Printing

PRINTING United is bigger, better and bolder. It is the best choice — by far — for printing industry professionals seeking to access new opportunities, implement new technologies and to steer (or converge) their business into opportunity-rich waters. This year is your year to move forward. Experience PRINTING United.

With a focus on sharing their inspiring stories of working in the printing industry, five remarkable business leaders will make the Women in Print Breakfast an essential PRINTING United event. All are welcome to join this thought-provoking breakfast event and learn how women are building successful businesses in printing.

A new dye-sublimation ink presented by Prism Ink and Graphics One enables successful printing onto cotton substrates. This innovation opens up dye-sublimation printing to a much wider variety of substrates, expanding opportunities for apparel decorators. PRINTING United Booth 2816.

Two new printers — one with a maximum printing width of 126 inches — take dye-sublimation printing to a new level, offering a simplified process. The new system promises less production waste and ease of use for machine operators. PRINTING United Booth 6407, 6416.

Utilizing powerful UV lamps guaranteed for three years, Lawson’s recently released LED-500 exposure unit features a new touch screen operation and a black rubber flex blanket that resists pinholes and tearing. PRINTING United Booth 2316, 2416.

With more than 650 exhibiting companies offering the best new technologies and consumables, PRINTING United is the largest printing-oriented event in North America. Opportunities abound at the event, with business-building, innovation-focused solutions for companies across today’s wide and changing printing spectrum. Join your colleagues in Dallas, Oct. 23 - 25. Do it for your business. 

SGIA’s Golden Image Awards competition recognizes printing excellence in over 50 specialty imaging categories. See your peers’ best work displayed in the PRINTING United Awards Gallery (Lobby F) and cast your vote for the “People’s Choice” award! And, if you’re an SGIA member, don’t miss this golden opportunity for bragging rights: First entries are free!

The quality and performance of the heat press is highly important for many of today’s digital apparel decoration technologies, and STAHLS’ Hotronix provides game-changing features and valuable process controls. PRINTING United Booth 2600.

An increasing number of all-over prints can be seen among decorated apparel, but do you have the tools to do them? A new heat press, offered by Graphics One, allows space for all-over prints and complements many popular dye-sub printers. PRINTING United Booth 2816.

Your time is valuable, and time away from the shop is increasingly difficult to find. With its focus on strong opportunities, new technologies and strategies to build your business, PRINTING United is a “must-do” for any company operating in the many sectors of today’s diverse printing industry. Time used wisely, indeed.