GAMUT: Idealliance Printing & Packaging Podcast

Barbara Braun-Metz, Owner and CEO, and Thorsten Braun CTO of ColorLogic GmbH discuss current innovations in color transformation algorithms, automation, and standardizing Extended Color Gamut printing. We also get an inside view of some of their essential products. 

ColorLogic GmbH is an award-winning, global company committed to providing the most advanced software technology in color management. Their suite of products includes ColorAnt, CoPrA, and ZePrA, which offer an unparalleled range of color management technology with a high level of automation possibilities.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

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Google's Marco Ugolini discusses the digital transformation of brand photography in advertising, print, and packaging. Marco's career began in photography at the world-famous Lexington Labs in Manhattan, collaborating with legendary photographers like Bruce Weber to produce iconic ad campaigns for clients like Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. A certified Idealliance G7® Expert, Marco takes us on a historical journey from black and white photography, to his early adoption of Photoshop, to why G7® is his go-to requirement within a brand and print supply-chain.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

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Jim Tillery, Sheetfed Product Manager at Heidelberg USA, discusses core values, strategies, and authentic partnerships that ultimately improve quality, efficiency, and ROI for Heidelberg users.

Jim's years of manufacturing experience and wisdom is at the heart of this discussion. Heidelberg's mission is to supply the best end-to-end solutions for industrial print production – from the prepress stage right through to a product that is ready for dispatch. At Heidelberg, they focus on products and services that offer measurable productivity benefits, simplify the printing process, and drive forward digitalization so customers can run their businesses efficiently and profitably.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Kodak. Kodak is a global technology company focused on print and advanced materials & chemicals. We provide industry-leading hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.

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Jay Kelbley, i1Product Manager, X-Rite PANTONE®, discusses the growth in new printing materials like textiles, glass, backlit displays, and how the new family of i1Pro 3 products support them. 

Jay holds a master's degree in fine arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has decades of experience working on color, printer, and camera systems for Kodak, Sony, & Samsung. 

X-Rite Incorporated is a global leader in the science and technology of color and appearance. With Pantone, X-Rite employs more than 800 people in 11 countries. X-Rite offers a full range of solutions used by manufacturers, retailers, printers, photographers, and graphic design houses to achieve precise management and communication of color and appearance throughout their processes.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Kodak. Kodak is a global technology company focused on print and advanced materials & chemicals. We provide industry-leading hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.

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Dr. Mark Bohan, Director Color Solutions at Konica Minolta, discusses advanced automation of the Accurio Press with IQ-501 technology and how these inventions interact seamlessly with cloud-based color management products like AccurioPro CloudEye. Mark describes how Konica Minolta’s latest solutions fit perfectly within Industry 4.0 and the closed-loop attributes of automated color alignment to G7® target conditions.


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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Kodak. Kodak is a global technology company focused on print and advanced materials & chemicals. We provide industry-leading hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.

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Ray Cheydleur, Printing and Imaging Product Portfolio Manager, X-Rite PANTONE®, discusses the current state of specifications and standards like:

• Textile Process Control and Color Management
• G7 Target Conditions (CRPC) - ISO/PAS 15339
• Print Quality Exchange Format (PQX) - ISO 20616-2
• ICCMax - ISO 20677

Part II of our discussion covers standards development and why it matters to the global print and packaging supply chain.

Cheydleur is also the Chair of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (USTAG) to ISO Technical Committee 130 (ISO TC130) that develops standards for the graphic arts industry, Chairman of ANSI/CGATS and Vice-Chair of the International Color Consortium (ICC).

This Gamut podcast is Part II of a two-part discussion to update and explain the current state of specification and standards development. See Part I here »

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Kodak. Kodak is a global technology company focused on print and advanced materials & chemicals. We provide industry-leading hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.

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Ray Cheydleur, Printing and Imaging Product Portfolio Manager, X-Rite PANTONE®, discusses the current state of specifications and standards like:

• Near-neutral or G7®
• ISO 12647-2
• CxF/X4 (ISO 17972-4)
• ECG
• The IT8.7/5 characterization chart. 

Part I of our discussion covers standards development of G7®, ISO 12647-2, ECG, and why it matters to the global print and packaging supply chain.

Cheydleur is also the Chair of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (USTAG) to ISO Technical Committee 130 (ISO TC130) that develops standards for the graphic arts industry, Chairman of ANSI/CGATS and Vice-Chair of the International Color Consortium (ICC).

This Gamut podcast is Part I of a two-part discussion to update and explain the current state of specification and standards development.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Kodak. Kodak is a global technology company focused on print and advanced materials & chemicals. We provide industry-leading hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.

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In this episode, four international industry veterans of digital and analog print technologies like offset, inkjet, screen, flexo, and gravure discuss the tremendous difference in value between G7® and litho-centric TVI specifications like Fogra.

Guests: 

1. Michael Ruff - a global pioneer and expert in wide format and screen printing
2. K. Panthala Selvan, Managing Director, Idealliance South Asia
3. Niall Coady, Managing Director, MPX Colour—a London-based company
4. Michal Eichler, World Renowned Offset Press Expert and Director of Sales for Service Select Products at Koenig & Bauer

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Kodak. Kodak is a global technology company focused on print and advanced materials & chemicals. We provide industry-leading hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.

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David Hunter, the co-founder and principal at ChromaChecker discusses a critical and often overlooked metric used to predict and quantify print buyers' expectations for color. David has pioneered a process that quantifies a person's expectation of color match acceptance and carries it through the complete manufacturing workflow, ensuring success for manufacturers and their customers.

David was one of Apple Computers' first three ColorSync Profilers. He is also one of the early G7 Experts, and one of just a few authorized G7 Expert trainers in the world. He currently is one of five North American members of the International CIE Committee (TC 8-16), joining those at Idealliance (with CEO Tim Baechle), studying how humans perceive common color appearance.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Heidelberg.

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Ron Ellis, Chair of Idealliance Print Properties & Colorimetric Council and leading global brand consultant, is back to discuss the value of latest Idealliance's Guide to Print Production v20.

This is a free publication that addresses new ISO standards, new characterization datasets, new specifications in printing and packaging, lighting, viewing, measurement and a tremendous amount of new leading practices.

Idealliance's Guide to Print Production is an insight into our work at Idealliance, free to the world. It is about design, to proofing, to printing, to packaging, and includes leading methods and techniques for reproducing a creative concept or image on targeted output media.

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GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

Learn more about Idealliance Certification Programs such as: G7®, BrandQ®, Color Management Professional® and Print Planning & Estimating Professional®.

This episode of the GAMUT Printing & Packaging podcast is brought you by Heidelberg.

Support the show