Monday, October 30, 2006
Google COOP Custom Search Engine
I have been playing around with Google's new wisdom of crowds search product, Google COOP Custom Search Engine, (more background here) and created two printing industry related search engines: Printing Industry Search Printing Industry Blog Search The Google COOP system...
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Return of the Linked List
After a couple months of hiatus, I have brought back the Linked List (Feed). Enjoy....
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Get Bizucated
The Bizucaters, Peter Muir and Maria Falaschi have finally launched their blog: Maria and I put our heads together and finally got up the gumption to get this blog going. Our reason for publishing is to share ideas and opportunities...
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Final GRACoL and SWOP Data
The finalized characterization data sets for SWOP and GRACoL are now available: After two long years of research, press runs, and international comment, IDEAlliance Print Properties Working Group has posted 3 finalized datasets. The new IDEAlliance Off-Press Proofing Systems Certification...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Toner-based Proofing Devices
One of the misconceptions I heard repeated a number of times on the trade show floor last week is that toner-based imaging systems are not the best proofing devices. Color digital printing systems have come along way since they were...
The Power of Print
Liz Lawley, a professor in IT at RIT recently ordered Moo Minicards and posted her thoughts after receiving them: They. Are. Beautiful. Wow. Liz's reaction to a printed piece of paper does pretty good job of summing up of the...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
PrintCEOblog
Randy Davidson President of WhatTheyThink.com has started a blog: printCEOblog.com contains links, information, analysis and commentary from various experts in the industry. printCEOblog.com filters the mounds of information available into an essential summary for “C” level printing executives. Randy's blog...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Xerox's Parallel Printer Architecture
One of Xerox's announcements at Graph Expo is a new dual-engine printer platform: The new parallel printer architecture, developed at the company's research center in Webster, N.Y., and at its Palo Alto Research Center, delivers the power of two printers...
Monday, October 16, 2006
Over at In the Balance
I'm over at Xerox's In the Balance blog covering the Xerox Premier Partners Congress....
IBM Color Technology Demonstration
IBM Printing Systems is demonstrating new color inkjet system in it booth (booth 2600). Like the Screen True Jet 520, the IBM system uses piezo-electric drop-on-demand inkjet technology. According to the IBM literature, the system prints at 209.9 feet per...
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Photos at Graph Expo
If you're at Graph Expo, and use the Flickr photo sharing site, remember to tag your photos with graphexpo2006...
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Print Council Meeting
The Print Council held their annual meeting this afternoon during the executive kickoff at Graph Expo and officially released their Why Print? The Top Ten Ways Print Helps You Prosper brochure. The Why Print? brochure marks the beginning of a...
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Japs-Olson Visit
I had a chance to tour Japs-Olson earlier today. Japs-Olson is one of the largest printers in the Twin Cities (and the US) with about 700 employees and has a massive production facility that pumps out tons of direct mail...
Graph Expo Journey Begins
My Graph Expo journey has begun. I'm waiting to board the plane to Minneapolis. -- Rochester's airport provides free wireless internet throughout the airport! Damn, why did I book such an early flight. Update: I'm in Minneapolis now. And its...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Why Newspapers Matter
This fall, the MIT Communications Forum has been been exploring if newspapers will survive. Their third installment explored why newspapers matter: Working journalists, media critics and digital visionaries discuss the ongoing transformation and apparent decline of American newspapers. Topics to...
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
GWG at Graph Expo
The Ghent PDF Workgroup is hosting a seminar for anyone who follows PDF workflows at Graph Expo. Seminar Speakers: Ghent PDF Workgroup Vice Chairman David Zwang, a Globally Recognized Publishing Technology & Process Consultant Ghent PDF Workgroup Packaging Subcommittee Co-Chairman,...
Monday, October 9, 2006
5ives at Graph Expo
Over on Xerox's In the Balance blog, Bill Lamparter has published his list of five technologies printers must understand and implement to ensure survival. None of the 5 technologies: MIS, JDF, Digital Printing, Workflow Enhancements, and Color Management and/or Bindery...
Markzware Machine
Markzware, the developers of preflight and document conversion tools won't be giving away the typical trade show trinkets and trash: To cap off Markzware's over 10 year celebration of serving the international graphic arts and print communities, Markzware is equipping...
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Google Books
According to a Reuters report, book publishers are reporting an increase in sales for titles indexed by Google Books: Publishers are starting to report an uptick in sales from Google Inc.'s online program that lets readers peek inside books, two...
Saturday, October 7, 2006
One
I launched Printmode one year ago today as an outlet to share my musings on the printing industry. Previous to this, this site was just a personal site that was under utilized. In the last year I have published 148...
Friday, October 6, 2006
EMRT Lecture Series
I sat through Frank Cost's The Book as Child of the Internet lecture at EMRT this morning. Frank was invited by a EMRT, local consultanting firm to speak to a group scientists and engineers for their monthly internal lecture series....
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Commercialization of Imaging Science
I'm at RIT in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science getting ready to listen to a panel on the Commercialization of Imaging Science. Panel Moderator: Richard A. Kaplan, CEO Pictometry International Corp The panel: Kevin Kearney, CEO Geospatial...
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Xerox to Acquire XMPie
The rumor I covered back in July is true. Xerox is buying XMPie: STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 03, 2006 -- Building on the growth of personalized printing and multimedia direct marketing, Xerox Corporation has agreed to acquire XMPie for $54 million....
GRACoL G7 Masters
The GRACoL MasterPrinter Program name is being changed to the GRACoL G7 Masters Program in order to expand its scope: The MasterPrinter Program is being extended and renamed to be the G7Masters Program. The program will now include both printers...
Monday, October 2, 2006
Testing Web-enabled Print
A part of my thesis involves analyzing current implementations of web-enabled print. The analysis will provide the basis as I attempt to create a model and taxonomy that describes the current state of the state-of-the-art. I have created a standardized...
