This white paper, sponsored by Avery Dennison and Roland DGA and prepared by teams at ISA and Keypoint Intelligence, provides an in-depth discussion on advertising and using wraps.
This white paper identifies the best sales practices of wide format printing businesses that experience sales growth.
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In this session we will explore the various technologies, including: 3-D print, Thermoform, and CNC routing that can be used for creating dimensional signage. We will discuss opportunities for each, the future of 3-D print, and considerations for choosing the best technology to meet your application requirements.
- Speaker: Josh Hope, Mimaki USA
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
What if you could match your monitor with output from your wide format printer? What if you could get training in color management that was not confusing? What if you could attend a class that would teach you how to match spot colors like logos and more? This seminar is designed for anyone interested in answers to those questions. Designed for any wide-format printer learnings gained from the session will allow users to apply these principles in your shop and save time color matching, enhancing your print image quality and improving customer satisfaction. All of this allows for easy increases to profits and improved ROI.
- Speaker: Mark Rugen, Mutoh America, Inc.
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
A content-rich session specifically for organizations who are seeking the trending wide format applications, best practices, new offerings and strongest profit margins throughout print. Printers attending will walk away with important take-aways to implement into their businesses immediately. Denise M. Gustavson of Printing Impressions will lead this panel discussion of major manufacturers/suppliers who are seeing the hottest areas to move/expand into.
- Speakers: Denise Gustavson (moderator), Printing Impressions; Panelists: Neil Baker, HP; Ken Hanulec, EFI; Deborah Hutcheson, AGFA; Randy Paar; Canon
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of branding and logo design and how brands create the foundation for effective, disruptive wraps. Learn the five rules for an effective wrap design, why colors are critical to a brand, and how typography and distance legibility play a role.
- Speaker: Dan Antonelli, KickCharge Creative
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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Become more efficient in print-cut workflow and color management. Gain an understanding of the necessary tools needed to create a smooth workflow when using, designing and producing a print and cut application. Learn the best way to account for issues such as low resolution images, how to remove complex backgrounds and how to adjust the cutter blade as well other factors that affect contour and perf cutting.
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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With the abundance of easy Photoshop fills and carbon fiber effects, the concept of effective vehicle advertising has been lost. Go back to basics on what goes into an effective vehicle wrap, why branding is so important, how to present your ideas and common pitfalls to avoid. We’ll also explore ways in which your shop can effectively market wrap design and how to stand out among your competitors.
- Speaker: Dan Antonelli, Graphic D-Signs, Inc.
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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In addition to wayfinding, custom graphics on fabric can influence the wellbeing of those visiting a space. This course provides an overview of the benefits and types of fabric graphics along with short and long term applications and how fabric graphics can be used to create both temporary and permanently transformed environments.
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 30 minutes
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Fast growing. Excellent Profits. Unique opportunities with existing and new accounts. When too much is never enough. Wall decor is a unique opportunity for extending your reach with existing customers and beyond. Not only is it a fast growing niche, but one where many companies don’t participate. Find out what you can do and how to do it along with the “WOW” factor that is an added benefit for everyone.
- Speaker: Asaf Lavi, HP
- Price: $35 for members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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Globally the demand for consistency across a brand and its product lines is at an all-time high. Color consistency is a huge part of this demand and color management via the creation of custom profiles provides a solution that delivers consistent and repeatable color. G7 transcends all print mediums and connects the supply chain providing a process to create consistent repeatable color. By calibrating a color system to G7 before creating a custom color profile, you will see significant improvements in color consistency and repeatability verified by process control data points. Learn how G7 can help you retain customers, grow your business, get product out the door faster, increase up-time, decrease waste, and increase profitability. It’s time to implement G7 because it tells your print buyers and brands that what gets measured gets managed.
- Speaker: Jim Raffel, ColorMetrix Technologies, LLC
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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Join members of the Inflatable Advertising Dealers Association for an informative look at inflatable signage, their history, use, zoning and safety issues, as well as how to market them to your customers. Explore how inflatables, an overlooked part of what the traditional sign company offers, can provide additional business opportunities and add a revenue stream to your business.
- Speaker: Bruce Cohen, Inflatable Advertising Dealers Association
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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This session highlights the technical tools needed for entry into the vehicle wrap, paint-protection and tinting markets. Participants will learn about software programs, online resources, and design tools available for designing vehicle wraps and graphics.
- Speaker: Mark Rugen, Neschen Americas
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1.5 hours
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We live in an age of speed, where time is money and short turnaround times are getting shorter by the day. Which means maximizing your production of digital prints—from design process, to printing, to finishing—is more critical than ever to your business’ success. That’s where we come in, with an informative, hour-long discussion of best practices for tried-and-true workflows. We’ll cover the latest in technology, how to shorten the gap from the time an order comes in to when it heads out for install, and more.
- Speaker: Eric Zimmerman, Roland DGA
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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Gain an understanding of what 3D printing is, the processes and how to add to your business. Early adopters of 3D printing are discovering its competitive edge in a changing manufacturing industry. This presentation represents a deep and targeted sign industry research initiative with designers and manufacturers to understand and explain the various types of additive manufacturing processes, and how they will ultimately change how we design, the way we work and what we produce.
- Speaker: Keith Davis, KRD Design
- Price: $35 member; $100 non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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Learn about key trends in the in the wide format digital market and hear examples of how wide format printers have begun to print on different substrates including wood, glass, metal and plastic with the aim of opening up different markets for these applications including case studies from around the world. End with an exciting and enlightening look at how to adapt your Digital business to these “big trends” by innovating your approach – touching on product innovation, marketing and creating a dynamic business environment for growth!
- Speaker: Frazer Chesterman, FM Brooks
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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This white paper explores how printers can capitalize on some of the newest wide format print opportunities in today’s evolving industry.
Plus, see the related infographic on Wide Format Print Trends.
This white paper evaluates emerging applications and opportunities in the corrugated space and outlines some of the ways that EFI™ is helping customers capitalize on these new and emerging market opportunities.
This white paper examines trends and opportunities in wide format print, discusses the benefits of various media types, how they are used and reviews the key factors that should be considered when investigating new investment opportunities.
Digital printing is a key part of nearly every area of the sign and graphics industry. Lack of planning can cost thousands of dollars and hours while successful print management can create new innovations and foster new opportunities.
This paper developed by the Sign Research Foundation provides an overview of the technologies, methodologies and materials shaping the way designers, fabricators and manufacturers are navigating digital printing processes.
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This white paper maps out new business opportunities in digital textile printing, analyzes growth opportunities, highlights recent successes in textile-based printing applications, and discusses requirements from human capital to equipment investments.
This white paper is a how-to guide designed to educate and offer direction on leveraging opportunities in wide format print applications.
This executive summary explores the key findings from the Keypoint Intelligence/InfoTrends report of the same name. The study identifies key trends, investments, opportunities, and best practices of print providers.
This white paper is a “how-to” guide for print providers in navigating the visual communications space. Now more than ever it is critical to understand the wants, needs and desires of all stakeholders within a project. Print providers need to know how to navigate the space and understand the importance of personalization, especially when it comes to creating a quality customer experience. Learn how to maximize efficiency and showcase capabilities, to think like a visual communications company, and prepare to capitalize on opportunities.
This white paper, sponsored by Avery Dennison and Roland DGA and prepared by teams at ISA and Keypoint Intelligence, provides an in-depth discussion on advertising and using wraps.
This white paper identifies the best sales practices of wide format printing businesses that experience sales growth.
ISA, in partnership with InfoTrends, has produced a white paper to identify the benefits of innovative curing technologies, with a review of both UV cured and latex inkjet.
Today’s sign companies are searching for new revenue sources as well as improved production efficiencies. New products with UV curable and latex-based inks present a growth opportunity.
- Price: $35 for ISA members; $100 for non-members
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With soft signage, hard board and plastics, and polypropylene alternatives to PVC, customers have more choices than ever when it comes to printing materials. With this growth in wide format digital print, finishing has now become even more important.
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- Estimated time to complete course: 1 hour
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This white paper highlights key areas of opportunity in the wide format print market, explores some of the top-growing wide format applications and uncovers some of the key areas of promise for sign, graphics and visual communications companies.
- Price $0 members; $24.95 non-members
