What is dot gain?
Dot gain occurs in printing when printed “dots” are printed larger than intended. Dot gain causes a darkening of screened images, especially in shadow areas and mid-tones. Why? Because ink spreads through paper stock as it penetrates fibers.
Dot gain varies with paper type. Uncoated paper stock like newsprint typically shows the most dot gain.
To compensate for dot gain, your commercial printer will reduce the size of printed dots to account for dot gain, rendering your final printed text and images the right size.
Common mechanical binding styles:
Follow-up is everythingAll the sophisticated e-marketing techniques in the world won’t do your company any good if no one follows up on the resulting leads—and in a timely fashion. Many marketing efforts are viewed as failures not because they didn’t produce the promised leads and information, but because they didn’t translate into greater sales and ROI. However, company websites don’t operate in a vacuum; they are part of the greater sales process.
For best results, execute a follow-up within 48 hours of being contacted. By responding quickly, you communicate attentiveness and dramatically increase your chances of making a sale. Create a unified database for sales and marketing to integrate their functions more efficiently and promote better communication between the two.
PIA GATF
June 4 - 7, 2008
2008 Printing Industry Financial Executives (PIFE) Spring Conference
PIFE is a special section of Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF). PIFE provides education, services, and networking opportunities for chief financial officers, directors of finance and administration, presidents, owners, and other financial managers at graphic arts firms that are members of PIA/GATF.
June 13-15, 2008
Printing to International Standards and Specifications
In today’s economy, international standards and specifications like ISO, FOGRA, G7, and SWOP, -have reached a new level of importance. This seminar will explain and demonstrate the practical implementation of several standards and specifications necessary for successful use of ICC color management in a digital workflow.
June 15, 2008
Webinar: Workplace Excellence: Best Practices of the Best Workplaces
Printers across the country consistently rank recruiting and training qualified employees as one of their key challenges. You’ll learn how you can maintain a qualified workforce by cultivating successful workplace practices. These practices give you the edge in maintaining your company’s effectiveness and profitability.These practices give you the edge in maintaining your company’s profitability.
June 19 - 22, 2008
Lead Sheetfed Press Operations
Lead operators will learn to control and optimize the press and its components resulting in decreased downtime, reduced waste and spoilage, quick makeready, more precise troubleshooting, and improved press performance. This workshop can help your company reduce costs and improve profitability while reducing cycle time and enhancing the quality of print production.
June 2008 NAPL conferences
http://www.napl.org/news.events.aspx
June 21 - 22, 2008
RIT/NAPL COURSE- WEB TO PRINT- HOW TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL WEB TO PRINT STRATEGY
Designed For: Graphic arts and printing customers, design and creative people, service providers and printers interested in understanding the advantages, issues and struggles of web to print solutions.
June 29 - June 11, 2008
drupa 2008 - Dusseldorf, Germany
A teacher wanted her students to improve their spelling skills. She asked each to come to the front of the class and describe their fathers’ jobs and spell the profession or trade.
Johnny was first and said, "My father is a baker, and you spell it B-A-K-E-R. If here were here today, he’d give everyone a cookie.”
Next was Jenny who said, "My father is a banker and you spell it: B-A-N-K-E-R. If he was here today, he would give everyone a quarter.”
Tommy went next and said: "My father is a lithographer, and you spell it: L-I-T-H … L-I-T-H …”
Tommy was having a hard time spelling, so the teacher said, "why don’t you sit and think about the spelling for a few minutes. In the meantime, we’ll have Peter come up and tell us about his father.“
Peter said, "My father is a bookie: B-O-O-K-I-E. And if my father was here today he would bet, 9 out of 10 that Tommy would not spell LITHOGRAPHER."
Before Johannes Gutenberg invented his printing press in 1454, there were only about 30,000 books throughout the whole of Europe, nearly all Bibles or biblical commentary. By 1500, there were more than 9 million books. Today there are more than a trillion books.
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