Saturday, September 30, 2006
Contact at Blurb
Anyone out there have a contact at Blurb? Frank Cost and I would like to get in contact with someone on their management team to discuss emerging print production models. If you plan on going to SXSW, you may also...
Friday, September 22, 2006
Humanless Workflow Technology
Saepio Technologies just sent out a press release that promises to demonstrate nearly humanless workflow technology at GRAPH EXPO (emphasis theirs): Saepio Technologies, the industry leading provider of agile, web-based tools for managing, distributing and customizing marketing materials, will showcase...
Thursday, September 21, 2006
pURLs and PURLs
There has been some discussion on the PrintPlanet VDP listserv today about Personalized Uniform Resource Locator (pURL) and Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL). This use of this term seems to cause confusion among printers and marketers. pURLs With the advent...
PDF/X Application Notes
Version 4 of the PDF/X Application Notes is now available from the NPES Standards Workroom. The Application Notes provide a good overview of the current PDF/X conformance levels as specified in ISO 15930 parts 1 - 6...
OSX Font Tips & Tricks
Erich Lehman, Prepress Facilities Coordinator for RIT's School of Print Media will be giving his marvelous lecture on fonts in OS X at Graph Expo. Fonts on OS X can be like voodoo at times and it seems like its...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Acrobat 8
Adobe has introduced Acrobat 8 and once again reminded the printing industry that PDF was not invented for them. Most of the new features in Acrobat 8 are centered around providing tools to help business users collaborate and create documents...
Growth in Converting
Over at the Converting Blog, Keith Hevenor describes the market vitality he is witnessing in the converting and package printing industries: Since taking on my new responsibilities with CMM last fall, I've been out attending as many shows and conferences...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Colorful Lightning
Lighting Source announced back in May that were adding full-color book capabilities to their service offerings. They are now starting to vamp up these capabilities: Beginning September 6, 2006, Lightning Source publishers may begin to set up and send...
Print Council at Graph Expo
The Print Council will be holding a press conference on the Saturday before GRAPH EXPO and CONVERTING EXPO kicks offs: The Print Council will unveil their new marketing tools to sell the benefits of print to corporations. They will also...
JPG Magazine
I just came across JPG Magazine, a community driven print magazine for people who love photography. JPG is more than a just a traditional photography magazine: JPG is a magazine. It’s published 6 times a year by 8020 Publishing. Check...
Lightning Labels
Peter Renton sent me an email after I published my comments on Dr. Joe's latest Fridays with Dr. Joe WhatTheyThink column last Friday. Peter, maintains the Lightning Label Blog, a weblog for his label company Lightning Labels, Inc. He also...
Monday, September 18, 2006
21st Century News Challenge
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is looking to invest in community news projects: Turn the web on its head. Show us how online news can help people improve their lives and shape their communities. Knight Foundation is...
Scott McCloud at RIT
RIT's School of Design, School of Print Media, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, and the Office of the Provost sponsored a lecture by comic theorist Scott McCloud. Matt Bernius, a visiting professor in the School of Print Media, has...
Friday, September 15, 2006
Dr Joe on Blogs
Dr Joe Webb discusses printing industry blogs in his latest Fridays with Dr. Joe WhatTheyThink column: I was recently asked if there were any printing industry blogs other than mine. Really, there are none that I could find. An RIT...
Thursday, September 14, 2006
IDEAlliance Town Hall Meeting at Graph Expo
IDEAlliance will be holding a town hall meeting at Graph Expo: If you are attending GraphExpo 06 please note there will be an IDEAlliance GRACoL/SWOP Townhall meeting on Sunday October 15. This meeting will be directly following a session on...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Anicolor
Heidelberg will be touting their new Anicolor press technology at Graph Expo. According to Heidelberg: With Anicolor, ink is stored in the ink chamber rather than on the surface of the rollers, where it is stored in a conventional inking...
Graph Expo
The Graph Expo related press releases are rolling in and clogging up my inbox (note to marketers, get a content management system the supports syndication technology. I will still get your news and it won't be forced down my...
Monday, September 11, 2006
Thesis Pre-order
Starting today you can pre-order a copy of my thesis. The sale of my work will help offset the unexpected loss of my PGSF scholarship. Anyone looking at investing in web-to-print technology or just looking to get a better understanding...
Supporting Academic Research
Back in July I was I happy to announce that I had received the Michael H. Bruno/TAGA scholarship from the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF); the second year in a row that I was to receive this honor. Not...
