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by Henry Freedman

HDTV inkjet printed flexible display

Print Endures

Printing has always brought change. And now the printing industry itself is changing faster and faster. Small innovators and large multinational corporations are developing more new technologies for printing images than ever before. Not bad for an industry that is supposed to be replaced by something that will never be able to replace it – electronic information.

You see, a little thing called physics enters the picture. Printed information does not need a power supply to present its message to people. Printing uses existing light energy to communicate, nothing greener. Printed material can be large, such as highway advertising signs, exceeding the size of electronic displays. The clincher is that the most economical way to make electronic displays is to print them!       Click here to learn about printing electronic displays.

Printing can be easily marked on. It can be folded to a compact size and reopened. It is the packaging for the orange juice on your breakfast table. It can clean your windshield, help you light a fire, and provide utility for many thousands of free secondary uses of print.      Click here to learn more about the Future of Production Printing.

What is the benefit of knowledge if it is not applied and shared? Teaching embodies my efforts for knowledge sharing and learning. This Teaching section provides access to some of my museum exhibits, classroom teaching, demonstrations and exhibition sharing information on imaging and printing of all types. Records show tens of thousands of people have had the opportunity to learn from my work and hope you find these different vehicles here in the Teaching section of benefit.

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What is the benefit of knowledge if it is not applied and shared? That is why I teach. This Teaching section provides access to some of my classroom teaching, demonstrations, and museum exhibits, all of which focus on different aspects of imaging and printing. Browse the pages. Hope you find something of benefit!

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