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...]
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#27: Measuring TVI on Inkjet proofs is Meaningless
Part 5: I should start by saying I have covered the topic of using graphic arts densitometry to evaluate inkjet proofs once before. Back in July ’05 GN#5 addressed this same issue so you may wish to refer back to it. I considered changing this topic, because the title is a bit inflammatory. … [Read more...]
Random thought from an airport…
First, I was driving on the 5 south and say this cool building. Next, I believe some great ideas for future Golden Nuggets have come out of this trip. - I have been lead to believe that people think density can be used to bring an ink jet proofing into grey balance. I am just going to say...no … [Read more...]
2005 User’s Group Update
I will start by saying too much has happened in the last day and a half to write about in a blog entry, so I will stick to the highlights here. Mirage is a much nicer place to host a meeting than TI. The meeting rooms we have are awesome, and the food and food service personal are top … [Read more...]
Golden Nugget #5 Density & TVI or L*a*b?
This post now appears as Color Conversations: Density & TVI or L*a*b? on Color Conversations the blog of ColorMetrix Technologies, LLC. *** Introduction *** Next, I want to let you all know that since the inception of the golden nuggets idea both of the Mikes at ColorMetrix (Michael … [Read more...]
Golden Nugget #1…UV vs Non-UV Measurement
I spend a great deal of my business life on the road. Some of that time I am visiting clients for sales, training or good will purposes. Much of the rest of the road time is spent at trade shows and conferences. What I have realized is I take one golden nugget away from almost every stop I make on … [Read more...]
Why Education is a Marketing Strategy
I sell technical services to folks that typically have limited knowledge of the services we provide. It would be easy to call our prospective customers stupid or ignorant; but that's certainly not the case and is not going to help us sell more of our services. In fact, it would quite likely have the … [Read more...]
WordPress Enhancement Cyber Monday Picks
This is post 674 since I started blogging in July of 2005. For all of those 674 posts, I've depended on the WordPress platform to power JimRaffel.com. I've watched WordPress grow into the feature-rich, community-supported, open source solution it is today. As great as WordPress is, if you're goal is … [Read more...]
3 Favorite Blogging Tips and Tricks
If you are a one-person "blog as a business," then it's likely the writing part of the blog is the easy half of the equation for you. For many, the technical side of running a blog can be far more challenging. I've got a tech background and often find this to be the case. My three favorite blogging … [Read more...]
The Project Mentality: Start, finish and then start again
I don't make widgets. Instead, I help create works of art. For me, success is based upon my ability to take an idea from conception to commercialization. I've learned, that at that point, I need to step back and let others take over. That doesn't necessarily mean I let go completely but I certainly … [Read more...]