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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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