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#76 Five Ways Color Process Control Impacts A Sustainability Initiative

June 8, 2009 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Recently I was reading the 2009 PRIMIR/NPES "Sustainable Print in a Dynamic Global Market: What Going Green Means," Executive Synopsis and it reminded me that back in February 2007 I tackled this topic in #68: Sustainable Green Printing. Among other conclusions the PRIMIR study agreed with my #68 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, sustainability Tagged With: cross media, environment, environmentalism, plates, plating, printing plant, process control, proofing, recycling, sustainability, waste management

#48: Make Proofs That Match Your Press

February 16, 2007 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: color, color bars, delta E, GRACoL, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, measurement, process capability, proofing, TVI (Dot Gain) Tagged With: color management, colors, ink, inkjet printer, match, methodology, offset press, press, Printing, process controls, proofing, proofs

#28: The difference between satin-gloss & high-gloss

March 21, 2006 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

-- FREE pass to Monday Night Expo and Paper Show at Print Oasis: ColorMetrix will be exhibiting at Print Oasis (April 2-5Las Vegas) a www.printbuyersonline.com show. The ticket at the link below will get you into the Monday night Expo for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gloss, inkjet, paper, proofing Tagged With: coated paper, gloss, gloss meter, high gloss paper, inkjet paper, inkjet printer, inkjet proofing, proofing, satin gloss, satin matte

Golden Nugget #5 Density & TVI or L*a*b?

July 13, 2005 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: density, L*a*b*, TVI (Dot Gain) Tagged With: cmyk color model, color space, density, dot gain, golden nugget, ink, inkjet printer, inkjet proofing, printer, Printing, proofing, tvi

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