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July - August 2011 Update

UV Cures Your Revenue Gap

The new fall 2011 schedule for US Ink’s Tech Webinars are now available to US Ink customers. The online class sizes are limited so please click here to register now.

US Ink Tech Webinars - Digital Imaging for Newspaper Printing

Photoshop Color Settings- September 8th & 9th - 10:00 am & 3:00 pm

  • Reviews the optimal settings for newspaper printing, including ICC profiles, working spaces, color management policies and conversion options.
  • Also includes several preferences/configurations of Photoshop for optimizing the application and its workspace.

    • Utilizing the History Brush within Photoshop- September 22nd & 23rd - 10:00 am & 3:00 pm.
  • Focuses on the use of the History Brush found within Photoshop, and its ability to increase control over image manipulation. The History Brush can be used to selectively apply any manipulation to specific areas of a photo, without affecting unwanted areas.
  • The session will consist of an introduction to the History Brush, its preferences, and when/how to use it in an image-toning environment.

    • How to Analyze an Image- September 29th & 30th - 10:00 am & 3:00 pm
  • Focuses on the important first step in image preparation for Newspaper printing.
  • Details the analyzing of an image (resolution, size, highlight and shadow detail areas, color casts and potential printing problems)

    • How to Improve the Tone Range- October 6th & 7th - 10:00 am & 3:00 pm
  • Focuses on the second step in image preparation for Newspaper printing.
  • Session consists of a detailed explanation of the LEVELS and CURVES tools within Photoshop and why you should use them in a toning workflow.
  • Focuses mainly on setting highlight and shadows within images, and the importance of establishing as many levels between highlight and shadow.

    • Color Correction- October 20th & 21st - 10:00 am & 3:00 pm
  • Focuses on the important third step in image preparation for Newspaper printing.
  • Details the key ingredients to achieving color accuracy (predictability on press, achieving gray balance, and contaminant/complimentary colors).
  • Session details the use of the HUE/SATURATION, SELECTIVE COLOR, and REPLACE COLOR tools within Photoshop; how to use them to ensure neutrals and saturated colors print accurately.

    • Enhancing the Details and RGB to CMYK Conversion- October 27th & 28th - 10:00 am & 3:00 pm
  • Focuses on the fourth step in image preparation for Newspaper printing.
  • Details the use of the UNSHARP MASK tool in Photoshop and the impact of changing its settings.
  • Other tools discussed will be the DESPECKLE and DUST AND SCRATCHES tools, when and why to use them.
  • Focuses on the last step in image preparation for Newspaper printing.
  • How to do a MODE change and its impacts, embedding profiles, choosing file formats (TIFF, JPEG, etc), and addressing color shifts.

    • January Update 2011

    Unsharp Masking – How to Make Your Images Pop!
    Printing UV Inks on Coldset Web Presses- A comprehensive overview.
    August - September Update 2010

    Sign up today for exciting technical LIVE webinars hosted by US Ink. The technical information provided by US Ink experts will enhance your print quality initiatives and ensure your readers and advertisers receive a product with high-quality color reproduction every day. The current list of webinar topics is provided here.
    June - July Update 2010

    The (New York) Daily News focuses on niches as it exploits technology (3.5MB PDF)
    January - May Update 2010

    It has never been easier for you to deliver consistent high quality color reproduction to your readers and advertisers. Join US Ink and sign-up today for technical webinars on critical topics that will help you enhance the power of print!
    November - December Update 2009

    US Ink’s RealColor® UV web offset inks extend proven leading edge web UV curing technology to conventional coldset presses utilizing a variety of substrates.
    More information can be obtained from the RealColor UV Technical Information document.(PDF)
    June - July Update 2009
    April Update 2009
    March - April 2009
    January - February 2009

    US Ink ready to take taste to next level (PDF)

    What innovative ad technology does US Ink and First Flavor offer to newspapers that are looking for new advertising revenue?

    US Ink and First Flavor have joined forces to utilize the vast distribution capabilities of newspapers as a methodology to drive sampling of flavored consumer products. Until now, the only realistic product sampling available to newspapers was small samples placed in pockets in home delivery polybags. With this new introduction, to be launced at NAA’s mediaXchange, national consumer product companies can use the innovations in edible film technology to add flavored ‘taste strips’ to printed products such as sticky notes, inserts, newspaper magazines, as well as polybags.



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