The Color Management Conference, to be held Dec. 3–6, 2011, in Phoenix, will feature a keynote presentation from Axel Kling, senior packaging graphics quality manager, The Coca-Cola Co. Kling will address the importance of color consistency for a consumer product company and delve into how Coca-Cola communicates the brand message company-wide and the crucial role color management plays in ensuring the company’s long-term, sustainable growth and market share.
The task that color management sets out to achieve is by no means easy. Recently at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), I completed a color management systems course and afterwards took on the challenge of color managing a weekly magazine.
Just mention the term G7 certification and you can hear a collective cringe coming from the folks at IDEAlliance, the printing industry association unofficially tasked with governing printing methodologies, specifications and standards. G7 is a “qualification” program; the law sees a difference between the terms. IDEAlliance is working on a certification program.
Edison Lithographing & Printing Corp. (North Bergen, NJ), founded over 50 years ago, has built its reputation on doing more than paying lip service to quality and customer service. “We act on it,” says CEO George Gross. “Edison is not afraid of change, and we understand the need to be constantly moving forward. G7 has enabled us to provide our customers with the highest possible quality while not impeding our quick turnaround.”
The company implemented the G7 method in May 2007. “We already had two KBAs, and while we felt this state-of-the-art machinery provided excellent color, we wanted
West Press is a one-stop shop offering graphic design, database/list management, printed marketing collateral, training manuals with instructional CDs or DVDs, full-color envelopes, as well as finishing, mailing and fulfillment services.
The workflow concept is being extended even further to achieve a continuum of production capabilities that can span from digital (toner and ink-jet, including wide-format) through sheetfed and web offset printing. This means having an integrated workflow that can feed all of the printing platforms, as well as implementing color management and having substrates available to “match” the printed results across the board.
The Marek Group has more than 170 employees and provides a variety of offset and digital printing, as well as Web-to-print capabilities, to a wide range of industries. Offering a broad range of printing applications has rewarded the shop with a loyal customer base.
In a difficult economy, executives are focused on delivering ROI for every dollar that they spend. This includes all forms of business communications: marketing, product support materials and transaction documents, and translates into just in time, zero inventory documentation.
Join Printing Impressions, Barb Pellow and RISO on April 16 for this webinar, where we'll show you specific examples of how service providers are using digital technology to deliver ROI driven business communications programs.
You'll hear about:
* Using relevant communications that capture the recipient's attention and support new customer acquisition
* Optimization of cross selling opportunities
* Programs that enhance customer loyalty
* And more
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PHOENIX—The 10th annual PIA/GATF Color Management Conference will be held at the Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort here on Dec. 9, 2008. This conference on the use of color management technology will be filled with technical sessions from industry experts and consultants, hands-on computer lab sessions, and more than 30 of the industry's leading vendors in this technology. More information can be found at www.piagatfcolor.org.
LYON, FRANCE—October 14, 2008—Alwan Color Expertise brings ISO 12647 compliancy and Ink Savings to PDF automated workflows.
