Electronic Publishing articles from August 2005

Electronic Publishing archives from August 2005

Graphic arts Hall of Fame.(EDITORIAL)
August 1, 2005... In late June, my family and I made our first visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. I had heard good things about it, and though I'm not what you might consider an avid baseball fan, I do enjoy the game, and as a lifelong...

Printing with a conscience.(WHAT'S NEW)
August 1, 2005... Paper is one of those things that most people take for granted. Yes, even those of us in the printing industry are guilty. We usually think about it as a raw material, what it costs, and how it prints. We may even consider how it packs and...

Print '05 preview.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... Next month, approximately 80,000 graphic arts professionals will gather at McCormick Place in Chicago for Print '05, the largest U.S. printing show. The event runs seven days and boasts more than 750,000 square feet of exhibit space and many...

Heidelberg.(at Print 2005)
August 1, 2005... Heidelberg (Kennesaw, GA) will have a monstrous presence at the Print show, with more than 76,000 square feet of exhibits, 600 staff members, 40 live demo jobs, and a host of printing and finishing equipment and workflow software. In a Print...

Quark Inc.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... At a preview event for journalists in Denver in June, Quark Inc. unveiled many new features of QuarkXPress 7, some of which are secret until the product's release by the end of this year. Of the many features already public, perhaps one of the...

EFI.(Electronics for Imaging Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... EFI (Foster City, CA) attracted an impressive number of users to its annual Connect User Group meeting in Miami in mid June, and journalists were invited to attend to receive an overview of the company's latest initiatives and get a preview of...

Presstek.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... Presstek Inc. (Hudson, NH) has unveiled its latest digital imaging solutions, the Vector TX52 thermal platesetter. A 2-up, chemistry-free metal CTP system, the Vector TX52 is designed to make environmentally friendly, metal CTP technology...

Kodak.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... Eastman Kodak Company's Graphic Communications Group (Rochester, NY) will introduce its enterprise management solution (EMS) that streamlines information through a plant by integrating print and business workflows. As printing companies...

MAN Roland.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... MAN Roland (Westmont, IL) is rumored to have the largest press at Print '05: the Roland 900 XXL. In a booth themed "Big Advantages," MAN Roland will demonstrate the 64-inch version of its Roland 900 XXL extra-large sheetfed press. The...

Muller Martini.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... Muller Martini (Hauppauge, NY) will demonstrate its three new print finishing solutions--the Tempo 22 stitcher, Presto saddle stitcher, and Bolero 3028 perfect-binding system--during Print '05 in Chicago. The Tempo 22, a high-speed stitcher...

Calendar.(show insider)
August 1, 2005... calendar SEPTEMBER Print '05 & Converting 9-15 Chicago Graphic Arts Show '05 Company (GASC), 703/264-7200, ...

Excellence in innovation.(Cover Story)
August 1, 2005... "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower," says Steve Jobs, who holds, among many impressive titles, that of co-founder and CEO of Apple. On the pages that follow, we celebrate a wealth of companies that are leading their...

Staples makes a splash with InDesign.(design in action)
August 1, 2005... As summer fades and fall rolls around, the heat may be subsiding outside, but it's intensifying inside Staples' creative department. After all, the fall is a hot time of year for Staples, the world's largest office products company. As...

Crossing the finish line: long an integral part of any traditional printing operation, finishing is finding its way into more digital environments as customers demand increasingly complex print jobs.
August 1, 2005... What good is a modern, state-of-the-art digital printing device without a capable finishing solution? Thousands of digital printers are installed in the field pumping out pages that need to be folded, stapled, scored, or otherwise bound to...

Digital finishing equipment.(RESOURCE GUIDE)
August 1, 2005... Having made the move to digital printing, many print service providers are further expanding their businesses with digital finishing solutions. And today's market bears a wide array of digital finishing options, including folders, stackers,...

Versatile creative company prints short-run projects; with a new Xante CL30 color laser printer added to its lineup of printers, Sands Creative Group produces different-size projects on thicker papers.(the digital paper PLATFORM)
August 1, 2005... Companies in the graphic arts market are constantly breaking boundaries with mergers and acquisitions, and by adding untraditional services to traditional businesses. Sands Creative Group, a Boston-based visual marketing company, has been...

Beyond scanning: Epson's new 10000XL scanning system combines powerful hardware and software.(reviews)
August 1, 2005... Scanning is an area of prepress that I have worked with since 1977. Over the past three decades, I have been involved in the development of many scanner technologies. At the same time, I've employed scanners that range from the large...

Making headlines.
August 1, 2005... This is the story of another bygone era, when separate machines set text and display type, which were later assembled at paste-up. The Linotype, Intertype, and Monotype were metal text casters that maxed out at about 14 points, and headlines...