Graphic Arts Monthly Stars in Major TV Show.The History Channel's "Modern Marvels Modern Marvels is a documentary television series on The History Channel that answers the question of how many things in the modern world are possible, and where they came from. " Examines Ink -- from an Engineer's Point of View OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Graphic Arts Monthly Graphic Arts Monthly (ISSN-1047-9325) is a trade publication and web site owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of the printing industry, including printers and trade plants. (GAM) magazine, a business-to-business publication serving the $160-billion U.S. printing industry, is featured in an episode of the History Channel's popular "Modern Marvels" series. Focusing on the history and usage of ink, the producers consulted with Sun Chemical Corp., the world's foremost manufacturer of inks and organic pigments. To illustrate the process of four-color offset printing in a 10-minute segment, Sun Chemical asked GAM to submit a front cover image, on which Sun had collaborated. (Read more about how the cover was produced here: http://www.gammag.com/BackIssues/artbgam0508htpt) Allowing the public at large to see how a process color A color printed from four separate printing plates. Four-color process printing uses cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) inks to produce full color reproduction. Contrast with spot color. See CMYK. image is generated, the original was broken into cyan, magenta, yellow and black channels. Titled "Modern Marvels: Ink," the episode premiered last fall and is still shown periodically (check local cable TV listings). Also featured in the hour-long show is Sun subsidiary US Ink and its customer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state. newspaper. The History Channel describes the show as follows: "Invented by the Chinese in about 2500 BC, it spread the word of God and war. It set us free and spelled out our rights. It tells stories, sells products and solves crimes. It's ink and it's everywhere! From squid to soybeans, from ancient text to awesome tattoos, join us as we dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. the well for the scoop on ink." To see an introductory video clip A short video presentation. , go online to: http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?pmmsid=1801322 About Graphic Arts Monthly Established in 1929, Graphic Arts Monthly explores applied technology for the printing industry. The magazine's 70,000 readers are primarily owners and managers of commercial printing companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In addition to the print edition, GAM's Website, www.graphicartsmonthly.com, receives approximately 30,000 unique visitors and more than 100,000 page views per month. GAM is published by Reed Business Information Reed Business Information is a large business publisher in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Asia. It is a division of Reed Elsevier. In 2005, Reed Business Information started the Quill Awards, a literary award broadcast on NBC. (www.reedbusiness.com), the largest business-to-business publisher in the United States and a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc. In addition to GAM, Reed Business covers the printing industry with the AF Lewis database-powered Graphic Arts Blue Book (www.gabb.com) and The Industry Measure subsidiary (www.theindustrymeasure.com), which compiles statistics based on in-depth surveys of U.S. printing managers. For more information: www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels, www.sunchemical.com and www.graphicartsmonthly.com |
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