GATFWORLD back issues from January 2003:
The print & graphic communications industry: U.S. economic & other trends
Jan 01, 2003; ... Section 1 U.S. Economic and Other Overall Trends Editor's Introduction Will 2003 be the year our industry returns to growth? Ron Davis of PIA is more optimistic than most of the graphic arts industry prognosticators. Regis Delmontagne of NPES does see growth in sales ...
The print & graphic communications industry: Print markets
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction New technologies continue to be developed or evolve. And while reporting on new and evolving technologies it is equally important to look at the print markets and what other factors are impacting them. Print and media buyers are challenged to select the best method ...
The print & graphic communications industry: E-commerce
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction Ecommerce-once a hot topic-is now accepted by consumers as a fact of life. All businesses use the Internet and ecomnerce in some way as part of their daily routine or to do business more efficiently. We know that personal relationships with customers cannot be ...
The print & graphic communications industry: International
Jan 01, 2003; ... Canada's Printing Industry by Pierre Boucher, President, Canadian Printing Industries Association Phone: 613-236-7208; email: pboucher@cpia-aci.ca Web: cpia.aci.ca Printing is Canada's fourth largest manufacturing industry: It employs over 98,000 people in ...
The print production process: Prepress operations
Jan 01, 2003; ... Section 2 Editor's Introduction The prepress operation, or pre-whatever output, continues to change. Traditional methods continue to disappear into the sunset. IPAs Steve Bonoff discusses how his members have had to change in order to stay in business. And as all things become ...
The print production process: All things digital
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction Digital-Digital-Digital. It seems as though everything in the entire print production process is now somehow digital or digital-dependent. Digital File Exchange. Job Definition Format. Job Specific Data. Metadata. Digital Standards. Computer-Integrated ...
The print production process: Print & press processes
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction This section focuses on the different technologies used to provide print. As you can see by the table provided by PrintCom Consulting that opens this section the mix of processes changes as the forecast moves out in time. Offset lithography, while still the ...
The print production process: Postpress
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction Very few jobs are complete when they leave the press. As Joanne Rock of BIA states in her article, "This industry segment, composed of companies involved in diecutting, folding, stitching, spiral wire, perfect binding, foil stamping, case binding, embossing and ...
The print production process: Supplies & materials
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction Print production cannot be completed without ink and other supplies. Les Watkins of Sun Chemical provides us with a complete overview of the latest developments in all types of inks. David Savastano of Ink World Magazine has brought us up-to-date on the ...
Supporting the print production process: Education & training
Jan 01, 2003; ... Section 3 Education and Training Editor's Introduction The printing and graphic communications industry continues to focus on education and training for current employees. This can be problematic in tough economic times when businesses operate with a very lean ...
Supporting the print production process: Standards & specifications
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction In the 2002 GATF Technology Forecast we expanded this section to cover not just standards but recommended specifications, and we continue to do so this year with articles on PPML and various PDF options. As stated by David McDowell, a top standards guru, '-foday, ...
Supporting the print production process: Environmental issues
Jan 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction As Mark Hammond projected last year, both EPA and OSHA have changed their modus operandi resulting in a dramatic increase in the use of voluntary and outreach programs. Industry and trade groups are encouraged to develop programs. An excellent example of this is ...