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It says Copyright 2022 - If it was legit the copyright would be current and accurate. Not only is it a scam, it's from a lazy scammer.

The platform wars are over. Fonts play nice on both, and Adobe is platform agnostic. So is Microsoft (at least the parts of MS that would touch a prepress department). And the cloud doesn't care what OS is accessing it. So Mac or Windows? It's a personal preference unless there's an...

This isn't what I had in mind when I think of variable data printing, but now I guess it is... :-|

Hi there, regarding organizational structure, I'd highly recommend the Entrepreneurial Operating System, which is most often referred to simply as EOS: eosworldwide.com. The nature of your question appears to be about a very specific role (or roles) in your organization, so my suggestion of EOS...

This is new territory for all of us, that's for sure. "Social Distancing" is a phrase that's going to stick. Translation: “Shop online and not in person.” This is a defining moment for e-commerce. Now is the time to make sure your website is one of the members of your sales team. If you’ve...

I need to refresh/update my knowledge of wide format printing. Two easy-answer questions for you... What are your most popular wide format substrates? What are your most popular wide format sizes?

:rolleyes: I look at Tom's approach as "greatly improving what may already be done right!" I think of his approach as hiring insurance. :-) To be clear, Tom Foster's work is rooted in the work of Elliott Jaques, who puts the science into this process. Jaques's work is really deep stuff, and Tom...

Thanks billowen99, I'll check that out. No, not really. I was creating a scenario in which a printer has someone on their team that would benefit from a structured curriculum of print industry instruction. I'm curious what others are using for print-specific training materials. But, FWIW, my...

You just hired a new team member! They're a perfect fit for your culture but they're light on knowledge of the printing industry. How do you educate them? What training resources do you use to quickly get them up to speed with print industry knowledge?

I'm curious if this website was targeted to the general public, or if it was the website of a trade printer. If this website's audience is targeted to the general public, I believe it failed. These days, do print buyers even care if it's printed digital or offset? Print buyers just want...

In my opinion, a 2 part interview with detailed questions is not enough, not even close! You probably have more to your process that you're not sharing, but if you're willing to really take a good hard look at your process, I'd highly recommend the Hiring Talent book and/or web training...

We're happy OnSIP users too! They really do a nice job for us. Not only are all internal calls free, all OnSIP to OnSIP calls are free too! That means I could call gregbatch at no additional charge. The only downside (and I don't know that it's unique to OnSIP) is that I seem to remember calls...

Like many of you, I also remember 9/11 in connection with Print '01. In my case, I left our booth early to fly home on September 10 to return for a scheduled medical appointment for my very young daughter. That evening I flew from Chicago to Minneapolis on a full plane. There was one passenger...

gazfocus I'm curious, did you make a decision to move ahead with PrintSmith Vision, something else, or nothing at all?

arkansasdan, my company (Marketing Ideas For Printers) can help. We help LOTS of printers do exactly that! MI4P.com/websites, or give us a call at 800-736-0688 / 701-241-9204.

Got a few questions on run speeds. I was talking with a fellow printer this morning about specs on his machine (Canon varioPRINT 130) and he told me that the run speed is 130 impressions per minute for 1 side, 8.5 x 11. In a moment of geekiness we then started discussing the speeds based on...

Thanks for the kind words, Keith! I didn't recognize you behind that avatar! :-)

My company, Marketing Ideas For Printers, is preparing for the public launch of Odyssey, a new breed of Print MIS, and I'd like to do a little more due diligence with some additional market research. Would you consider take a few moments (less than 5 minutes) to share some of your opinions...

It's been a LONG time since I've looked at Filemaker Pro, but I know it's up for the job. However, as others have already mentioned, building an estimating/production system will turn into a task that consumes you. You'd be much better off using that time to sell more printing instead of...

With a limited glance of the info provided, I'd get my 10-foot pole out and not touch it. HOWEVER, being the eternal optimist, everything's up for negotiation before there's a signature on the line. You could use these questionable items as conversation-starters to (potentially) build a stronger...