Don't Touch Those Ink Keys --Waldman

I dropped my fork and asked David Motheral to repeat what he had just said. Some at the table stared while others continued eating as if they hadn't heard. However, as David began to talk all eyes were riveted on him and the food quickly became incidental.

It was lunchtime, August 30th, at the 2004 PIA/GATF Digital Workflow Conference in Pittsburgh. I was there as both a speaker and a roundtable discussion moderator. My talk, scheduled for the afternoon, was "Digital Workflows: Does It Matter How or Where I Print It?" The topic covered how digital workflows increasingly need to be versatile since, in today's world, files may be routed to large-format ink-jet devices, toner-based presses, offset presses, flexo presses, flat-screen monitors, the Web and other output devices. I felt comfortable that I had my topic under control.