In late November and early December of 2011, our resident marketing and project management guru Shelby Sapusek and I participated in what we termed “Measure Party 2.0.” When we include Measure Party 1.0 and 3.0, a total of seven people from four different companies have participated in measuring almost 500 color swatches with a half […]
Behind the Scenes Update
It had been almost six years since we held our last users group meeting in Las Vegas so it seemed an appropriate venue to kick off the new Color Conversations Live. … For those that didn’t get to catch the presentations live we’ve captured some of the highlights in the following video. [link to Mutoh video] Invitations Being Extended to Preview ColorMAP Technology A few of you have had the opportunity to review our new ColorMAP technology.
Print is not dead
WhatTheyThink.com recently reported that, January 2011 U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Up +4.1%, Good Start to New Year. Obviously, this is good news for an industry where the reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Clearly the industry has changed and realigned with the reality of the world in 2011. Will the 1970s and 80s […]
Color Strategy, Automation and Cloud Computing
An interesting idea about the linkage between color strategy, automation and cloud computing popped into my head as I organized the ColorMetrix projects for 2011. Until recently I was managing a few projects worked on by a few team members at any given time. I had developed a simple yet effective set of project management […]
Verified Color Solution and Voglesong COLORef
You may be asking yourself, why would I need a Voglesong COLORef in my verified color solution? My color measurement instrument comes with a calibration plaque. Yes, and that calibration plaque is very important to keep the instrument in a known state traceable to a standards group like ISO or ANSI. How about knowing how […]
Strategy matters, not shiny new tools
While at graphexpo I was struck by how many shiny new tools there are for color measurement, verification and control. We all know those people and companies that will buy the shiny new stuff, well because it’s shiny new stuff. What about the rest of you? I think you are a lot more interested in […]