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#68: Sustainable Green Printing

February 7, 2008 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

What is this new and latest buzzword sustainability? If I have offended you by calling it a buzzword I am not apologizing. Please do not misunderstand me; I think sustainability is a good thing. Smart printing businesses have been engaging in most if not all of the components of sustainability … [Read more...]

Filed Under: measurement, process capability Tagged With: environment, jim, Printing, recycling, sustainability, Sustainable, waste management

mEtamerism vs. mAtamerism

January 23, 2008 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Several of you kindly pointed out that I had misspelled that word up in the title in the original version of my #67 post. First, you are correct and thank you for the correction. It does raise an interesting point for me as a new media writer. A google search for matamerism yields 154 hits. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, matamerism, metamerism, new media

#67 Metamerism: Hard copy vs Monitor

January 16, 2008 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

The most visited post on JimRaffel.com in 2007 is #16 written October 2005 and addressing metamerism. Because of the popularity of this post I have decided to revisit the topic. I will start with some basic terminology and definitions. Then, I am going to present a real world example we are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: calibration, color, delta E, GATF, illuminants, matamerism, measurement, monitors, RHEM indicator, viewing conditions

JimRaffel.com 2007 Top 10 Posts

November 25, 2007 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

As Promised in #66 here are the top ten posts of 2007 as recorded by Google Analytics. 10. 65-1: SGIA Live Wednesday Observations 9. #61: Get Over Your Measurement Fear 8. #46: Stop Printing Bad Proofs 7. #47: Certified Proofs 6. Golden Nugget #9…Press Characterization and Grey Balance 5. #33: … [Read more...]

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New Media Printing Opportunities

November 16, 2007 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

During the month of October and into early November this little coffee shop chain (Starbucks, perhaps you have heard of them?) gave away FIFTY MILLION songs from Apple's iTunes. In this author's opinion the distribution of digitally delivered songs seems to be a new media promotion. What's the … [Read more...]

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#66: How a New Media Writer Breaks Writers Block

November 13, 2007 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

I am now two and a half years into the Jim Raffel’s Golden Nuggets / JimRaffel.com journey. I have gained a whole new appreciation for those who write on a regular basis and an especially great appreciation for those who write on deadline (I sort of slammed you deadline writers last week, but it’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, GRACoL

65-2: New Media vs. Old Media at a Trade Show

October 30, 2007 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

As a member of the new media I would like to thank the SGIA show management for their recognition of the shift that is occurring in the way people gather news and information. While JimRaffel.com is not listed among the 22 most popular blogs in the world we do a pretty good job reaching those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, color, conferences, measurement, proofing, wide format

65-1: SGIA Live Wednesday Observations

October 25, 2007 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

First, some general observations about the show.  While screen printing is still a very large part of the SGIA show, you do have to look a bit harder in between all the digital printing booths from the likes of Canon, Epson, HP and more to find screen printing products.  I am a new comer to the SGIA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, calibration, conferences

#65: Color in the Specialty Graphic Market & SGIA Live

October 19, 2007 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I will be attending the SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association) conference and expo in Orlando next week. As I reviewed the conference sessions and expo web-site it became clear this would be a great opportunity to get back to writing for JimRaffel.com. Since GraphExpo I have been busy with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, color, conferences, wide format

63-3 GE Live: In Memory Of

September 12, 2007 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

I could not even bring myself to write about the day it was yesterday. While I know that is disrespectful to those who lost so much and those who made the ultimate sacrifice I just could not do it. In the days and months that followed 9/11/2001 ColorMetrix almost ceased to exist. As most of us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging

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