http://jimraffel.com A printing industry blog focusing on color measurement, printing, ink, paper, spectrophotometers, and densitometers. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:57:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I still host a couple web-sites at dreamhost.com for projects not directly related to my primary business. So, while the sites are not really critical to me they are critical to the businesses they support. It looks like the two sites will be down for the better part ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/07/22/just-a-rant-about-dreamhostcom/ As I have traveled and worked the phones this Summer, many of my regular readers have asked why I have not been posting here.  The answer is pretty simple, here at ColorMetrix in spite of all the gloom and doom reporting in the news media about our economy being so ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/07/01/where-in-the-world-is-jim-raffel/ So, I know my normal readers do not come here looking for technology tips.  I am really sharing this one so I can look back in a year or two when this problem hits me again. I am out on the road visiting customers this week and attending an industry conference.  ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/05/13/microsoft-outlook-datafile-repair/ More problems at X-Rite: As a person who makes a living in the color measurement side of our industry I read the following with a bit of distress this morning....X-Rite shares plummet on loan defaults from MLive.com.  According to the article X-Rite is now in default on two of the ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/29/tuesday-tidbits/ Michael Jahn, a JimRaffel.com reader replied to me via email about a previous post and I found his comments enlightening about how scary the world of color has become for those of us in the graphic arts that have to actually print this stuff. So, for the first time ever (I ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/28/kuler-is-not-cooler-by-michael-jahn/ I am really busy all of a sudden but I made a commitment to myself to provide more valuable content on this blog almost every day.  So, here are some links to start your Tuesday morning off right. 1. Scott Sheppard of Inside Digital Photo Radio who some of my readers ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/22/im-busy-darnit/ Yesterday we unveiled the blurb.com book to my father.  While I am a big fan of digital photography and all the new media, there is just something about a printed book.  In this case a picture really is worth a thousand words....well two pictures. Yes, I am proud to say that ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/21/i-still-love-print/ I believe virtual proofing is at the same cross roads ink jet proofing was around 2001.  I am both hearing and observing information that provides growing support in my own mind for this position.  First, I am not going to name any names in this post.  Why?  Because gut feelings ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/17/virtual-proofing-oh-boy/ Pewaukee, WI - The Institute for Graphics and Imaging has chosen as its new director Ron Dahl.  I am sure an official press release from the IGI is not far behind this post and will contain complete biographic information about Mr. Dahl.  I sat down with Ron late yesterday afternoon ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/16/igi-names-dahl-as-executive-director/ A while ago I ran across a cool Adobe Labs web application called kuler. I guess it is geared more to the design community, but if you love color (note C O L O R not k u l e r) like I do you will have ... http://jimraffel.com/2008/04/15/kuler-another-big-company-reinvents-spelling/