In this issue we begin our review of the IMI Europe Inkjet Development Conference [Enabling Variable Data Braille Printing ; Detecting and Compensating Missing Inkjet Nozzles; From Lab to Fab with Epson PrecisionCore Printhead Technology] and IPIC 2026 [Opening Session; Stop Selling One Thing At A Time Start Bundling; I’m Not Really A Sales Person And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves]. Phototalk covers The Education of Print. Our comprehensive Upcoming Events shows events through September and early October. Business News covers China-Hongkong Photo Products.
Brief News of the Photofinishing Industry includes:
• Fujifilm Belgium is staging a one-day FUJIKINA event on September 20, 2026 in Ghent
• She*t for Brains has partnered with PRINTING United Alliance
• A comprehensive film usage survey conducted in Japan
• Material as strong and flexible as standard plastic that safely decomposes in both soil and seawater
• A new kind of scam is considerably more sophisticated than the familiar phishing emails
• FUJIFILM Americas has created a short slide show illustrating the evolution of its QuickSnap™
• AI is accelerating development—but also increasing duplication and delivery instability
• Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America, and Latino Cultures in the United States
• The Breeze Forge Digital conference for marketers is live at the Fountainebleau Las Vegas
• Sept. 17, 2026, at Pinterest Presents™, a global marketing event, you’ll discover best practices for growing your business
• Mixbook is overcoming photobook friction points with the new Story Mode AI photo book workflow
• Fujifilm’s House of Photography concept is now in 11 cities worldwide
• Memories Fade, Prints Last Forever
• Jeff Brown reviews five reasons why a visitor will click away from your photography website
• Where AI agents pay off: A practical guide to the economics of agentic workflows
• Imaging Solutions has delivered a highly customized fastCut & Pack system to allcop Farbbild-Service in Germany
• Bill Gates argued that artificial intelligence needs significant limits or else the harm to humans will outweigh any potential good
• Vimal Parmar compares images printed on regular 70 gsm Copier Paper with those on 120 gsm Coated Matte paper
• What if the biggest opportunity in school photography isn’t winning more schools from each other, but actually working together?
• Americans are concerned, not excited, about the increased use of AI in daily lives
• The Global Report of Startup Developers
• Bitkom estimated the total damage caused by theft, sabotage and espionage in the German economy for 2025 at €289.2 billion
• Diversity as a Recipe for Success