American Printer Weekly
August 20, 2021 eNews
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2 Guys Waling

Would You Hire These Guys?
Many in the print industry find it difficult to find and hire pressmen, print operators, finishing operators, and even salespeople. Could part of the problem be because it is increasingly difficult to hire the “right” people? You know, trained people who are like your past and current staff. Let’s discuss alternatives.
Howard Schultz

Starbucks’ CEO Began at Xerox in Sales
The success of Starbucks legend Howard Schultz is inspiring. According to Forbes, the chairman emeritus is now worth $5.7 billion, but long before that, he was an entry-level salesperson at Xerox. And that job was an upgrade from his first job out of college, which was working at a ski lodge in Michigan.
Jostens and Heidelberg

Printer Selects Strategic Partner for the Future
Jostens produces nearly 20,000,000 yearbooks and commercial publications each year. They needed technology robust enough to handle the world record number of makereadies required each day to produce such a high volume of books. Find out who they ultimately selected as their strategic partner.
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Gartner CCM Market Guide Recognizes Elixir
Elixir Tango was recently added to the Gartner CCM Market Guide as a product rep of the CCM market and prevalent in client inquiries. Elixir Tango, developed for the cloud and sold specifically for CCM, provides platform-wide and functional, role-based access with just a browser and connected device.
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Kirk-Rudy FireJet 4C

Service Provider Finds Ideal Inkjet Press for Envelopes
Feeding envelopes through a printer is not an easy task. There are so many sizes, configurations, and variations. Printlink printing of envelopes accounts for about 50% of their volume. After seeing Kirk-Rudy’s FireJet 4c, they thought it might be what they needed to open up new opportunities.
Sid Chadwick

Developing the Business
Effective Virtual Customer Communications Are Critical
Virtual Communications with your customers may be the critical success link for your organization and its future. In the last month, we've received multiple complaints and requests for assistance re. "perceived communications ineffectiveness of their customer contact personnel".
Debbie Nicholson

Wide-Format PSPs: Are You Content With Your Content?
Do your marketing materials WOW customers with uniqueness and experience?  Or are they saturated with text and photos of your equipment? Remember, buyers are not buying your equipment; they are buying your expertise.  Being content with your marketing content will invite problems to your organization.
Webinar Crawford Technologies

The Future of Document Re-Engineering is in the Cloud
Learn how Crawford Technologies is changing the world of Enterprise output management one document at a time. Crawford has deployed a full suite of data stream transforms and Post Composition solutions into a secure AWS fully scalable cloud environment. Register now>>>
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Names in the News
Stacey Sujeebun

Stacey Sujeebun
Stacey Sujeebun the Marketing Communications Director at Konica Minolta has named one of the 2021 Women Influencers.
Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell
Chris Mitchell has been appointed as Midwestern US Sales Manager at Miraclon. 
Josh Carruth

Josh Carruth
Josh Carruth, Industry Sales and Events Veteran Joins PRINTING United Alliance as Apparel Community Managing Director.

Industry News

o Kodak and Pacific Office Automation Announce Reseller Agreement

o Quadient Announces Partnership with UiPath to Further Enhance and Automate...

o Mitchell Press Hiring Prepress Technician

o Family-Owned Minuteman Press Franchise in CT Helps Local Businesses Adapt...

o Quadient Introduces the iX-9, a High-output Mailing and Shipping System...

o Packaging Industry Consolidation in Every Direction

o Epson Adds E-Learning Content to SurePress Website

o How A Request From Customer Molded An Idea Into A Full-fledged Web-to-Print...

o Madison Advisors Identifies Crawford Technologies as a Leader in the Document...
Good News Outside of Print
Olympic Silver Medal

Olympian Auctions Medal for Infant's Heart Surgery $
Not even two weeks since winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk put her silver medal up for auction to help save an infant's life. "A medal is only an object, but it can be of great value to others. This silver can save lives instead of collecting dust in a closet."

Additional News

o New MUTOH VJ-1638UH/VJ-1638UR Mark II Printers Featuring Genuine VerteLith RIP...

o RSA Launches Collaboration Feature Inside WebCRD with New Software

o HP and Dscoop Announce Cancellation of Edge San Diego

o Graphics One Announces MAC-Based RIP

o Primoreels Purchases Second Nilpeter FA-17 After Devastating Fire

o Canon U.S.A. Introduces Three New Compact A3 Color Models

o Xaar’s Presence in China Taken to New Heights with Opening of Shenzhen

o PostNet in Top 100 on Entrepreneur's Global Franchise List

o Kornit Digital Acquires Voxel8, Expanding Additive Manufacturing Technology

o DTG Connection, LLC. Adds the Epson SureColor F2100 DTG Printer

o GAM Graphics and Marketing Extends Capability with Ricoh and Color-Logic

o Specialist from Germany's South Invests in an Evo XD from Koenig & Bauer

o SUN Automation Group Showcases its “Strong Partners and Strong Solutions”

o PRINTING United Alliance Announces Newest Members
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