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      <title><![CDATA[Printing Impressions Productivity/Process Improvement News]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[RIT Formally Launches Printing Standards Audit Certification]]></title>
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                    ROCHESTER, NY&mdash;May 18, 2011&mdash;Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has announced the commercial launch of PSA Certification. PSA Certification, or Printing Standards Audit Certification, is a rigorous, objective process for assessing a...
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:57:16 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Improve Saddle Stitched Book Quality with Better 16-page Signatures]]></title>
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                    Simple folding machine techniques&nbsp;for consistently better signatures.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:15:13 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sheetfed Offset, Web Offset, Digital : Defining Crossover Points]]></title>
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                                                                    By Jean-Marie Hershey<br />
                    
                                        
                     In static sheetfed, web offset and digital printing, the term &ldquo;crossover&rdquo; denotes the number of impressions at which a per-unit cost advantage can be gained by switching a job from one process to another. Technological advancements...
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 16:31:26 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPM, Digital Publishing Solutions]]></title>
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                    Learn how OPM, decreases turnaround time and expands their automated book solutions for major publishing customers.
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:27:44 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Step by Step - Standard Work Reduces Errors & Downtime]]></title>
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                    To overcome the &ldquo;best I can&rdquo; mindset, management, staff and operators need standards and accountability&mdash;the establishment of standard operating procedures (SOPs). SOPs are only a component of what is known as &ldquo;Standard...
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:51:11 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spanning the JDF Generation Gap]]></title>
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                                                                    By Nicholas Gawreluk<br />
                    
                                        
                    Through RIT and my experiences interning at three commercial printing companies, I have had the opportunity to work in almost every department within a print shop. What I took away from each experience was an understanding of how each company is...
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:13:58 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[<I>Chicago Tribune</I> Recycles Production Waste and Cuts Costs]]></title>
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                    The  Chicago Tribune  has reinvented the way it gets rid of its post-production waste by implementing a recycling program, saving the company money on garbage removal and generating revenue by selling its recyclable waste. With a daily circulation...
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:47:33 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Student’s Perspective on RIT’s Printing Applications Lab]]></title>
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                    As the new school year begins, I could not be more excited to return to RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology). The campus is alive with students and the school year promises to be a busy one.   As I meet people throughout the industry, I always...
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:21:36 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Get Up to Speed: Improving Your Print Management Skills]]></title>
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                    Manufacturing. That&#39;s a difficult concept for some print managers to grasp. As proud as we all are of our arts and crafts roots, times change and so must we.  Printers procure raw materials, expedite them through specific equipment and...
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:00:59 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MIS to Workflow Integration : Getting Production to Flow]]></title>
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                                                                    By Mark Smith Technology Editor<br />
                    
                                        
                     AT THE dawn of this still   relatively new millennium,&nbsp; the printing industry was all abuzz about the concepts of computer-integrated manufacturing, the Digital Smart Factory and lights-out manufacturing. Workflow integration via the job...
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:46:30 EDT</pubDate>
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