Effects of Particle Contamination in the Printing and Folio Size Sheets, 1997 Finishing and Converting Conference Proceedings

Ken Smith

Pantone Inc.

As I went about preparing my presentation a nagging concern arose in my mind. I’m about to make a case to a group of industry experts in an industry that I’m not an expert. It seemed to me to be a juxtaposition in terms. I would be in effect preaching to the choir, so to speak. Then the light of understanding turned on. We are all experts in the production of the various products and services that we have been chartered to deliver by our organizations. A great deal of effort is excerized, to do it right, as the quality gurus’ would say, the first time. This is the basic premise behind everything we do. Therefore it follows that we should not have a large enough population of problems to be expert in problem resolution. Is this wishful thinking on my part? It seems to me that all manufacturing processes are easy to describe, at least in general terms. In papermaking the process will look like this I believe...

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