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EXTREME Color Management Conference

September 14, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

New Orleans, LA - As part of ColorMetrix' sponsorship of the EXTREME Color Management Conference I will be in New Orleans the rest of this week (9/14-9/18). The week is actually comprised of 3 conferences; starting with a G7 Summit all day Monday; then a day and half of EXTREME the second day of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, color, conferences

Just a rant about Dreamhost.com

July 22, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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 of two days. All I can think … [Read more...]

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Where in the World is Jim Raffel?

July 1, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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 bad we are awfully darn busy.  … [Read more...]

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Microsoft Outlook Datafile Repair

May 13, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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.  Yesterday I plug my trusty Treo into … [Read more...]

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Tuesday Tidbits

April 29, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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 loan agreements … [Read more...]

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Kuler is not cooler – by Michael Jahn

April 28, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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 think) a guest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, calibration, color, gray balance, L*a*b*, web-to-print

I’m Busy Darnit!

April 22, 2008 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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 may remember from the short … [Read more...]

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Blurb Books and Why I Still Love Print

April 21, 2008 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Yesterday we unveiled the blurb.com(affiliate link) 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 and the Blurb books are a perfect example.  In this case a picture really is worth a thousand words....well two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blurb, blurb books, booksmart, digital photography, digital press, family memories, mass media, Printing, publishing

Virtual Proofing – Oh Boy!

April 17, 2008 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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 and intuition are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, calibration, color, inkjet, measurement, monitors, proofing

IGI Names Dahl as Executive Director

April 16, 2008 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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 (his first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, education

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