After obtaining a bachelor's degree in Graphic Arts, Piet started his career as a software support engineer at Esko. This immediately made him realize the vital importance of automation within an organisation.
Passionate about the web, he became an online marketer at Thomas More university college, gained a lot of digital marketing experience and re-joined Esko in the Enfocus business unit.
Today he's in charge of driving interest for the Enfocus automation solutions. As you're reading this after reading an entire article, he might think he succeeded...
When VHS made its way to the home video industry in the early 1990s, everyone was in awe. The same thing happened when Adobe introduced PDF to the world only a few years later. But while VHS soon found itself replaced with DVD, followed by Blu-ray and live streaming, PDF is still around after almost a quarter of a century. Will this popular file format still be considered just as awesome another 25 years from now? We have five reasons to be confident that the answer is yes!
The printing industry may be booming, but it’s not without challenges. Unless printers are willing to part with traditional business models and explore new technologies, the ever-increasing demand for short runs and custom printing will create many bottlenecks. Turning a profit will become virtually impossible if these bottlenecks persist. The key for print businesses to remain viable in the future is print automation: doing more with less by streamlining workflows and reducing human touch-points wherever possible.
Lorem ipsum is probably the oldest filler text in the world. It’s a dummy text that makes perfect sense – because it makes no sense at all. Although the words are Latin, the text as a whole is just a bunch of mumbo jumbo. And it’s supposed to be exactly that, allowing viewers to focus on a design or page layout without getting distracted by the meaning of words. Here are a few non-filler words on how lorem ipsum came to exist and why this dummy text should be kept out of reach of dummies…
As the seasons change, so do the colors that shape them. With summer in full swing, we turn our attention to the colors of the season and look at the Pantone spring/summer updates for some seasonal inspiration.
There are some fonts that we simply love to hate and some we cannot live without. Everyone has a favourite but we've picked out the 7 notable fonts we think deserve a place in the history books…
Stickers are as old as advertising itself. Well, almost. Did you know that the first sticker was created by R. Stanton Avery in 1935? Or at least that’s what is commonly assumed. Anyway, what we’re trying to say is that if you want to get your brand to stick out (pun intended), a great sticker design will go a long way. You know, for your labels. Or your customers’ car bumpers. Or, why not, to cover that huge wall in your reception area. So, let’s get started!
“We always hear print is dead, but the truth is print is very viable. It’s not just about ‘how many pieces of paper can I get off the end of the press’ anymore. It’s about looking what’s out there, being creative and using print to add value in so many different areas”, print industry experts Cary Sherburne and David Zwang concluded during the Enfocus’ Virtual Safari 3.0 after having attended drupa 2016. This article provides an overview of the most innovative print technologies and trends they spotted.
