Electronic Publishing articles from December 2004

Electronic Publishing archives from December 2004

Thanks for coming.(Editorial)
December 1, 2004... Early in November, Electronic Publishing hosted the Print Workflow Summit in two locations on the East Coast. Drawing nearly 200 people across its two locations, the full-day conferences covered everything from page layout and customer service...

A fitting PostScript.(WHAT'S NEW)(Adobe Systems Inc.'s anniversary celebrations of its PostScript printers)
December 1, 2004... What was the world of type, graphics, illustration, photography, video, and printing like 20 years ago? From today's viewpoint, it was like something between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. We actually set type by hand; we used machines that...

Canon debuts 14 new products.(tech news)(Canon U.S.A. Inc)
December 1, 2004... During its Digital Solutions Forum 2004 in Las Vegas, Canon U.S.A. (Lake Success, NY) introduced 14 new printing solutions, including new black-and-white and color-enabled imageRunner imaging systems, in one of the largest product introductions...

Flint Ink launches company.(tech news)(Progressive Media LLC formed)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Flint Ink Corporation (Ann Arbor, MI) has formed and staffed a new venture: Progressive Media LLC. Progressive Media LLC is a new company designed to provide workflow color-management solutions that encompass not only hardware and software...

Quark offers free English tech support.(tech news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Quark (Denver) announced that, beginning the first of this month, it is providing free technical support for its English-speaking customers. Quark's latest announcement not only comes in direct response to customer requests, but also reaffirms...

ColorSpan expands DisplayMaker line, reduces prices.(tech news)(MacDermid ColorSpan)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... MacDermid ColorSpan (Minneapolis) has released the DisplayMaker 72UVR, a new wide-format flatbed UV inkjet printer. The DisplayMaker 72UVR employs 16 Micro-Quad piezo-electric printheads to achieve 600X600dpi print quality at speeds of up...

Lexmark presents four printers.(tech news)(Lexmark International Group Inc)
December 1, 2004... Lexmark International (Lexington, KY) expanded its product family with four new offerings, including color and black-and-white laser printers. Designed for workgroup environments, the Lexmark C760 and C762 color laser printers take...

Adobe introduces three offerings.(tech news)(Adobe systems Inc.)
December 1, 2004... Adobe systems Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced advancements around its Acrobat software and resources for creative professionals, publishers, and print service providers. With the release of version 7.0, Adobe has greatly expanded the...

X-Rite unveils Pulse ColorElite.(tech news)(X-Rite Photo Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... X-Rite Photo Marketing (Grandville, MI) introduced its portable color management solution for the professional photography market, the Pulse ColorElite System. For color-managing monitors, scanners, digital cameras, and printers, the...

Calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2004... JANUARY Macworld 10-14 San Francisco www.macworldexpo.com Conference & Expo FEBRUARY Graphics of 4-6 Miami www.graphicsoftheamericas.com the Americas The InDesign 3-4 Miami Printing...

Richard Herbert: president and COO Pantone.(PERSPECTIVE)(chief operating officer)(Interview)
December 1, 2004... An educational background in computer engineering and business and a vision for the digital application of a standard color language have driven Richard Herbert in every position he has held at Pantone over the years. Currently president, he is...

2004 Hot Products.(Cover Story)
December 1, 2004... IN A DRUPA YEAR, ONE MIGHT EXPECT A BEVY OF PRODUCT HARDWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS, but something about this year was different. It seems as though we've reached a level of maturity in hardware and technology that has us focusing on the workflow and...

The ever-expanding universe of CTP: with new devices and technology on the horizon, CTP is changing as it moves down through the ranks of small to mid-size printers.(computer-to-plate printing)
December 1, 2004... The Big Bang theory posits that the entire universe started with what must have been the biggest explosion in history. The force of the explosion was so great, goes the theory, that bits of the universe continue to expand ever outward even...

CTP devices.(RESOURCE GUIDE)(computer-to-plate printing)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2004... as an increasing number of businesses move toward an all-digital workflow, CTP hardware is finding a home in a wide variety of shops, ranging in size as much as in expertise. In response, so too has the breadth of product offerings from major...

Self-service personalized printing: Canadian printer streamlines its workflow and offers online personalized printing by using Accelerator/WebNative/FullPress combination.(in the field)(Hemlock Printers Ltd)
December 1, 2004... When you're a printer offering personalized printing to your customers, it's a good idea to simplify the variable data aspect however you can, to minimize errors and streamline the workflow. That's why Hemlock Printers Ltd., a commercial...

The Marsid-M&M Group boosts sales with strong Internet presence: new website attracts business and speeds production time.(in the field)
December 1, 2004... Whether searching for the trendiest presents or cookbooks of the holiday season or after-the-holidays diet books, many people turn to the Internet for solutions. Because the Internet provides the answers to many searches, Sid Halpern and Barry...

Personalization quadruples sales: Goodway Graphics leverages its Xerox iGen3 digital press, XMPie PersonalEffect software, and Mohawk 50/10 plus paper to produce customized direct marketing campaigns.(the digital paper PLATFORM)
December 1, 2004... When customers such as Harvard Business School started dropping its print orders from 10,000 units to 2000 because information can be posted so easily on the Internet, Goodway Graphics in Burlington, Massachusetts, knew it needed to rethink its...

Under pressure: Wacom's next-generation tablet expands usability, functionality, and pressure sensitivity.(reviews)(Wacom Technology Corp.)(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 1, 2004... As digital content creators with a preference for such traditional media as pencil and paper, we're always interested in innovations that enable us to work more naturally in the digital realm. For this reason, the latest generation of Wacom's...

Slim LCDs.(new products)(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America enhances its Liquid crystal displays line)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (Itasca, IL) has updated and expanded its AccuSync family of flat-panel desktop displays. The company's LCD monitor series now sports a slim cabinet design and two new 20-inch models, the ASLCD200VX...

PDF-centric products.(new products)(portabel document format)(Enfocus Software)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Enfocus Software (San Mateo, CA) has begun shipping its new Instant PDF 3.0 standalone software tool, designed to aid in the production of press-ready PDF files. Priced at $199 and taking advantage of Certified PDF technology, Instant PDF 3.0...

Expanded PentaSuite.(new products)(PentaWare Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... PentaWare (Ports-mouth, NH) has added a new tool, PentaPDF, to its PentaSuite 7.1 software package. PentaSuite 7.1 is a comprehensive file-management system that enables users to compress, encrypt, view, upload/download, store, and deliver...

Rapida release.(new products)(KBA North America launches new sheetfed press)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... KBA North America (Williston, VT) announced the North American debut of its Rapida 105, a 41-inch sheetfed press. Targeted at the paper, board, and plastic market segments, the Rapida 105 achieves speeds of up to 18,000 sheets per hour and...

Proofing products.(new products)(CGS Publishing Technologies International)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... CGS Publishing Technologies (Minneapolis) has expanded its color-proofing portfolio to include ORIS Soft Proof. Based on the company's hard-copy proofing technology, the ORIS Soft Proof plug-in works with the Standard and Professional versions...

Furthering education.(new products)(Delphax Technologies Inc. launches new web press)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Delphax Technologies (Minneapolis) has introduced its new CR2000 digital web press to the North American audience. During Graph Expo, the CR2000 press could be seen outputting classic novels--at a rate of 3600 six- by nine-inch pages per...

In-process QC.(new products)(quality control software from Markzware Software)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... FlightCheck Studio, the latest innovation from Markzware (Santa Ana, CA), is a new quality-control software solution targeted at ad agencies, design studios, book publishers, and independent graphic designers. FlightCheck Studio is designed to...

Warhol lives on.(new products)(Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts signs Corbis Corp. as its licensing partner)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Corbis (Seattle) has been named by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as the exclusive licenser of digital Warhol artwork on a global basis. Warhol dictated in his will that his entire estate contribute to the formation of a...

Expanded offering.(new products)(Wacom Technology Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Wacom Technology Corporation (Vancouver, WA) has announced that it is bundling Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, Corel Painter Essentials 2.0, and nik multimedia's nik Color Efex Pro 2 GE with the company's Graphire3 pen tablets. Adobe Photoshop...

Third anniversary.(new products)(StaffingTools.com)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... StaffingTools.com (Bloomington, IN) and its Prepress Training Solution division not only celebrated its third anniversary, but also unveiled its new brand identity during Graph Expo 2004 in Chicago. Prepress Training Solutions unveiled two new...

The bar code.(FRANK TALK)
December 1, 2004... In 1932, a business student named Wallace Flint wrote a master's thesis in which he envisioned a supermarket where customers would perforate cards to mark their selections; at the checkout counter they would insert them into a reader, which...