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The business of graphic arts

Meadows Software releases a clever QR Code generator for Adobe InDesign

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Brian Lawler

Variable-data software publisher Meadows Publishing Solutions has developed a new plug-in for Adobe InDesign that makes QR codes inside any text box in that application. The product can make three different types of bar codes: QR, Data Matrix and PDF … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Printing and Printing Processes, Software, Typography | 2 Comments

The Blognosticator’s first anniversary

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Brian Lawler

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Blognosticator-gone-private. I had been blogging for Graphic Arts Monthly for three years until their demise in the Spring of 2010, and then for What They Think until that fall and they could not … Continue reading →

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No new Nikon Scan, and Quicken is Slowen

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Brian Lawler

Mr. Curmudgeon is grumpy – always. I had to replace my Nikon Scan software yesterday, and that’s OK, but it brings up a problem that happens occasionally in our “industry.” The problem is the obsolescence of perfectly good products. I … Continue reading →

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