Contents
GRAPHIC ARTS
October 2019 | Volume 22 | No. 8
Your perfect connection to the printing, graphic arts, sign and packaging industries
October 2019 | Volume 22 | No. 8 | $7.95
17 New strategies and technologies in packaging and labels
How printers are deploying them successfully
Tony Curcio
22 An easier way to sell more print
Customizable direct-mail templates for your clients from GAM
Staff writers
26 How sales have changed
What you must do to compete online
Brian Tracy
27 XPLOR CANADA: Customer Communications in 2025
A wrap-up of the annual conference in Toronto
Joanne Gore
28 Inexpensive career advancement opportunities
Cross-training, mentorship and community involvement
Diana Varma
HOW PRINTERS ARE DEPLOYING
NEW STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES
IN PACKAGING AND LABELS
New strategies and technologies in packaging
ROBOTICS
AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
and
labels
30 Ontario energy-efficiency funding programs
Government funding provides $2.185 billion
Bonny Koabel
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32 Are you RIPped for success?
The importance of RIP software in future-proofing your shop
Radisa Peric
34 What does 30 minutes cost you?
Colour Management and its impact on ROI
Angus Pady
36 Sign Expo Canada wrap-up
Annual event draws leaders from across Canada
Ryan Mulcahy
38 Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Managing change at the interface
Caterina Valentino
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
38
40 Five things most people don’t know about posters
Facts that might surprise you
Peter Dulis
42 The Best of Bindery: Part 8 of 10
Automated folding with no die cutting and no gluing
Norm Beange
46 Embracing data
How it will entice a new generation of print buyers
Joanne Gore
In every issue
Ontario energy-efficiency
funding programs
30
Embracing data
46
8, 16 Installations
9
Print industry news
12 New products
14 Creative & design
44 List of advertisers
45 Classified