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Why should you apply for the FESPA Awards
The FESPA Awards celebrates excellence in print and the accomplishments of printers and sign-makers around the world as well as recognising their talent, skill, creativity, and innovation.

A World of Opportunity: Printeriors Now Offers a Permanent Online Hub for Interior Décor
Printeriors aims to inspire, the FESPA audience: bringing you a permanent showcase packed with the latest innovations, technologies and case studies and market trends.

Durst sponsor interview at FESPA Global Print Expo 2023
We speak to Christian Harder, VP of Sales, Serge Clauss, Product Manager and Christoph CEO & Co-Owner at Durst Group about their 360 Production Excellence, their software solutions and their fully automated P5 robotics and the new roll to roll printer, the P5 350 HSR.
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FESPA Global Print Expo 2023
FESPA Global Print Expo 2023 returned to Messe Munich from 23rd – 26th May.
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FESPA Global Print Expo 2023 - Day 1 Highlights
Watch the highlights to the first day of FESPA Global Print Expo 2023, Europe’s leading printing and signage exhibition!

How can software drive print profitability? Durst traces the way to Production Excellence
The world of digital printing is constantly evolving. Nowadays, digital printers have achieved very high productivity and quality levels. Looking at the challenges printing companies are facing, often the main cost driver and productivity losses are related to the processes that precede and follow the printing. To ensure profitability, the greatest opportunities often lie in making production and sales processes more efficient.

Teaching design and colour management skills to young print professionals
Printing SA runs a popular series of courses to smooth the career paths of the printers of the future.

Durst Group starts countdown towards FESPA 2023 with Software webinars
Durst Software & Solutions provides smart and easy-to-use software solutions to optimize the printing process “from Pixel to Output”. Beginning on April 20, Serge Clauss, Product Manager, Durst Software & Solutions and Randy Baer, E-Commerce Project Manager, will host a modular webinar series, to explain in 6 steps how the Durst software can help to digitize and automate various aspects of your business.

Augmented reality: bringing print to life
US-based design lab Amplifier uses art to ‘amplify’ the message of its social change partners. Now, with augmented reality, it is marrying the worlds of traditional print and smart technology.

Artificial intelligence meets graphics
The launch of DALL-E 2 offers printers the opportunity to generate unique images using natural language. But is it too good to be true?
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How to choose an MIS
Management Information System software has become an essentially component in running a modern printshop but the implementation will determine its success.

How ChatGPT adds value for your business and shows us the future of AI
Print industry innovator Mark Coudray looks at how open-access online AI system ChatGPT can help printers improve their business.

Creative Cloud has competitors for sign work
Simon Eccles shares how Adobe has dominated the global market with their array of creative programs for print, web and video. Simon also shares alternative creative programs from Adobe's competitors including CADlink, Alludo, Corel, Quark and Serif Affinity.

Making a splash in vehicle wrapping with colour management technology
Even after selecting your printer, material and inks, wrappers still need to consider the type of software they may need to complete a job. We take a look at how colour management software and similar solutions can support wrappers with their work.

Sustainable Manufacturing Insights, Developments, Software and Automation
As we enter the gates of an age of compliance, regulation and certification are now paramount. What we manufacture, the materials we choose, and the technology utilised must be worthy of the finest microscopic interrogation. Transparency and Traceability are the new norm and are now integral to the print supplier’s workflow.

How to defend your business against cyber attack
Printers should not be complacent about the systemic threats to their business from cyber criminals.

What does the metaverse mean for printers?
We look at the newly named ‘metaverse’ and see how the burgeoning digital landscape could offer opportunities rather than concerns for printers.
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FESPA 2023 events set out to share ‘new perspectives’ on print and signage
FESPA Global Print Expo 2023 and European Sign Expo 2023 return to Messe Munich, Germany, from 23-26 May 2023, with a mission to share ‘New Perspectives’ with print and sign professionals who are setting out their strategies for future success.