KEHL, Germany—DALIM Software, makers of scalable software solutions for the media and graphic communication industry, announced the availability of its first application for Apple’s iPhone and iPad in the App Store: DIALOGUE Touch.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) has announced keynote speakers for its 61st Annual Technical Conference, March 15-18 in New Orleans.
NEW YORK—Integrated Color Solutions (ICS) is partnering with Dalim Software GmbH to develop tighter integration between Dalim Software’s workflow automation software solutions and the ICS Remote Director monitor proofing system. As a result, Dalim Software says its ad agency, design, corporate, prepress, periodical publishing, printing, and packaging customers will be able to review, verify, and approve high-quality color files on-screen. “We are pleased to be developing even closer product development ties with Dalim Software,” said Jeffrey Silverman, president and CEO of ICS. “The goal of the partnership is to ensure that reliable and accurate monitor proofing of color is tightly integrated and seamlessly available
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Lee Edberg, Brown Central pre-media manager, Waseca, Minn., and Brent Kantola, prepress manager at Rogers Printing, Ravenna, Minn., were elected as president and vice president respectively at the recently concluded U.S. Dalim Software Users Organization (DUO) meeting, held March 1-2 at the Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center. Presentations included a corporate membership address and business review from Dr. Carol Werlé, Dalim Software CEO, a number of product and technology updates, user success stories, and technology sessions. DUO provides an unbiased collaborative channel of communications between Dalim Software users, Dalim Software staff, as well as authorized resellers, where ideas and knowledge are freely exchanged
NEW YORK, N.Y. and SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—In their first joint bi-coastal effort, the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) Master of Arts Program in Graphic Communications Management and Technology, and the Graphic Communication Institute at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Calif. will host a day-long seminar on virtual proofing (VP) in New York City on Tuesday, April 17th. Starting at 8 a.m., the Virtual Proofing Seminar sessions will be held in the Public Assembly Room (Room 430) of NYU-SCPS’s Woolworth Building location at 15 Barclay Street in downtown Manhattan. The seminar sessions will feature comprehensive presentations on all aspects
NEW ORLEANS, La.—Blanchard Systems, an integration company providing sophisticated digital prepress solutions, announces it has been appointed master distributor for Dalim Software products in North America, supporting a network of resellers in the U.S. and Canada. In Blanchard Systems’ renewed role, the company is responsible for channel development and support and training, as well as customer technical support and operator training. Blanchard Systems, as a shareholder of Dalim Software, has unique insight into the company and its products. To bolster their efforts, the company also announces it is employing Gary Dolgins on a consulting basis to develop and manage the company’s dealer network. Thus,
GHENT, Belgium—The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), an international association that helps produce and exchange digital documents for the publishing workflow, announced the availability of new GWG Packaging Specifications, offering best practices for PDF file exchange in packaging applications. The specifications developed by the GWG’s packaging experts were tested in North America by Kraft Foods Inc., and in Europe by France’s Square. The new specifications are downloadable for free at www.gwg.org. GWG Packaging Specifications Reduce Time-to-Market According to GWG Packaging Subcommittee co-chairs, Steve Carter, director of technology, St. Louis Division of Southern Graphics Systems, and Christian Blaise, international sales account manager for Enfocus,
DARMSTADT, Germany—The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization announced the results of its 2006 elections for advisory board members and officers on its board of directors. CIP4’s advisory board is the organization’s governing body. The advisory board consists of representatives of each of three classes of members; partner, full and associate. There are 14 partner members of CIP4 and roughly 150 full and associate members of CIP4. Partner members automatically have one seat on the advisory board, but full and associate members are represented by advisory board directors that are elected with a simple majority
Not all printing workflows are created equal. Different market segments demand different things from their respective workflows, depending on the needs of the customers they serve. Highly automated prepress workflows are well-established in the world of commercial printing. But if page production is one thing, package production is quite another. Most workflows account for basic production steps including trapping, screening, imposition, and color management. However, packaging workflows differ from commercial workflows in that they reflect the variety and complexity of the end product: corrugated boxes, folding cartons, bags, labels, shrink sleeve foils, POP displays, and metal cans—and the print disciplines used to produce them.
In the beginning was computer-to-plate, which begat digital files, which begat much confusion among graphic designers, printers, and prepress service bureaus because customer files were full of errors and omissions. And there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth until lo and behold, the miracle of preflighting came to pass. And there was great rejoicing because, henceforth, all digital files would be automatically checked and corrected before proceeding to the next step in the workflow, saving many costly remakes and much labor. Hallelujah. There’s no denying that preflight software has been a godsend for printers and prepress professionals everywhere since the concept was
