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December 27, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

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Question: Was there anything worth reading in 2007?

Answer: Of course! There’s always great information out there, and in fact there’s more than any one person can assimilate – but here’s my short list of “Things You Should Read, If You Haven’t Already” from 2007:

Self-Publishing Comes to “Your Town, USA” 
The forces behind Web 2.0, YouTube and streaming headlines on news portals (such as the Graphic ...Read More

December 24, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

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Question: What’d you get for Christmas?

Answer: Snap Art filters from Alien Skin! There’s just no better way to while away the hours than messing around in Adobe Photoshop, and the folks at Alien Skin have provided quirky, easy-to-use special effect filters since the days of OS 9…   

Like Renoir Redux
As the name implies, Snap Art is a unique set of fil...Read More

December 20, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (3)

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Question: Where are those XPS file converters you wrote about?

Answer: This reader’s question alludes to my August 2007 WorkFlow column in Graphic Arts Monthly (the print companion to the Graphic Arts Online website), entitled “XPS Is In The House. So What?”  My promise of a brighter future for prepress departments forced to deal with the occasional XPS file can be found near the end...Read More

December 17, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

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Question: I’ve heard that packaging is a lucrative market. What would it take for my sheetfed commercial shop to get into package printing? 

For the answer to this question, I spoke with two different sources – a salesman for a commercial shop that has enjoyed success with packaging, as well as the VP of sales for a major folding carton printer… 

Tom Rizzotto is a sales representative for Precisio...Read More

December 12, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

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Question: I just found out that our second shift mixes its fountain solution differently than our first shift, which I feel might be contributing to inconsistent results in our pressroom. Would a mixer be worth the investment?

Answer: Every input to the print manufacturing process has some influence on the quality of the final product, and fountain solution is no exception. As the printing industry tries to wean itself away from harmful VOC-producing chemicals, fountain solutions have becom...Read More