Earlier this week I attended two days of meetings focused around graphic communications industry specifications, standards and best practices. There is nothing glamorous about this work. Almost 30 of us crammed into a small conference room. Not at a fancy hotel but graciously offered at no cost by … [Read more...]
#69 IDEAlliance Proofing Summit in Review
Recently I attended the IDEAlliance Proofing Summit held in conjunction with the Publishing Business Conference and Expo at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. During the one day summit I managed to take three pages of notes focused on the meeting’s key topic of Virtual Proofing to the … [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...]
#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...]
On Standards, Dues, and Barriers to Entry
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 counterproductive to … [Read more...]
Golden Nugget #8…Specification, Guideline, or Process Capabilities?
*** Introduction *** If you noticed there was not Golden Nugget last week, it is because I was on vacation. Please remember you can always visit www.JimRaffel.com to review an archive of previous Golden Nuggets. There is still time to register for our User’s Group Conference coming up August … [Read more...]