Business Management - Operations

Post-Secondary Educational Programs for the Graphic Arts
May 15, 2017 at 11:47 am

For any in-plant, color accuracy must be spot on. That was the deciding factor that led Rod Squier, manager of the Campus Print & Mail Center at Amherst College, to replace his in-plant’s Xerox Color J75 digital press with a Xerox Versant 80 digital press. The 80-ppm printer was installed at the Amherst, Mass., operation […]

Patent Trolls on the Run
April 20, 2017 at 3:58 pm

In this followup to his 2016 white paper on patent abuse, Harvey R. Levenson, Ph. D., reviews the outcome of the previous cases and presents a “heads-up” regarding two new plaintiffs.

ACUP Lesson: Deflate Your Stress
April 12, 2017 at 9:14 am

It was a sight you don't often see at a business conference. Dozens of balloons being simultaneously released, to deflate in crazy spiraling patterns all over the room. Yet that's what happened in the final keynote presentation at ACUP+ last week to symbolize letting go of stress over things one cannot control.

It’s All About the Mission
March 27, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Often, the VP and the in-plant manager have different perceptions of which data is important to measure and report on. The in-plant manager needs hard numbers to guide shop performance. But the VP needs to know why these metrics are important. Make sure you ask which metrics management wants to see.

Masters of Color Control
March 2, 2017 at 4:19 pm

Printers everywhere are looking for a way to achieve effective color management across their various production processes. G7 qualification may be the answer.