This past Friday I had planned to travel to Minneapolis (normally a 5 hour drive) for a 1pm appointment. Having left a litte before 7am I felt comfortable I would have no problem keeping the meeting. I knew there was early season snow storm crossing the Western part of Wisconsin, but was … [Read more...]
#42: GraphExpo Reflections
First, Adam Dewitz over at Printmode.net took some good pictures at the show and posted them in a shared area at flickr. If you look closely you will find pictures of our booth area towards the end of the collection. In general, the show went like I anticipated in the #41 post. A few things did … [Read more...]
#41: GraphExpo Expectations
Each year since 2001 as we approach the fall show in Chicago I become somewhat introspective. September 11th, 2001 fell squarely in the middle of what had all the signs of being a very successful show for our five year old company. That potential success all but evaporated with the terrorist … [Read more...]
#39: On SGIA and my one month absence…
First, I have not stopped writing.¬† I just hit a very busy stretch of business travel over the last four weeks.¬† I have three or four good golden nuggets ideas in the hopper (a couple thanks to my editor Michael Woods).¬† Keep in mind that comments on the posts I make do encourage me to post … [Read more...]
#37: Monitoring Digital Presses
At ColorMetrix we have some new and potential new customers who will be using our products (both ColorMetrix and ProofPass.com) to monitor and control digital presses like the HP Indigo, Xerox 8000, and NexPress. During our sales presentations most of these folks have expressed concern that the … [Read more...]
#36: The "new" X-Rite
While I have spoken with many of you face-to-face about this topic, I have chosen to not address it here for many reasons. First among those reasons was a desire to make sure that the merger actually happened. As of this morning visiting either the gretagmacbeth.com or xrite.com website will take … [Read more...]
GRACoL Tid-Bits
Imagine spending your Sunday morning catching up on reading Printing across boards posts. Imagine also, that this was the ‚Äúquote of the day‚Äù that popped up on your computer first thing this morning: If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - A. Maslow You … [Read more...]
#33: Thoughts on GRACoL 7 and Standards in General
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of this week I was in Louisville at the FFTA Annual Forum & INFO*FLEX exhibition. It was my first time attending this event and I was impressed. We even got to spend Tuesday evening at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom theme park in Louisville. I must say … [Read more...]
#32: Tales from the Press Trial (Part 2)
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 … [Read more...]
On LinkedIn
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 … [Read more...]