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#32: Tales from the Press Trial (Part 2)

by JimRaffel on April 28, 2006

This week I will be providing more information about the MacDermid Printing Solutions Stabil-X press trial April 17th and 18th . This week I will review the variation data from two of the trial conditions:

  • STX opt – Stabil-X blanket run at optimum packing level
  • Press std – The set-up of the press when we arrived

The TVI graph from last week showed the mean 50% dot gain for the STX opt. to be 24.817 and the Press std. to be 25.556. In addition to the lower overall dot gain with the Stabil-X, the standard deviation of the Stabil-X opt. was only .752 compared with 1.088.

The density of the two runs are very similar as well as the associated standard deviations: STX opt. 1.489 and .018; Press std. 1.522 and .016.

Standard.jpg

Stabil-X.jpg

These two graphs plot each of the 10 samples measured for each trial condition. The graphs also show the mean as well as 3 standard deviation +/- control lines.

If you would like more information about the MacDermid Stabil-X blanket, please contact me and I will put you in touch with the right people at MacDermid.

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On LinkedIn

by JimRaffel on April 23, 2006

About two weeks ago that Steve Duncan guy over at Lornitropia got me motivated to finally do something with the LinkedIn account I had created in Feb. 2005.  I took some time to update my profile, and then I just started inviting everyone I could think of to join and connect with me.  I am sure many of you reading this got an invitation to join.  All I can say is this tool has the potential to change the way we network for business and professional reasons.  I joke with my kids that it is MySpace for grownups.

In less than two weeks I have gone from the four contacts I had since last year to fifty.  Nothing compared to Steve’s 500+, but I will get there.  Why do all this, you ask?  For me it is a simple three part answer;

1.    I HATE cold calling (LinkedIn already allowed me to set-up a high level meeting with a very larger retailer).
2.    As the CEO of a small business I am ALWAYS looking for financing and M&A opportunities.
3.    I honestly like to share my knowledge and wisdom with others (My Mom would question if I have any of the later worth sharing ;-) .

So, if I sent you a LinkedIn invite and you have not acted on it I would encourage you to do so.  This is not some “drink the cool-aid” cult…I promise.  If you are already LinkedIn send an invite to my ColorMetrix e-mail, I’d be happy to connect with anyone who takes the time to read my ramblings.

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#31 Tales from the Press Trial

April 21, 2006

On April 17th and 18th I had the pleasure of participating in a press trial with MacDermid Printing Solutions to evaluate the effectiveness of their new Stabil-X offset printing blanket. I am writing today about the TVI curve of the various trial conditions. We ran five different conditions during the course of the trial. All [...]

I still love the smell of ink in the morning

April 19, 2006

Over the coming weeks I will be writing a great deal about my last two days in Chicago. Kevin Kocher of MacDermid Printing Solutions (offset blanket manufacturer) invited me to a press trial of their new Stabil-X blanket. So, right about now if I was one of my readers I would be thinking how exciting [...]

On RSS Readers

April 16, 2006

So, I woke up Friday morning with a celebrated the 42nd birthday a bit too much hangover.  Fortunately, I scheduled my birthday this year the day before Good Friday and we are closed on Good Friday.  This left me with a day to get one of those technology projects I have rolling around in my [...]

On Standards, Dues, and Barriers to Entry

April 12, 2006

I have been getting a good deal of pressure to post my position on GRACoL G7, and have been holding off for one very simple reason. My comments will “go against the grain” as one fellow blogger put it. As one who was not involved in the process I feel that it would be somewhat [...]

#30: Print Oasis ‘06 Wrap-up

April 9, 2006

First, I will be delaying my thoughts on GRACoL 7 for a week or two so that I can address more timely topics like a wrap-up of my thoughts and observations at Print Oasis last week in Las Vegas. Let me begin by saying that the conference was very well attended; 500+ corporate print buyers, [...]

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