Polychrome Corporation, a brainchild of Mr. Halpern, is now a major part of Kodak Co. and continues to live on. But the small company spirit died on Jan 1. 1998 when the company became a part of DIC-Kodak joint venture. This blog is dedicated to the memory of those who proudly call themselves "Polychromer". ..... Ken Shimazu shimazukenichi@gmail.com
Sunday, August 16, 2015
1996 CTX presentation by Bob Hallman
In 1996 we were in the middle of CTP revolution. Examples of CTP installations at RR Donnelley and others sparked interest in many major printers. With many technologies still battling for the position it was difficult for them to decide which system (laser platemaker) and which plates to use. Bob Hallman was busy visiting many major printer customers and giving his view of the industry trend in CTP. Internet surfing was not yet popular so that the face to face presentation was a very useful means of getting information short of visiting and spending time at the graphic arts shows. Bob at the same time brought back valuable customer inputs useful in guiding our R&D.
This Powerpoint presentation is just a glimpse of what he had been doing. Judging from the lack of final slide usually suggesting next step, this must have been a discarded or work in progress draft but you get the flavor of what he was saying.