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...]
Color & The State of Printing Industry 2010
Color & The State of the Printing Industry 2010 also appears on the ColorMetrix Color Conversation blog. It never ceases to amaze me how integral color knowledge is to the graphic arts industry at large, yet how few people in the industry really understand the topic. The problem is that color, … [Read more...]
#52: GRACoL G7 Comments from the field
It has been an interesting couple weeks in the field for me. Color experts at four of the largest printing companies in the world have made almost exactly the same comments about the new GRACoL and SWOP data sets, and G7 methodology. I want to stress that the comments that follow are not mine, but … [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...]
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...]