Fifth Annual National “Girls Who Print” Day The third annual GIRLIE Award, given to an outstanding woman from the community, will be announced at noon today. Girls Who Print, the world’s largest virtual sorority for women in the printing industry (and the men who celebrate them), returns to GRAPH EXPO with the 2016 National “Girls Who Print” Day. The annual event, hosted by GWP founder Mary Beth Smith and Deborah Corn in the Print Media Centr’s PRINTERVERSE (Booth 701), will begin today at 11 am, and will feature special guests and activities, including the highly popular “Meet the Mentors” discussion panel, with successful women in the industry. Along with all PRINTERVERSE events, the panel is livestreamed across the country, allowing people to participate with questions from anywhere they happen to be. The third annual GIRLIE Award, given to an outstanding woman from the community, will be announced at noon. Previous GIRLIE winners Pat McGrew and Cary Sherburn will help honor this year’s recipient. PGSF Annual Board Meeting Today The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) is holding its annual board meeting this morning during GRAPH EXPO. The board will evaluate the progress that has been made during the year, and plan for 2017. 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the PGSF. “We’re pleased at the results of the renewed marketing and promotional efforts that have been put in place during the past couple of years,” says John Berthelsen, VP Development, for PGSF. These efforts have resulted in a record number of applications for scholarships by young people who are interested in a career in the graphic arts industry. The organization has also succeeded in generating increased awareness of the industry throughout the country by expanding its outreach to high schools, as well as through social media. “It’s through the support of dedicated individuals and companies that we are able to accomplish our mission,” said Berthelsen. The board meeting is closed to the general public, but GRAPH EXPO attendees are invited to visit the PGSF’s booth during the show, located on Education Main Street in Booth 563. “We have exhibited at the show for many years and fi nd this a great way to connect with past recipients of scholarships as well as potential donors,” said Berthelsen. “We appreciate the opportunity to connect with more of the industry and increase the awareness of what we provide to promote the future of the graphic arts in America.” W+D to Highlight its New Envelope Converting Machine for Creative Direct Mail Responding to the commercial direct mail printers need to compress the total work fl ow to speed up the time to market and to give direct mail envelopes new and more creative options, W+D (Booth 1271) is debuting a new approach to quickly and simply convert offset or inkjet printed rectangular sheets into fi nished direct mail envelopes. The W+D 410 Easy Enveloper gives small to medium sized commercial direct mail printers a high level of performance and operator simplicity • Reduce printed direct mail waste by 10% or more • Speed up turn time on jobs by 40% or more • Allow for creation of direct mail envelopes from your printed rectangular sheet stock with NO secondary y die cutting g • Produce high quality scuff free envelopes from coated coated and uncoated stocks W+D 410 Easy Enveloper • Produce 30,000 fi nished #10 envelopes with with a window i d per hour h ( max. 500 500 epm) ) • Operate the W+D 410 Easy Enveloper with one operator with no previous special envelope converting skills and change over size change jobs in 30 minutes or less • Compact layout (approx. 23' in length) with all machine utilities internally integrated Add value to the envelope with this machine’s irresistible creative capabilities • Automatically insert RFID tags into the inside of an envelope as part of the inline envelope converting workfl ow • Produce special shape envelopes with front and back windows or foil enhancements, all in line with no secondary fi nishing processes • Metallic “E” is foil patched inline at a fraction of the cost of hot foil • Creative die-cut shaping of your envelopes can be done in-line with inexpensive fl ex dies • Game changing envelope technology This a truly a new approach to envelope converting that makes producing the highest quality #9, #10 and 6x9" envelopes very effi ciently , very fast, low running waste and most importantly very easy. This is a game changer in the ability to allow make direct mail more relevant in digital world. Time to market has been cited as one of the biggest issues commercial printers have and the Easy Enveloper is the fi rst product in over 10 years from W+D that addresses this issue, as well as the complexity of traditional envelope making. While the fi rst release of this machine is a blank machine, W+D also has plans to release a web model for roll-fed inkjet and offset printed direct mail. After GRAPH EXPO 16, W+D will have a North American Premier showing of the Easy Enveloper on October 5- 7th at its North American headquarters in Lenexa, KS. 38 | September 27, 2016 | GRAPH EXPO 16 Offi cial Show Daily | PrintingNews.com
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