College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Papers: Recent submissions
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2007-03)Although all four printing companies participating in a recent Printing Industry Center research study agreed that distribution is an important, if not critical, part of the print production process, none of them had a ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2008-03)The purpose of this month’s research monograph, A Survey of Digital and Offset Print Quality Issues (PICRM-2006-04), by Robert Chung, RIT School of Print Media professor, and graduate student Matthew Rees, is to compare ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2004-04)Although printing is one of the most documented industries in the United States, the dozen or so major sources of information about the printing industry each arrives at a different view for the size and scope of the ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2004-05)The ways in which the government has managed the environmental impacts of small printers have evolved over time. Prior to the 1980s, environmental agencies were lenient in their regulation of smaller firms. But as larger, ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2005-05)Data asset management (DAM) is one of the value-added services that many printers provide today. In this, the first of a two-part summary of the Printing Industry Center research report “Digital Asset Management—A Closer ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2006-05)The affordability of software-based production tools has enabled the decentralization of premedia (prepress) services to creative professionals, advertising agencies and other imaging professionals. This has introduced ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2008-05)This month’s research monograph, a longitudinal case study entitled Creativity in the Printing Industry: The Context of Organizational Change (PICRM-2008-02), is authored by Shalini Khazanchi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2004-06)The acquisition of new printing technology in the absence of a disciplined approach to process analysis and sound strategic planning can sometimes lead in the wrong direction—to increased costs and eventual failure. ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2005-06)In the previous column we looked at the features of data asset management (DAM) systems, and discussed how they can solve data storage and retrieval problems in printing businesses. Here we review four case studies—two ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2006-06)Over the past ten years, the market for digitally printed documents has soared. The best runnability and image quality for digital printing is obtained from papers designed specifically for electrophotographic operations. ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2008-06)This month’s research monograph, a survey-based study entitled A Survey of Digital Press Manufacturers: Critical Paper Characteristics (PICRM-2008-03), is authored by Howard Vogl, Visiting Professor at RIT’s School of ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2004-07)The demand for personalized printed marketing materials is influenced by two important types of print customers: the marketing executives of manufacturing or service firms, and advertising agencies that help them plan ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2005-07)Outsourcing has become a standard practice across every industry sector. Companies are outsourcing business functions like human resources, customer service, logistics, and administration, including document processing. ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2004-08)As we saw last month, the corporate marketing executive has a profound influence on the selection of the media used in advertising. RIT’s study entitled “Marketing Communications Demand Creation: Marketing Executive ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2005-08)It may seem unlikely that an innovative use of new technology in the university press business model would come out of an organization that prides itself on having the oldest examples of printing to be found anywhere, ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2007-08)Although technology within the printing industry has improved dramatically, its implementation usually delivers localized improvements with only marginal effects on the whole system. In order to help printers increase ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2004-09)The initial assumptions of the research report, “The Role of Value-Added Services in Successful Digital Printing” (PICRM- 2003-02), were based on exploratory research conducted by the Printing Industry Center at RIT in ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2005-09)The eReview is a monthly publication of the Printing Industry Center at RIT for registered Affiliate companies. Articles are also published in the quarterly printed publication PrintReview. -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2006-09)In response to changing pressures from customers, environmental groups, local communities and government regulators, many printing companies have realized that they need to integrate ecological principles into their ... -
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(RIT: College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2007-09)This month’s eReview is based on the soon-to-be released Emerging Global Print Markets: A Five-Country Comparative Study (PICRM-2006-06), by RIT Professors Stan Widrick and Frank Cost. This monograph focuses on the ...