What is TPU?
TPU Demo
training Courses
Why you need TPU
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?
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 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
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.
Course List
Introduction to Production Printing:
- Brief History of Printing
- What is Production Printing?
- Analog vs. Digital Printing
- Print 101: Electrophotography
- Print 101: Offset Lithography
- Print 101: Inkjet
- Print 101: Gravure
- Print 101: Flexography
- Industry Speak: Acronyms & Jargon
Introduction to Finishing:
- The World of Finishing
- Embellishments
- Folding
- Trimming and Cutting
- Binding Methods
- Mailing
- Converting
- Finishing for Wide Format
Inside the Print Shop:
- Inside a Print Service Provider (PSP)
- Commercial Printers
- In-plant Printers
- Direct Mail Printers
- Transactional Printers
- Publication Printers
- Packaging Converters
- Sign Shops
Selling Strategies for:
- Commercial Printers
- In-plant Printers
- Direct Mail Printers
- Transactional Printers
- Sign Shops
- Franchise Printers
Print Workflow and Processes:
- Primer: Software & Functions
- Primer: Key Workflow Processes
- Primer: Design Considerations
- Job Onboarding
- Estimating, Quoting, & Ticketing
- Preparing Data
- File preparation (Prepress)
- Proofing and Approval
- Digital Front Ends
Suggested Learning Tracks
Click below to download our suggested learning tracks based on type of printer and common roles within a print service provider.
How does TPU work?
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
Video on demand training
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.
Brought to You By:
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
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.