Dan Marx

Linda Bishop of Thought Transformation discusses how print sales is changing amid smaller marketing budgets, leaner teams, economic uncertainty, and AI-driven outreach.

This column is the first in a monthly series highlighting trends, happenings, and markets in the wide-format graphics industry, and it comes at a time when the wide-format printing segment, as we know it, has changed.

Among the many things proven at last year’s PRINTING United Expo in Orlando, Florida, was that wide-format technology continues to develop

Lane Kathryn Hickey-Wiggins, president and CEO of DPrint, has made a name for herself in the wide-format printing segment, where she she has proven herself as a business leader, an ambassador for printing, and a strong advocate for women in the industry.

One of the more important things to consider among the evolution of these companies is that printing – the part our industry focuses so much of its attention upon – has become just another tool (albeit a very important one) they use to get the job done.

Each year, Wide-format Impressions recognizes its industry Rising Stars – printing professionals who are growing, flourishing, and impressing in their positions. For this episode, we’re talking with a couple of our previous Rising Stars to see where their careers have taken them and how they view today’s printing industry.

Emilio Rangel, Product Manager at Mutoh America, discusses the company's HydrAton 1642 printer, which utilizes a new, water-based UV-cured ink system.

In recent acquisition news, Duggal Visual Solutions has acquired CSI Printing & Graphics. To gain a deeper understand of the acquisition and its goals, Wide-format Impressions spoke with Duggal CEO Michael Duggal.

Emilio Rangel, Product Manager at Mutoh America, discusses the company's flatbed printer, and how it can be used for the creation of digitally-printed ADA-compliant braille.

This week: a new home for our printed content, a live report from this week’s EPS Connect, approaches for graphics installation staffing, and recent data on industry convergence.