Artificial intelligence in printing

Abstract

Artificial intelligence has entered into many aspects of our lives – from virtual assistants and Netflix's recommendations, to fraud prevention and autonomous vehicles. In this paper we present an overview of the current use of artificial intelligence in printing industry. We discuss what does it imply for printers and clients, and how it might be used in the future. Since the main idea behind creating artificial intelligence is to mimic the capabilities of human mind, it does not surprise the fact that in printing it is mostly use for monitoring and decision making. Smart algorithms for choosing different layouts in order to minimize print waste, automated process control, creating targeted catalogues, are just a few examples. Even though the printing industry is one of the few not so disrupted by AI, it seems that the things are changing, and we might expect to see more of AI in printing in the near future.