2009 IPA Technical Conference Learning Labs

Experience hands-on training on critical workflow processes and software applications from independent experts on state-of-the-art workstations.  

SPACE LIMITED: ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED – You will receive a registration form with your full conference registration confirmation.

Tuesday - June 9, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Learning Lab
	Measuring and Analyzing Color Data and ICC Profiles
	Session Chair: Mike Rodriguez, Technical Director, RR Donnelly
	Learn tools and techniques used by the pros to measure and analyze color data and ICC profiles.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Learning Lab
	Workflow Automation using CIP4 Technology
	Session Chair: Chis Heric, Christopher J. Heric & Co.
	Learn how JDF, XML, Metadate and PDFx can be used to automate the technology you own today, including a hands-on experience in the IPA JDF Test Drive Arena.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Learning Lab
	Assuring Color Accuracy in Soft Proofing
	David Hunter, Pilot Marketing Group
	Work hands-on to discover the keys to assuring accurate color in soft proofing.
	Read more... Long the holy grail of color management, soft proofing promises the immediacy of results available to clients anywhere in the world and reduced costs seen from the elimination of consumables and shipping fees. In this hands-on lab you'll investigate the accuracy of the soft proofing process and use specialized applications to numerically quantify that accuracy. You will also learn about the remaining pitfalls of the soft proofing process.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Learning Lab
	Improving Color Reproduction Through the Implementation of the G7 Process
	Ron Ellis, Ron Ellis Consulting LLC
	Learn the fundamentals and benefits of applying the G7 process to your color reproduction system.
	Read more... This hands-on lab will guide you through using the G7 process to control printing machines in a variety of print processes. A brief review of the G7 specification and calibration method will be followed by a discussion about when it makes sense to use G7. Lab participants will then calibrate a variety of different devices using G7 methods. The lab will conclude with a rountable discussion of the implications of using G7 to calibrate various print methods based on our lab results. Lab attendees will find answers to the following questions: - Does G7 work for everything? - How closely can these different devices come to matching each other? - How close can a non-standard print process come to GRACoL or SWOP? - Can G7 be used to calibrate an inkjet proofer or do profiles work best? - What if the inkjet is using a difficult media? We will use our results to draw conclusions about where G7 does and doesn't perform well.
Wednesday - June 10, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Learning Lab
	Configuring Adobe CS4 for Color Accuracy and Worklow Automation
	John Nate, Senior Color Specialist, Chromaticity
	Learn how changes to Adboe CS4 have affected color management and workflow automation.
	Read more... With the introduction of the Adobe CS4 Creative Suite, Adobe has once again expanded and changed the color management and automation options and tools at our disposal. In this lab you will explore these new features to determine how, and if, you would go about taking advantage of them. These features include: - New standard profiles - New printing options - Multi-Channel and Device Link Profile support - Abstract Profiles - Expanded conversion options - Workflow Automation
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Learning Lab
	Best Practices in Creating GRACoL and SWOP Proofs
	Session Chair: Joe Fazzi, Vice President, Print Media, IDEAlliance
	Discover the best pratices for creating GRACoL and SWOP proofs that meet the specifications as defined by IDEAlliance.
	Read more... This session will guide you through parctical techniques to assuring accurate proofing to these important standards. Learn proper file preparation, preflighting guidlines, how to input the Application Data Sheet settings into a RIP, calibrating your proofing system and creating a final GRACoL and SWOP Proof.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Learning Lab
	Assuring Color Accuracy in Hard Copy Proofing and Printing
	Mike Eddington, QA Manager/G7 Certified Expert, North American Color
	Work hands-on to discover the keys to assuring accurate color in hard-copy proofing.
	Read more... Whether a provider/receiver of hard copy proofs, or a provider of printed material, it is critical to be able to confirm validity towards a target colorspace or current printing specifications. Differences in substrates and inter-instrument agreement issues create challenges when defining tolerances that ensure both tight color accuracy, and a wide enough window for transference between parties. This hands-on lab will give you relevant background in choosing appropriate targets and tolerances to ensure your output is both accurate and consistent from proof to proof or print to print. Hands on validation of proof/press control strips toward data sets and G7 metrics using current technology will be covered. Attendees of this lab will walk away with a better idea of the different options available today for proof verification including: 1. Control strips, targets & tolerances 2. instrument considerations (inter-instrument agreement measurement conditions and filtration) 3. Software options 4. Substrate consideration (effect of OBAs, measurement issues) 5. Hands on validation of control strips.
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Learning Lab
	Proofing Spot Colors and Multi-channel Color for Packaging
	Lou Prestia, Prestia Consulting, Inc.
	Learn best practices and challenges in proofing spot-color and multi-channel jobs for packaging.