In this issue we continue our review of IPIC 2026 [Opening Session; I’m Not Really A Sales Person And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves; An SEO Audit Workshop – What Google and AI See and What It’s Costing Your Business; Unlock Premium Promotional Printing With The Affordable Epson V1070 UVPrinter; The IPI Cookbook Unveiled Product Recipes From The Best Minds In IPI] and conclude coverage of the IMI Europe Inkjet Development Conference [Expanding Material Horizons: Inkjet 3D Printing with UV and Solvent Inks; Secret Ingredients: How Additives Improve The Efficiency Of UV-Curing Inkjet Inks] and ACM SIGGRAPH: More Than Meets the Eye. Phototalk covers New Entry-Level Large Format Printer Introduced in India. Upcoming Events shows events through October and mid-November. The Business News contains an extended review of CEWE (FY2025 and H1 2026) and Kodak Alaris (FY2025)
Brief News of the Photofinishing Industry includes:
• Turning Your Photo Skills into a Thriving, Sustainable Business
• This film featuring Lena Kellere provides insight into how her company has adopted Scodix technology
• Xerox announced a strategic partnership with Flint Group Digital Xeikon
• FUJIFILM North America, Imaging Division, has launched ‘Fujifilm for Google Photos Print Store
• The storefront decision customers regret most? Trying to get it perfect
• Patreon Blocks AI Crawlers – analyzes technical enforcement, legal gaps, fair compensation models
• Why and how to choose Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
• GoPro and Starman Optical have entered into a definitive merger agreement
• Where Are the Profits of Digital Printing Businesses Really Lost?
• The School Photography Business Handbook
• Do we overlook the impact of noise in our workplaces?
• Girls Who Print Industry Insights Report Reveals What Women are saying
• The new Aura35 Minilab is built for daily production
• New Fujifilm instax Link WIDE 2™ wide-format (3”x5”) smartphone printer
• instax Pal 2™ digital camera has an optical viewfinder
• Early-bird tickets for the biennial KIFO Summit 2027, Feb. 10-12
• Where To Print’ publication for the 2nd day of PROPAK West Africa
• Highlights from PFP EXPO 2026 were: Smart Factory 4.0 – AI-Empowered Production Models
• Mediaclip and RPI Print announced a strategic partnership
• Marketing teams who use video see 300% higher click-through rates
• Pre-order sales of the “InstantSnap.novo” digital toy camera from Escura in Hong Kong
• The Real Bottleneck in Complex Print Orders Isn’t Production. It’s Coordination
• China Lucky film has released two new black-and-white films called Yingzhe 100 and 400
• MediaViz AI, a media intelligence company, announced a partnership with Kinoke
• The Future of Printer Demographics to 2031
• Exploring new creative possibilities with UV printing
• Photo Export Global is shipping a new high capacity C41 film processor
• LayflatXpress and photobook.ai are collaborating to bring intelligent photobook creation