Visitor's speak: M N Pandey, director, Avantika Printers

What brought you to the Pamex show in the first place?
To sign a deal.

If we gave you a blank cheque, what would you buy at Pamex, name the product.
I have already bought an Oce cut-sheet.

Did you always want to be a printer?
No, I became a printer by default.

If you hadn’t joined the business of printing, what do you think you would have ended up doing?
I would have been a Maths and Sanskrit teacher.

If you could be born a great print technocrat or a very rich print CEO, which one would you choose?
Print technocrat.

CMYK or RGB.
CMYK.

Choose: offset or digital?
Digital.

Do you read? Is there any book that you’re particularly enjoying at the moment?
I enjoy reading trade magazines.

What is the most interesting post-press operation you saw at the Pamex show?
PUR technology is the most interesting at the show today.

A manufacturer at Pamex, whose factory you would like to visit?
Oce.

What’s your idea of a perfect print trade show?
A perfect print show should have the industry key players exhibiting. Latest technology machines should be displayed and machinery demo should be a must. Visitors should be given one-on-one attention.

The next print trade show you are looking forward to?
Drupa 2012.

What’s the best print technology you’ve seen in the last five years?
Digital.

The one thing print software does which they didn’t do ten years ago?
Online transactions.

You have to produce a print job on the show ground. Choose a technology.
Definitely digital.