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Abstract
Every industry needs an educated workforce to stay competitive
in the marketplace. This is especially true for the printing industry
because of the vast technological changes experienced in recent
years. An educated workforce comes from college graduates as
well as from skill updates of existing employees. As a vital
ingredient in keeping the workforce current, curriculum and
training materials must reflect technology and industry advances.
Rochester Institute of Technology has a long history of offering
printing degrees and industry training programs. Faculty in the
School of Print Media and professional staff in the Printing
Applications Laboratory (PAL) work diligently to stay ahead of the
curve so that degree program students and industry seminar
participants who successfully complete their programs can help
their employers get ahead.
In 2005, RIT completed a three-year project for ExxonMobil
Corporation to develop an engineered approach to achieving
repeatable and predictable color for the package printing
industry. The strategy for achieving color faster, better, and
cheaper is to rely on science instead of crafts. One of the key
ingredients is the use of color measurement tools for press-side
color control instead of visual based color adjustment that is
subjective, dependent on viewing conditions, and difficult to
document.
RIT showcased the repeatable and predictable color
methodology at a daylong symposium in November 2006. A
number of case studies described how RIT extended the
methodology from press laboratories to commercial settings with
success.
Based on the documented success of this research, RIT has
developed three new industry education programs to enable the
printing industry to optimize, standardize, and control their print
production workflows. Ultimately, the industry as a whole can
achieve a more agile process that better serves their client’s
needs.
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