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Fridays with Frank

Many know Frank Romano best as the editor of International Paper’s Pocket Pal or have read one of the hundreds of articles he has written for publications from North America to Europe to the Middle East to Asia and Australia. He is the author of over 44 books and has founded eight publications. He lectures extensively, having addressed virtually every club, association, group, and professional organization at one time or another. He is one of the industry’s foremost and most sought-after keynote speakers. Romano wrote the first report on on-demand digital printing in 1980 and ran the first conference on the subject in 1985. He continues to teach courses at Rochester Institute of Technology and other universities and works with students on unique research projects. Contact him at fxrppr@rit.edu.

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Recent Columns

Mama, they took my Kodachome (and my Grade S Paper, etc.) away - 06/26/2009

Tyranny of Color – Take 2 - 06/12/2009

The Barcode - 05/29/2009

The Tyranny of Color - 05/21/2009

The tormented history of Garamond - 05/08/2009

The paradox of quality - 04/17/2009

Offset litho vs. digital printing and vice versa - 04/03/2009

The Museum of Printing is a national treasure - 03/27/2009

The History of the Typo - 03/06/2009

The Victorian Internet - 02/27/2009

Kodak and Digital Printing: The Last Word - 02/13/2009

When in doubt, use Caslon - 01/23/2009

Free: The Last Printer, A Seasonal Fantasy - 12/19/2008

Free: The new printing workforce - 11/21/2008

Free: Mark Twain’s Folly - 10/31/2008

Get Thee to Graph Expo - 10/17/2008

The future of offset lithography - 09/26/2008

Remembering Linotype - 09/05/2008

Defining Variable Data Printing - 08/22/2008

Wireless roots - 08/08/2008

Remembering Varityper - 08/01/2008

Excellence matters - 07/25/2008

Bye bye printing rep? - 07/11/2008

Free: Drupa 2012 Report - 06/20/2008

FREE: Where in the world is Frank? Episode 6 - 06/05/2008

FREE: Where in the world is Frank? Episode 5 - 05/23/2008

FREE: Where in the world is Frank? Episode 4 - 05/16/2008

Where in the world is Frank? Episode 3 - 05/02/2008

Where in the world is Frank? Episode 2 - 04/11/2008

Where in the world is Frank? Episode 1 - 04/04/2008

ALL Columns from Frank

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Net new businesses, 12-month moving average - 06/29
Change in Newspaper Advertising Revenue - 06/22
Current Dollar/Year Change in Corporate Cash Flow - 06/15
AIGA Designer Confidence Index - 06/08
Change in Real GDP, CPI-adjusted Print Shipments & Paper Shipments - 06/01
Rate of Change in Employment in Content Creation Segments - 05/25
Change in Total Employment, March vs. April 1990-2009 - 05/18
Thousands of Net New Businesses Per Month - 05/11
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