Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Lost Comments
Printmode was hit with a comment spam attack this morning. While cleaning up the mess after the attack, I accidently deleted some valid comments. And with no current database dump, they are gone forever. Sorry to everyone that took the...
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Techies at Trade Shows
I traveled to AIIM on Demand last week with a few goals: get some fodder for Printmode.net (fun stuff), examine the workflow solutions that are enabling web-to-print production (thesis stuff), and network (career stuff). One thing I noticed as I...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Lightning Source Adds Color
Web-to-print pioneer Lightning Source Inc. is adding full-color book capabilities to their service offerings. The full-color capabilities will be available in August. Lightning Source hosted Frank Cost and I for a visit earlier this spring and I was amazed by...
Xerox's Big I little t Blog
At AIIM On Demand, Xerox launched a new blog focused on IT-related topics called the Big I little t Blog. The new blog will be hosted by Jim Firestone, President of Xerox North America. Xerox is also pleased with the...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
American Printer does RSS
American Printer, the monthly trade magazine serving the printing industry has added RSS feeds to their website. I stumbled upon the feeds by accident and don't see any mention of them on AP homepage or on any RSS landing page....
Monday, May 22, 2006
Final Exam
Final Exams have arrived at universities across the nation. I don't want you (the ones that have graduated) to miss out on all the fun so your final exam is below. Who said: "The rumors of my death have been...
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Amazon.com Announces Print-On-Demand Program
Amazon.com and BookSurge LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com) announced a new Print on Demand program last Friday: The new POD program removes the upfront economic barriers associated with traditional book publishing while making those titles available to the tens...
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Color Management at On Demand
At On Demand earlier this week there were surprisingly no color management system vendors (or vendors that have a solution were not marketing it). When automating a workflow, managing color is a very important step. I talked to a few...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Cool Products
XMPie Unveils uEdit XMPie Unveiled uEdit this morning. uEdit is an Adobe Flash-based online editor for Web-to-print storefronts. I see a lot of potential for the development of easy to use web-to-print interfaces (the holy grail or web-to-print). Adobe Flex...
Nu-Ness
Early this year Xerox commissioned the creation of an Arlen Ness motorcycle to promote the Xerox Nuvera Digital Production System. Xerox unveiled Nu-Ness this morning at On Demand. - it's pretty sweet! Barb Anselm, VP of Marketing Communications, Xerox Production...
Sunday, May 14, 2006
At ON DEMAND Conference & Expo
I will be blogging from Philadelphia, PA covering the ON DEMAND Conference & Expo over the next few days....
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
ISO 12647
I was asked by someone at ICIS today what ISO standards provide guidance for process control in the printing industry. Here they are: ISO 12647-1:2005: Graphic technology -- Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production...
