Electronic Publishing articles from August 2000

Electronic Publishing archives from August 2000

On the road again.
August 1, 2000... KEITH HEVENOR Business travel in the summer is one of my least favorite things, but the short trip I take each July is one that I look forward to and enjoy. For the past four years, the editorial staff of Electronic Publishing, along with...

Expression 1640XL offers l600dpi.
August 1, 2000... Epson announces the Expression 1640XL large-format color flatbed scanner, which provides 1600x3200dpi resolution and 42-bit color for broader tonal range. Designed to increase productivity, the scanner offers a full color preview in 13 seconds,...

EGRM improves its price-value standard.
August 1, 2000... ECRM Imaging Systems (Tewksbury, MA) conveyed its dedication to setting a new price-value standard for high-quality platesetting with the enhancement of its thermal imaging devices. The value of ECRM's TigerCat platesetter, first introduced...

Kodak Professional adds photo printer.
August 1, 2000... Well suited to event and portrait imaging applications, Kodak Professionals (Rochester, NY) 4720 Photo Printer is designed to offer the professional photographer photographic-quality reflection prints. The new small-format A6 thermal-dye...

Gretag Imaging prices a new PlateJet.
August 1, 2000... Gretag Imaging Group (Bellingham, WA) revealed that it is offering its PlateJet Emerald CTP system, which takes advantage of the company's TWave thermal imaging technology, at a starting price of $129,000 to North American customers. The...

TechSage launches the SpinJet 1000.
August 1, 2000... Having recently been presented with Pitman Company's Digital Imaging Manufacturer of the Year award, Purup-Eskofot (Kennesaw, GA) announced the launch of the SpinJet 1000 proofer by its subsidiary, TechSage. The SpinJet 1000 is designed...

FileFlow debuts FastSend and FastStore.
August 1, 2000... Following considerable beta-testing, FileFlow (Milford, MA) has introduced its file delivery and storage solutions, FastSend and FastStore. The company's web-based file-transmission utility, FastSend implements FileFlow's proprietary Fast...

Piranha brings Byte to today's market.
August 1, 2000... Piranha Inc. (Dallas) is now shipping its Piranha Byte 1.0 data compression utility for imaging, publishing, and printing professionals. The new lossless, file-format-independent solution is capable not only of compressing files to one-eighth...

Oce unveils wide-format color scanner.
August 1, 2000... Oce's (Chicago) Wide-Format Printing Systems unit has expanded its product line to include the CS4040, its latest wide-format color scanning solution. Currently available, the Oce CS4040 is designed for use by smaller commercial printers...

Collabria offers its solution to Japan.
August 1, 2000... Collabria Inc. (San Mateo, CA) recently signed an agreement with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. giving the Tokyo company the right to distribute its PrintCommerce solution throughout Japan. PrintCommerce, a hosted application service designed to facilitate...

Encad unveils next-generation printer.
August 1, 2000... Encad Inc. (San Diego) expanded its CADJET family of wide-format, color inkjet printers with the release of the CADJET 3D. Taking advantage of the company's new MicroBurst technology, the Encad CADJET 3D is a 36-inch printer best suited to...

PrintStaff expands its web presence.
August 1, 2000... A staffing solutions agency, PrintStaff (Boston) helps A print, copy, and digital companies fulfill their staffing needs with pre-qualified print and media professionals on a short- or long-term flexible staffing, trial-to-hire, or...

Sony announces release of CRT display.
August 1, 2000... Sony (New York City) just recently released the Multiscan FW900, its flagship CRT display that combines Sony's Digital Multiscan and FD Trinitron technologies. The Sony Multiscan FW900 24-inch, superwide display features a 22.5-inch...

Canopy LLC makes its official debut.
August 1, 2000... The result of a joint venture between Xeikon N.V. and PrimeSource Corporation, Canopy LLC (Seattle) officially opened its doors on July 1. The new entity is intended to sell, integrate, service, and support all Xeikon digital printing systems...

Consolidation confusion.
August 1, 2000... Stephen Beals' review of the CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz flatbed scanner, published in the June 2000 issue, includes the incorrect statement that Heidelberg once owned Creo. We apologize for any confusion.

DRUPA after the dust -- part 2.
August 1, 2000... Last month I wrote about the validation of digital printing by Heidelberg with the introduction of its NexPress; this month I would like to look at this and other innovations in digital printing shown at DRUPA. Many of the digital printing...

Web Photo Services--Internet bubble or sea change? Part I.
August 1, 2000... It's clear why the field of Web Photo Services has garnered so much interest in the last year: money A lot of it. Many billions of dollars are at stake. Consumers now take more than 70 billion photos annually and spend more than $80 billion on...

Dr. Michael Cowpland.
August 1, 2000... Seeking innovative opportunities is what drives Corel's CEO and president, Dr. Michael Cowpland. In fact, this past spring, Cowpland won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation by the National Research Council of Canada. The award...

PDF Workflow.
August 1, 2000... WHAT A DIFFERENCE SIX MONTHS MAKES: PDF IS A FORMAT WHOSE TIME HAS COME. Since the graphic arts industry first co-opted Adobe's Portable Document Format for print and production workflow in the mid-1990s, people have been trying to figure...

Scanners.
August 1, 2000... Despite the undeniably significant advancements in both the imaging technology and the scan quality of today's popular flatbed scanners and megapixel digital cameras, drum scanners continue to be the input method of choice for achieving scans...

Why not hi-fi color.
August 1, 2000... FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT SEEMED READY TO TRANSFORM PRINTING INCLUDED THE WORLD WIDE WEB, ON-DEMAND DIGITAL PRINTING, AND HI-Fl COLOR. WELL, TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD. In the mid-1990s, most big vendors in the printing...

Super Coups[TM} cashes in on the benefits of PDF.
August 1, 2000... The company has reduced turnaround time and slashed costs by adopting a PDF workflow. Everybody likes to save money. And to most people, redeeming those coupons that arrive in the mail every month is a great way to shave several dollars...

Ford gains control of brand images.
August 1, 2000... For Ford's brand image production process, MediaBin, an Internet solution, dramatically cuts costs. Processing and managing the sheer volume of brand images Ford Motor Co. needs every day is a daunting task, says Gloria Gomah, brand imaging...

Museum cuts costs with a PDF workflow.
August 1, 2000... The Philadelphia Museum of Art uses Adobe PressReady and an Epson printer to streamline printing. Visitors to the Philadelphia Museum of Art can experience world-class artwork as well as purchase calendars, postcards, and poster...

New tool helps printer customize its preflighting.
August 1, 2000... Markzware's MarkzScout software improves efficiencies in CCPress.net's preflighting and printing process. When CCPress.net began using preflight software more than a year ago, the Baltimore-based offset printing and design house thought the...

When things can't get much worse.
August 1, 2000... In the age of consumer digital cameras, retouchers have to prepare themselves to handle some mindbogglingly bad images. In life, we sometimes have to prepare ourselves for mindbogglingly bad news. The most dangerous phrase in our...

A look at the powerful 2100XL.
August 1, 2000... UMAX's large-format scanner provides high quality and functionality at an affordable price. UMAX Technologies' PowerLook 2100XL professional flatbed scanner is available in four separate configurations, each bundled with a unique software...

Revamped Portfolio.
August 1, 2000... Extensis upgraded its DAM solution with automated and online tools. It is undeniably the electronic age. Virtually everyone wants a memo, a photo or illustration, an entire presentation, or even a movie in digital form. "Send it to me...

Linoscan family.
August 1, 2000... Heidelbergs (Kennesaw, GA) Image Capture division launched the Linoscan family of scanners. Now shipping, the Linoscan 2 is a direct replacement for the company's Saphir Ultra 2, offering the same specifications--including a l200x2400dpi...

Attention, color pros.
August 1, 2000... An image-enhancement and workflow-management solution for printers, graphic artists, service bureaus, and desktop publishers, ColorPro 6.0 from binuscan (Mamaroneck, NY) has been upgraded with an interpolation method said to enlarge images by...

Facilitating photo prints.
August 1, 2000... Olympus America Inc. (Melville, NY) unleashed its P-400 dye-sublimation printer geared toward digital imaging professionals and photographers. Offered at a suggested list price of $999, the Olympus P-400 utilizes continuous-tone,...

EtherShare update.
August 1, 2000... HELIOS Software GmbH (Hannover, Germany) introduced the latest version of its EtherShare network software. EtherShare 2.6 provides users with such new features as user- and password-protected print queues, the ability to disable background...

CRT display.
August 1, 2000... MAG Technology USA Inc.'s (Irvine, CA) 770FD 17-inch computer monitor incorporates a Sony FD Trinitron cathode ray tube (CRT) to deliver high-contrast image display at a maximum resolution of 1284x1024 pixels. The 770FD also is equipped with an...

IPTC Xtension.
August 1, 2000... Callas Software GmbH (Berlin, Germany) announced its IPTCImportsXT XTensions module for the Quark Digital Media System (QuarkDMS). The new XTension automatically extracts International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) information...

Dynamic Graphics has Digital Vision.
August 1, 2000... Dynamic Graphics Inc. (Peoria, IL), a distributor of Digital Vision Ltd's photography and stock footage collections in the U.S. and Canada, released the Digital Vision Fusion Catalog. The new catalog displays Digital Vision's latest collection,...

Browsing images online.
August 1, 2000... At FotoSearch LLC's (Waukesha, WI) website, www.fotosearch.com, designers and other graphic arts professionals can browse more than 100,000 photos and illustrations offered by 20 different stock-image providers, such as Stockbyte, Rubberball,...

VIP software.
August 1, 2000... Atlas Software B.V. (Harderwijk, The Netherlands) unveiled a new version of its PrintShop Mail Variable Information Printing (VIP) solution. As well as increased processing speeds, the latest PrintShop Mail release offers support for...

IBM upgrades.
August 1, 2000... IBM Printing Systems (Boulder, CO) released enhanced versions of its Infoprint Customizer and Infoprint Manager solutions. Designed to merge variable graphics and text for the production of customized materials, Infoprint Customizer implements...

File-exchange format.
August 1, 2000... CreoScitex (Bedford, MA) announced the release of the Content File eXchange (CFX) file format, designed to increase productivity and to automate the exchange of information between prepress, e-commerce, and other automated systems....

nput for $99.
August 1, 2000... UMAX Technologies (Fremont, CA) debuted its Astra 3400 scanner for the SOHO and web design markets at a suggested retail price of $99. The UMAX Astra 3400 features an Intelligent Image Process Engine (IIPE), 600x1200dpi resolution, an internal...

SoftRIP release.
August 1, 2000... Wasatch Computer Technology Inc. (Salt Lake City) released version 4.2 of its SoftRIP utility. The latest edition includes PostScript 3 compatibility, support for network print servers, and such new features as a Manual Print Layout tool, Paper...

Using Fabulous Fonts.
August 1, 2000... PhotoSpin Inc. (Rolling Hills Estates, CA) is currently shipping its PowerPhotos Fabulous Fonts Volumes 31 through 36, a new series of royalty-free digital images that look like fonts and behave like pictures. Universally accepted across...

IPhaser debut.
August 1, 2000... Xerox Corporation (Wilsonville, OR), having recently acquired the Tektronix printing business, unleashed its new Phaser 750 color laser printer. Offered at an estimated retail price of $2295, the Xerox Phaser 750 utilizes a 200MHz processor to...

Authoritative help.
August 1, 2000... In association with Peachpit Press, Macromedia Press (Berkeley, CA) introduced Tony Roame's FreeHand 9 Authorized. Accompanied by a cross-platform CD-ROM, the text spans more than 400 pages and comprises the entire curriculum of Macromedia...

FlightCheck enhancements.
August 1, 2000... Markzware Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) announced that it has updated its FlightCheck stand-alone preflighting application for the Macintosh to version 3.8. The latest version offers enhanced support for Adobe InDesign and Corel Corporation's CoreIDRAW....

In stock.
August 1, 2000... The Stock Market Photo Agency (TSM; New York City) added two new collections, Office and Technology, to its arsenal of digital images. Both collections house more than 2300 images each and are now available for viewing, purchasing, and...

Storage news.
August 1, 2000... Tandberg Data (Simi Valley, CA) recently introduced the Tandberg SLR100 Library. The new storage library is available in three models which range in price from $6,900 to $26,500 and in capacity from 10 to 40 tape cartridges and from one to four...

Canvas SE.
August 1, 2000... Designed with educators, students, SOHO, and similar users in mind, Deneba Software's (Miami) Canvas 7 Standard Edition (SE) is a lower-cost, trimmed-down version of the company's popular Professional image-editing and page-layout software...

Citiplate online.
August 1, 2000... Based upon a recent agreement, Citiplate Inc.'s (Roslyn Heights, NY) AQUA Duplicator photopolymer aluminum offset printing plates will be distributed online by PrintNation.com. Visitors to www.printnation.com can now order Citiplate...

On the FasTRAK.
August 1, 2000... A subsidiary of Monotype Systems Inc., PrePress Solutions (Roiling Meadows, IL) recently unveiled three new imagesetters for use with polyester and film. Serving the newspaper market, the Pantara 62 achieves output speeds of up to 75 inches per...

New from Wacom.
August 1, 2000... Wacom Technology Corporation (Vancouver, WA) introduced the next generation of its popular pressure-sensitive pen-tablet systems with the release of the PL500. Priced at $3999, the Wacom PL500 features a 15-inch active matrix TFT screen display...

Arcus addition.
August 1, 2000... The Consumer Digital Imaging Group of Agfa Corporation (Wilmington, MA) presented its new Arcus 1200 color scanner. The latest addition to the Arcus series of flatbed scanners boasts 1 200x2400dpi resolution, 36-bit color depth, and a 3.2D...

OpenOrders support.
August 1, 2000... OpenOrders Inc. (Newton, MA) announced that it has enhanced its OpenOrders order-management and fulfillment software solution for e-commerce applications with support for IBM's WebSphere Application Server. The OpenOrders software solution...

Hermstedt for high traffic.
August 1, 2000... Hermstedt (Marblehead, MA) recently launched an upgraded version of its Grand Central Pro ISDN file-transfer and cross-platform workflow solution. Grand Central Pro 2.0 performs automatic compression and decompression, supports a variety of...

A less-distorted view.
August 1, 2000... Andromeda Software Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA) unveiled its latest Adobe Photoshop-compatible plug-in, LensDoc. The LensDoc plug-in is designed specifically to correct lens and viewpoint distortions in digital images. While preserving image...

Ad management from aii.
August 1, 2000... Autologic Information International's (aii; Thousand Oaks, CA) Ad Manager V ad building and tracking systems incorporate several new features. As a result, Ad Manager V now includes support for Adobe InDesign, web-based proofing and file...

Hunt Digital Imaging.
August 1, 2000... Hunt Digital Imaging (Portsmouth, NH) launched five new media that are engineered to work well with dye-based and pigmented inks in indoor and outdoor applications. The latest additions to the company's line are Universal Poly Banner,...

Champion Web.
August 1, 2000... Champion Web (Stamford, CA) released its new WebExpress Overnight service program. The goal of WebExpress Overnight is to fulfill paper orders to most major print markets within 24 hours. According to the program, authorized buyers who place an...

Azon.
August 1, 2000... Azon (Johnson City, NY) introduced 12 new large-format media for applications ranging from fine art to banners to cling-vinyl window signage and more. The new products include papers, canvas, vinyls, scrim, and photographic media.

Don Bishop.
August 1, 2000... Working in Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia FreeHand on his Macintosh G3, Don Bishop of Portland, Oregon, creates book covers, corporate brochures, and editorial illustrations. "By merging color and texture in Photoshop, I enjoy creating collages...

Gutenberg-dot-com.
August 1, 2000... At last count more than 100 dot-com companies were competing for our attention in the brave new world of print on the Internet. They are all different; yet somehow they are the same, and confusion comes from the fact that it is hard to compare...