2012 National PCC Day

Sep 19, 2012

As PCC of the Year for 2011, the Greater Atlanta Postal Customer Council looks forward to a grand celebration and are hopeful you will “save the date” and join us in Atlanta for the day.

Featuring Postmaster General and CEO Pat Donahoe, your participation will help sustain the partnership between the mailing industry and the U.S. Postal Service. The nationwide broadcast for this year’s PCC Day has been canceled giving even more reason for a large number to gather in Atlanta to show our support.

Join us live and reserve your table or reserved space now.

PCC member registration is $75 while non-members may attend at a cost of $90. National PCC Day will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center located at 2000 Convention Center Concourse, College Park, GA 30337.

http://gapcc.net

Flatbed Inkjet - A Crash Course for Print Service Providers

Sep 20, 2012

2pm EST
FREE for PIA Members
$99 for non-members

Inkjet printing is a $33.4 billion market today and forecast to double by 2017. Signage is the largest sector in the inkjet printing realm, representing 57% of the market in 2011, much of it printed on flatbed inkjet presses. But the types of work a flatbed device can produce is almost endless. Want a piece of this lucrative growth market? Then take our crash course covering everything you need to know to get up to speed on flatbed inkjet —including a review of the types of machines, inks and finishing equipment out there to real world applications and markets that you can jump into.

http://www.printing.org/node/10715

2012 Swing into Action! Golf Tournament

Sep 24, 2012

Spend the day with fellow printing and imaging industry leaders on the greens of Georgia’s exclusive Standard Club in John’s Creek - all in support of a great cause!

Proceeds benefit PIAG’s Educational Foundation, whose mission is to advance the printing industry by promoting print as a smart solution through the Rediscover Print campaign, preparing the next generation workforce and educating the current workforce.

You don’t have to be a professional golfer, you just have to be up for a fun day of golf and camaraderie, all for a good cause.

http://swingintoaction.eventbrite.com/

PIA | Optimizing Color From Your Digital Press

Sep 25, 2012
Sep 26, 2012

Although color management and process control for toner-based digital presses involves many of the same techniques used for offset presses, the tools for and execution of those techniques can be very different. While many digital press manufacturers may include basic color training during press installation, they do not delve deep enough into a foundational understanding of how to optimize color output.

This workshop picks up on what the manufacturer's training fails to cover— Optimizing Color from your Digital Press will supply you with a comprehensive look at what it takes to produce reliable, high-quality digital output. The instruction will provide a blend of lab instruction and hands-on training to get you totally immersed and totally knowledgeable on the subject of digital color and press optimization.

But that's not all—you'll be able to immediately apply the techniques learned in this workshop and print to G7® and ISO 12647-2 at your own facility!

http://www.printing.org/node/10068

Executing Real Change: Diversifying Your Print Business & Conquering the Imposter Syndrome

Oct 01, 2012

Please join us on October 25 from 8:30am-5pm for this intensive, full-day workshop featuring Dr. Joe Webb and Jerry Scher. Build and update your skills to assess your client base, clarify your branding and diagnose your services, processes and pricing as you develop the growth strategy that's right for you.

http://executerealchange.eventbrite.com

PIAG & PIBT Open Enrollment

Oct 11, 2012

This event is for participating companies as well as those interested in learning more about current health care trends and options. Join us for the presentations to learn what’s new and speak one-on-one with our many carriers and PIAG Insurance Services & PIBT representatives.

Morning session: 10-11:30am (best for current PIAG Insurance customers)

Afternoon session: 1-2:30pm (best for prospective PIAG Insurance customers)

PIAG Headquarters
5020 Highlands Parkway SE, Smyrna GA 30082

http://www.piag.org/public/department103.cfm

PIA | Extreme Offset

Oct 16, 2012
Oct 18, 2012

The first step in implementing a successful color managed workflow and working to achieve ISO 12647-2 and G7® qualifications begins at the press. In this workshop—working in a live pressroom environment—Extreme Offset will provide you with effective tools and techniques necessary for troubleshooting problems, controlling print components, and optimizing your presses performance, as well as confirming that it is printing at an ideal, consistent state.

Also in this intensive, hands-on workshop, you will be taught how to identify, troubleshoot, and solve the trickiest print-related problems. Uncover all of those wasteful activities in your pressroom that can be made more efficient. Increase job throughput while printing higher quality, more consistent color with less downtime, waste and spoilage. Extreme Offset will show you how to print; quicker, cheaper, and better—register for Extreme Offset today!

http://www.printing.org/node/10055

PIA Webinar: Print Market Trends and Outlook

Apr 11, 2013

Sponsored by Ricoh Contact PIA for more info.

http://www.printing.org/events

PIA Workshop: Orientation to the Graphics Arts

Apr 15, 2013
Apr 18, 2013

Sewickley, PA Contact PIA for more info.

http://www.printing.org/events

PIA Premier Print Competition - Early Bird Entries Due

Apr 19, 2013

Contact PIA for more info.

http://www.printing.org/events