Electronic Publishing articles from February 2003

Electronic Publishing archives from February 2003

We needed a break. (Editorial).(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... After a year of job instability, layoffs, more work for less pay, dwindling retirement funds, a weak economy, and generally low morale, many of you decided to take what you could get--some time off... Voice mail and email are always a bit...

EFI acquires Best GmbH. (Tech News).(Electronics for Imaging Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Electronics for Imaging Inc. (EFI; Foster City, CA) announced its acquisition of Best GmbH, a leading provider of software products to the print and publishing markets. According to EFI, the acquisition complements its portfolio of graphic arts...

Delphax consolidates its operations. (Tech News).(Delphax Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Maker of cut-sheet and roll-fed digital presses, Delphax Technologies Inc. (Minnetonka, MN) plans to consolidate its manufacturing and engineering operations in North America. Manufacturing and engineering functions will take place in the...

Next-generation Harlequin RIP debuts. (Tech News).
February 1, 2003... Global Graphics Software (Waltham, MA) unveiled the Eclipse Release, the newest generation of the popular Harlequin RIP. Available to OEMs, the Harlequin RIP Eclipse Release is designed to increase the productivity, quality, and reliability of...

Sales increases posted in Q3 2002. (Economic Survey).(Brief Article)(Illustration)
February 1, 2003... The results of the IPA Quarterly Economic Survey for the third quarter of 2002 indicate an increase in sales. To take advantage of this, the 2003 IPA Marketing & Sales Conference, to be held February 7-8 at Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia...

Roland DGA Corporation announces relocation. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Roland DGA Corporation (Irvine, CA) announced that the company has moved to a larger facility. The new address--15363 Barranca Parkway--is less than a mile from Roland's previous headquarters. The new facility boasts a 4500 square-foot training...

Tally Printer expands offerings. (Tech News).
February 1, 2003... Tally Printer Corporation (Kent, WA) announced the latest addition to its product line, the Xpress T9114 Series of monochrome laser printers. Consisting of two models, the new series is capable of printing a first page in 12 seconds and boasts...

Corel Corporation premiers two applications. (Tech News).
February 1, 2003... Corel Corporation (Ottawa, Canada) introduced two new products at the XML Conference and Exhibition 2002 in Baltimore recently. The Corel Smart Graphics Studio development platform is designed to speed and simplify the creation of SVG-based...

Creo moves headquarters. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Creo Inc. (Billerica, MA) has relocated its North, South, and Central American headquarters outside of Boston. The 90,000 square-foot facility houses Creo America's executive, sales and marketing, training, and customer service teams. A 7500...

Adobe announces three releases. (Tech News).
February 1, 2003... Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, CA) is now snipping its new server products, Adobe Document Server and Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions. Implementing Adobe Acrobat and Portable Document Format (PDF), both new solutions are...

Pisces bundles JetPlate with IMPress. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Pisces-Print Imaging Sciences Inc. (Nashua, NH), a developer of inkjet CTP systems for the printing and publishing markets, signed an agreement with Ultimate Technographics. According to the agreement, Pisces will bundle Ultimate...

Online addresses corrected. (Tech News).(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2003... In the November issue on page 44, Blanchard Systems' website should have read www.blanchardsystems.com. Additionally, the Resource Guide to Imagesetters in the December issue should have listed Agfa Corporation's website as www.agfa.com. ...

Tekgraf Corporation distributes Vidar scanners. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Tekgraf Corporation (Greenville, SC), reportedly the largest distributor of Vidar products, signed an agreement to serve as the exclusive U.S. distributor of Vidar's wide-format scanning products. As a result of the new relationship, Tekgraf...

Calendar.(events for February through May of 2003)(Calendar)
February 1, 2003... Calendar FEBRUARY Top Management Conference 2003 19-23 Scottsdale, AZ 2003 Continuous Improvement Network 23-26 Chicago Annual Conference Print Oasis Print Buyers Conference 25-27 Arlington, VA ...

Workflow and the future. (What's New).(Column)
February 1, 2003... Although the show is long over I just finished my last Graph Expo meeting. My first meeting of the show was with Agfa and my last meeting was with them as well. When I began to look at what they were doing with workflow I decided I should visit...

Kim Graven-Nielsen. (Perspective).(president, CEO of Esko-Graphics)(Interview)
February 1, 2003... Kim Graven-Nielsen sees his position as president and CEO of Esko-Graphics as an opportunity to build a new company and shape the future. With a strong background in a variety of technology companies, Graven-Nielsen brings his experience and...

High-end digital cameras. (Resource Guide).(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 2003... Today, and for the foreseeable future, digital cameras are the input medium of choice. Just as digital cameras and digital camera backs are becoming more and more affordable, the technology is advancing at a rapid rate. This time last year for...

The state of photographic art is digital.(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... Digital photography has advanced so far technically and in price and performance that for most professional and nearly all commercial photographers, it is the "default" decision. "Photographers who are just getting started with a new studio...

Content control: it is becoming increasingly important not only to manage content, but also to control brand assets, digital rights, and more.(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... Digital asset management (DAM) is not new. On the contrary, the philosophy and terminology are a decade old. Given its long history, it would stand to reason that there's nothing new to discuss about DAM, right? Wrong. The assumption that DAM...

The channel-choice mutiny. (Makeready).(how to make and deploy selections in natural images)(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... If you need to create a mask for local correction, most everyone agrees that the best way to start is by finding a channel where the desired object is well defined. But sometimes that channel isn't even in the same document. That...

Luxurious design: San Francisco designer, Jennifer Sterling, enjoys crafting rich designs by infusing books, calendars, and packages with tactile pleasures such as suede, plastic, or linen covers. (Design in Action).
February 1, 2003... Jennifer Sterling creates luxurious designs such as plush suede cases with matte foil stamping that contain a photographer's cards. She's crafted an etched acrylic case carrying two sensual books that promote an artistic phone being sold for up...

Remote proofing dramatically reduces job cycle time for NAC and its clients: with GMG ColorProof digital proofing solutions, North American Color provides customers with on-site delivery of contract-quality proofs. (In the Field).
February 1, 2003... Recently, North American Color (NAC), a full-service graphic arts company, produced a 52-page, high-end catalog in two days, even though the production process comprised five parties, including the designer, client, prepress house, and printer,...

The Smithsonian: caught in a digital dichotomy; to deliver digital images, yet ensure image longevity, one of the Smithsonian's offices implemented three Imacon Flextight scanners. (In the Field).
February 1, 2003... From a New York City fire chief's helmet worn on Sept. 11 to the top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln on the night he was assassinated in 1865, The Smithsonian museums exhibit a wide range of poignant elements. Many of those items--although...

Preparing for print: Extensis' web-based tool not only preflights, but also collects, archives, and delivers files prepared for output. (Reviews: PrintReady).
February 1, 2003... In the graphic arts industry, errors are costly. Any number of challenges-a low-resolution image, missing font, or other discrepancy--can mean the difference between meeting and missing a deadline. Fortunately, Extensis recently launched a...

Fully embedding fonts: FontIncluder 2 from Callas Software seamlessly embeds fonts in EPS, DCS, and PostScript files. (Reviews: FontIncluder 2).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Chances are good that if you're involved with EPS files, you've been troubled by missing fonts. Life could be much simpler if you could be sure that fonts were always embedded in EPS and other PostScript files. Callas Software's FontIncluder 2...

Brandopoly manages assets. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Brandopoly (Washingtonville, NY) offers a full range of integrated brand management solutions for companies wanting to more efficiently leverage their assets across multiple media. The solution is scalable from single products to global,...

Fonts from Agfa. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Agfa Monotype Corporation (Wilmington, MA) added the Cool Fonts and T.26 font collections, totaling nearly 1800 products, to Fonts.com. Cool Fonts includes 27 fonts, six typeface families, and the Grunge Pack, a page of five fonts. All fonts in...

Searching for similarities. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Badia Software (Toronto) introduced Similarity XT, a new XTension for use with QuarkXPress versions 4 and 5. A search and replace engine, Similarity XT gathers similar items and makes global changes according to user specified search queries....

Sharp new controller. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Electronics for Imaging (EFI; Foster City, CA) introduced the Fiery X3e controller for Sharp's new AR-651 and AR-810 high-volume, black-and-white digital copier-printers. The Fiery X3e adds increased speed, network connectivity, and greater...

MicroPress 6.2. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... T/R Systems Inc. (Norcross, GA) announced the availability of the latest version of the company's MicroPress software solution for use with Canon USA Inc.'s imageRunner and CLC systems. MicroPress version 6.2 newly provides users the ability to...

SeaLink at Sealevel. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Sealevel Systems Inc. (Liberty, SC) unveiled its SeaLink line of serial device drivers. Simplifying the connection of serial devices directly to an Ethernet network, SeaLink Ethernet-to-serial device servers are offered in 8-, 4-, 2-, and...

Material matters. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Publisher of scientific, technical, and media information, Elsevier Science (New York City) released Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. Authored by Michael Ashby and Kara Johnson, the book assists...

Total Training at MEI. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Managing Editor Inc. (MEI; Jenkintown, PA) entered into an agreement to distribute Total Training Inc. video training solutions to MEI customers in The Americas. For example, Total Training for Adobe in Design 2.0 Macintosh and Windows...

Banner announcement. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... LexJet Direct (Sarasota, FL) unveiled the latest addition to its media line, a new banner material. Water-Resistant Polypropylene Banner is an 8-mu film targeted at the print-for-pay sign market. Now shipping at a cost of 39 cents per square...

Hiring skilled staff. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... HireSkilis.com (Bedford, NH), the national graphic arts job board, continues to grow. In fact, HireSkills.com now boasts a database of more than 20,000 job-seeking candidates in the printing, packaging, and publishing fields. According to the...

Paper for HP Indigo presses. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In response to demand from commercial printers, Eastern Paper (Amherst, MA) amended its inspire line of uncoated, untreated papers designed for use with HP indigo commercial sheetfed presses. New lightweight and heavyweight text papers, as well...

Pearl and parchment papers. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... CTI Paper USA Inc. (Sun Prairie, WI) introduced new additions to The Fine Paper Collection. Symbol Pearl is a pearlescent, mica-coated C/2S paper manufactured by Cartiera Fedrigoni of Verona, Italy. Symbol is offered in 88- and 101-pound text...

Free upgrade. (New Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Thursby Software Systems (Arlington, TX) is offering customers of Dave 4.0 a free downloadable upgrade to Dave version 4.0.2. Among the improvements to Dave, the company's professional cross-platform file and printer sharing solution, are...

A human touch to type. (Fresh Faces).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... RubberBall Productions (Orem, UT) introduced its latest royalty-free image CD, Human Type. In this imaginative release, professional dancers form the shape of type elements. Human Type contains not only the entire alphabet in uppercase...

Chet Phillips. (Digital Gallery).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... For more than a decade, Chet Phillips has used the natural media software, Corel Painter, to create illustrations for both commercial clients and personal work. Building from a traditional fine arts education and a dozen years of using...

The pig in the python. (Frank Talk).
February 1, 2003... At an Xplor Canada conference in Montreal Bill Broddy of Prinova presented the hypothesis that digital printing was born and will die with the baby boomer generation. Well, that's not exactly what he said, but it is my interpretation. Let me...