europe, retail flyers,
such as for grocery stores, serve a highly
segmented market. PSPs are able to run
a flyer with the 2/3 of the content that is
static on offset, for example, while the
remaining 1/3 is customized based on
language or geographic region and run
inkjet.
“At drupa, Kodak will show attendees
how you can take multiple streams, and
run one web and one inkjet, and combine
them to get best of both worlds,” said
Mansfield.
The transition from commercial offset
to continuous feed inkjet in general,
and to the Pro VC60000 in particular,
is happening at a much faster rate than
expected, said Wong. The commercial
offset printer “recognizes the additional
value that inkjet can bring in terms of
customization, variable data, and shorter
runs,” he said.
Adoptees are also employing different
routes to incorporating continuous feed
inkjet; some are taking a slow-and-steady
approach, looking to market only to
current customers their expanding toolkit,
while others are plunging right in, will fullblown promotional campaigns.
At drupa, Ricoh is delivering further
enhancements to the Ricoh VC 60000,
which “sets the bar high in terms of image
quality; it’s what people have been waiting
for,” said Wong.
Also answering the call for higher image
quality is Kodak’s Ultrastream inkjet
technology, which delivers smaller drop
size and precise placement accuracy
for higher resolution, clean lines, and
additional detailed definition. Debuting
at drupa, Kodak expects Ultrastream to
broaden the range the range of digital
inkjet applications: its writing system
features a modular print head that can be
implemented in varying widths ranging
from 8 inches up to 97 inches to suit the
specific application
Answering the demand for higher
productivity, Kodak is highlighting inline
finishing with its Prosper 6000C press at
drupa, showcasing a “virtual no-touch
workflow. “There will be (figuratively)
trees in one part of the booth and
finished documents at the other with
few touchpoints in between,” described
Mansfield.
The press will run with a MEGTEC
automatic roll splicer and multiple inline
finishing solutions for two different
applications; magazines and catalogs
printed on lightweight coated paper
and finished with a manroland web
systems FoldLine, as well as commercial
applications that will be post coated with
an i-WEB post coater and finished with a
VITS multicut variable servo sheeter.
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The Paper Trail
Until somewhat recently, paper
manufacturers were waiting to see where
the demand was going to be, said Wong.
“With the increase in demand for inkjet
paper, it allows the paper mills to drive to
economies of scale and lower the price to
all customers. The trend we are seeing is
vendors are providing a wider variety of
substrates for inkjet; with more demand,
they are manufacturing more.”
The Pro VC60000 allows PSPs to run
a broad range of media that includes
uncoated, coated offset, digital, treated,
and recycled papers.
“With the VC60000, we can use a climbing
agent (an optional undercoat) that allows
the ink to adhere and print on offset
coated stocks,” Wong explained. It’s not
a change in the ink; it is just applying a
different agent to printing beforehand.
In the US, the requirement for production
inkjet to be able to print on offset coated
stocks does not necessarily gel with
reality, said Wong. Ricoh is finding that
its basic inkjet treated papers are more
popular than offset coated.
“Everyone was saying being able to run
offset coated was the Holy Grail, but I am
not seeing that demand in the US,” Wong
commented.
One reason might be the cost difference
between inkjet treated and coated offset
is not as great as in other parts of the
world, said Wong. There is about a 20
percent difference in the US. The question
becomes, “Do I really then, want to mess
around with offset coated, or just inkjet
coated, which is optimized for inkjet and
guaranteed to work?” Wong posited.
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Kodak’s three-part strategy
to the substrate issue
includes the development of
a technology that is able to
print a wide range of papers;
ongoing collaboration with
paper mills to help with
product development, with
Kodak sharing its nearly 50year inkjet knowledge base;
and offering pre-treatment
solutions – fluids –developed
by Kodak for treatment of
paper prior to running inkjet,
and available to OEMs,
customers, and paper
manufacturers.
Canon Solutions America is
highlighting at drupa 2016
Océ VarioPrint i300’s new
‘ColorGrip’ option, designed
to extend the application
spectrum of the press.
commodity stock, from light
to heavy weight, which would
otherwise deliver unacceptable
print quality,” Poulin said.
“The introduction of ColorGrip
allows PSPs to print on a
wider variety of cost-effective
papers, including standard
uncoated and offset coated
media, and to comfortably
manage blended offset,
toner and inkjet production
without the need for different
types of paper and without
compromising on quality.
Broadening the applications
scope of the press, ColorGrip
technology enables PSPs to
increase print volumes and the
range of jobs delivered on a
single press platform.”
The Ink Tale
It is still true that the type of
substrate and, of course, the
“ColorGrip is an inline paper
application may very well
conditioning step that expands
define the type of ink that can
the choice of media, enabling
or should be used,” said Reid.
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“With the greater number of
substrates and applications,
comes the greater challenge
to have inkjet inks that are
capable to perform at ever
faster production speeds,”
Reid remarked. “This requires
substantial technology
developments such as
higher pigment loads, jetting
consistency, drying and
curing speeds, adhesion,
flexibility after curing, and in
the case of food packaging –
compliance to strict regulatory
requirements. No one ink
suits all applications. So, a
global ink manufacturer such
as INX must have a large
and strong R&D capability
to work simultaneously on
many projects at the same
time. This includes emulsionbased pigmented water-based
inks for coated media, UV
curable inks - some requiring
low migration characteristics
- eco solvent inks, hybrid
inks designed for specific
applications, as well as primers
and coatings.”
Ink is central to Kodak’s
development process, noted
Mansfield.
In the interest of lowering
manufacturing costs for its
customers, Kodak is offering
a higher optical density black
ink specifically for publishing
on traditional, lower-cost offset
papers, for such applications
as trade books.
Kodak is also looking to “blow
open” the color gamut for
label packaging applications,
with its Extended Gamut +
Varnish (XGV) technology
demonstration for flexible films
produced on narrow-web.
Featuring seven of Kodak’s
S-Series Printing Systems
printing on flexible films, which
are capable of printing CMYK
and an extended gamut of
CMYK plus orange, green
and violet to match a broader
spectrum of Panton Colors
used in label or package
printing, the demo will include
an additional station printing
water-based digital varnish.
Canon Solutions America will
also debut an enhanced ink
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set for the Océ VarioPrint i300,
designed to optimize the color
reproduction achievable with
the ColorGrip technology. The
new generation inks will be
introduced across the existing
VarioPrint i300 customer base.
Also showing at drupa for the
first time, Canon will showcase
the Chromera ink set for the
Océ ColorStream 3000Z
Series. The high pigment load
of the Chromera inks extends
the application range of the
press to lighter weight media
with reduced ink showthrough,
and enables the delivery of
higher quality documents on
uncoated or inkjet treated
papers, said Poulin.
As the market grows, the
trend is for production inkjet
machines to support a wider
range of applications.
“While tag and label has
already begun to significantly
go digital, other packaging
applications such as rigid and
flexible are now becoming not
just possible for prototyping,
but for small to medium volume
production,” said Reid. “Directto-Shape – printing directly
onto anything and everything
- is growing extensively, with
inkjet as integrators helping
design and build custom
solutions for high-speed
production. Digitally printed
textile applications continue
to grow each year. Typical
graphics and signage may not
be growing at the percentage
it was years ago, as so
much of it has already been
converted to inkjet production,
but it continues to thrive and
demand better quality and
faster speeds.”
Ricoh’s strategy for the
VC60000 is to “build on our
successful platform and
deliver even more value to our
customers,” said Wong.
To that end, the VC60000 now
offers a print speed of 150
meters per minute, up from
120. CMYK Parking allows
PSPs to figuratively put the
color print heads aside for
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black-and-white print applications, making
it more cost effective. Also, the maximum
print length has been expanded, from 26
inches to 54 inches, of larger signatures
and support of longer applications.
“We are not trying to replace offset, but to
position the VCF 60000 as a supplement
to offset,” said Wong. “While the VC60000
delivers really excellent quality, in some
applications it is not going to rival offset.
Instead, it allows customers to penetrate
into new applications to add value to their
customers.”
In addition to applications such as book,
direct mail, and transactional printing,
on the growth track for production inkjet,
newspaper printing is also migrating
to the technology, reported Mansfield.
“There is no doubt that the newspaper
print model is under pressure, but there
are pockets around the world, such as
Asia and Europe, where the model is
not in the same dire straits as in North
America,” said Mansfield. “We are
seeing an increase in inkjet adoption,
and a migration away from coldest and
heatset.”
The need for a more cost-effective
production method is
driving the move. “Inkjet
fits that bill; it bolsters
their revenue and allows
newspaper publishers to
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to Watch” Web blog post. www.
printingnews.com 09/05/2016.
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KEY KPM
FIGURES—
SALES PER
EMPLOYEE
Key performance metrics (KPMs) evaluate
the success of a business, but can differ
between companies based on various
factors including the size of the business
and geographic location.
Below, you can see the salesper-employee KPM in the graphic
communication industry over the last
ten years for profit leaders and profit
challengers. Profit leaders are printers
in the top 25 percent of profitability
while profit challengers are those in the
bottom 75 percent of profitability. In this
timeframe, the average profit leader in
our industry saw around $15,000 more in
sales per employee than the average profit
challenger.
How can you align your company to
have sales-per-employee numbers that
line up more closely with profit leading
printers? First, you need to know where
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Author. “Key KPM figures-Sales per Employee” Web blog post.
www.printing.org Printing Industries of America, 09/05/2016.
Reprinted with permission.
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