The Frank Romano Show Returns to WhatTheyThink, Sponsored by Press-sense


WhatTheyThink.com, the leading news and analysis site for the printing and publishing industries, today announced that Frank Romano will be hosting the final 2007 session in its free webinar series. On Tuesday, December 18, 2007, from 2:00 to 3:00 EST (-5 GMT), well-known industry pundit Frank Romano will the second episode of The Frank Romano Show.
"We wanted to end 2007 with a fun and informative program," said Randy Davidson, President, WhatTheyThink. "And what better way to do so than to bring back the popular Frank Romano Show, which debuted in November of last year. We appreciate Press-sense sponsoring this event, which allows us to present it at no charge."
"There are now hundreds of webinars competing for your attention," said Romano. "But the second edition of the Frank Romano Show is different. It continues the tradition of a webinar about (almost) nothing. Helping me cover this important subject will be my guests: Howie Fenton, technology consultant for NAPL and Richard Romano, analyst at The Industry Measure."
Frank Romano has annoyed the printing and publishing industries for over 40 years. Many know him as the editor of the International Paper Pocket Pal, or have read one of the hundreds of articles he has written. He is the author of over 44 books, including the 10,000-term Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications, authored with his son, Richard Romano, the standard reference in the field. He has been quoted in many newspapers and publications, as well as on TV and radio.
Fenton, the Senior Digital Technologies/Production Consultant for NAPL, consults for graphic arts organizations throughout North America and will bring a grassroots perspective to the session. Richard Romano has been involved in a number of national surveys on the industry in his role a The Industry Measure and brings a more macro perspective.
Frank and his guests will offer commentary about technology trends, industry happenings, and general industry gossip. There will be video, audio, text, and funny images–a true multi-media event. There will even be a contest to identify some ancient industry device and several polling questions.
Registration for this no-charge webinar is available at this special Web page:
https://members.whattheythink.com/WebCasts/FrmWebinar.cfm?id=73
Don’t miss this unique industry event. Register today.
About Press-sense
Founded in 2001, Press-sense has rapidly evolved into one of the world’s leading developers of automated Business Flow solutions for the printing industry.
With an installed base of successful customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and a dynamic team that continuously maintains a clear understanding of the printing industry’s ever expanding and evolving needs, the company’s flagship Press-sense iWay™ family of products is recognized today as the market leader for integrated Web-to-Print and business management solutions.
The company’s integrated tools provide commercial printing and digital service providers with an elegant, yet comprehensive approach to creating internet-based revenue streams, automated production workflows, and business management tools that maximize production efficiency, monitor and reduce costs, and increase profit ratios.
For more information, visit www.Press-sense.com or call 1-866-257-9792.
About WhatTheyThink
WhatTheyThink.com is the printing and publishing industry’s leading online media organization; offering a wide range of publications delivering unbiased, real-time market intelligence, industry news, economic and trend analysis, peer-to-peer communication, and special reports on emerging technology and critical events. Serving a membership base of more than 50,000, WhatTheyThink.com also hosts webinars and live events as well as providing content through a syndication program, which delivers content directly to related websites and through RSS.
About Frank Romano
Frank Romano is Professor Emeritus, School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology. He continues to teach courses at RIT and other universities and works with students on unique research projects.
Romano’s career has spanned 44 years in the printing and publishing industries. Many know him best as the editor of the International Paper 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, Asia and Australia. He has also consulted for major corporations, publishers, governments and other users of digital printing and publishing technology.
The author of the majority of the books that have been written on digital printing, Romano is the author of 44 books, including the 10,000-term Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications (with Richard Romano), the standard reference in the field. His books on QuarkXPress, InDesign and PDF workflow were among the first on those topics.
Romano has founded eight publications, serving as publisher or editor, including TypeWorld, then Electronic Publishing, Computer Artist, Color Publishing, The Typographer, EP&P, and both the NCPA and PrintRIT Journals. His columns appeared monthly in the Digital Printing Report since 1993.

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