From automating marketing campaigns to analyzing production data, AI is becoming the secret weapon for print shop success.
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Denise Gustavson is the Editorial Director for the Alliance Media Brands — which includes Printing Impressions, Packaging Impressions, In-plant Impressions, Wide-Format Impressions, Apparelist, NonProfitPRO, and the PRINTING United Journal — PRINTING United Alliance.

Mark Vasilantone took over the family business, Vastex International Inc., in 1999. An accomplished engineer, he has continued revolutionizing the design and performance of Vastex equipment as its President.

Dan Maurer is vice president of Digital Print at Heidelberg North America.
A versatile leader with 20 years of combined, progressive experience impacting company performance and profitability through marketing leadership. Currently, Heather is senior director, marketing,
Commercial Printing Business Group, Ricoh USA Inc.

Claire Swedberg is a freelance writer and reporter who has been covering RFID and printed electronics for more than a decade.
Toni McQuilken is the senior editor for the printing and packaging group.
Cory Francer is an Analyst with NAPCO Research, where he leads the team’s coverage of the dynamic and growing packaging market. Cory also is the former editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions and is still an active contributor to its print magazines, blogs, and events. With a decade of experience as a professional journalist and editor, Cory brings an eye for storytelling to his packaging research, providing compelling insight into the industry's most pressing business issues. He is an active participant in many of the industry's associations and has played an essential role in the development of the annual Digital Packaging Summit. Cory can be reached at cfrancer@napco.com

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.

Maura Keller is a writer, editor, book author & proofreader at Keller Ink.

D'Arcy Lewis is the Technical Sales Manager at Drytac.
Jim Workman recently retired after a career that spanned 40 years, first with Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, then Printing Industries of America, and most recently, PRINTING United Alliance. He managed the Continuous Improvement Conference for most of its 32-year existence.
Lauren Searson has been the Managing Editor for the SGIA Journal since November 2017 and has worked in publications for more than 10 years.

Todd Smith is the Manager, Product Marketing — Specialty and Wide-Format Products at Konica Minolta.

Kelli Ramirez is a marketing and communications professional with expertise in the wide-format digital printing & display graphics industry.

Ray assists association members with information on digital printing as well as digital equipment, materials, and vendor referrals. He oversees training and certification workshops at PRINTING United Alliance. Ray is project manager for both the PDAA Certification program and the PRINTING United Alliance Digital Color Professional Certification program and is an instructor for the Color Management Boot Camps as well as a G7 expert. Ray regularly contributes to the Association's Journal and won the 2016 Swormstedt Award for Best in Class writing in the Digital Printing category. Ray was inducted into the Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technologies (ASDPT) in 2020. He also works with SkillsUSA to conduct the National Competition for Graphics Imaging Sublimation. Outside of work, Ray enjoys biking, international cuisine and spending time with his three fantastic grandkids.
Bill Pope is the Vice President, Technical Services, at PRINTING United Alliance.

Juan Jose Catalan is global sales manager for Electronics For Imaging’s Building Materials business, which manufactures EFI Cubik printers for wood, concrete, and polymer surfaces, as well as EFI Cretaprint printers for ceramic tiles.

Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
Tune into this video to hear how Image Square Printing utilizes the Mimaki JFX600-2513 UV flatbed printer to print products like puzzles.
We sat down with HP's Daniel Martinez and Oscar Vidal to learn more about the company's wide-format strategy, and where it is headed.
We know there's a lot of information, and at times it may seem there's a new printer or substrate almost every day. So don't worry, we'll recap them here for you.
Attendees of a printing symposium were awestruck by a presentation on artificial intelligence that left them eager to investigate AI.
As AI tools proliferate, print service providers can use them to help get better, more consistent color across a wide range of applications.
