ASPT Member Biography
Mike Ruff
Mike Ruff is currently the Chief Technology Officer of Nazdar Consulting Services, He is a certified G7 Color Calibration Expert and has studied color control theory through GretagMacBeth, X-Rite and RIT Color Management Flexographic Training. Mike started in the graphic arts industry in 1971 as a sign painter and screen printer. Since then, he’s founded two companies: Missouri Poster & Banner (a large-format screen printing company), PGF Megafilm (a large-format prepress company that produced film, plates and screens). PGF became ReyHan PGF in 2001, then became part of Thrall Enterprises, parent company of Nazdar Ink in 2003. Mike gives his time to the SGIA community as an instructor at the SPTF Graphics Four-Color Workshop.
Ruff’s color-control system, “Color Control Culture” has evolved into a productivity enhancement program, “Chromatix,” which has dramatically improved the profitability and competitive edge of some of the largest screen printers in the United States and Canada. He is an accomplished technical writer with numerous articles in trade publications including the SGIA Journal, Screen & Display Graphics and Screen Printing magazine. His works continues to enhance screen printing, while laying a firm foundation for the digital revolution.
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