“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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ikea, Abba, Klarna: many things that make our lives more beautiful, more fun or easier have their origins in Sweden. And the Scandinavians are also playing a role in international online print: Printler is an online marketplace that – thanks to Print on Demand – has made it its business to sell very special art to men and women. Beyondprint took a closer look at Printler and spoke with co-founder and marketing director Lukas Löfgren.
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Whether purchase on account, direct debit, instant transfer or PayPal: Redprintgroup, the online printing brand of Druckhaus Mainfranken that was launched in 2021, is now processing the payment methods it offers via CrefoPay. With the service from Creditreform and CrefoPayment GmbH & Co. KG, online retailers will be able to configure their risk management individually.
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The 10th Online Print Symposium will take place on 23 and 24 March 2023 at the Science Congress Center Munich. We have come up with some highlights and surprises for the celebration event. The motto “Empowering the Future of Print” characterises the programme of this year’s Online Print Symposium: the strengthening and growth of online print.
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The days of having the broadest possible portfolios are over. At least at Electronics for Imaging (EFI). After the company had already separated from its software division more than a year ago, it was announced last week that the Fiery business will also be spun off into a separate company effective immediately. EFI itself intends to focus exclusively on its industrial inkjet business in the future.
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After a brief breather, prices in online print picked up again in the fourth quarter of 2022. According to the current ZOPI – the Zipcon Online Print Price Index – in the fourth quarter of 2022, new highs were reached in November of last year, followed by only a slight decline in December. Looking at the details, however, there have also been downward outliers, at least for flyers.
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