Steve Cooney

Steve Cooney is the Pre-Media Lead for StarPak LTD and is responsible for color management as well as prepress and graphic operations throughout the plant. Before starting at StarPak to help expand their pre-media knowledge and offerings, Steve invested over 4 years working in color management and prepress for a variety of different print process and packaging products. Steve has extensive experience working to meet industry and brand requests including extended gamut and altered process designs.

In order to produce consistent and repeatable press runs, Steve has partnered with both design and technical teams to develop color expectations and tolerances that can be matched from initial proofing through a production press run. From the consistent review of results from contract proofing and live data, Steve can now effectively advise on design choices that can impact printability.

Steve currently lives in Houston, Texas where StarPak is located as well as the rest of the associated Five Star Management business operations.

Session

Monday, 3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Expanded Gamut–What Brand Owners and Designers Need to Know

Expanded color gamut printing (ECG) can produce a wide range of colors and provide more consistency across the color supply chain. What is the best time for a brand to transition to ECG and what are the critical design decisions that produce the best printed results? Attend this session and learn how to integrate ECG best practices during the packaging design phase to get the printed results you expect!