Publishing, at its beginning, was simply the distribution of printed pages and books. Today, information is published digitally on the modern extension of the printing press, the internet. Websites such as this one post information, magazines and books for immediate distribution worldwide....

For more than 35 years, Technology Watch Newsletter has delivered farsighted evaluations and projections focusing on technology development in the computer, telecommunications, office products, graphic arts and photographic industries. Each issue covers emerging technologies most likely to...

Technical Papers provides selected materials from my presentation library. The papers are easy to understand and have practical, every-day applications in today’s printing and publishing world.     by Henry Freedman The Integration of E-Commerce Enabled Expert Systems for...

I curated the Printing Impact on Man exhibit, a survey of the development and societal impacts of printing technology. A unique collection of artifacts, printed specimens, and printing machine, the exhibit was first displayed from January through February 1978, in Washington, D.C. Its...

Leading visionaries in printing and publishing gathered in Washington, D.C. for the World Conference on Electronic Printing and Publishing. Attendance was so large that the conference venue had to be moved to the Lisner Auditorium of The George Washington University. The participants, working...

 Monobath Processing for Lithographic Film – The Freedman Monobath   What is Photographic Monobath Chemistry? A monobath is a single liquid that chemically processes film. Monobaths are commonly used for continuous tone film and paper. In fact the Polaroid process itself used a viscous...

Before the Internet existed I imagined an automated printing control process to electronically manage the purchase and production of printing. A driving factor for this discovery was that our three generation old family printing business in Philadelphia was taking more and more of my...

For Strine Printing audited production plant floor, reviewed electronic prepress front end. Of most interest was the conduct of remote data communications support for Strine’s lead sales person in New York City where I tool a two day process down to 3 hours for delivering pricing on...

My projects for Rite Aid included: Consulted on in-house printing facility. Advised and provided weekly mail distribution tracking to over 4,000 drugstores. Designed and installed an early radio frequency warehouse inventory control system, based on my government work with spread spectrum...

My projects for PPL Communications, a Philadelphia printing firm in business for over a century, include: Developed glass plate Linofilm grid duplication system for automated composition. Designed print estimating system for full range of color production printing. Advised on purchase and...