I noticed for the first time today that Michael Jahn has a blog. Of course, he has had that blog since 2003. Sometimes I'm a little slow picking up on things.
Dave Kauffman has a blog too. And of course, Gordon Pritchard still maintains his excellent quality in print blog as well.
What do all these people have in common? They were significant contributors to the seminal CTPP (Computer-to-plate) forum back in the 1990s (cue warm glow, soft nostalgia music). With Dave Mainwaring as moderator, it was the most active electronic community in prepress (and probably in printing) of its time. And with the decline of printing at the beginning of this century, perhaps the glory days of that forum will stand as the high point of this industry for quite awhile.
BTW, Gordon and Dave posted for Creo, the leading edge solution provider for CTP of that time. Michael Jahn posted for some other company. I forget the name.
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System admin, marketing, business analysis in prepress
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Yes, the truth can now be told and I can admit that it was me who hired Michael Jahn to work for Creo’s competition so we could have more controversy and excitement around the rather boring topic of pdf workflows on the ctpp forum and at conferences. MJ exceeded my expectations most times, especially when at a conference he put up a slide of the other MJ, with the tag “This is not a pdf-file”. I couldn’t figure whether to give him a bonus or fire his ass.
I remember those days and loved to sit on the sidelines (I think they call it lurking) laughing at MJ shamelessly marketing all-things-Agfa. It was entertaining and I learned a ton. BTW, I am glad I recently found this blog. Thanks!