Alder Technology Inc.

Specialties

Whether you are a printer, publishing company, graphic design firm, or photographer, we can help you create a strategy combining technology and education into your electronic production departments. What does that mean? It means you get enhanced end-​to-​end control of the variables that affect the quality of printed images. This helps you reduce errors that lead to lost production time and money due to reprints.

History

Established in 1999.

After Bruce Bayne, color management and G7® Expert, had completed several G7 installations and training sessions, he realized there were no relevant tools available for tracking and measuring press conditions to the G7 process.

In July of 2006, Bayne created a spreadsheet in Excel to help track and manage the data collected to using an i1 Spectrophotometer. He introduced the spreadsheet while consulting in printing facilities. It was immediately understood and valued by press operators, who saw it as a powerful visual tool for managing conditions on the press. As interest grew, Bayne decided it was time to fully develop an application to meet the needs of the market and expand the spreadsheet’s functionality to include a database and trending charts. The result was SpotOn!™.

Meet the Business Owner

Bruce B.

Business Owner

Bruce brings over 30 years of experience in the printing industry in both production and management at several newspapers, web and sheet-​fed plants, color trade shops, as well as with a national supply company.

With hands-​on experience in graphic production, prepress production, installation, and training, Bruce brings a unique combination of experience to his work. Bruce set-​up and managed the electronic publishing and pre-​press functions for The Emporium (a Northwest retail chain) and successfully eliminated all outside pre-​press costs including color separations.

Bruce co-​founded the Pacific Northwest Color Management User’s Group. He is considered an expert by the printing industry on production workflow and color management. He was one of the first printing professionals to be trained as a GRACoL® Expert and can train GRACoL MasterPrinters™.