What’s happened to Graph Expo?

As I prepare for the upcoming Graph Expo event, September 11-14th, in Chicago I started to think about the many years that I have attended the event as an end user, vendor and now association president for the electronic document industry. Yesterday, I spent some time...

3 Dollars a page for print?

In many of my previous blogs I have spoken about looking at new print applications, thinking out of the box and finding applications that are value driven and demand a higher price. The  ultimate print application A few days ago while I was preparing to fly from...

I have a digital press now what?

Digital printing has come a long way over the last 5-10 years, with the latest and greatest being displayed at the upcoming Graph Expo, September 11-14 in Chicago. Although feeds, speeds, quality and cost are always part of the discussion when talking about a digital...

A Message to Vendors: The ROI of Events

Being in the event business a great deal of discussion with vendors focuses on return on investment of marketing dollars. When a vendor is looking at participating in an event or trade show, they are not familiar with, they always ask a litany of questions and...

What is a document?

A few years ago I was writing an article on the document industry. As I sat in my office my daughter, who was about six at that time, asked me what I was doing. When I told her that I was writing something for a magazine about the document industry, she asked me what...