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| Environmental
Sustainability in the Premedia Arena |
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For strategic decision makers looking to reduce costs and win business through
their knowledge of sustainability.
Pricing includes access to streaming quicktime video, available
online 24/7, posted within two weeks of the live event.
All sessions 1:00 PM Eastern (12:00 PM Central, 10:00 AM
Pacific)
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| Complete
Curriculum -- All 6 sessions
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1, 2 and 3
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$299 |
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1 – Sustainability: The Fundamentals
- July 16 |
$79 |
$79 |
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2 – Carbon Footprints: Calculating Your Green Strategy - July 30 |
$99 |
$125 |
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3 – Sustainability vs. Pollution Control - August 13 |
$99 |
$125 |
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4 – Sustainable Design - August 27 |
$99 |
$125 |
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5 – Global Initiatives: Becoming Certifiably Green - September 10 |
$99 |
$125 |
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6 – Benchmarking & The Legislative Front - September 24 |
$99 |
$125 |
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| Color Management |
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| Measuring Digital Presses: Results of the 2008 IPA Digital Print Forum |
$49 |
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| IPA's (sometimes controversial) color testing of digital proofing devices resulted
in significant quality improvement in inkjet and other digital proofing systems. This year, IPA set
out to change a new but related process: production-level color digital printing. |
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| Preliminary Results of 2007 IPA Proofing RoundUP |
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$155 |
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| Substantial benefits to the industry will result from the 5th annual IPA Proofing RoundUP, led by Dr. Abhay Sharma, Ryerson University and a team of leading industry experts. |
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| Understanding Color Management - 5-Part Series |
$399 |
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| Understanding Color Management is a five-part program designed to educate everyone on your staff to become conversant on the basics of color management and its importance to the quality and consistency of your graphics and printed results. Presenter: Abhay Sharma |
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| Session 1 - Introduction to Color Management |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Color Fundamentals – CIE LAB and Delta E |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Scanner, Camera and Monitor Profiling |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 4 - Printer, Press and Proofer Profiling |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 5 - Practical Color Management with Photoshop |
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G7™ Implementation: What You Need to Know
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In this two-part Webinar series, Don Hutcheson, inventor of the G7 method, provides a definitive step-by-step "how to" instructions for calibrating any proofing or printing system to the G7 specification.
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| Color Management for the Creative Community - 2-Part Series |
$189 |
$269 |
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| Directed at the design community, this 2-part series examines how color management can benefit the designer and how its critical to all aspects of the production process, from calibrating displays to color profiles. Presenter: Steve Upton |
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| Session 1 - Color and Design |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Photoshop and Color Accuracy |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Color Management in Graphic Applications Software |
$379 |
$529 |
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| This unique webinar curriculum discusses color management in the context of these important graphics applications to assure customers receive accurate and consistent color for their graphics jobs. Presenter Chris Murphy |
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| Session 1 - Color Management in Photoshop |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Color Management in InDesign |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Color Management in QuarkXPress |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 4 - Color Management in Acrobat |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Controlling Color Chaos |
$279 |
$379 |
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| The curriculum outlines solutions to challenges and pitfalls common in color managing a graphics workflow, how to make, test and use profiles, and how to use color management to make your own proofs, check quality, and remove the uncertainty common to the printing process. |
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| Session 1 - Workflow in Color Management: Common Issues and How to Solve Them |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Profiling: How to Make, Test and Use the Key to Color Management |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Proofing, Quality Control, and Removing the Uncertainty of Press Results |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Image Color Evaluation, Correction and Adjustment in a Production Environment |
$189 |
$269 |
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| This 2-part webinar program, instructed by IPA’s Application Guru, Taz Tally, includes techniques and tips for rapidly evaluating, correcting and adjusting color images. Plus, you’ll learn how to effectively calibrate color capture devices. |
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| Session 1 - Color correction and adjustment challenges - I |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Color correction and adjustment challenges - II |
$110 |
$155 |
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| PDF/X, SWOP and Color Management |
$279 |
$379 |
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| The PDF/X family of standards (ISO15930-1a,2,3) form the basis of a reliable, print ready format for exchange between various enterprises in the graphic arts industry. This series elaborates on the use of PDF/X and "color management," specifically illustrating how they should be used in conjunction with established specifications such as SWOP. Presenter: Mike Rodriquez |
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| Session 1 - PDF/X Basics and Color - The Essentials! |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - PDF/X1a and SWOP - Reliable CMYK Exchange |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - PDFX/3 and Color Management - The Ultimate in Device Independence |
$110 |
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| Graphics Workflow |
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| e-LEAN™ for the Graphic Communication Industry |
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IPA has developed an expert team to advance the Lean Manufacturing concepts of a traditional manufacturing environment to the new world of digital graphic workflows. This now allows prepress companies, graphic solutions providers and printers to take advantage of the advancing world of – e-LEAN™!
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| Best Practices for Workflow Automation: IPA Case Studies |
$110 |
$155 |
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| This informative
one-hour webinar will analyze state-of-the-art solutions for workflow
integration, with a focus on how these technologies can help you achieve
your e-Lean Manufacturing goals. We’ll take a close and critical
look at e-LEAN, JDF ticketing, PDF workflow RIPs, MIS systems and other
tools that can streamline processes, reduce errors and improve quality
at the source. |
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| Integration,
JDF & e-Lean Manufacturing |
$110 |
$155 |
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| IPA's Workflow Team returns with an examination of methods used by
successful companies to improve their production efficiency. The first IPA Workflow Team Webinar
Integration, JDF & e-Lean Manufacturing was presented in February 2008. |
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| e-LEAN for leading Senior Managers in 2007 !!! |
$189 |
$269 |
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| The New Year is here! It's time to adopt that New Years Resolution and shed the pounds of production inefficiency and discard the old ways of doing business. It's time to get e-LEAN! |
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| Session 1 - Understanding what is a "e-Lean Enterprise" |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Panel Discussion |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Building the (Adobe) Bridge Over Troubled Water |
$279 |
$379 |
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| Everyone has inefficient "troubled waters" of graphics workflow. The newest Adobe Bridge
organizational software helps "calm these waters" by linking the components of the Creative Suite together for users to organize, browse, locate and view graphic assets in both independent and simultaneous graphics preparation. |
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| Session
1 - Bridge CS3 Essentials |
$110 |
$155 |
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2 - Mastering Images with Bridge CS3 |
$110 |
$155 |
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3 - Make Bridge CS3 the Hub of the Suite |
$110 |
$155 |
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| "JDF Expert Certificate" Training Program |
$1,050 |
$1,570 |
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| The objective of the "JDF Expert Certificate" training program is to rapidly provide a comprehensive understanding of the JDF (Job Definition Format) process. The program is comprised of 14 separate training modules that address specific topics associated with JDF technology. The program concludes with a final examination for those individuals interested in earning a "JDF Expert Certificate." |
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| Session 1 - A JDF Overview |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2-Introduction to XML |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 -JDF Structures |
$110 |
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| Session 4 -Working With Intents |
$110 |
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| Session 5-Process and Resources |
$110 |
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| Session 6 -Job Message Format (JMF) |
$110 |
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| Session 7 -The Schema |
$110 |
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| Session 8 -Device Capabilities |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 9 -Automating Preflghting with JDF |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 10 -Practicum: Prepress Operations |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 11 -Practicum: Digital Printing Operations |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 12 -Practicum: Post Press Operations |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 13 -Final Review |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 14 -EXTRA: JDF 1.3 |
$110 |
$155 |
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| JDF Final Exam (purchase separately ) |
$199 |
$199 |
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| JDF Final Exam - Re-Test |
$49 |
$49 |
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| PDF Workflow Diagnosis |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Graphic solutions providers are increasingly challenged by the need to improve the speed and accuracy of their graphics workflows to meet customer demands. Having a healthy workflow can result in lower job costs, increased job profitability and faster turnaround for both providers and their clients. |
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| The New SWOP |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Learn about the New SWOP! Find out about the G7™ Proof-to-Print process that is now endorsed by SWOP, new SWOP proofing stocks, the new SWOP off-press proofing system certification program and plans for individual proof verification. |
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| GRACoL 7 (G7™) – a Revolution in Printing Quality and Consistency |
$189 |
$269 |
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| This 2-part series examines IDEAlliance's GRACoL 7 (G7™), the revolutionary new methodology for calibrating proof-to-press and press-to-press across any printing method. |
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| Session 1 - Using gray balance vs. TVI to achieve accurate visual appearance |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Steps to accurate printing using G7 press calibrations |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Preflighting for Ultimate File Acceptance |
$279 |
$379 |
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| This 3-part series helps prepress professionals, creative clients and printers offers best practices for creating and submitting work for publication. Each session addresses graphics preflighting and file integrity in the context of the complete graphics workflow, from design, to prepress, to print. |
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| Session 1 - Creative File Preparation for Printing |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Prepress and Preflighted Workflows |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Printing with PDF Workflows |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Variable Data Printing - Databases, Opportunities and Workflow |
$279 |
$379 |
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| Gain the confidence and knowledge needed to present your variable data printing (VDP) solutions to your customers. This series will prepare you and your entire production and sales staff to effectively offer VDP to your customers. |
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| Session 1 - Variable Database Primer |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Detailed Aspects of Working With Databases |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Variable Data Workflow Implementation |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Monitor Proofing – Faster, Better, Cheaper....or Not? |
$110 |
$155 |
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| This informative webinar will explain the challenges and benefits of monitor-based color approvals, PLUS discuss how to begin implementation of this new technology and workflow challenge with your customers. Presenter: Hal Hinderliter |
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| Graphics Applications |
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| Image Color Correction and Adjustment in Photoshop |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Fix your images fast, accurate and smart |
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| Cross Media: Utilizing New Media in Adobe CS 3 |
$89 |
$169 |
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Communications professionals are faced with the challenge of cutting through the messaging commotion by producing and delivering relevant, graphically rich content that targets specific recipients via their preferred method of communications.
2 part webinar |
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| WHAT'S NEW in Creative Suite 3 |
$279 |
$379 |
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| IPA has the inside track on what's new, what's great and what you need to know in Creative Suite 3 applications! |
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| Session 1 - InDesign in CS3 |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Photoshop in CS3 |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Illustrator in CS3 |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Improving Your Graphics Workflow with Acrobat 8 |
$189 |
$269 |
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| In this 2-part webinar series, learn how to achieve reliable PDF-JDF workflows AND learn about the latest Acrobat 8 capabilities to preflight your files effectively and efficiently. |
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| Session 1 - Achieving Reliable PDF-JDF Workflows with Adobe Creative Suite |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Preflighting PDF Files with ACROBAT 8 |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Acrobat 8 Unplugged |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Adobe’s Acrobat Professional is the graphic and print providers essential tool for creating and working with PDF files. Adobe has just commercially released Acrobat 8 Professional—with many new and enhanced features, and a revised user interface. This webinar will explore the good and the bad in the new version. |
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| Photoshop Production Techniques Before and After |
$279 |
$379 |
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| Proven production techniques for quickly and accurately repairing, improving and adjusting graphic images. Presenter Taz Talley |
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| Session 1 - Essential Makeover Tools |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Repair Makeovers |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Effects Makeovers |
$110 |
$155 |
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| QuarkXPress 7.0- New Solutions to Old Problems for Creating Documents for Print |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Learn the ins and outs of the exciting new capabilities of QXP 7.0 including insights as to all the new improved features and capabilities. Presenter: Taz Talley |
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| Creative Suite 2 - Insights to the new Features, Techniques and Tricks |
$189 |
$269 |
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| Our application guru, Taz Talley, takes us through a non-commercial and objective analysis of Adobe Creative Suite 2. |
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| Session 1 - PhotoShop: New Features, Techniques and Tricks |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat |
$110 |
$155 |
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| InDesign Techniques for Printing –Tools for Creating Documents for Print |
$189 |
$269 |
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| This 2-part series shows you the many tools Adobe InDesign has to help you create and prepare a document for accurate and easy printing. IPA’s expert applications guru, Taz Tally, covers a full range of prepress oriented topics and techniques using the InDesign application. |
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$110 |
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$110 |
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| Business Improvement |
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| 2006 Graph Expo Highlights and Analysis |
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| Attend Graph Expo through the eyes and ears of expert columnists and business analysts from Graphic Arts Monthly, via a FREE webinar available from IPA, The Association of Graphic Solutions Providers. |
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| DAM
Strategies: Business and Technology |
$189 |
$269 |
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Brand
owners increasing number of multi-channel targeted marketing programs
have caused an explosion in the number of assets to manage. Many
companies are recognizing the need for a sophisticated, coherent
digital asset management (DAM) system that supports marketing across
multiple media and allows for increased collaboration between their
communication suppliers.
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| Session
1 - Needs Analysis |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session
2 - Implementation and Support + Technical Sales |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Sustainable Packaging Webinar |
$89 |
$89 |
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| This special two-and-a-half hour sustainability webinar will feature up-to-date insights into the market forces affecting package design and sustainability. Package Design Magazine and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition will co-host the event. |
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| Rigid Substrate Printing – Business Boom or Bust? |
$189 |
$269 |
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| Gain insights from executives who have successfully implemented wide-format technologies |
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| Session 1 - The Market Opportunity for Direct-to-Rigid Substrate Printing |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Implement Direct-to-Rigid Substrate Printing |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Selling Solutions: A Transformation in Process |
$279 |
$379 |
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| Reposition your sales force for today's changing business environmen |
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| Session 1 - Building Credibility |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Winning the Sale |
$110 |
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| Session 3 - Ensuring Customer Success |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Mission Possible: A Mutual Strategy for Creatives and Prepress Professionals |
$279 |
$379 |
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| This series addresses the issues that arise as creatives and prepress professionals work with one another to achieve their mutual goals. Produced in cooperation with PIA/GATF's Mission Possible Team, our secret agents use innovative instructional methods to teach the concepts and techniques needed by both sides to efficiently produce high-quality, effective graphics and print jobs. |
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| Session 1 - Creating Bulletproof PDFs |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Color Appreciation |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Proofing and the Press Check |
$110 |
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| Successfully Developing Creative Services |
$379 |
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| This four-part curriculum examines how prepress/printing companies can succeed in the creative services market. The presenter, Ted Leonhardt, built and sold a design firm with a staff of 50 and annual fees of over $10 million. |
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| Session 1 - Creative Services: Driving Forces and Opportunities |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Creative Services: The Market, The Plan, The Culture |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 3 - Creative Services: Building a Sustainable Venture |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 4 - Creative Services: Sales, The Critical Factor |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Great Customer Service |
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| IPA and Chadwick Consulting present a multi-part educational series, specifically designed for the graphic communication industry, to demonstrate the culture and processes necessary to create an effective customer service department and high-performing customer service representatives. |
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| Complete Webinar Curriculum + Printed Handbook |
$349 |
$449 |
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| Complete Webinar Curriculum |
$279 |
$379 |
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Handbook - Print
The 112-page instructional guide to the Great Customer Service Educational Series offers informative articles and instructions on how to implement the processes and standards defined in the 3-part Webinar series. The guide also includes worksheets and resources that will help your company achieve Great Customer Service. |
$119 |
$159 |
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| Handbook - PDF Download |
$79 |
$119 |
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| Session 1 - Roles and Responsibilities |
$110 |
$155 |
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| Session 2 - Customer and Organizational Applications |
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$155 |
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| Session 3 - Impact and Results |
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