The Consequences of Moving a Prepress Department
Thinking about moving your shop to a new facility? Coudray's advice can help you avoid some jams that you might not expect. (2008-05-07)
Business has been good at my shop for the last two years. I decided after 24 years in the same location to move into a much bigger space. Finding a building big enough took almost five months, plus another 15 months with city planning, architects, . . . MORE |
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Managing Color in RGB-CMYK Conversions
Find out how image-file preparation and color-space conversion can affect color control in prepress and digital print production. (2008-05-02)
Color management is all the buzz these days. After all, controlling the color on your digital printing devices is a big part of what you sell to your customers. But who exactly controls the color? Your client? The client’s files? Clie . . . MORE |
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Creatures of Habit in the Screenroom
Following a rigid routine in your screen-prep department might give a false impression of consistency and organization. Roberts shares some tips to help you ensure accuracy in this important area. (2008-04-01)
Most of us follow the same rigid schedule every morning during the work week. My schedule usually unfolds in this manner. I get up, stumble to the kitchen, wait patiently for the kettle to boil, make some very strong tea (I’m British), turn . . . MORE |
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Shedding Light on the Coating Process
Discover where mistakes are most likely to happen in the screen-coating process and what your screenroom staff needs to do to avoid them. (2008-02-04)
Last month, we continued our journey through the often neglected but crucial stencilmaking area of the print shop. This month, we’ll attempt to throw some light on the coating part of the equation. (Please excuse the pun.) Some of you . . . MORE |
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Making the Workforce Transition from Analog to Digital Prepress
As prepress technology evolves, so must the capabilities of a screen shop’s workforce. Find out how to ease your employees through the changes that come with a digital prepress workflow. (2008-01-07)
As I put this column together, it’s the end of November and I’m in the middle of performance reviews and general planning for 2008. This has been a very good year for us, and we’ve experienced significant growth overall. A good p . . . MORE |
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Creating the Perfect Screen
The key to consistency in screen printing lies in the screen. Discover how discipline and science can help you fine tune the screenmaking process. (2007-12-03)
I was very lucky when I first got into this business. I landed a job early on with a company that was riding the exploding electronics boom of the early 1980s, and I cut my screening teeth in the demanding world of printed circuits. While most of . . . MORE |
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Understanding the Behavior of Midtone Dot Gain
Coudray discusses the art of managing dot gain and the science of manipulating dots in the midtone region to improve image clarity and quality. (2007-11-12)
When screen printers get together to talk about halftone printing or printing process color, the discussion falls into three primary areas: controlling moiré, dot gain, and halftone choices (angles and dot shape). The conversation usually e . . . MORE |
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