Dan Marx

Dan Marx

Dan Marx, Content Director for Wide-Format Impressions, holds extensive knowledge of the graphic communications industry, resulting from his more than three decades working closely with business owners, equipment and materials developers, and thought leaders.

Brother Makes Hostile Bid for Roland DG

According to a recent report in PrintNews, Brother Industries has lodged a hostile offer to purchase Roland DG, Japan-based parent company of Roland DGA.

Is Your Company Excluding Potential Customers?

While some might choose to look the other way in the presence of, in this case, racism or sexism, the act of excluding a person as a potential customer is not only bad for society, it’s bad for business.

Somu Desai on Desert Promotions' Process of Recovery

Six months after his business was inundated by three feet of mud, Desert Promotions owner Somu Desai shares the experience of bringing the business back, what needed to be done, and how several industry professionals stepped up to help a colleague in need.

Flexing Up: Exploring Burst Capacity Strategies

Burst capacity is simple in concept: having that extra push, enough print and/or labor capacity on hand to be able to temporarily scale up to take big or immediate jobs (or both) and meet expected deadlines.

Wide-Format Weekly (3/7/24)

This week's episode highlights what it takes to handle graphics for the Super Bowl, a Quebec company on the move, training and installation for graphics installers, finding partners for apparel decoration, and celebrating women in the printing industry.

Economic Challenges with Strategic Agility

With a forward-thinking approach, the sector gears up for 2024, ready to harness modest growth opportunities while fortifying against the lingering aftereffects of policy shifts and market flux.

Wide-Format Weekly (2/15/24)

This week's highlights include strategies for finding and keeping employees, the PRINTING United Alliance merger with Brand Chain and PERF, insights on the wide-format segment, a chat with Mike Rowe of Adnormous Graphics, and a view into the functional/industrial printing space. Great stuff!

Expo Equipment Purchases Add Possibilities for Adnormous Graphics

Asked why he purchased the HP Latex 3600 printer, owner Mike Rowe says, “I like redundancy.” He says a key production goal at his company is to be well equipped to take whatever work comes its way – and his technology play is not about capacity.

Four Views of Functional/Industrial Printing

While many processes in this space have existed for decades, evidence of industry change can be seen in the peripheries. This article aims to check in with a handful of industry professionals on developments in the space they serve and to understand how they view its present and future.

Lisa Cross on Who Buys Wide-Format Report

Lisa Cross, principal analyst at NAPCO Research, provides top-line takeaways from its recently-published Who Buys Wide Format survey report. The report, featuring feedback from both wide-format producers and their customers, provides a valuable view into the segment.

Jordan Gorski on Benefits of G7+ for Wide-Format Segment

Jordan Gorski, executive director of Idealliance, discusses the newly released G7+ color management specifications, which offer greater control on common wide-format printing substrates, including textiles.