GATFWORLD back issues from March 2003:
Preparing students for printing industry employment
Mar 01, 2003; ... The philosophy of the Fullerton College Printing Technology Division has always focused on skills training, industry retraining, job placement, and educational advancement. The department's primary objective is a cooperative effort between the student, employer, GATF, and the Printing Industry ...
OSHA reorganizes to better serve industry
Mar 01, 2003; ... On August 27, 2002, OSHA announced a restructuring of the agency it says will speed rulemaking and will establish a separate organization within OSHA to coordinate compliance assistance. The reorganization features the creation of a new Office of Small Business, which will be part of an overall ...
Prepress training-making the most of your training dollar
Mar 01, 2003; ... DesktopMedia is a graphic arts consulting firm with services in training, technical support, and workflow consulting, and we work with graphic arts clients throughout the Midwest. While the print economy, in general, remains flat, our training business has grown over 200% in the last ...
To CTP or not to CTP
Mar 01, 2003; ... Printers are facing many challenges and tough decisions as we enter 2003, and among them is the decision to either streamline operations or keep doing things the way they've always been done. For some it's keeping up with technology, but for others it's keeping up with the Joneses. One of the ...
Training conventional operators for digital prepress workflow
Mar 01, 2003; ... Editor's Introduction. The following articles describe how three very different organizations-Banta Publications Group, DesktopMedia, and Fullerton College-each use the GATF Imaging Curriculum. These articles demonstrate the flexibility of the curriculum to adapt to different training methods ...
Lithography exempt from EPA's paper and other Web coating rule
Mar 01, 2003; ... After several years of working with the EPA on a new Maximum Available Control Technology rule addressing air toxic emissions from web coating operations, an exemption for the lithographic printing industry was confirmed when the standard was released in its final form. The rule was published in ...
Content management for printers
Mar 01, 2003; ... Introduction Last year was tough, and 2003 is tougher. According to Printing Industries of America (PIA), 2002 was the worst year for profits as a percentage of sales since the recession of 1990-91, declining from 3.1% in 2001 to a projected 1.9% in 2002. These may be trends that are ...
Making the case for integrating digital photography
Mar 01, 2003; ... It wasn't long ago that many industry experts considered digital photography to be inferior to traditional film photography in its ability to produce high-quality photos. Well, times have changed. Digital photography has since "arrived." It's here to stay as a quality-enhancing, time-saving ...
A look at soft proofing for content
Mar 01, 2003; ... While it isn't an entirely new concept, soft proofing, or monitor proofing, represents a real paradigm shift in the print production workflow. The physical proof, whether it is analog or digital, is a tangible object that one can hold in one's hands and use to review a print project and has ...
Latran Technologies
Mar 01, 2003; ... What do you see as your key opportunities? The flexographic printing segment, at this point in time, has the potential for steady growth in the next five to ten years. From our perspective, flexo printers are embracing digital technologies that the commercial printing market has already been ...
Separations that are easy to control on press
Mar 01, 2003; ... More and more printers are talking about implementing color management, and profiling their monitors, proofing devices, and printing presses. There is no doubt that color management does work, providing good color match from proof to press. What should not be overlooked, however, is the notion ...
The PDF print production guide, a book excerpt
Mar 01, 2003; ... In March 2003, GATFPress releases The PDF Print Production Guide, written by GATF experts Joseph Marin and Julie Shaffer, prepress technologist/instructor and director respectively of GATF's Robert Howard Center for Imaging Excellence (CIE). This much-anticipated how-to book addresses ...
Status of prepress in Europe
Mar 01, 2003; ... Editor's Note: This article is a continuation of Mr. Casals' overview of printing and graphic arts equipment in Europe and focuses on prepress trends and usage. Part 1, which focused on press equipment, appeared in the January/February issue of GATFWorld/ Technology Forecast. The focus is on ...
Heidelberg, USA
Mar 01, 2003; ... Key Opportunities. As a full-solution provider, Heidelberg offers what no one else can via Prinect, which is a great opportunity for our customers and for us. We offer all solutions connecting prepress to press to postpress. Key opportunities in the prepress area include the growing two-up ...
In the new prepress era, adaptation rules the market
Mar 01, 2003; ... To say prepress service providers have had a tough time over last decade would be an understatement. It is no secret that technology has made many of the products and services once offered by this business segment obsolete. At the same time, work that was once solely the realm of specialized ...
EPA issues new source review rule changes and proposes more
Mar 01, 2003; ... After many years of examination, debate, and controversy, EPA released on December 31, 2002 a set of changes to the existing New Source Review (NSR) regulations and proposed two other changes. The package of rules is commonly known as New Source Review Reform, and their release has sparked an ...
Kodak Polychrome Graphics
Mar 01, 2003; ... What do you see as your key opportunities? One is our leadership position in thermal digital plate media. Over the next few years, computer-to-plate will continue to expand its dominance, becoming the technology of choice for virtually every size and type of printer. Another key opportunity is ...
Creo Americas, Inc.
Mar 01, 2003; ... What do you see as your key opportunities? Small printing businesses with sales of less than US$5 million represent a growth market for computer-to-plate (CTF) systems. With powerful servers now affordable, and the complete shift to digital file delivery in the design community, the competitive ...
Keeping the foundation on the cutting edge of technology
Mar 01, 2003; ... Donations to GATF from the vendor community are what keep GATF on the leading edge of technology. These equipment donations are used for research and training. Recent major donations include the following: Heidelberg Quickmaster DI Pro A direct-image waterless offset printing ...
Agfa Corporation, Graphic Systems US
Mar 01, 2003; ... Continuous improvements in technology will provide Agfa with opportunities for growth. Today's Graphic Enterprise-a system in which business and production systems are seamlessly integrated-needs the newest technologies to meet customer demands and remain profitable. To continue to grow, ...
$275,000 in scholarships awarded by PGSF
Mar 01, 2003; ... Completing its annual scholarship selection process for the 2002-2003 academic year, PGSF has granted $275,000 in scholarships to a total of 202 students pursuing careers in the graphic communications industry. "The interest in our industry is there. PGSF received over 4,000 requests for ...
Brown Printing Company pledges $50,000 to establish PGSF endowed scholarship
Mar 01, 2003; ... Brown Printing Company, headquartered in Waseca, Minnesota, recently pledged $50,000 to PGSF to establish the Wayne "Bumps" Brown Honorary Scholarship. After the fund matures, the scholarship will be awarded each year to a full-time college junior or senior enrolled in a related major. Tom ...
GATF Society of Fellows honors seven new members
Mar 01, 2003; ... The Society of Fellows (SOF) of GATF inducted seven new members at its recent annual meeting November 15 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Each year since its inception in 1969, the SOF honors select industry leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the progress of GATF and PGSF. The 2002 ...
William D. Schaeffer, 1921-2003
Mar 01, 2003; ... Dr. William D. Schaeffer, director of the GATF Research Department from 1969 to 1989, died on February 6, 2003, near Pittsburgh. Following his retirement in 1989 GATF established in 1990 the William Dwight Schaeffer Environmental Award to honor his pioneering and widely respected work in ...
Electronic Prepress Section renamed EPS-the Digital Workflow Group
Mar 01, 2003; ... To better reflect its purpose, the Electronic Prepress Section (EPS) has changed its name to "EPS-the Digital Workflow Group, a special section of GATF/PIA." Established in 1994 by the Printing Industries of America (PIA), the group's mission is to assist prepress production management in their ...
Fuji Photo Film USA
Mar 01, 2003; ... What do you see as your key opportunities ? The simple answer is change. Fuji's goal is to be faster and more effective in bringing value to our customers as we both face the continually changing graphic arts/economic/ global environment. This is a partnership opportunity with a win/win reward ....
Herbst named GATF chair; new officers and board members elected
Mar 01, 2003; ... James E. Herbst, president of the Commercial Print Group of Henry Wurst, Inc. of Apex, North Carolina, was named chair of the Board of Directors for GATF at the joint CATF/PIA Board of Directors annual meeting November 17, 2002, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Other officers include Jim Mayers of ...
OSHA issues recording hearing loss rule and proposes MSD provisions delay
Mar 01, 2003; ... In the July 1, 2002, issue of the Federal Register, OSHA issued a final rule that revises the criteria for recording work-related hearing loss. In the same rule, OSHA solicited comments on a proposal involving the recording of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) on OSHA's injury and illness ...
PGSF elects new officer and board members; Warter stays at helm
Mar 01, 2003; ... PGSF News Completing his two-year term as Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) chairman, Larry Warter, director of new business development for Fuji Photo Film USA in Hanover Park, Illinois, accepted the opportunity to extend his term for another year. The announcement was ...