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There's a certain irony to this story. Johannes Gutenberg used his press to print not only Bibles but also letters of indulgence, physical certificates confirming that someone had eased their conscience financially. Around 570 years later, the European Union is putting an end to exactly this kind of "business model". And once again, the printing industry finds itself right in the middle of it — this time, however, on the customer side.→

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Anyone who wants to find out what Agentic Print can do for their company will have three opportunities to do so this fall in 2026. That’s because dpsuisse, VDM Bayern, and the Verband Druck | Medien in Austria, in collaboration with Bernd Zipper, are hosting the “Online Print Excellence” masterclass—with a focus on Agentic Print—on September 22 in Aarau (CH), on September 24 in Velburg near Nuremberg, and on October 29 in Vienna (A). If you’d like to attend, be sure to register soon, as space is limited.→

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Adobe has Zazzle. Canva now has Cimpress. What looks at first glance like two similar deals turns out to be two very different bets on the future of the printing industry. And both land in the same place: print is becoming the automated back end of a communications infrastructure that starts digital and ends physical. Welcome to the age of Agentic Print.→

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The printing industry has been declared dead so many times that it doesn’t even bat an eye at the word “disruption” anymore. It has seen buzzwords come and go like a commuter sees trains. That’s exactly why this article doesn’t start with a revolution, but with a schedule: fourteen trends that have been around for years, each with its own momentum, its own pace, and its own passengers. And very few of them even thought about printing for a single second when they set out.→

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Online print shops are, at their core, configurators—and that is precisely what is proving to be their downfall for many right now. This is because criteria such as price, material, and delivery time are usually hidden behind JavaScript, making them a blind spot for AI systems. Bernd Zipper explains why GEO isn’t an agency issue, but rather the prepress stage of Agentic Print; what Google itself has to say about it; and which two steps are enough in the first three months to set the right course.→

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A manufacturer of LFP printing presses is acquiring a majority stake in a data platform startup. Behind this seemingly unspectacular news lies an exciting strategy. By investing in Triple C Labs, the company behind the CoCoCo platform, the Durst Group is strengthening its Kyveris software and AI stack. Why an open, vendor-neutral “data fabric” in particular could become the core of the next era of online printing.→

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The Oldenburg-based photo and online printing group Cewe is acquiring the global instant photo business “Kodak Moments Retail Photo Solutions” from Kodak Alaris. With this acquisition, Cewe is strengthening its core photofinishing business and its presence at the point of sale. The closing is expected in the first half of 2027. Just earlier this month, Cewe completed the sale of its Commercial Online Printing division to Cimpress.→

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There are sentences that make a room go quiet for a second. “The print industry’s next customer isn’t human” is one of them. I’ve said it a lot these past months — first the frown, then the question of whether this isn’t just another hype cycle. It isn’t. And the best part: this time the push doesn’t come from an industry wishing for something, but from commerce, which is already doing it.→

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More and more organizations are backing the development of a dedicated print vertical for Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), the upcoming standard in AI-powered commerce. With the North American PRINTING United Alliance and the international Ghent Workgroup, two more major organizations are now joining the initiative led by IOP, BVDM, and Intergraf—following the recent additions of dpsuisse (Switzerland), VIGC (Belgium), and the standardization organization CIP4.→

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