Production Manager J. Robert Pavich says the skill of his staffs make daily use of 175-line screens a reality. We challenged our guys. Press Foreman Al Meier says he just prints materials given him. The 65,631-circulation morning paper has hybrid color equipment, including a proprietary Diadem system and Macintoshes running Photoshop. Though more expensive, the publisher ends up expending less ink on finer screens.
Employees pursue an aggressive press maintenance program.
It produces aluminum plates instead of negative film. It started with a red car. Though satisfied overall, more than 30 percent of the newspapers had reproduced the ad in an inferior manner. Then there were the other cases. More than 35 executives attended a second meeting Sept. 25-26 in Reston, Va., chaired by Paul Lynch, manager of technical quality and training at the Chicago Tribune.