Robert ChungGravure Research Professor

RIT Gravure DayRochester, New York, March 24, 2009

Gravure@RIT Update

Introduction

Gravure Research Professorship Appointed by Dean Joan Stone in Feb. 2004 Serving the second three-year term

Goals & Objectives Enhance gravure curriculum Further research agenda Heighten gravure career awareness

Purpose of the presentation Annual update, inform, and exchange ideas

Gravure @RIT

Accomplishments in 2008-9

Gravure curriculum

2081-386 Gravure Process⎯ 3-credit undergraduate elective course

2081-786 Gravure Process⎯ 4-credit graduate elective course

Offered every spring quarter⎯ Gravure Day as course contents⎯ Gravure industry field trip to support curriculum

Accomplishments in 2008-9

H. Howard Flint Gravure Research Library (GRL) Internet searchable collection via

http://library.rit.edu/⎯ Physical volume added in 2007-8: 34⎯ Total physical volume: 874

Space utilization⎯ Support homework assignments in ‘Gravure Process’

course⎯ Frequently used for small group seminars

H. Howard Flint GRL

GRL Volumes – from 2005 to date

Accomplishments in 2008-9

GEF grant: $4,400 GEF scholarships: 3,700

Accomplishments in 2008-9

Gravure research agenda Apply process control and color

management to vitalize gravure Published Test Targets 8.0

⎯ A collaborative effort of RIT faculty, staff, and students to apply scientific method to color management and process control

Distributed at the GAA Premedia conference

⎯ January 19-20, 2009, Naples, FL

Accomplishments in 2008-9

Seven papers/articles published1. “A Study of Ink Trapping and Ink Trapping

Ratio,” co-authored with Fred Hsu, Test Targets 8.0, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008, pp. 33-39

2. “Tone and Color Analysis,” Reflections on Blended Learning: Rethinking the Classroom, edited by Michael Starenko, Online Learning, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008, pp. 166-167

3. “Teaching Online and On-campus Students,” Visual Communications Journal, International Graphic Arts Education Association, Fall 2008, pp. 27-32

Seven papers/articles published (con’t)4. “Predictability of Spot Color Overprints,” co-

authored with Michael Riordan and Sri Prakhya, Proceedings of the 35th IARIGAI Research Conference, Advances in Color Reproduction, Valencia, Spain, 2008, pp. 373-380

5. “Factors Impacting the Evaluation of Printer Profile Accuracy,” TAGA Journal, Vol. 4, Swansea Printing Technology, Ltd., 2008, pp. 206-218

Seven papers/articles published (con’t)6. “Assessing Color Measurement Variation,” co-

authored with Wuhui Liu, Gravure, April 2008, pp. 44-49

7. “Predicting Pictorial Color Image Match,” co-authored with Wuhui Liu, TAGA Proceedings, 2008, pp. 111-116

Accomplishments in 2008-9

Gravure industry collaboration GAA Gravure Packaging Color Standards

• Finalizing a case study with PCA and SmartColour on specifying and producing color in gravure packaging printing

PLGA Gravure Image Specifications• Contributing to a handbook regarding

image creation to image reproduction in the gravure printing

• Survey of Gravure Sustainability in Packaging Printing• In collaboration with GAA, PLGA, and ERA

Accomplishments in 2008-9

2008 Gravure Day on March 25, 2008 cias.rit.edu/~gravure/gravure/events.html#gravure2008

Looking Ahead

Research, publishing, and writing Test Targets 9.0 Writing for Gravure magazine

Conference presentations GAA Premedia conf., Jan 19-20, ‘09; Naples, FL

⎯ Process Improvement and Color Management TAGA conf., March 15-18, ‘09, New Orleans, LA

⎯ Weight-based Ink Trapping Assessment GAA Sustainability and Process Control seminar, June

10-12, 2009, RIT, Rochester, NY⎯ Survey of Gravure Sustainability in Packaging Printing

Conclusions

The Gravure Research Professor is the conduit between university education and the gravure industry. Teaching and enhancing gravure curriculum Bringing career awareness in the gravure

industry to students Offering scholarships Advancing gravure imaging competitiveness

through research, publishing, and industry collaboration.

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