What is The Print University?

The Print University (TPU) provides an introduction to the Graphic Arts and Production Printing industries through on-demand, video learning. TPU fills the missing gap for general industry knowledge once passed through internships and on-the-job training. It is perfect for new hires without industry experience or those with years of experience that need to learn new segments or topics. It is also an excellent resource for hardware and software vendors who hire business and technical team members without print industry experience.

Course Catalog

Hiring Gen Z

Hiring Gen Z

Practical AI for a Print Business

Practical AI for a Print Business

Introduction to Accessibility in Print Communications

Introduction to Accessibility in Print Communications

Delivering a Killer Presentation

Delivering a Killer Presentation

Thriving in Your First Job

Thriving in Your First Job

Communicating Across Generations in the Workplace

Communicating Across Generations in the Workplace

Careers in Print: Outside the Print Shop

Careers in Print: Outside the Print Shop

How to Write a Winning Job Description

How to Write a Winning Job Description

What a Print Buyer Should Know

What a Print Buyer Should Know

Intro to Production Printing: What is a Trade Printer?

Intro to Production Printing: What is a Trade Printer?

Ways to Automate Customer Experience and Proofing Approvals

Ways to Automate Customer Experience and Proofing Approvals

Careers in Print: Production

Careers in Print: Production

Careers in Print: Pre-production

Careers in Print: Pre-production

Importance of Print in Today’s World

Importance of Print in Today’s World

The Ins and Outs of IPDS vs. AFP vs. PDF

The Ins and Outs of IPDS vs. AFP vs. PDF

The World of Inks and Their Uses

The World of Inks and Their Uses

Tips for Automating Proofing and Approvals

Tips for Automating Proofing and Approvals

Intro to Production Printing: Wide Format 101

Intro to Production Printing: Wide Format 101

Selling Strategies for Selling Print Online

Selling Strategies for Selling Print Online

Intro to Production Printing: Paper 101

Intro to Production Printing: Paper 101

Tips for Walking Your Workflow

Tips for Walking Your Workflow

Control the Chaos of Costs

Control the Chaos of Costs

Datastreams

Datastreams

Preparing Data for Print Part 2

Preparing Data for Print Part 2

Designing for Print Mailings

Designing for Print Mailings

Vertical Markets for Print: Government

Vertical Markets for Print: Government

Finishing for Wide Format Printing

Finishing for Wide Format Printing

Introduction to Print Finishing: Converting

Introduction to Print Finishing: Converting

Introduction to Print Finishing: Binding Methods

Introduction to Print Finishing: Binding Methods

Introduction to Print Finishing: Mailing

Introduction to Print Finishing: Mailing

Introduction to Print Finishing: Trimming and Cutting

Introduction to Print Finishing: Trimming and Cutting

Introduction to Print Finishing: Embellishments

Introduction to Print Finishing: Embellishments

Introduction to Finishing: The World of Finishing

Introduction to Finishing: The World of Finishing

Introduction to Print Finishing: Folding

Introduction to Print Finishing: Folding

Digital Front Ends

Digital Front Ends

Proofing and Approval

Proofing and Approval

Prepress File Prep

Prepress File Prep

Preparing Data for Print Part 1

Preparing Data for Print Part 1

Estimating, Quoting, and Ticketing for Printing

Estimating, Quoting, and Ticketing for Printing

Job Onboarding for Printing

Job Onboarding for Printing

Design Considerations for Print

Design Considerations for Print

Key Workflow Processes in Production Printing

Key Workflow Processes in Production Printing

Primer on Software and Functions used in Production Printing

Primer on Software and Functions used in Production Printing

Imposition 101 for Production Printing

Imposition 101 for Production Printing

Preflighting 101 for Production Printing

Preflighting 101 for Production Printing

Vertical Markets for Print: Non-profit

Vertical Markets for Print: Non-profit

Vertical Markets for Print: Manufacturing

Vertical Markets for Print: Manufacturing

Vertical Markets for Print: Healthcare and Pharmaceutical

Vertical Markets for Print: Healthcare and Pharmaceutical

Vertical Markets for Print: Finance and Insurance

Vertical Markets for Print: Finance and Insurance

Vertical Markets for Print: Education

Vertical Markets for Print: Education

Selling Strategies for Franchise Printers

Selling Strategies for Franchise Printers

Selling Strategies for Sign Shops

Selling Strategies for Sign Shops

Selling Strategies for Transactional Printers

Selling Strategies for Transactional Printers

Selling Strategies: Direct Mail Printers

Selling Strategies: Direct Mail Printers

Selling Strategies for In-plant Printers

Selling Strategies for In-plant Printers

Selling Strategies for Commercial Printers

Selling Strategies for Commercial Printers

Operations of a PSP: Packaging Converters

Operations of a PSP: Packaging Converters

Operations of a PSP: Publication Printers

Operations of a PSP: Publication Printers

Operations of a PSP: Transactional Printers

Operations of a PSP: Transactional Printers

Operations of a PSP: Direct Mail Printers

Operations of a PSP: Direct Mail Printers

Operations of a PSP: In-plant Printers

Operations of a PSP: In-plant Printers

Operations of a PSP: Sign Shops

Operations of a PSP: Sign Shops

Operations of a PSP: Commercial Printers

Operations of a PSP: Commercial Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Sign Printer

Inside the Print Shop: Sign Printer

Inside the Print Shop: Packaging Converters

Inside the Print Shop: Packaging Converters

Inside the Print Shop: Publication Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Publication Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Transactional Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Transactional Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Direct Mail Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Direct Mail Printers

Inside the Print Shop: In-plant Printers

Inside the Print Shop: In-plant Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Commercial Printers

Inside the Print Shop: Commercial Printers

Industry Speak: Acronyms & Jargon

Industry Speak: Acronyms & Jargon

Print 101: Screen Printing

Print 101: Screen Printing

Print 101: Flexography

Print 101: Flexography

Print 101: Offset Lithography

Print 101: Offset Lithography

Print 101: Gravure

Print 101: Gravure

Print 101: Inkjet

Print 101: Inkjet

Print 101: Electrophotography

Print 101: Electrophotography

Analog vs. Digital Printing

Analog vs. Digital Printing

What is Production Printing?

What is Production Printing?

A Brief History of Printing

A Brief History of Printing

The complete library of courses is over 85 and growing every month!

Note: The individual coures packs are monthly subscriptions paid for and accessed through the Vimeo platform iand can only be canceled at any time through your Vimeo account (see FAQ).

How does TPU work?

Bring Your Own Site

Bring Your Own Site

 

For enterprises, OEMs, software vendors, and industry associations.

Use your own website, content management system (CMS), learning management system (LMS), or anything able to use embed codes. Saves time and cost while retaining full control over your learning profiles and paths.

TPU for enterprises is an annual content licensing subscription.

  • Tell us what site (domain) you are using.
  • Embed the video modules and transcripts.
  • Notify and promote to your users.

Get started! Contact us at sales@theprintuniveristy.com

The Print University Video On Demand

Video on demand training COURSE PaCKS

 

For individual subscribers or print service providers with a few users. 

Features include:

  • A monthly subscription delivered over the Vimeo video platform.
  • Watch courses from any device.
  • 19 foundational courses specific to the production printing industry.
  • Average course length is around 20-minutes — a perfect length for the daily commute.

Why you need The Print University

Recruiting is getting harder but necessary. The labor market is tight and younger generations are not funneling into the printing industry.

%

% of US Printing Industry above 55 years old:

Median Age in Print Industry

 Training has been hard, time consuming, and costly. Minimize the impact to your organization while increasing industry-specific knowledge with TPU.

Make the most of your current employees and future hires!

%

Average hours spent training employees in 2020

Average training spend per employee in 2020

Minutes managers spend training their employees per month!

Sources: American Society for Training and Development, Teamstage, US Bureau of Labor

Who needs TPU?

Industry OEMs and Vendors

Equipment Manufacturers and Industry Vendors

 

Use internally to train new hires and existing employees, particularly in high turnover areas like your sales force.

License externally as a value-add delivered to your customers.

 

Get started! Contact us at sales@theprintuniveristy.com

Industry OEMs and Vendors

Industry Associations

 

Bring more value to your members for one of their most challenging issues — training and employee onboarding.

Help them hire for attitude and train for industry-specific aptitude.

 

 

Get started! Contact us at sales@theprintuniveristy.com 

Print Service Providers

Print Service Providers

 

Focus on the business of printing by hiring and retaining great employees.

The fact is we must recruit from outside of the industry and train them on the ins-and-outs of production printing. Make TPU your training platform from experienced industry veterans.

 

Demo training Courses

Suggested Learning Tracks

Click below to download our suggested learning tracks based on type of printer and common roles within a print service provider.

Brought to You By:

Ryan McAbee

Ryan McAbee

Principal at Pixel Dot Consulting

Part of The Print University and the principal at Pixel Dot Consulting, bringing a technology focus and 20+ years of experience in the production printing industry.

Pat McGrew

Pat McGrew

Principal at McGrew Group

Part of The Print University and the Managing Director at McGrewGroup, uses her decades technical and marketing experience to lead the industry toward optimized business processes and production workflows.