CONTENTS Volume 39, Number 5
Feature
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The Iron Index
Real-world technology trends from the pressroom
floors of printers across Canada, detailing investment in
workflow and production of offset, electro and inkjet
Print
6
NEWS
Basset Direct installs its third iGen, as KBR takes
on more KBA and the industry mourns the passing of
Ralph Bickerton, Phil Burke, Al Jenkins and Joe Potje
8
CALENDAR
June 2009
The summer line-up of major printing golf tourna-
ments, including the OPIA, PAC, BCPIA and more
10
TECH
Best of On Demand
Info Trends consultants pick 10 emerging technologies
from April’s On Demand tradeshow in Philadelphia
11
RACING
Printing Grand Prix
The new partners of Sydney R. Stone, Dylan Westgate
and Michael Steele, clean up at PrintAction’s race day
12
MONTRÉAL
Printers from Eastern Ontario and Quebec
converge at Grafik’Art to investigate the latest in
printing technology
Columns
14
ANDREW TRIBUTE
A View From the Top
Perspectives of Heidelberg’s second in command, Jürgen Rautert, as the
German press giant moves toward its future
16
ZAC BOLAN
Getting Real in the Virtual World
Fusion Pro, Parallels and the free download Virtualbox are taken on a
prepress test drive to determine best-case scenarios
18
MARTIN HABEKOST
The Blue Tint
Optical brighteners found in most papers are invisible, but vital in
understanding colour control across your pressroom
Archive
38
May 1989
Chinese students stand up in Tiananmen Square,
as Oli North is convicted, the SkyDome opens and
Canadian Bank Note prints the country’s last $1 bill
Resources
30 Services to the Trade
