AI in Print Shops: What the Industry Is Actually Doing vs. What the Vendors Are Selling
WhatTheyThink's analysis of AI in production printing cuts through the hype: AI is facilitating incremental improvements, not replacing production processes. Color management, job routing, predictive maintenance, and waste reduction are the real use cases. Ninja Transfers' Shinobi chatbot is the most instructive real-world example -- not glamorous, but it solves a real problem.