HP unveils roadmap for driving growth in 2020 and beyond; arms partners with insights and expertise to navigate unprecedented industry transformation and lead with services

New financing model and WISE for Channel platform streamlines service-led selling
Adaptive learning certification and training program focused on contractual sales and soft skills
New HP Sales Central provides single intuitive gateway to services training and sales assets

HP Reinvent showcases new solutions across Personal Systems, Print and Services aimed at transforming customer experiences and enabling long-term partner success

Introduces game-changing PC experiences for work and life
Announces breakthrough security solutions and expanded A3 and A4 portfolio
Delivers powerful new partner enablement tools for services-led selling
Shares vision for print sustainability innovation to help protect the world’s forests

On March 19, Agfa welcomed representatives from printing companies across Europe as well as printing industry opinion leaders to an exclusive Value Conference to get inspirational ideas to grow their businesses and improve their profitability.

Printing Industries of America is seeking speakers for its COLOR20 Conference to be held January 11-14, 2020 at the Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa in San Diego, CA. COLOR20 focuses on color reproduction, management, consistency, and accuracy throughout the entire print production supply chain.

Solimar Systems and Canon Solutions America Announce Strategic Alliance
The new combined offering will provide enhanced print workflow solutions for the professional printing community.

Solimar Systems, Inc., today announced an alliance with Canon Solutions America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc. The combined offering will build on the proven, market-leading technologies of both companies to offer Canon Solutions America customers workflow enhancement, management, tracking and reporting solutions for their complex printing operations.

Fresno, California-based Dumont Printing, Central California’s largest full-service provider of print and marketing products, has expanded an EFI™ PrintStream® Fulfillment software-based workflow, building on PrintStream’s leading-edge capabilities to implement a full EFI Midmarket Print Suite solution with Pace™ MIS/ERP technology. The addition of the suite at Dumont allows for improved business and production management, more accurate estimating and, ultimately, a more efficient company. The new integrated workflow, purchased from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII), also features EFI MarketDirect StoreFront eCommerce/web-to-print technology that gives Dumont’s clients greater flexibility and more customization capabilities with convenient 24/7 ordering.

Caldera, the French RIP software expert, is happy to announce the appointment of Four Pees as its distributor for the Benelux region. Four Pees, an international distributor of software solutions for collaboration, automation and quality optimization in the print and publishing industry, has extensive experience with software solutions for the large format printing market. This partnership will become effective on April 1, 2019.

callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, presents the callas License Server, a product that addresses the needs of a modern, cloud-based world. Conceived with cloud infrastructure in mind, it introduces a more dynamic way of licensing processing capacity based on peak performance.

Esko, a global supplier of integrated hardware and software solutions for the packaging, labels and wide format sectors, showcased the benefits of its latest preconfigured Automation Engine workflow prepress solution for label converters at the HP Indigo Global VIP Event in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 11-14 2019.

Having partnered with HP Indigo for over fifteen years in the development of digital printing solutions for label printing, Esko and HP Indigo are focussed on delivering next level prepress workflow automation across the entire packaging supply chain.

Color-Logic has certified the HP Latex R2000 Printer with white ink. Discussing the printer certification, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves said: "The versatility of the HP Latex engine with white ink on a metallic substrate, in combination with the Color-Logic color communication system and design tools for embellishment, is a game changer for printers. Prints from the HP Latex engine are incredible and open up vast new markets and applications for Color-Logic software in point-of-purchase and signage markets. The test form file on metallic stock submitted for certification provided an extensive metallic color gamut. Moreover, the white ink, in conjunction with the Color-Logic Design Suite, properly displayed all Color-Logic decorative effects and embellishments."

G.F Smith have announced their strategic partnership with Taopix to introduce their AI powered album design platform. G.F Smith was founded in 1885 by George Frederick Smith who along with his son shared a passion for paper. 100 years later, the company established G.F Smith Photographic in order to create handmade, exquisite albums.

12 of the best! Winners showcase innovation in creative use of graphic design, conversion from other printing processes, print production workflow improvement and commitment to sustainable printing