IMI’s 23rd Annual Thermal Printing Conference provides the most comprehensive thermal industry coverage ever. Key worldwide thermal market sectors will be reviewed from supplier, channel sales and end-user perspectives. Advances in wireless communications, hand held devices and web & cloud-hosted software that represent driving market forces in distributed printing will be
presented in the context of their likely impact in thermal markets. Innovation and compliance initiatives that represent new growth
drivers for direct thermal and thermal transfer usage will be presented from an application perspective along with the latest events
and advances in photographic quality printing and thermal printhead and media technology. New product and technology innovations that include competitive technology based products aimed at traditional thermal markets will also be surveyed. Finally a
review of thermal industry sales channel dynamics, worldwide capacities and the impact of the competitive worldwide economic
environment will cap off this comprehensive conference.
IMI’s 23rd Annual Thermal Printing Conference format is designed to gain insights into the opportunities and challenges of
exploiting world markets andcapitalizing on the many new and exciting information, communications and media related innovations
taking place in our society and economy. Historically these trends have impacted thermal printing more than progress in competing
technologies such as ink jet and electrophotography. Come and explore ways in which smart phones, mobile computing and
wireless advancements can mold the future usage of the unique and resilient technology known as thermal printing.
IMI’s 23rd Annual Thermal Printing Conference program will provide a diverse group of speakers addressing new, innovative
information and communication products as well as technology developments plus consumer, business and industrial end-user
trends. The format is designed to connect industry participants with systems and end-user product innovations and prepare thermal
printing industry participants for future challenges and opportunities. It is also an ideal training format for new personnel.