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Miller at 100: Continued Reinvention
When John and Louise Miller founded Miller Blue Print in Austin, Texas in 1920, they could have never guessed that their granddaughter, Luci Miller, would be running the company a century later. Read more
Jun 29, 2020
2:23 PM
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9 Take-Aways from Webinar on Creating an Effective Reprographics Web Site
Last week APDSP sponsored a webinar that featured three leading providers of web sites for reprographics shops: Printer Presence, Print Science, and Repro Connect. If you want to watch the webinar, just click here or on the image above. Read more
May 21, 2020
8:04 PM
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COVID Success: Three Repro Shops Surviving with COVID-Related Work
There’s no doubt that the reprographics industry has suffered during the Covid crisis, just like nearly every other industry. But there are bright spots. According to an APDSP survey last week, 74 percent of reprographics shops are printing signage o Read more
May 7, 2020
3:26 PM
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Thomas Printworks on the Grow
Like most APDSP members, Thomas Printworks began life as a blueprint shop. The company was founded in 1956 as Thomas Blueprint in Dallas. It eventually became Thomas Reprographics, and evolved into Thomas Printworks in 2015. Read more
Feb 27, 2020
12:34 PM
Tech News
EasyCut Studio Announces Release of its Multi-Language Vinyl Cutting Software
Easy Vinyl Cutting software now offers multi-language support for English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Simplified Chinese. Read more
Jun 30, 2020
5:00 PM
EFI Fiery Takes the Lead to Prepare Customers for Faster Recovery
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. and its channel partners have responded quickly to these unprecedented times with extensive education programs leveraging Fiery® on-demand learning curriculum, Fiery Professional Certification, and virtual technology for Read more
Jun 18, 2020
5:20 PM
National / AZON Launches HP Latex Ink Line
National / AZON has launched AZONColor alternative inks for HP latex printers. The cartridges are easy to use - just insert the cartridge after the original OEM ink runs out. No need to flush or purge the ink lines, and no need to re-profile. The ink Read more
Jun 8, 2020
3:15 PM
Check Out Es-Te's New Video
Folding large prints is an alternative to rolling them, and it's the solution most companies in Europe use. The leading print folder company in the world is Es-Te, based in Berlin. To learn a little about Es-Te's production methods, check out their n Read more
May 20, 2020
10:56 AM
HP Offers Three Webinars
HP has been holding a series of webinars on various topics related to reprographics. The next one is May 12, and will feature security issues, a repro market update, and how to use SmartTracker. Details about that webinar and two others are below: Read more
May 11, 2020
1:16 PM
Contex Expands Product Offerings with SOL 3D Scanner
Contex announces the expansion of its product offerings with the addition of the SOL 3D scanner from Scan Dimension. 3D enthusiasts regard SOL as a high-quality, yet easy-to-use scanner for creating 3D renderings of objects to share online, model, or Read more
Apr 23, 2020
8:50 PM
HP Offering PageWide XL Training Online
Looking for a way to make your time at home more productive? Tune into one of the upcoming HP training courses on PageWide XL topics, or watch one of the previously recorded events. Here is a list of upcoming live events: Read more
Apr 23, 2020
8:22 PM
Mimaki USA Adds ColorPainter Series of Wide-format Printers
Mimaki USA has announced the ColorPainter Series printers have been integrated into the company’s offerings. This follows the January 2020 announcement from Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. (Japan) concluding an exclusive international sales agreement fo Read more
Apr 9, 2020
4:18 PM
Yoram Reshef photographer Photo credit: Yoram Reshef
Mimaki Offers New Large-Scale 3D Printer
Mimaki USA has introduced the Mimaki 3DGD-1800 large-scale 3D printer for creating dimensional displays for a variety of applications. It joins the company’s 3DUJ-553 full-color and 3DFF-222 tabletop models for a full range of 3D print technologies a Read more
Apr 9, 2020
4:16 PM
New Release of Colortrac SmartWorks Pro Software With Support for Latest Canon and Océ Printers
Paradigm Imaging Group has announced new updates to Colortrac Scanning Software. Colortrac is one of the world’s largest producers of large format scanning solutions and now has made it easier than ever to combine a Colortrac scanner with a wide for Read more
Apr 7, 2020
1:56 PM
FotoZoomer Announces Banner Tool 2.0
FotoZoomer has made major updates to the FZ Banner Tool. This tool handles many new features to simplify the creation of on-demand print for banners, panoramic pictures and other large format print creations. This tool offers a 3-step create/print pr Read more
Apr 7, 2020
9:33 AM
National / AZON Introduces CZUR M3000 Book Scanner
Introducing the CZUR M3000 Professional Book Scanner. The CZUR Scanner is designed for high quality and high-level applications. It is best suited for A3 + (meaning 11 x 17) documents including bound materials, historical documents, framed art and ot Read more
Apr 6, 2020
1:47 PM
Guidance for Shutting Down an HP Pagewide
HP has provided a step-by-step guide to properly shutting down an HP Pagewide printer, in case the coronavirus crisis requires you to shut down operations. Read more
Mar 26, 2020
8:13 PM
Instructions for Shutting Down Your HP Latex Printer
Is coronavirus forcing you to close your shop or reduce services? Make sure you shut down your equipment in a fashion that allows you to ramp up safely once the crisis has passed. HP has shared info on how to properly shut down your latex printer her Read more
Mar 25, 2020
9:47 AM
Online File Submission Offer from ReproConnect
In order to support social distancing in print businesses during the coronavirus crisis, Joseph Szobody, president of ReproConnect, has made their FileRocket job submission system available for APDSP members for free for 90 days, no strings attached. Read more
Mar 24, 2020
12:00 PM
Patented Technology Drives Sales of ROWE Ultra-Wide Scanners
“We're excited to introduce the German made ROWE 850i Series Ultra-Wide scanners with patented, innovative technology to North America. ROWE surpasses expectations for quality, performance and speed and we anticipate a great deal of growth in ROWE s Read more
Feb 27, 2020
1:03 PM
Contex Introduces Nextimage Remote App for Remote Control Scanning
Contex has introduced Nextimage Remote, a free app to accompany the Nextimage scanning software. Nextimage Remote provides users with a quick and easy way to control basic scanning tasks from an iOS (Apple) or Android tablet. The tablet can be placed Read more
Feb 27, 2020
10:54 AM
New Release: Bookeye® 5 V3 Overhead Book Scanner
Fully reengineered, the Bookeye 5 V3 is the smallest member of a new generation of eco-friendly, ergonomic and easy to operate book scanners. The Bookeye 5 V3 book scanner is a true scanner solution, not just a digicam mounted on an expensive frame. Read more
Feb 20, 2020
9:47 AM
Onyx Graphics announces global launch of ONYX Hub 2.0
Onyx Graphics, Inc., today announced the global availability of ONYX Hub 2.0, the newest version release of the company’s award-winning business intelligence software. ONYX Hub helps business owners answer questions such as “how profitable am I?” or Read more
Feb 13, 2020
4:52 PM
Contex Launches New Video Series on the Keys to Successful Large Format Scanning
Contex has announced a new series of informative videos that share the keys to a successful large format scanning process. Comprising four short videos, Contex's new series is ideal for anyone who wants to learn the essentials of large format scannin Read more
Jan 30, 2020
5:55 PM
Features
Meet More Frequently With Your Salespeople!
My last article for this newsletter was about “all hands” team meetings. Today, I want to talk about sales meetings. Because I think most “sales managers” meet far too infrequently with their salespeople. Read more
Jun 30, 2020
4:41 PM
APDSP Creates Sign Template Library
Signage related to the COVID crisis and the post-COVID recovery can be an important market for a reprographics shop. With that in mind, APDSP has created a set of 27 sign templates related to COVID and the recovery that APDSP members can use for free Read more
Jun 18, 2020
5:06 PM
Springfield Reprographics: Centennial of Success
A century is a long time for a company to stay in business. That’s especially true for a reprographics firm, since the industry has fundamentally changed several times over the decades. Read more
Jun 18, 2020
5:03 PM
First Covid, Now Protests
Just when we were getting to the end of one crisis, another emerged. The protests related to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis flared up across the country just as businesses started to emerge from the Covid crisis. Read more
Jun 4, 2020
3:05 PM
Survey: Reprographics Slowly Coming Back to Life
Like the rest of the business world, the reprographics industry is slowing emerging from the COVID darkness of the past two and a half months. A survey this week showed that 73 percent of reprographics shops are open at their normal hours, and the re Read more
Jun 4, 2020
2:05 PM
Alphabet Soup of Printing Association Mergers Explained
You probably read the recent news that SGIA and PIA merged. This was just the latest in a long string of mergers among print-related associations. You may find it hard to keep all of these industry changes straight. Fortunately, Mark Hahn, senior man Read more
May 21, 2020
8:53 PM
Meet Regularly To Turn Your Staff Into A Team
How long has it been since you had an “all hands” company meeting? I think this is something you should do every month. But it can’t be a time-waster. This is something that needs to be planned to get maximum results. Read more
May 21, 2020
8:16 PM
Marketing during Covid? Tips from a Small Biz Expert
APDSP member Daphne Best, owner of MS Dallas, needed a marketing piece to keep her firm in front of her customers' eyes recently, and she turned to Maureen Walker. Walker has been in the advertising and marketing business for 25 years, and is current Read more
May 5, 2020
2:35 PM
APDSP Survey: Repro Firms Holding On, But Confidence Slipping
The reprographics industry is weathering the Covid crisis, but a survey last week shows that confidence is slipping a little. The survey, which was answered by 24 companies, was a follow-up to a survey sent about three weeks ago. Read more
Apr 23, 2020
5:11 PM
COVID Conversation: Key Points from APDSP Roundtable
On Tuesday, APDSP sponsored a roundtable conversation about the Covid situation and how it affects reprographics. The panelists – Jen Fuller, owner of DRsi in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, and Chad Sealey, director of sales and marketing for Shar Read more
Apr 23, 2020
8:12 PM
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Germany Reopening: Interview with Repro Leader Achim Carius
There's good news today coming from Germany: The country seems to have gotten control of coronavirus, and some small retail businesses are being allowed to reopen today. APDSP shares a close relationship with motio, the German reprographics associati Read more
Apr 20, 2020
10:44 AM
Austrian Repro Firm Owner: We Will Master This Crisis
Below is a letter we received from Andreas Haltmeyer, president of Haltmeyer B2B, the largest reprographics firm in Austria. He describes how coronavirus has affected his business. Read more
Apr 20, 2020
11:10 AM
Survey Results: Coronavirus Crimping Repro Biz, but Shops are Still Open
Last week APDSP conducted a survey of reprographics shops to ask them how they are dealing with the coronavirus crisis. The effects of the crisis on sales are grim, as we expected, none of the respondents have closed their businesses yet, even tempor Read more
Apr 9, 2020
4:03 PM
How Are Repro Vendors Dealing with Coronavirus?
Coronavirus has upended the world and put a big dent in revenue at most reprographics shops. How are suppliers to these shops faring? We asked them. Below is a “roundtable” discussion on the situation that we assembled from separate interviews and em Read more
Apr 9, 2020
2:00 PM
How the CARES Act Will Help Your Repro Shop Stay Open
The federal government last week passed the CARES Act, a major piece of legislation designed to help businesses survive the coronavirus crisis. Here are the details of how the act can help you: Read more
Mar 30, 2020
3:41 PM
12 Key Points from Tuesday’s Coronavirus Panel Discussion
On Tuesday, March 24, APDSP sponsored an online panel discussion about the coronavirus crisis. The event was moderated by Ed Avis, managing director of APDSP. Panelists were Kevin Howes, executive director of RSA; Rick Bosworth, president of RMX Netw Read more
Mar 26, 2020
8:17 PM
Coronavirus Webinar and Other Resources Posted
The recording of the webinar about how coronavirus is affecting reprographics, which was held March 24, 2020, has been posted. This event was hosted by by Ed Avis, managing director of the Association of Printing and Data Solutions Professionals. Pan Read more
Mar 24, 2020
11:53 AM
Escape from Europe: The Adventure of APDSP Managing Director Ed Avis
If it wasn’t for the coronavirus, right about now I’d be writing you a report from Motio Netwertztage, the German reprographics association’s convention in Gottingen. Instead I’m sitting in my boring little office in Chicago pondering my adventure of Read more
Mar 16, 2020
12:22 PM
MKiMAGES
Quota or Goal?
Is there any difference between a sales quota and a sales goal? In terms of managing salespeople, I think there definitely is. It's one thing to point someone toward a goal and say "Here's what I'd like to see you accomplish." It's something complete Read more
Feb 27, 2020
1:15 PM
APDSP Members Merge: Thomas Acquires Dynamic
Two APDSP members in Texas have joined forces. Thomas Printworks, which has locations throughout Texas and in other states, acquired Dynamic Reprographics of Austin effective February 1. Read more
Feb 13, 2020
3:30 PM
Archives - Enjoy These Past Articles!
Enjoy these past articles about reprographics and the IRgA! Read more
Jul 29, 2013
1:33 PM
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Industry News
AIA Billings Index Shows Continued Decline
Business conditions at architecture firms remained extremely poor for the third consecutive month in May. While the ABI score of 32.0 for the month was somewhat higher than the April score, it still indicates that the majority of firms saw their bill Read more
Scott Schinlever Returns to EFI as Inkjet Chief Operating Officer
Industry digital inkjet leader Scott Schinlever has re-joined Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in a new role as chief operating officer for EFI’s global inkjet business. Schinlever, who starts in his new position today, has been charged with further exp Read more
PrintingUnited 2020 Cancelled
PRINTINGUnited 2020, the printing trade show that debuted last year as a successor to the SGIA show, has been cancelled. Here is the official announcement from the organizers: Read more
RSA Assists Main Street US Businesses in Partnership with Canon USA
The Reprographic Services Association (RSA) expands its commitment in helping Main Street US businesses along with AEC customers in getting back to business. In addition to providing businesses with COVID-19 signage through their 200+ outlets, the RS Read more
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Inches Higher in May; Contractor Confidence Continues to Rebound
Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 7.9 months in May, an increase of less than 0.1 months from April’s reading. Furthermore, based on an ABC member survey conducted May 20-June 3, result Read more
Construction Input Prices Rise in May, Says ABC
Construction input prices rose 0.8% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input pr Read more
Kingnote Now Offers Facemasks
APDSP Vendor Member Kingnote, which buys and sells used copiers, is pivoting its business during these COVID times to provide facemasks. If you would like to resell facemasks to your customers, please consider buying from this member. Read more
