In this installment we will address the third question Dale raised in #47. Dale's first two questions got answered in #48 and #49 which can be reviewed at JimRaffel.com. Now, onto Dale's third question: 3. In fingerprinting our presses, we've run up against the dreaded "Hurry up and do it, but … [Read more...]
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Golden Nugget #50: Understanding Training Resources
As I mentioned last week #47 generated a comment from Dale, which contained three good questions, the first of which I answered in #49. You may also recall that I promised to blog from the floor of the PMA show. I did so, and the PMA blog entry can be found at JimRaffel.com.Now, onto Dale’s … [Read more...]
Thoughts on PMA Show
As I mentioned in my last post, my primary reason for attending PMA was to conduct meetings with key ColorMetrix business partners. I did, however, have a few hours to roam the show floor yesterday afternoon and came away with a few observations. While I am still impressed with the caliber of … [Read more...]
#49: Dialing in an Image setter or Plate setter
#47 generated a comment from Dale, which contained three good questions I intend to answer over the next several weeks. Also, later this week I intend to blog from the floor of the PMA show where my activities at JimRaffel.com have qualified me for a Press pass to the show. While my main purpose … [Read more...]
#48: Make Proofs That Match Your Press
Since #45 in December we have been discussing resolutions to improve the quality of your proofs. In order to gain the full benefit of this installment one should have read and implemented the suggestions in #46 & #47. Proceeding forward it does not matter if you are utilizing a methodology like … [Read more...]
#47: Certified Proofs
Last month #45 presented three proofing resolutions for the New Year that I promised to expand upon in subsequent golden nuggets. Resolution #2 stated that you should "€œProve to customers your proof meets the desired standard of quality." In other words, we need to certify proof quality. … [Read more...]
#46: Stop Printing Bad Proofs
Last month #45 presented three proofing resolutions for the New Year that I promised to expand upon in subsequent golden nuggets. Resolution #1 stated that you should "Increase productivity by decreasing time wasted to re-print bad proofs." Sounds simple and guess what, it actually is. First, you … [Read more...]
#45: New Year Proofing Resolutions
While this golden nugget is really intended for those of you already using ColorMetrix software products, I am quite sure the ideas and suggestions will benefit anyone doing proofing. The plan is to give you the headlines in this installment, and then expand on each of the three main points in … [Read more...]
#40 Grey Balance & Printing like a Master
I have written before about the Printing across borders initiative and late last week made a post to the mail list which I feel generated a very good response. My post shown below was in response to a post questioning the GRACoL MasterPrinter‚Ñ¢ program: It stands to reason that that a printer with … [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...]