Category Archives: Printing and Printing Processes

Various printing processes.

An adventure in the Distiller Time Machine

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Brian Lawler

Way back in 2003 I wrote an essay for inclusion in an article in Pre magazine about using Adobe Acrobat Distiller with hot folders to get PDFs with specific settings just by dropping a source file into a watched folder … Continue reading →

Posted in Imposition and Pagination, Printing and Printing Processes, Software, Technology | Tagged Acrobat, Acrobat Distiller, Adobe Acrobat, Brian Lawler, Distiller, Hot Folder trick using Distiller, Hot Folders, PDF-X/4 | Leave a comment

Calibrating the iPhone with i1 Display Pro

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Brian Lawler

I see iPhones being used for all sorts of “professional” applications including video capture, and now that the phone sports a 12Mp camera, graphic arts quality photography. No excuses professional photography. Several years ago I was made aware of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Color Management, Digital video, Gadgets, Photography, Printing and Printing Processes, Software, Technology | Tagged Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, calibrating the iPhone, ColorTRUE, i1 Display, iPhone calibration, MyPantone, Pantone, X-Rite | Leave a comment

My brief visit to Mars

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Brian Lawler

I spent a couple of weeks on Mars earlier this year, on assignment to take some photos. There was no oxygen, so I had to hold my breath for two weeks. I did not run into Matt Damon. The work … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Color Management, History, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Photoshop techniques, Printing and Printing Processes, Software | Tagged Brian Lawler, Cal Poly, COSAM, Cuck Bay, JPL, Mars MER, Mars Rover, NASA, Victoria Crater | Leave a comment

Upgrade adventures – a sleek new Mac Pro

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brian Lawler

A few weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and get a new computer. I have been using an aluminum Mac Pro tower for many years (I have had two of them). The current machine has eight cores, and … Continue reading →

Posted in New technology, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Printing and Printing Processes | Tagged Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, GigaPan, Mac Pro, Mac Pro cylinder, new Mac Pro, OWC Thunderbolt | 1 Comment

100,000 Readers! Thank you

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brian Lawler

It’s actually 101,759 readers. What started three and a half years ago on July 26, 2011 has now reached a major milestone in blogging for the graphic arts. The Blognosticator has reached and exceed the 100,000 reader mark. I started … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Printing and Printing Processes | Tagged 100000 Readers, blogging, Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, Canon 5d Mark III, Mac Pro cylinder, milestones, success | 1 Comment

More in my GREPping drama

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Brian Lawler

In past blogs I have expressed my love for the GREP functions in InDesign. GREP is not only functional, but for me it’s a lot of fun. I enjoy working with strings of text, manipulating things en masse to cause changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Printing and Printing Processes, Typography | Tagged Brian Lawler, GREP, GREP in InDesign, InDesign find-and-change, InDesign typograpy, pattern searching in InDesign | Leave a comment

The most exciting thing I saw at GraphExpo 2014

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Brian Lawler

I troll the hallways at GraphExpo, looking at the many booths showing exciting technologies to potential customers. There are people selling software, hardware, firmware, middleware, and usually – pretzels. This year there was no pretzel vendor, nor an ice cream … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Gadgets, New technology, Printing and Printing Processes, Technology | Tagged BDT, BDT Tornado, Brian Lawler, feeding printing press, paper feeder, paper feeding, printing | 1 Comment

A method for mounting large prints on foam core

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Brian Lawler

One of the things I learned while making my large photo exhibition was how to mount huge photo prints without getting wrinkles or bubbles. I am a user of permanent self-adhesive foam core board. I love this stuff. My favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Mistakes you can avoid, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Printing and Printing Processes | Tagged avoiding wrinkles when mounting on foam core, foam core, mounting foam core, mounting large prints, mounting on self-adhesive foam core, self-adhesive foam core | 49 Comments

Planning and preparation pay off

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Brian Lawler

How do you explain to students, children, associates, business partners – anyone – how important it is to plan? I am a pretty good planner, and I was especially careful to plan my photo exhibition that opened last Friday at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History, Panoramic Photography, People, Photography, Printing and Printing Processes | Tagged Brian Lawler, exhibition of panoramic photos, Panoramic photos, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, SLO PANO | 2 Comments

The largest panoramic photo in city history

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Brian Lawler

SLO PANO opens on Friday evening. Almost a year ago I finally found the best location for taking a photo of San Luis Obispo. I had been climbing the local mountains seeking the perfect spot. I scoured available historic photos … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Photoshop techniques, Printing and Printing Processes | Tagged Brian Lawler, GigaPan, huge panoramic photo, panoramic photo, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, SLO PANO | Leave a comment