Recently added articles from GATFWORLD:
PIA/GATF 2008 Education Awards of Excellence
Dec 01, 2008; ... William Delgado was named as the academic educator recipient. An educator with thirty-one years experience, Delgado has been an instructor in the Graphic Imaging Technology program at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (CVCC) in Brecksville, Ohio, since 1996. During his tenure at CVCC, Delgado has ...
DPC Releases White Paper
Dec 01, 2008; ... Ever produce a gorgeous, digitally printed piece only to have it ruined by scuffing as it made its way through the mail system? PIA/GATF's Digital Printing Council recently released the white paper Digital Printing and Survivability in the U.S. Postal System. After an ...
Donations to GATF
Dec 01, 2008; ... In the past few months GATF has received several donations. Heidelberg USA has provided the Prinect Color Toolbox 3.5 software delivered by Mark Tonkovich, product manager for Prinect Color Solutions. The Toolbox is a comprehensive series of color management applications and independent ...
Creating the Cover
Dec 01, 2008; ... The cover of this issue of GATFWorld is an example of what can be produced using one of the winning entries in the 2008 PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award competition. Printed in the PIA/GATF pressroom, the cover utilizes the MetalFX® metallic system offered by MetalFX Technology. Because ...
Metamerism: Essential for Printing
Dec 01, 2008; ... It is well known that the light by which we view a sample will affect the color we perceive. The questions are: why is this happening and what can we do to minimize its impact? Understanding the reasons allow the prediction of potential problems and help minimize issues with production. One of ...
PIA/GATF RHEM Light Indicators
Dec 01, 2008; ... The PIA/GATF RHEM Light Indi- cator is a quality control device used for visual assessment of color viewing con- ditions (See Figure 2). The Light Indi- cator, when attached to the border of a color proof or press sheet, will signal the viewer that he or she is making color judgment in a ...
What Do You Knol?
Dec 01, 2008; ... Online reputation is an integral part of any ecommerce merchant. It can drive traffic and promote links. So when a new opportunity arises for this form of reputation management, it should be explored sooner rather than later. One such opportunity is Google's new publishing and reference tool ...
Sponsor Commentary
Dec 01, 2008; ... Adobe James Lockman Adobe Certified Expert, Design Specialist www.adobe.com Today, communications pieces are developed for distribution across multiple forms of media, including print (offset and digital) as well as multi-channel (Web, video, and mobile devices) ....
Look before You Print
Dec 01, 2008; ... Overview of Color The recent meeting of ISO TC 130 for printing standards in the Netherlands gave a real insight into the very complex problems facing our industry as we continue to refine our ability to print colored images. With all the technological breakthroughs we have recently had, ...
The Fundamentals for Color Communication
Dec 01, 2008; ... Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation and the spectrum we see is only a small part of the full range. From very short wavelength cosmic rays up to the long wavelength radio waves, the visible spectrum is located toward the middle of this range. Electromagnetic radiation, and, thus, light, ...
What Are You Aiming For? How Close Are You?
Dec 01, 2008; ... A recent poll was conducted asking printers what reference condition their presses were attempting to match. The results were inconsistent with some stating they were matching the customer proof and some stating they were attempting to match an industry specification that was not even related to ...
Managing Spot Color to Meet Expectations
Dec 01, 2008; ... Spot color abounds in packaging and high-end commercial print where brand identity is important. As an alternative to four-color or multi-color process print, spot color delivers the most vibrant, chromatic color results and is often much easier to control. In many cases, the same color must be ...
Closing the Loop on Color
Dec 01, 2008; ... The ideal color-managed graphicarts workflow is one in which color may be agreed upon and nurtured from design to output. While certain best practices (regular calibration, frequent proofing, adherence to ICC profiles, etc.) have enabled the print industry to move closer to this Utopian ideal - ...
GCR Strategies: Fighting an Eternal Problem in Printing
Dec 01, 2008; ... Every printer in the world has seen it and knows the effects of it, but hardly anyone really understands where it comes from and fewer even know what to do about it. - J. Rösch There's a signed-off, high-quality proof passed to the printer from a prepress house. Sometimes it carries, ...
Voiding Variables: The Maturation of Monitor Proofing
Dec 01, 2008; ... It was a renaissance period for the graphic arts industry - a time during which desktop publishing became vogue and computer-to-plate introduced us to an entirely new way of preparing content for the next generation of printing technologies - when the idea of a thoroughly digital way of proofing ...
Clarifying Standards
Dec 01, 2008; ... Understanding what standards and specifications are and how they relate to you in the communication and manufacturing of your customers' product/ designs is important. There are two fundamental reasons for standards from a production perspective: * As a set of parameters that enable you ...
Eight Color Essentials Your Customers Need to Know
Dec 01, 2008; ... The last time PIA/GATF conducted a survey on the reasons for rework, unacceptable color was number one. Couple this with the fact that a lack of customer knowledge about color and fuzzy customer/printer communications is the source for many of those problems and a key improvement opportunity is ...
PIA/GATF to Release Amputation Guide
Dec 01, 2008; ... In 1997 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiated a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Amputations to address the amputation hazards posed by mechanical power presses. In 2006, OSHA expanded the focus of the NEP on Amputations and shifted to those industrial sectors and ...
Legacy of Color
Dec 01, 2008; ... When TAGA celebrated its sixtieth anniversary last spring, it gave many of the active members an incentive to look back on the legacy of the organization. TAGA has always published the papers presented at their Annual Technical Conferences, making the retrospective look a straightforward and ...
SGP Launched
Oct 01, 2008; ... On August 28, 2008, the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP Partnership), a collaborative effort by the PLVGATF, SGLA, FTA, and NAPIM, officially opened the application process for printers to become registered SGP Printers. Registered printers will be listed on a registry for print ...