As 2011 winds down, it’s time to plan for the year ahead. To help you get ready for a profitable 2012, Printing Industries Press is presenting our year-end sale on our newest titles released throughout the past year. These featured titles touch on a wide range of topics that impact your workplace in all business areas—production, training, human resources, marketing, and financial performance. And, for a limited time, you can take advantage of a discount on these resources as you prepare for 2012. If you follow us on Twitter (@printind) you’ve probably already seen some deals tweeted out. Enjoy the expansive list below! Order Now and SavePurchase any of the titles listed below before December 31, 2011, and get a 20% discount off the price when using the discount code YEAREND at checkout. Pressroom and Production Adding Value to Print Basics of Print Production, 2nd Edition Best Practices for Print Automation PDF Operational Excellence Workbook Series Book 1: Operational and Performance Excellence: The Shingo Model Book 2: Finding Printers’ Hidden Waste Book 3: Cleaning and Organizing: 5S for Printers Set of all 3 workbooks MicroLessons Downloads Common Sheetfed Pressroom Procedures: A Quick-Reference Guide (PDF) Common Web Pressroom Procedures: A Quick-Reference Guide (PDF) Sheetfed Pressroom Safety: A Quick-Reference Guide (PDF) Troubleshooting Ink Problems on Your Flexographic Press (PDF) Troubleshooting Ink Problems on Your Gravure Press (PDF) Troubleshooting Ink Problems on Your Offset Lithographic Press (PDF) Troubleshooting Ink Problems on Your Screen Printing Press (PDF) Web Pressroom Safety: A Quick-Reference Guide (PDF) Webinar Archives 10 Mailing Mistakes to Avoid Improving Pressroom Plant Conditions to Optimize Production Lean Manufacturing Principles: What Printers Need to Know to Streamline Operations and Remain Competitive Management and Human Resources Best Practices of the 2010 Best Workplaces in the Americas Competing for Print’s Thriving Future Graphic Arts Training Essentials: Best Teaching Practices for Graphic Arts Trainers Sustainability Studies in Print MicroLessons Downloads 8 Tips for Change: Management Lessons from Economic Downturns—PDF Effective Communication Techniques between Employees and Customers EPUB PDF Webinar Archives Complying with the New ADAAA and GINA Regulations: A How-To Session New NLRB Organizing Rights Poster: How Printers Can Respond Security Concerns for Printers and Their Customers: SAS 70/SSAE 16 Audits Sales and Marketing Hot Topics: How to Become a Selling Expert (PDF) Social Media Field Guide Book      EPUB MicroLessons Downloads LinkedIn 101: Get the Most Out of Your Network EPUB PDF 11+ Tips to Effective Self-Promotion Planning for Printers (PDF) Grapevine 2.0: Monitor and Protect Your Brand Online EPUB PDF QR Codes: Getting in on the Ground Floor EPUB PDF Sales & Customer Service in a Customer-Driven Landscape (PDF) Webinar Archives Monitoring Your Online Reputation Using Social Media Tools One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Picking the Right Marketing Mix for Your Company QR Codes: Your Roadmap from Print to...

In the video below, Dr. Mark Bohan explains some of the topics and sessions attendees of the 2012 TAGA Conference will be exploring.  TAGA ‘s annual technical conference is the only international conference for the graphic arts that features technical papers on research straight from the laboratory, studies from the pressroom, and software and systems engineering papers. If your responsibilities include staying on top of graphic arts technology in order to help direct your company’s future, strategically or tactically, then TAGA ‘s Annual Technical Conference should be your top educational priority each and every year! Also new for this year is the opportunity to adopt a student! It’s a great opportunity to invest in the future of our industry and give a student an outstanding learning...

Every year we have the Premier Print Awards and this year’s Silver Award Winner was C.J. Graphics. We asked Jay Mandarino, President and Founder C.J. Group of Companies, Toronto, Canada, to share some of this thoughts with us.  It was a great honour and privilege to receive the Silver Award and three Bennies at the recent Premier Print Awards hosted by the Printing Industries of America. To be acknowledged by one’s peers is at once gratifying and humbling. My companies, The C.J. Group of Companies, located in Toronto, Canada and its experienced staff have, repeatedly, been assisted by the Printing Industries of America’s dedicated team of scientists and technologists. My staff and I are constantly augmenting the technological advancements of the printing industry both in Canada and worldwide. Many of the thousands of awards that C.J. Graphics has won have been due to the development of proprietary systems, equipment, processes and computer programs to accomplish that which has never been attempted before. Our state-of-the-art prepress, press, bindery and digital divisions enjoy challenges that very often produce opportunities for both our customers and ourselves. We thrive on unusual requests and impossible deadlines. We are also dedicated to the promotion of innovative business practices that minimize our impact on our environment. We are committed to sustainability and we are working hard to become a resource and advocate for a better world. I have been involved in many aspects of the printing industry all my life and have been a dedicated supporter of the Printing Industries of America and its many accomplishments therefore, receiving these Awards was both moving and deeply appreciated. Thank...

Here’s our first video in a series of Color Management Q&As. We’ve collected a number of questions from the community and we’re excited to put our staff at work to answer them. We have more on the way, but if there’s a question you’d like answered add it in the comments below.  If you want to learn more about color managemenet, be sure to check out the Color Management Conference coming up this December 3-6 in Phoenix,...

The latest featured book of the month, Setup Reduction for Printers: A Practical Guide for Reducing Makeready Time in Print Manufacturing, is geared towards helping you ready to learn how to increase value to your customers. This title provides you with a method to help you do just that by reducing setup times. Malcolm Keif and Kevin Cooper outline a ten-step process that can reduce setup times by 50% or more by focusing on reducing internal makeready tasks and moving those to external tasks.   Get a Discount When Ordering a “Lean Bundle” Authors Malcolm G. Keif and Kevin Cooper were also the authors of the best-selling titles Lean Printing: Pathway to Success and Lean Printing: Cultural Imperatives for Success. Purchase this new book of the month on its own—or get it along with these two popular titles as a set by December 31 to take advantage of discounted bundle pricing! Book of the Month Special “Lean Bundle” Set Setup Reduction for Printers: A Practical Guide for Reducing Makeready Time in Print Manufacturing Lean Printing: Pathway to Success Lean Printing: Cultural Imperatives for Success Interested in the book of the month? Have a question about the book? Let us know in the comments below.   ...