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Costs are up. Margins are squeezed. Clients are harder to read than ever. The State of the Industry Report 2026 gives printing professionals the data and perspective to cut through the noise — with benchmarks on sales, profitability, pricing, and the AI strategies reshaping how the best companies operate. Available exclusively to PRINTING United Alliance members.

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Latest Resources and News

Continental Grafix USA Introduces X-Treme Air, A Breakthrough in HTR Film Solutions

May. 21, 2026

Continental Grafix USA announces the launch of X-Treme Air, a 6 mil vinyl backed with our proprietary high tack removable adhesive, redefining performance expectations for HTR adhesive applications.

SpencerMetrics Wins "Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Transaction" at the 2026 Inkjet Summit

May. 21, 2026

SpencerMetrics, the leading provider of vendor-neutral, data-driven productivity solutions for the print and packaging industry, has been recognized with the "Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Transaction" award at the 14th annual Inkjet Summit.

Canon Introduces 24-inch imagePROGRAF GP-2600S for High-Speed Poster Production

May. 21, 2026

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced the 24-inch imagePROGRAF GP-2600S large-format inkjet printer, expanding its GP S Series portfolio with a space-saving model engineered for fast production of vibrant posters, graphics, and in-store displays.

Significans Automation Earns top Honors as Leading Global Reseller of Enfocus Phoenix

May. 21, 2026

Significans Automation, the largest customized workflow software and process integration company of its kind in the Americas, and one of the fastest-growing integration firms in the Enfocus family, has earned recognition as the top Reseller of Enfocus Phoenix workflow software for 2025.

Roland DG Signals Strategic Expansion into Industrial Digital Printing with New Portfolio Preview

May. 21, 2026

Roland DG, the world's leading provider of digital printing solutions, signaled its intent to further its strategic expansion into the global industrial decoration market by previewing a new portfolio of industrial printing technologies.

Selective Color Correction: Fixing What Presses Can’t

May. 19, 2026

This March 2026 PRINTING United Journal article explores how selective color correction helps print professionals overcome ink hue errors that can’t be fixed on press, while outlining a three-step process approach.

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PRINTING United Journal Articles

Digital Packaging Production: The Next Great Migration?

If you are designing or producing a package destined for retail, how long do you think that package has in order to catch the customer’s eye and make an impression? If you think you have at least a second or two, think again. “You’ve got 0.4 seconds or less to catch a customer’s eye,” said John …

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Road Map 2016: Wide-Format Printing

The 2016 Wide-Format Road Map will continue with the growth of new printing technologies and the ongoing convergence of photography, office color and the technical printing channels. InfoTrends welcomes your input concerning the wide-format digital printing market in 2016 and, as the year …

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Industry Gurus Discuss Graphic Production at the Expo, Part 2

In the January/February issue of the 2016 SGIA Journal, we transcribed part one of the 2015 Expo session, “Graphics Production Dream Team,” which addressed topics such as: techniques and strategies, workflow, color, production bottlenecks, capacity and other highly pertinent topics. Here, we’ve continued …

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Color Management Basics, Part 1

Color — it’s everywhere we look. Think of that exotic car (it’s red, of course), to the vibrant green of a lush rainforest, all the way to the deep blue of the ocean. Your assignment is to print these memory colors onto hundreds of different surfaces while using a myriad of different processes — …

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