The Digital Democratization

The latest digital copier-printers provide enhanced digital printing functionality, enabling users to do more than ever.

Miley, Michael. PennWell (2004). Design>Publishing>Prepress>Printing

Digital Paper Platform: Papers Impact Digital Print Quality

As digital printers and presses advance, paper manufacturers continue to improve the quality and variety of their digital paper lines.

Hitchcock, Nancy A. PennWell (2004). Design>Publishing>Prepress>Paper

A Higher Standard

Electronic Publishing magazine discusses the current activities related to standards development in the graphic arts. If you've been wanting to understand more, this is a great article to give you a background on standards development.

McDowell, David Q. PennWell (2003). Articles>Graphic Design>Standards

JDF: The Evolving Standard

The JDF standard is expected to revolutionize the printing industry. It's come a long way, but there still is work to be done.

Bury, Scott. PennWell (2004). Design>Publishing>Standards>Printing

Personalized Color Communications

Four firms discuss the benefits of color variable data printing, such as creating marketing campaigns and experiencing up to a 40 percent rate of return.

Miley, Michael. PennWell (2004). Design>Publishing>Prepress>Color

Preflighting PDFs for Print

Between 23 and 30 percent of all files submitted for print are in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), a figure that's likely to grow.

Miley, Michael. PennWell (2003). Design>Publishing>Prepress>Adobe Acrobat