May 4, 2004

Jerry Waite, associate professor of technology at the University of Houston, recently was honored, with co-authors Gerald Fields and Gary Nichols, at the 2004 Graphic Excellence Awards Reception in Houston. The ‘Best in Category’ award was given to the text “CMYK Color: Visual & Digital References for Professionals,” written by Fields, Nichols and Waite, with Waite additionally serving as editor of the publication.

Written to help graphic artists better understand the technologies that are used to reproduce their projects, the text has been compared to a Swiss army knife for digital print production and now will be entered into a national competition sponsored by the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation.

Nationally renowned judges chose “CMYK Color” from among hundreds of submissions from printers and publishers throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. The book was selected on the basis of its nearly perfect printing and exacting tolerances. The authors specced the book to very high standards based on Waite’s work on international specifications known as General Requirements for Applications in Commercial Offset Lithography (GRACoL). The result is aesthetically pleasing and among the most technically accurate ever produced, garnering accolades for its contents by both professors and industry experts.

“‘CMYK Color’ is the best resource for color printing that I have seen,” said Frank Romano, a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Adrian Bernagozzi, professor emeritus from Central Missouri State University concurred, “The color practitioner will find this book and the accompanying reference materials to be an invaluable set of tools needed to comprehend and master the application of process color reproduction.”

Commenting on the text’s value to better educate with regard to graphic communications fundamentals, Malcolm Keif of California Polytechnic State University stated, “‘CMYK Color’ is an outstanding resource for practical color management, color correction and production of accurate CMYK color images. The flesh color guidelines and toolbox calibration scales make this book a ‘must have’ reference for university-level color theory classes. This manual can definitely improve color education throughout the U.S.”

A UH professor since 1993, Waite has taught graphic arts for thirty years and is past president of the International Graphic Arts Education Association. For more information about the book, visit www.cmykcolor.org or e-mail Waite at jwaite@uh.edu.

Lisa Merkl
lkmerkl@uh.edu