"We still have many chapters to write," was how Robert Keane, founder and CEO of Cimpress, summed up his keynote. The spirit of optimism described by him could be felt everywhere at the tenth Online Print Symposium: the anniversary edition of the leading event of the online print industry set valuable impulses for a successful future.→
The Online Print Symposium is known for going beyond the boundaries of its own comfort zone and addressing trends at an early stage. In keeping with the motto "Empowering the Future of Print," the second day of the event focused on technologies and developments that have the potential to turn the online print world upside down - and make it fit for the future.→
The anniversary edition of the Online Print Symposium is entering its second day - but before everything turns once again to the various facets of online printing at the Science Congress Center Munich, we would like to give you a brief review of yesterday's event. In addition there was exciting presentations, important inspiration, and new business ideas.→
If that wasn't a strong exclamation mark! The first day of the Online Print Symposium is over - and has provided the 300 or so participants from all over the world with important impulses, innovative business ideas and valuable industry insights relating to online printing. There was also a very special surprise to mark the tenth anniversary.→
Online print has many facets. It works differently in Europe than in the USA, and there are also differences between individual countries. But one thing is true everywhere: many developments within the printing industry in recent years were initially triggered by online printing. And: traditional print shops and online print shops are working together more often and more closely. →
From the World Wide Web to cloud services: Technological developments in recent decades have fundamentally changed industry and business - and with them the work and processes in print shops. However, one small tool, or rather file format, is often overlooked in the list - even though data exchange in general and online printing in particular would not work as we know it today. →
While others are still discussing AI and what it can mean for print shops, Allcop Farbbild-Service GmbH & Co. KG is already putting its money where its mouth is - or rather, art based on artificial intelligence. The online art portal for street and pop art belonging to the Allgäu-based company, affengeilebilder24.de, has just added a new collection to its portfolio that includes designs generated by an AI: "AI Art."→
The time will soon come: the Online Print Symposium will take place on 23 and 24 March 2023. On these days, the Science Congress Center Munich will become the place-to-be for online print. For 10 years now, the Online Print Symposium has been an integral part of the industry and a must for all those who want to keep their finger on the pulse. →
Will B2B be the next big trend in online print? Actually, the potential that lies in business-to-business relationships is nothing new and has been known for a long time. But more and more online printers and print brokers, whose focus has long been on SMEs or even end consumers, are right now deliberately expanding their customer group in this direction. →
The Initiative Online Print (IOP) has a new board: Roland Keppler, CEO of Onlineprinters GmbH and Ulrich Schätzl, Director Mass Customization of the Elanders Print+Packaging Group and head of the German section of Dscoop, together with Bernd Zipper, Managing Director of zipcon consulting GmbH and initiator of the IOP, will form the trio of board members of the interest group.→
