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The Best Go Back To Basics, Kevin Cooper
Don't Let Your Firm Lose Its Soul, Kevin Cooper
Don't Let Your Firm Lose Its Soul, Kevin Cooper
Graphic Communication
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What's In Your Concept Tool Cart?, Kevin Cooper
What's In Your Concept Tool Cart?, Kevin Cooper
Graphic Communication
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From Gutenberg To Juan Doe: The Dulling Of Quills, The Inking Of Fingers, And The Bluing Of Collars, Ken Macro
From Gutenberg To Juan Doe: The Dulling Of Quills, The Inking Of Fingers, And The Bluing Of Collars, Ken Macro
Graphic Communication
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G7 Method For Indigo Press Calibration And Proofing, Xiaoying Rong
G7 Method For Indigo Press Calibration And Proofing, Xiaoying Rong
Graphic Communication
G7 is a method originally developed for calibrating commercial offset press. Instead of controlling solid ink density (SID) and tone value increase (TVI), the G7 method introduces gray balance control as the key to achieve consistent color reproduction. The gray patches are quantified by CIE L*a*b* values. Inks used in conventional offset printing and Indigo printing are different in ink/toner pigments and ink setting/drying mechanism. Based on gray balance, the G7 method is believed to be valid for calibrating digital printing and other conventional printing processes. This study focused on the quality of color reproduction with the G7 method, and …
If Only I Could Learn More..., Malcolm G. Keif
If Only I Could Learn More..., Malcolm G. Keif
Graphic Communication
If you are like me, you get frustrated that you can’t learn as much as you’d like. As I get older, I deal with that part of life that we all (will) deal with …. the memory isn’t what it once was. Now, where was I? Oh yeah …
Pitfalls Of Copying Industry Leaders, Kevin Cooper
Pitfalls Of Copying Industry Leaders, Kevin Cooper
Graphic Communication
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G7™ Method For Flexographic Press Calibration, Michael Bayard, Xiaoying Rong, Malcolm Keif
G7™ Method For Flexographic Press Calibration, Michael Bayard, Xiaoying Rong, Malcolm Keif
Graphic Communication
The purpose of this study is to apply the G7 method for calibration on a four-color flexographic press. G7 controls and calibrates a press using colorimetric values rather than tone value increase. Two press runs were completed to calibrate a flexographic press. The first press run provided data for creating a control curve called Neutral Print Density Curve (NPDC) for the press run with a specific combination of inks and substrate. The printed P2P target was used to build the RIP curve and cutback the digital file. The calibrated plates then ran for the second time to check the efficiency …
Pre-Registering Print Cylinders On Press, Malcolm G. Keif
Pre-Registering Print Cylinders On Press, Malcolm G. Keif
Graphic Communication
Those who study lean manufacturing know that waste comes in many forms. We must remind ourselves that anything that does not produce exactly what the customer values, when it is needed, is a wasteful operation. Makereadies, or press setups, are wasteful, at least in the eyes of our customers. Reducing press setup time is critical for improving customer value and making the printer more competitive on short-runs while increasing overall productivity. Even though make-ready time is built into an estimate, the bottom line is that it isn’t something a customer is delighted about paying for. Reducing makeready time, therefore, becomes …
Making Superior Plates Every Time, Malcolm G. Keif
Making Superior Plates Every Time, Malcolm G. Keif
Graphic Communication
Flexo plates are a critical component of the printing system. Printing is a system—viewing platemaking in isolation doesn’t address the total print process. A system has multiple components that interact with each other and influence the performance of each. Great plates with the wrong anilox rolls offer nothing to improve quality. Likewise, great plates made from a poorly prepared file help little to produce an outstanding final product. So, looking upstream and downstream is necessary to ensure your plates are supporting the total printing system. Superior printing plates… •have sufficient resolution for the graphics to be reproduced on the substrate …
Single Curved Fiber Sedimentation Under Gravity, Xiaoying Rong, Dewei Qi, Guowei He, Jun Yong Zhu, Tim Scott
Single Curved Fiber Sedimentation Under Gravity, Xiaoying Rong, Dewei Qi, Guowei He, Jun Yong Zhu, Tim Scott
Graphic Communication
Dynamics of single curved fiber sedimentation under gravity are simulated by using the lattice Boltzmann method. The results of migration and rotation of the curved fiber at different Reynolds numbers are reported. The results show that the rotation and migration processes are sensitive to the curvature of the fiber.
Erps Are No Simple Fix, Kevin Cooper