Wednesday, March 22, 2006
TAGA Wrap-up
TAGA ATC 06 Coverage on Printmode.net TAGA Day 1: Keynotes TAGA Day 2 Session 1: Future of Printing TAGA Day 2 Session 2: New Applications of Printing TAGA Day 2 InterTech Presentations TAGA Day 2 Session 3: Ink and Paper...
TAGA Journal
At the TAGA ATC, Tim Claypole, TAGA VP Technical Papers announced a new peer reviewed journal produced by Swansea Printing Technology Ltd in affiliation with TAGA. The objective of the TAGA Journal is to publish new and original work...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Michael H. Bruno Award 2006
For his many years of contribution to graphic arts science and education, TAGA honored Bob Chung with its Michael H. Bruno Award at the Honor Awards Banquet. Congratulations to Bob for this well-deserved award!...
TAGA Student Publication Competition
Each year during the during the conference, TAGA sponsors a student publication contest. The publications are comprised of technical papers written by chapter members and students of the school and generally follow some sort of theme. This year there were...
TAGA Day 3 Session 9: Digital
Monitoring Digital Package Printing Performance Panu Lahtinen, Juhani Paukku, Jali Heilmann, and Hannu Linna,VTT Information Technology, Espoo, Finland Notes: None. Review On The Fusing Step In Electrophotographic Printing: Thermal Field And Its Effects On Print Quality Pierre Vernhes, Anne Blayo,...
TAGA Day 3 Session 8: Packaging-Gravure
Print Line Quality in the Gravure Process Tim C. Claypole and Eifion Jewell, Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, University of Wales Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Notes: Print line quality is an important attribute for the rotogravure process if its...
TAGA Day 3 Session 7: Packaging-Flexography
I stepped out for this session. Here is a list of the presentations: A Novel Solution To Evaluation Of Flexographic Print Quality — David Galton, Asahi Photoproducts, Essex, England Model For Print Quality Evaluation of Hybrid Printed Matters — Magnus...
TAGA Day 3 Session 6: Offset
I stepped out for this session. Here is a list of the presentations: A New Photopolymer Technology For A Develop-On-Press, Thermal CTP Plate — Chris McCullough, Kodak, Windsor, Colorado, U.S.A. Manual And Analytical Assessment Of Piling — Mark Bohan, PIA/GATF,...
TAGA Day 3 Session 5: Color 2
How Big Is Color? John Seymour, QuadTech, Sussex, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Notes: Human visual system is subjective. Can a computer system be designed to objectively measure sets of printed sheets (Standard vs. Reference)? 3 obstacles: 1. What type of input device...
Monday, March 20, 2006
TAGA Day 2 Session 4: Color
Presentations: The Synergistic Relationship between Standards for Data Exchange, Metrology, Process Control, And Color Management David Q. McDowell, Standards Consultant, Penfield, New York, U.S.A. Notes: In the early 80's there were no graphic arts specific standards. Any standards used were...
TAGA Day 2 Session 3: Ink and Paper
Presentations: "Non-Leafing" Aluminum for Metallic Offset Inks — Oliver Schwab, Eckart-Werke GmbH & Co., Guenthsthal, Velden, Germany The Correlation of Macro Offset Print Mottle to Surface Topography as Measured by an Optical Surface Topography System — Daniel Clark, Rochester Institute...
TAGA Day 2 InterTech Presentations
Presentations by 2005 PIA/GATF InterTech Award Recipients Inaugurated in 1978 to foster awareness and understanding of advanced graphic arts technology, PIA/GATF's InterTech Technology Award honors excellence in innovative technology for the graphic communications industry Flint Group – Arrowlith UV Ink...
TAGA Day 2 Session 2: New Applications of Printing
Presentations: Smart Inks - Status Quo And Future Long Lin, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom Abstract: Anticounterfeiting, product safety monitoring, and brand protection are just a few of the buzzwords/phrases attracting much of the recent attention in the world of...
TAGA Day 2 Session 1: Future of Printing
Presentations: Towards an Ubiquitous Media Environment—Adding the E-Newspaper Channel Maria Akesson and Carina Ihlstro, Halmstad University, Sweden Abstract: The newspaper firms are facing an innovation, the e-newspaper published on e-paper technology. The e-paper is reflecting, giving the same reader experience...
Sunday, March 19, 2006
TAGA Day 1: Keynotes
The activities kicked off at 11:00AM for the students attending the conference with a Student Brunch Meeting. Student Brunch Meeting Notes Brunch was provided by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Ken Columbia Director, Industry Staff Development talked about careers...
Saturday, March 18, 2006
TAGA ATC
I will be at the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) Annual Technical Conference until the 22nd. If you have don't know what TAGA is, now might be a good time to find out....
