The Online Print Symposium has been going on for many years, and as the conference has developed, so has its role. It's about innovative companies and business models, learning from successful companies, and identifying trends. Of course, it's also about more daily things, like legislation and standards. Here, Bernd Zipper talks about everything, and we hope you will enjoy it!

Bernd Zipper is a well-known name in the printing industry. With his ZIPCON Consulting out of Germany, the writer, consultant, keynote speaker, event organizer, and more, have influenced the printing industry more than most. With a dedicated focus on online printing as well as the newest and latest technologies, how to bring print forward - you can be sure that Bernd Zipper and his team are on the forefront. As with all our ‘Over the Skype’ interviews, quality is limited to bandwidth, web-cams, and ability to literally LIVE mix the conversations. However, it works, and with Over the Skype, we will bring you more than 20 exciting people, and angles on the industry as it is right now. Enjoy!

I ask Bernd if #HID25 is the future of print - and this leads to an interesting talk about why, for example, the Online Print Symposium that takes place annually in Munich is a super interesting addendum. If Innovationdays is about hardware, software, and network, then OPS adds the business models and presentations of companies utilizing the technology - and I agree. HID is very much about finding technology that supports your business, and though HID, naturally, also is about business models, as the technology is the enabler, the different focuses are first and foremost right and secondly complimentary. By the way, the next OPS is already April 3-4, so if you haven't signed up, secure your seat now.

Wayne Beckett talks with Bernd Zipper about the last 2 days at OPS 2025 and how content will always be king. Bernd also talks about the future of OPS and how they're already working on content for OPS 2026.

Wayne Beckett talks to Bernd Zipper an hour before the Online Print Symposium 2025 opens. Bernd gives us an outline of what to expect over the next 2 days.

INKISH loves to hear about opinions and strategies from industry leaders. In this too short interview with Benoit Chatelard, President of Flint group Digital & Xeikon CEO we get to hear about the importance and relevance of the different printing technologies they bring to the market and why they are doing a show like Xeikon Café. A great interview in an open spirit and I feel confident that we will have more interesting stories and initiatives from XEIKON to report on in the future! Enjoy!

Benjamin Bösch joined Koenig & Bauer Durst just weeks before this interview. Still, with a background from manroland, HP, Landa, and now Koenig & Bauer Durst, we, of course, had to ask him if his the 'living evidence of the digital transformation,' - and here we go. Will the increased digital transformation in packaging also change how sales are done, and will that commoditize the market? We are excited to see Benjamin Bösch with Koenig & Bauer, and hopefully we will get more chances to talk to him in the future. Enjoy!

The Benelux Online Print Event is an event that as the title implies is about online printing. The Keynote is by Bernd Zipper who is one of the most recognized knowledge providers from the online printing industry - author, keynote speaker, event owner (The Online Symposium) and more. Many speakers - both local and international - are present at this exciting day in Brussels, that will be covered by INKISH.TV. We hope to see you! Read more about event: https://bope.vigc.be/?lang=en

You visit printing companies producing beautiful metallizations, embossings, etc., but we have never visited a company like Studio on Fire. Employees are art-educated and have a fantastic dedication to what they do, and what they do is precision foils in multiple colors, embossing, and de-bossing like no one else, letterpress, and materials that are beyond what you find with most printing companies. When you are a customer, the creative team spends hours, days, weeks, and even months to create the perfect packaging for a perfect product - and zero compromises - the process is developed to perfection, and the entirely analog production gives the finished product a sense of beauty that blow your mind - this is simply art, packaging, creativity, and craftsmanship at the highest level possible. You can't do anything but love the process, the people, the products, and the technology that comes from Kluege, Heidelberg, and recently, the KAMA ProCut76 and KAMA FF52i. When you see our film, Ziga Kovac (the filmmaker) has captured the work—and yet fantastic—it doesn't justify the real thing. Ben Levitz likes what he does and wants to work with others, but he realizes that other printing companies often have different passions than Ben Levitz and his team—but you should learn. This is the real deal! GREAT—simply GREAT!

In this film, Michael Tuchscher from Beltz Grafische Betriebe explains what considerations and why they ended up investing in a Hunkeler and HP-T-series solution. With the Hunkeler investment, Beltz can produce book blocks that can be handled in the company's binding department, and, well - judge for yourself - but it looks pretty cool! This film was made for our Learn With Us Inkjet series and is recorded remotely.

David Walden is the Plant Manager for PrimeSourceOPC out of North Carolina and, of course, influences the decision process when investing in new equipment. At the BOBST Open House event, he explains some of the KPIs when choosing equipment. But listen to what he says, and learn :-)

If you are not already following Gee Ranasinha and learning from his almost daily posts on LinkedIn, you should. With great insight into the human mind's understanding of what works and what doesn't work, he shares his views on topics we should all learn from. The altruistic approach to content, why clicks and likes is a highly overrated matrix, how the various SoMe platforms do everything they can to keep content and users on their platforms, etc. When we asked Gee for an interview, it was like coming home. We share many ideas, and in this format, you will be exposed to many things you should consider in your business - HIGHLY recommended!

We get better acquainted with some of their offerings and ask about their economic outlook for the coming years. Interesting points of view to hear from an important player in this segment. Do check it out. LinkedIn Profile:

Beatrice Klose is the Secretary-General for INTERGRAF based in Brussels, Belgium. Intergraf organises 20 European Print Federations and do an extremely important job concerning both servicing the local federations, but maybe even more important representing the printing industry concerning legislation suggested by the European Commission. In this 'Over the Skype' session, Beatrice Klose explains the work of Intergraf, which we find is way undervalued - so please enjoy and share. As with all our ‘Over the Skype’ interviews, quality is limited to bandwidth, web-cams, and ability to literally LIVE mix the conversations. However, it works, and with Over the Skype, we will bring you more than 20 exciting people, and angles on the industry as it is right now. Enjoy!

The MarketDirect Storefront (MDSF) is described by channel sales manager Joe Fedor. Boasting a flexible UX and simple integration with any of the eProductivity workflow and management solutions, MDSF is scalable e-commerce for small to medium size print service providers as well as enterprise web-to-print customer integration. It is also API enabled for integration with third party MIS systems.

It's always nice to meet specialists, and Bastian Pinsenschaum is definitely one of them. In this interview from Weilburger's booth at Drupa 2024, we discuss water barrier coatings and give examples of real-life applications!

Bartosz Mierzwiak likes being innovative and explains to editor Morten B. Reitoft how he believes that if you don't innovate, you can't survive. In the interview, Bartosz Mierzwiak also talks about digitalization, how the company was started by his father in a garage, and the relation with BHS. Nice story!

Just a few days before drupa, Barbara McManus from HP was thrown into a new position within HP. She fortunately, as she says, knew the organization as she has been heading the R&D in PageWide for years - and maybe you remember, but the PageWide T2200 was actually McManus's baby. More 'babies' are on their way, for example, the T4250 and the 500 - and we get to talk about that in this interview - enjoy!

Mark Subers is the President of PRINTING United Expo. In just a few weeks (October 19th-21st, 2022), PRINTING United Expo takes place in Las Vegas. After two years of COVID and cancellations, editor Morten B. Reitoft talked with Subers about what to expect in the 2022 edition. Subers explain the many changes, like more equipment on the floor, fewer but better educational sessions, and integrated activities in various pavilions. The new PUX platform enables other organizations to organize user events days before PRINTING United, hopefully leading to more people staying for the expo. The exhibition floor has grown, and Subers is optimistic about the number of attendees, which most likely will exceed the 30,000 attendees from the 2019 edition in Dallas. His expectations are based on a much higher sale of hotel rooms here two weeks before the event. INKISH will cover PRINTING United intensively, so be prepared for our daily coverage.

Amazing to see the print samples from Kodak. In this Print Sample TV episode, your host Pat McGrew shows print samples printed on various substrates, even plastic materials. Kodak offers both print heads to be installed in a hybrid setup with offset and presses to deliver stunning results. In this Print Sample TV episode, you will see it all.

Quality and consistency are two key issues in any print application. With Axode's high-speed camera and registration, systems quality is assured. Axode delivers solutions for various kind of print equipment. Meet them at www.argosinspirationdays.com

Can paper really influence productivity on your inkjet device? Well, according to Axel J Mangelsdorf from Crown Van Gelder, paper has a large impact on productivity AND quality. The uncoated paper from Crown Van Gelder has such a smooth surface that it almost feels like a coated paper, enabling higher print quality, but the paper is also engineered for speed. So listen to Axel J Mangelsdorf and get the latest update on new GSMs developed and how Crown Van Gelder is good for your inkjet press!

Grakom indbyder i samarbejde med Medit Consult til årets tekniske konference med oplæg fra en række danske og internationale fagspecialister. De senere år har vi været vidne til banebrydende forretningskoncepter, der grundlæggende tilbyder grafiske produkter, men som har vendt op og ned på den grafiske branche. De mest banebrydende grafiske forretningskoncepter baserer sig på et gennemautomatiseret workflow. Den grafiske branche har være udsat for disruption længe før, det ord blev daglig tale. Intet af det var imidlertid blevet realiseret, hvis ikke en lang række processer var blevet automatiseret. På konferencens indlæg belyses det forretningsmæssige potentiale af professionelle forretningsudviklere, krydret med cases fra virksomheder der har gjort det i praksis. Sideløbende ser konferencen indad i den grafiske virksomhed og sætter klassiske optimeringsgevinster som effektivisering, fejlminimering og kvalitetssikring i nyt lys. INKISH er mediapartner og vil dække konferencen. Læs mere og tilmeld dig på: http://grakom.dk/auto

It has been a busy year for Canadian Ultimate TechnoGraphics. New major upgrades to its Impostrip software, an entirely new nesting engine, new partner announcements, and Scalable software technology - as you can understand, good reason to talk to Raymond Duval. We will also meet Ray and his colleagues at PRINTING United to dig more into details, but this is, as always, great talking to him. Enjoy!