Viesus Sponsors Photo Print Innovation Trends Meetup

February 25 | Online Event | Transatlantic Industry Exchange

On February 25, Viesus will sponsor the upcoming Photo Print Innovation Trends Meetup, an online event connecting photo print leaders across North America and Europe to discuss the future of photo printing, automation, and AI-powered workflows.

The session brings together experts from B2C photo apps, print-on-demand suppliers, retailers, and production technology providers to explore how business models, personalization platforms, and production infrastructure are evolving in 2026.

📅 Event Details

Date: February 25, 2026
Time: 7:30–8:30 am PST | 16:30–17:30 CET
Format: Online (Live session)

🎙 Speakers

• Steve Giordano, CEO, Photo Finale
• Christoph Schacht, Co-Founder, Printess
• Rusty Pepper, Head of Global Markets & Partnerships, Taylor Corporation
• Martijn Eier, CEO, Cloudprinter

Moderated by:

• Gary Pageau, Editor in Chief, Dead Pixels Society
• Hans Hartman, Co-chair Visual 1st, Suite 48 Analytics

What’s on the Agenda?

The meetup will explore:

• The evolution of photo print apps and personalization platforms
• Automation in print-on-demand production
• AI in print workflows and image enhancement
• Scaling quality without increasing manual QA

With Printess in particular, we’ve been rethinking what happens after the user clicks “Customize.” Because the real complexity doesn’t live in the front end — it lives in the production architecture behind it.

And events like this are where those architecture conversations happen.

Partnerships > Isolation

If there’s one theme that keeps resurfacing in the print and imaging industry, it’s this:

Doing everything yourself doesn’t scale.

Modern photo print production depends on collaboration between:

• Personalization software
• Middleware and automation platforms
• Image enhancement and PDF optimization layers
• Print hardware
• Fulfillment networks
• SaaS infrastructure

As automation accelerates across platforms like Enfocus Switch, Fiery JobFlow, Zapier, and personalization systems such as Printess, interoperability between systems becomes less optional and more strategic.

No single company owns the entire journey from upload to final output. The ecosystem works when integrations work.

That’s why we value Spotlights like this one. They create space for honest discussions about what scales, what breaks, and how partnerships evolve as technology shifts.

Join the Conversation

We’ll share key takeaways after the session, but the real value is being in the room.

👉 Join us on February 25

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