Electronic Publishing articles from April 2003

Electronic Publishing archives from April 2003

Printing and the presidency.(President George W. Bush)(Editorial)
April 1, 2003... For the third time in just over two years, President George W. Bush selected a commercial printing plant as the backdrop for a key address regarding administration policy or intent. The three events so far have been: * October 2001--a...

NEC-Mitsubishi announces a first. (Tech News).(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The impressive NEC LCD4000 made its debut as the very first 40-inch LCD monitor in NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America's (Itasca, IL) expansive product line. The largest information display offered by NEC-Mitsubishi, the NEC...

Agfa debuts Sublima screening tool. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Agfa Corporation (Ridgefield Park, NJ) A presented Sublima, a hybrid screening solution for Agfa platesetters used for commercial printing applications. To deliver full contone reproduction on press, Sublima combines two advanced...

Slight increase in spending predicted. (Economic Survey).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... He results of the IPA Quarterly Economic Survey for the third quarter of 2002 reveal that although collection time is improving for only a scant percentage, nearly one-fifth of respondents anticipate an increase in spending. Visit www.ipa.org...

Heidelberg premiers new Quicksetter models. (Tech News).(Heidelberg USA)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Heidelberg USA (Kennesaw, GA) recently announced the availability of two new fully automatic CTP systems for polyester plates. Targeted at small commercial printers and franchisers, the Ouicksetter 300E and 400E incorporate a Heidelberg...

Global Graphics Software upgrades Jaws PDF Editor. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Global Graphics Software (Waltham, MA) released an upgraded version of its PDF editing and mark-up application, Jaws POF editor. Priced at $39 and designed for business and SOHO users, Jaws PDF Editor 2.0 supports PDF 1.4 and 1.3...

Alias/Wavefront debuts SketchBook Pro. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Alias/Wavefront (Toronto), an SGI company, premiered an innovative, pen-based software solution for creative and mobile professionals. In fact, Alias SketchBook Pro is well suited to virtually anyone forced to develop and present much of...

Macromedia launches three innovations. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Macromedia Inc. (San Francisco) recently announced the release of three new solutions: FreeHand MX, DevNet Subscriptions, and Studio MX Plus. The latest version of Macromedia's popular multipublishing software tool, FreeHand MX features...

RIT reveals summer color workshops. (Tech News).(Rochester Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT; Rochester, NY) is conducting a series of industrial courses aimed at the color imaging community. Two courses, Principles of Color Technology and Device Profiles for Color Management, will be held on...

EFI to acquire Printcafe Inc. (Tech News).(Electronics for Imaging)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Electronics for Imaging (EFI; Foster City, CA) announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with Printcafe Software Inc., a provider of enterprise solutions to the printing and publishing markets. According to the agreement, EFI will...

Markzware releases its ID2Q. (Tech News).(Markzware Software)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Markzware Software (Santa Ana, CA) announced its latest innovation, the InDesign to QuarkXpress (ID2Q) XTension. Reportedly with a single click, Markzware's ID2Q XTension will convert Adobe InDesign 1.5-2.0 files to QuarkXPress 4.1-5.x...

PMA reveals new solutions. (What's New).(Photo Marketing Association International)
April 1, 2003... Just as springtime brings new flowers and growth outside, it seems to bring out new products and technologies within the industry as well, and this year is no exception. The recent PMA (Photo Marketing Association; www.pmai.org) show in Las...

Perspective: Judi Hess.(Creo Inc.)(Interview)
April 1, 2003... Judi Hess received an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada and began her career as a programmer for MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. in Canada, working on various defense and aerospace...

Digital color dominates: the demand for digital color printing, through the employ of digital presses, prooters, and inkjet and laser printers, continues its pattern of strong growth.
April 1, 2003... Today's volatile economic and political climates notwithstanding, perhaps nothing is gaining more attention than digital color printing. Indeed, few if any technologies in the graphic arts industry are experiencing growth comparable to that...

Digital presses. (Resource Guide To).
April 1, 2003... If you plan to take advantage of the heightened interest in digital printing, you have a wealth of options available to you. Today's market hosts a vast array of output devices for just that task, including laser printers, multifunctional...

Building a variable-data printing solution: personalized printing yields better results. How do you get started?
April 1, 2003... Over the past several years, color variable-data printing (VDP) has taken hold among savvy digital printers, service bureaus, marketing firms, and corporations. It goes beyond what you typically find on black-and-white phone bills, financial...

How the unlucky get that way. (Makeready).
April 1, 2003... Did the printer make a hash of your job? Do your clients mess up work that you have planned correctly? If it happens once or twice, it might be bad luck. But if it's a consistent pattern, maybe it's something more. I have occasionally...

New wine takes flight with complete brand campaign: to introduce Black Swan wines with a splash, Gallo's creative and production teams designed elegant wine labels and persuasive promotional materials. (Design in Action).
April 1, 2003... In an unassuming Spanish-style rambling house surrounding a pool in a small courtyard resides the 50-person creative department that supports one of the largest winemaking companies in the world, E. & J. Gab. Gallo operates a 45-acre...

Print personalization programs propel growth for Impact Marketing: a California print provider speeds time to market with new Xerox DocuColor digital presses and a web-based solution. (In the Field).
April 1, 2003... When real-estate agent secure a new listing, they generally want to promote it as quickly as possible--pleasing their new clients and accelerating their "time to revenue." That's why marketing consultancy Impact Marketing of Laguna Beach,...

Banners promote Coors Light at NASCAR event: produced on InteliCoat's indoor/outdoor materials and printed on a Roland Hi-Fi Jet Pro, eight banners withstand tough weather conditions at NASCAR event. (In the Field).(Golden Distributing Co.)(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)(InteliCoat Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... When Golden Distributing Company, a major distributor of Coors brands in the North Texas region, wanted to produce eye-catching banners to decorate a 100x80-foot tent promoting an infield NASCAR event for V.I.P. entertainment, they needed to...

Coloring inside the lines: Lucid Dream's I-Trap is a powerful trapping solution for the printing professional. (Reviews).(Lucid Dream Software Inc.)
April 1, 2003... We've all seen it. It's unattractive and unfortunate. Some of us, I presume, even have fallen victim to it. The unbecoming result of misregistration, gaps between and the overlap of adjacent colors, is a complicated problem that can be...

Graphics spring to life: the Parhelia Graphics Card from Matrox Graphics proves a powerful addition to a PC. (Reviews).(personal computer)
April 1, 2003... Awesome. That was my first impression of the graphics achieved with the Matrox Parhelia 128MB High Fidelity Graphics Card. And that lofty opinion has not faded. Instead, the graphics card continues to impress in a variety of ways. ...

Fiery for the DocuColor 3535. (New Products).(Fiery X3e controller and Fiery System 5e software)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Electronics for Imaging (EFI; Foster City, CA), together with Xerox Corporation, announced the availability of the Fiery X3e controller and Fiery System 5e software for the new Xerox DocuColor 3535 printer/copier. The integrated print...

Tutorials for Onyx customers. (New Products).(Onyx Graphics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Onyx Graphics (Midvale, UT) is bundling a free instructional workflow CD with its Onyx Color Production Software products. Designed in combination with the Graphic Intelligence Agency (GIA), the Onyx 5.6 Workflow Tutorial CD is offered with...

All along the revenue stream. (New Products).(Association of Graphic Solutions Providers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The Association of Graphic Solutions Providers (IPA; Holland, IL) unveiled the first in its series of Industry Segment Business Solution Kits designed to define business opportunities in upstream (including design and digital photography) and...

Become a Color Master. (New Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... X-Rite Inc. (Grandville, MI) introduced X-RiteColor Master Web Edition, a new, server-based version of X-RiteColor Master formulation and quality-assurance software. Designed to facilitate the sharing of color data across an organization,...

Multiformat Flash reader/writer. (New Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Addonics Technologies (San Jose, CA) introduced the Addonics FireWire Mini DigiDrive, a 7-in-1 Flash memory reader/writer. In addition to Macintosh and PC operating systems, the new device supports seven digital media formats, including CF-I,...

Fast-lane file transfer. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... MassTransit 4.1, the latest version of Group Logic's (Arlington, VA) file transfer and remote workflow software, offers enhanced security through the inclusion of OpenSSL technology in the MassTransit file transfer protocol. As a result,...

EtherShare updated. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Helios Software GmbH (Garbsen, Germany) amended its EtherShare 3.1 file and print server software with the addition of the Helios TCP/IP Print Driver. The new driver enables Mac OS 9 clients to print faster, whereas Mac OS X users benefit...

Yearbooks the EZ Book way. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... EZ Book is a standalone yearbook publishing program from Walter's Publishing Company (Waseca, MN). The software enables click-and-drag page assembly and automatically flows portrait photographs into the page layout. Available now for the PC,...

New color MFP series. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... The Aficio 1224C/1232C series is the latest family of color multifunctional systems from Ricoh Corporation (West Caldwell, NJ). The new series provides online document collation in addition to copying, printing, scanning, and optional faxing...

This is a RAID. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA) released Xserve RAID, a 3U rack storage system that incorporates 14 independent ATA/100 drive channels to deliver 2.5TB of storage capacity. As well as Apple's Java-based RAID Admin software and Rendezvous...

Color MFPs for the midrange. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Konica Business Technologies Inc. (Windsor, CT) presented two midrange color multifunctional products (MFPs) which replace the 7915 and 7920 in its family of Color Imaging Systems. The Konica 8020 and 8031 Color Imaging Systems are the first...

Chemical-free CTP. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Creo Inc. (Billerica, MA) announced that its Trendsetter 800 Quantum and Lotem 400 Quantum platesetters are capable of imaging chemical-free plates. Also available as an upgrade to existing qualified systems, the chemical-free option saves...

Servicing Dimensions. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Tech Services International (TSI; Kennett Square, PA) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Presstek Inc. According to the agreement, TSI will provide installation, spare parts distribution, and ongoing support for Presstek's...

ActiveMedia upgrade. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... WebWare ActiveMedia 4 is an upgrade to WebWare Corporation's (Sausalito, CA) flagship digital asset management solution. Formerly known as WebWare Mambo, WebWare ActiveMedia is a web services-based DAM system. Its new One-Click Access (OCA)...

Prism USA expands. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... A supplier of integrated management information systems (MIS) to the printing and graphic arts industry, Prism USA revealed its plans to expand its clientele and services in North America. A division of Prism Group, Prism USA is doubling the...

Central storage. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Tacit Networks Inc. (Somerset, NJ) announced Symmetric Storage Caching, a new product that provides storage caching capabilities to users with multiple data centers. Symmetric Storage Caching enables users to gain centralized access to work...

Matte media. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Precision Coatings Inc. (PCI; Walled Lake, MI) expanded its line of inkjet graphics media with two new releases, a fine-art canvas and a vinyl blockout banner. The former is a 15-mil. artistgrade canvas with a bright white matte finish,...

Flextight addition. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Imacon (Redmond, WA) amended its line of Flextight scanners with the Flextight 343, a high-end CCD scanner targeted at graphic arts and photographic professionals. Now shipping, the Flextight 343 sports Imacon's patented virtual drum design...

GraphicsDesk for OS X. (New Products).
April 1, 2003... Provider of royalty-free digital image content, Hemera (Hull, Canada) unveiled GraphicsDesk by Hemera for the Macintosh OS X operating system. An image browser, GraphicsDesk by Hemera enables user to browse and subscribe to Hemera's online...

Peerless Veer images. (Uncommon Stock).
April 1, 2003... Veer (Calgary, Canada) announced that it has expanded its offerings with the addition of world-class, rights-managed photographs, as well as font-previewing and image-zooming technologies. To its library of royalty-free imagery, motion, and...

Napoleon and the Courier font. (Frank Talk).(history of the Courier font is discussed)(Column)
April 1, 2003... This is a tale about Napoleon, the Rosetta Stone, typewriters, and font errors. In 1985, if you were asked to name the most used typeface in the world, the answer would not be evident. The answer was "Courier," the typeface used on IBM and...