30 Digital Graphics Project Finishing

Burton	Aranoff	Goetter

Jeff Burton, SGIA (Moderator)
Steve Aranoff, MGE
David Goetter, AGL Laminators

Entry into new digital markets and applications is partially about the inks, media and equipment you use to make the print, but is also strongly about the finishing techniques and technologies you use to make your prints into products. This session will present finishing strategies and skills for finishing a wide variety of products commonly produced by digital graphics facilities. Come prepared to ask questions.

31 It’s a Match! HR and Safety!

Harris	Torres

Alaina Harris, SGIA
Marisabel Torres, SGIA

Baggy clothes on your employees. Cell phones attached to their ears. Sound familiar? What can you do? Explore the relationship between human resource policy and safety in the workplace, and leave with concrete “to-do’s” that you can implement when you get home.

32 Computer-To-Screen Technology – A Timely Update on the Technological and Economical Advantages of Computer-To-Screen Technology

Wolfgang Pfirrmann, KIWO

This seminar provides an overview of available Computer-To-Screen systems, their technology, and reveals the technical and economical advantages of CTS through various case studies. Find out how a textile printer, a CD-replicator, a large format printer and a ceramic decal printer benefited from their CTS systems and how this technology enabled them to improve their product quality and become more profitable, more efficient and more competitive.

W04 WORKSHOP - Textile Press & Dryer Tune-Up Clinic

Speaker: Mike Ukena, Union Ink Company

A tune-up may be in order if: You’re having trouble keeping jobs in register. You’re struggling so much with process work you can’t get colors to match. Within a job, some prints look better than others. You’re scorching garments in an effort to properly cure them. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to properly align and tune up your manual or automatic press so it can print its best every time, and how to properly set and calibrate your dryer for the best cure possible. After you leave, you’ll get better results in less time with greater profit.

10:30 am to Noon

33 Future Forum - Steps Forward: The Future of Imaging

Cahill	Howard	Hart

Vince Cahill, VCE Solutions
Christopher Howard, Durst US
Brian Hart, Ivey Imaging

The specialty imaging industry has seen more than a decade of significant technological change, and all signs indicate that technological growth and refinement will continue. But where, and how? Join an informed and innovative industry panel as they discuss the possibilities of existing and emerging imaging technologies, and look to how these technologies could bring quantum change to our industry and others. How will the future of imaging change your business? Join us for a view of what’s to come.

MS1 FREE SESSION - Membrane Switch Forum

Presented by SGIA Membrane Switch Council

Printers, suppliers and end users should take part in this open forum discussion on the latest technology in membrane switches, touch screens, flexible circuits and more. Members of the SGIA Membrane Switch Council will lead the session, which will include brief reports on the annual Membrane Switch Symposium, ASTM and Council activities.

Scott Fresener, US Screen Print & Inkjet Technology

Are you spending more and more time fixing bad customer artwork? Are you tired of getting Word files as artwork? This seminar will show you how to take bad art and make it better. No, there are no miracles. Just good tips on adjusting resolution, color saturation, fixing bad JPG files with JPG enhancement programs, and more. Plus, you will get an “Artwork Requirements” sheet you can give the customer, showing the type of artwork and files you can and can’t use and how to prepare better artwork for printing. This program will be helpful for anyone working with poor quality artwork in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw and other graphic programs.

Roland Castonguay, FLEXcon

Expanded uses of pressure-sensitive (PS) film and adhesives for indoor and outdoor advertising are creating a wealth of new opportunities for product branding and promotion, plus exciting new business opportunities for screen printers and imaging companies. Brand promotion opportunities such as outdoor billboards, taxi-top signage, bus posters, and kiosks; as well as indoor carpet graphics, shelf-edge promotions, window graphics, and counter mats utilizing PS films offer a consistent way to get a company brand message across. To take full advantage of opportunities, screen printers and digital imaging companies need to know the materials and the possibilities. This presentation will demonstrate how the components of the full branding approach can empower printers and drive the brand owner’s overall product market appeal.

36 Selling Your Price

Glenn Shull, Raster Printers

Selling in a competitive market, it is easy to fall prey to selling a low price. Understanding what price you should sell at is a function of understanding the difference you can supply over your competitor. More importantly, you must understand when prices are a true value and what they are worth. Learn the tools that set you apart in profit, not profitless prosperity.

37 PDF, JDF & Workflow Issues

Marc Olin, EFI

From proofing opportunities to increased efficiency in graphics production process, a number of enterprising specialty imagers are now using tools such as PDF, JDA and workflow automation to facilitate on-time job delivery, job monitoring through the process and print scheduling for multi-discipline/multi-technology operations. Come learn how these systems and tools, which are becoming commonplace in commercial printing environments, are making inroads into specialty imaging and its many applications.

1:00 pm to 1:50 pm

38 Short Run Digital Apparel

Chris Bernat, Source Solutions

Performance apparel is one of the fastest growing market segments in the apparel industry. At the same time, short run digital apparel decorating is growing in capabilities. Explore digital sublimation and other trends in the market and review target market opportunities. See examples of what innovators in the industry are currently doing. There has been a significant shift in the way apparel is marketed for sports over the past 12 months. Samples of digital apparel will be provided.

Walt Sledzieski, HP

Sometimes, the logical approach of a business to its digital imaging output centers on a single machine using a single technology. The reality of today's successful operations, however, is different. Companies use multiple technologies roll to roll, flatbed and a variety of ink technologies aqueous, solvent, UV to achieve access to the widest variety of markets, and to produce numerous end products. Learn how multiple technologies can give your business a boost.

40 Color without Compromise, And the Freedom to Excel!

Don Siciliano, Specialcolor

In specialty graphics, all ink sets are custom, even CMYK. There are disciplines and tools to help achieve fantastic custom color while saving on costs and controlling your own destiny. This presentation promises to have you “thinking outside the product!” Screen printers and separators will learn: you don’t have to compromise on ink selection, you can use any ink supplier, you have no restriction on ink sets, and you can get the best results with the fewest inks. Inkjet printers will learn that there is relief for their lack of satisfaction with the retranslation of their separations to the inkjet machinery manufacturer's formula, that there are ways to allow you to print what you separated, that you can use any ink in any inkjet head, and that any inkjet fabric printer can control the mixing of special colors as easily as mixing CMYK. All will learn how to be independent of any supplier in just two days, with no further license or support fees necessary.

41 Workflow in Vinyl/Digital/Electric Sign Shops

Wozny	Lambert

Scott St. Cyr, Cyrious Software
Kim Lambert, Cyrious Software

The goal of this seminar is to provide key individuals with a broad overview of industry practices for tracking orders and optimizing throughput. Focus will be on both manual and automated practices and the keys to optimizing shop capacity. Interactive discussion from managers and owners is a key part of the seminar. Through the program you will learn to compare your methods with industry practices, learn new methods to optimize shop capacity, and engage in interactive discussion with your peers.

42 What You Need to Know About Print Heads: The Heart of All Digital Wide Format Printers

Ed Chrusciel, Spectra Inc.

In this presentation we will discuss the different types of heads and their various uses, print head construction, materials compatibility (ink), advantages and disadvantages, maintenance and media considerations, etc. The intent of the presentation is to arm a user with enough information to engage in a meaningful dialog with a potential supplier, and to better understand what they are buying and why certain head technologies are favorable for certain applications.

43 Fabrics & Interiors Users Panel

Patti Williams, I.T. Strategies (Moderator)

Listen firsthand to the motivations and experiences of innovative digital imagers working to create digitally printed products for fabric and interior decoration activities. This burgeoning industry segment is robust with possibility. Is it a viable direction for your business? The discussion will include technology, applications, markets and more.

Taublieb

Chagnon

Haffner