Things I’ve Found

To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part one.

September 30, 2010
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To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part one.

A bit of backgroundBack in the old film to plate days the standard prepress procedure was to linearize film output. That means a specific tone request in the original file results in halftone dot in the film equal to the file tone request. So, for exam...

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Sharp announces Galapagos e-reading tablets: 5.5 and 10.8 inches, getting e-bookstore in December

September 27, 2010
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Sharp announces Galapagos e-reading tablets: 5.5 and 10.8 inches, getting e-bookstore in December

Sharp has just taken the veils off its bold new e-reader devices, dubbing them both Galapagos in honor of the evolution the company believes they represent. The 5.5-inch Mobile version (pictured above) has a delightfully dense 1024 x 600 LCD screen, w...

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National Newspaper Week celebrates community newspaper’s role

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor -- Ink on newsprint is something I still treasure. I also treasure the new inroads made in conveying the informational experience but if it were not for a newspaper career, I might have ...

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Esko Concentric screening – some observations

Esko Concentric screening – some observations

Esko Concentric screening is at heart an AM screen which uses a unique halftone dot where solid AM dots are divided into thin concentric rings.Click on the above image to see it enlarged.Concentric screening and color gamutChroma in press work derives ...

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