PIA/GATF Digital Printing Council

PIA/GATF Digital Printing Council

PIA/GATF is the world's largest graphic arts trade association representing an industry with more than 1.2 million employees. It serves the interests of more than 12,000 member companies. PIA/GATF, along with its affiliates, delivers products and services that enhance the growth, efficiency, and profitability of its members and the industry through advocacy, education, research, and technical information. For more information about PIA/GATF visit: www.gain.net.

The Digital Printing Council (DPC) is a premier program and, as of 2006, a core service of PIA/GATF (Printing Industries of America, Inc. and the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation), providing its members and the printing industry with informative tools and publications that are designed to help firms be more productive, efficient, and generate more sales with new digital technologies.

For more information, please visit the DPC web pages on: www.digitalprintingcouncil.com.


Press Releases

  • LIVE FROM DRUPA: FRANK ROMANO ON INKJET WEBINAR BROUGHT TO YOU BY PIA/GATF (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    On June 4 from 1:00 pm - 2 p.m. EDT, PIA/GATF will present its first webinar broadcast from a live event—drupa. Frank Romano will lead the webinar, entitled “Inkjet Will Revolutionize Your Business,” from the trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany.
    May 20, 2008

  • 2008 Offset & Beyond Conference Delivers Triple Crown Event (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    On April 26-29, 2008, the Offset & Beyond Conference teamed up with the annual BIA Mid-Management Conference, hosted by the Binding Industries Association (BIA) and the brand new Go Beyond With Digital Briefing, hosted by Digital Print Council (DPC) and E-Business Council (EBC), to truly create a "one-stop" conference for all printers.
    May 12, 2008

  • PIA/GATF Ink Conformance Testing Expands Benefits (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    PIA/GATF’s Technical Research Department recently unveiled a number of new marketing opportunities available to its ISO 2846 ink conformance testing clients.
    May 6, 2008

  • PIA/GATF’s Digital Printing Council and E-Business Council Present: GO BEYOND WITH DIGITAL (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    Special Half-Day Event Uniquely Focused on Digital and Internet Enabled Printing.
    March 27, 2008

  • President Bush Visits PIA/GATF Member ColorCraft of Virginia (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    President George W. Bush today toured and gave brief remarks at Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation member company ColorCraft of Virginia in Sterling, VA.
    March 26, 2008

  • The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership Announces Criteria (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP Partnership) revealed the much anticipated criteria on how to become a sustainable, green printer at the National Environmental Health and Safety Conference (NEHS) last week in Indianapolis, IN.
    March 21, 2008

  • PIA/GATF's Digital Printing Council Announces New Set of Marketing 4 Digital Research (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    Fourth in the groundbreaking M4D series delivers insight on 8 specific vertical market segments.
    September 13, 2007

  • PIA/GATF Announces Availablity of the Web-To-Print Primer (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    The first unbiased, one-stop resource guide on everything you need to know about the web-to-print marketplace.
    September 4, 2007

  • PIA/GATF's Digital Printing Council Announces New Set of Marketing 4 Digital Research (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    SEWICKLEY, PA February 16, 2007 PIA/GATF's Digital Printing Council (DPC) announces the availability of the latest set of reports from its ground-breaking Marketing 4 Digital (M4D) research project.
    February 16, 2007

  • Online Member Community Launches with Digital Printing Council Forum (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    SEWICKLEY, PA Sewickley, PA February 6, 2007 PIA/GATF members have a new platform from which to speak their minds as the world's largest printing association unveils Let's Talk Print...
    February 6, 2007

  • The Digital Printing Council and PRIMIR Partner to Offer More Unique, In-Demand Content to PIA/GATF DPC Members (.doc) (.pdf) (.html)

    SEWICKLEY, PA January 24, 2007 As part of its Digital Print 2007 initiative, the Digital Printing Council, a core service of PIA/GATF (Printing Industries of America, Inc. and the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation), today announces...
    January 24, 2007

  • PIA/GATF’s Digital Printing Council Unveils “Marketing 4 Digital” (M4D) at Print 05 (.doc) (.pdf)

    September 11, 2005

  • Adobe, Canon, HP, Kodak, Xerox Join Major Digital Printing Council Initiative (.doc) (.pdf)

    August 2, 2005

  • PIA/GATF’s Digital Printing Council Retains Helene Smith PR (.doc) (.pdf)

    June 20, 2005

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