Muriel E. "Mickey" Haley: January 20, 2012, age 77, dearest mother of Ginny Gebauer, Joan (Michael) Jahn, Jeanne (Anthony) Vuich, Terry (Bob) Notar, Laura Schauger and the late Dianne Schauger; loving grandmother of Michael, Dianne, Melissa, Jimmy Gebauer, Charles, Michael Fister, Angela, Nicole Lucatorto, Samantha, Anna, Allie Vuich, Tony, Kristina Notar, Kaitlyn Schauger and Kiana Pittman; dear sister of Joan (late Robert) Noah; dear aunt of Veronica Noah; dearest companion of the late Larry Petritz. The family will be present Thursday January 26th, 2012 from 12:00-2 PM and 4-6:30 PM at the (Amherst Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 5200 Sheridan Drive (corner of Hopkins Rd) where a Funeral Service will follow at 6:30 PM. Friends invited. Flowers are gratefully declined. If desired, donations may be made to www.faustmanlab.org towards their Type 1 diabetes study.

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Technical Page 2 of the Altona Test Suite 2.0 released

Berlin, December 21, 2011:  The Technical Page 2 of the Altona Test Suite 2.0 is available for download from this website immediately. Developed during many months of hard work by ECI, bvdm, FOGRA and Ugra, the Altona Test Suite 2.0 offers a unique method to test components and systems in digital prepress and print workflows for their capability to process PDF/X-4.

The Altona Test Suite 2.0 consists of several parts. At this time, only the «Technical Page 2» is made available. The remaining parts of Altona Test Suite 2.0 will be made available in the 2nd quarter of 2012.

The «Altona Technical 2» addresses transparency, OpenType fonts, optional content (aka layers), JPEG2000 compression, smooth shades, overprint, 16-bit images and more.

Extensive documentation explains the structure of the test page and offers guidelines for the evaluation of results achieved by processing the Altona Technical 2 page.

The only support option available for users of the Altona Test Suite consists of the possibility to subscribe to the ECI mailing list and submit any questions or feedback on the ECI mailing list which are monitored by the authors of the Altona Test Suite.

Please go to the section “Downloads” at the link below website to download the Altona Test Suite files.

Important notice: The Altona Test Suite may be used freely, but must not be redistributed without receiving prior permission in writing from the ECI. No guarantee is given that the Alton Test Suite is without error. Any use is completely under the risk of the person or company using the Altona Test Suite. There are no liabilities should the use of the Altona Test Suite lead to direct or consequential damages.

http://www.eci.org/doku.php?id=en:projects:ats

Funny

http://www.wabcradio.com/FlashPlayer/default.asp?SPID=22807&ID=2050461

Worth a listen - tip of the hat to my good friend and former direct report (much to HER regret) Doris Brown. This is one of Doris best friends from high school - a comedian/actor ( Rob Bartett ) his version of the night before Christmas -- Brooklyn / NY style.

Funny. Yeah, shut up.

If i have to mention "colorful language" to you, well, clearly, you have not been to Brooklyn.

Shut up.

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Our little doggie

At Presswise, where I work in Agoura Hills, CA - we are seeing an interesting shift where our print customers are beginning to recognize that more and more of their business is being driven by integration of customer storefronts into their print and fulfillment services. What they thought was going to happen is that folks would come to visit their ownWeb2Print store front, but many of their own customers are already using third-party marketing management systems with their own storefronts eg Saepio and want to inject jobs, check status and get ship notifications through that into the printer’s workflow. Printers are often lost on the API concept, and yet that is going to be the very thing they need to not only understand – but embrace.

This is an interview with one of our customers - who truly get the value of enabling customers to inject jobs into their systems using our Presswise API

 click --> here <-- to listen to what Susan Moore at DPI has to say...

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http://www.smartsoftusa.com/we-welcome-michael-jahn-to-the-team.html

Press Release on our web site

We welcome Michael Jahn to the team

We're pleased to announce the arrival of industry veteran Michael Jahn to the PressWise team to help manage its implementation and support initiatives. A renowned expert on digital workflow, having worked in the graphic communications, prepress, and print industries for many years, Jahn is well-known on the tradeshow and seminar circuit for his passionate and knowledgeable presentations on a variety of prepress and workflow-related topics.

Jahn’s responsibilities will include PressWise installation, product training and developing custom solutions for clients, as well as product roadmapping and future development projects.

“We’re delighted that Michael has joined the team,” said Michael Shroyer, President of SmartSoft. “He brings to the table a wealth of knowledge and experience of our industry, as well as a tremendous enthusiasm and energy that has a galvanizing effect on those around him. His creativity and comprehensive understanding of the printing space will be an asset as we continue to drive our PressWise initiatives long term.”

“I have been a passionate advocate of PressWise and its SaaS-based solutions long before I was offered this opportunity to join the company.” said Jahn. “I truly believe in the direction the print industry is heading, and PressWise is providing APIs that enable web-to-print and workflow automation to help shop owners manage this changing environment.”

Welcome Michael!