Electronic Publishing articles from January 2003

Electronic Publishing archives from January 2003

Krause announces the LS Jet II. (Tech News).
January 1, 2003... Krause CTP Limited (Milford, CT) amended its LaserStar family of CTP devices with the new LS Jet II. Offered with a choice of light sources--either YAG laser or violet laser diode--the LS Jet II is a newspaper platesetter capable of...

Roland introduces printer/cutter. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Roland DGA Corporation (Irvine, CA) unveiled the latest addition to its Pro II series, the SOLJET Pro II printer/cutter. The new wide-format solvent device does not require special ventilation, and can automatically contour-and precision-cut...

Imacon extends its product line. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... During the PhotoPlus Expo in New York, Imacon (Redmond, WA) introduced three new products. The Ixpress digital camera back, equipped with a Kodak 16-megapixel sensor and Imacon's Double duration Circuit (000) sensor control, can capture...

Oki Data introduces two new color printers. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Oki Data Americas Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ) presented a new generation of its printers with Single Pass Color Technology. The OKI 09300 and 09500, both capable of up to 1200x1200dpi resolution and outputting up to 37ppm in black and white and...

Monaco Systems launches new profiling solutions. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Monaco Systems Inc. (Andover, MA) unveiled two new color-profiling solutions during the recent PhotoPlus Expo. Targeted at the professional digital photography market, MonacoDCcolor employs the same technology in MonacoProfiler to...

Hewlett-Packard completes product integration. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) completed the integration of Compaq- and HP-branded equipment, which culminated in the release of six workstations and four displays. The new HP Workstations xw4000, xw5000, xw6000, and xw8000 offer...

Macromedia unveils Contribute web-publishing software. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Macromedia Inc. (San Francisco) designed its newest desktop software to bring the power of web publishing to nontechnical users. With Contribute, business users and content creators can update, add, and publish web content to existing...

Latran Technologies debuts. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Recently, Latran Technologies LLC (Bedford, MA) debuted as the new name for Polaroid Graphics Imaging (PGI), a provider of digital halftone proofing systems to the industry. Roughly one year ago, PGI began its quest for a new and fresh...

Leaf premiers the Valeo family. (Tech News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Two portable digital camera backs comprise the new Leaf Valeo from Leaf America (Elmsford, NY). For studio and location photography, both new offerings include a Leaf Valeo digital camera back, the Leaf Digital Magazine, and the Leaf...

What lies ahead? (What's New).(printing and publishing)
January 1, 2003... Happy New Year! Yes, it is the beginning of another year, which means it is time for me to take out my crystal ball, some Windex, and a microfiber cloth for a look at what 2003 will mean for our industry. Last January I talked about CTP,...

The year ahead 2003.(printing and publishing)
January 1, 2003... For most of 2002, the world held its collective breath and braved a series of onslaughts, large and small. Between the threat of more ferror at home in the United States, the war on terror, shocking revelations about financial misconduct in...

Perspective: Jeff Jacobson.(Kodak Polychrome Graphics)(Interview)
January 1, 2003... Jeff Jacobson thought he wanted to practice labor law, but the graphic arts industry had other plans for him. Armed with a bachelor's degree in management and a master's degree in labor relations, Jacobson began his career in human relations...

DI presses. (Resource Guide To).(direct imaging presses)(Buyers Guide)
January 1, 2003... Direct imaging (DI) presses continue to gain favor in the graphic arts industry, especially in short-run applications requiring high quality and a fast turnaround. It is no wonder, considering they provide a streamlined workflow with accurate...

A higher standard.
January 1, 2003... Judging from questions and comments on the various industry forums, it appears that there is very little understanding of the current standards activities that impact the printing and publishing industry. Most of the standards articles that...

At HarperCollins Publishers, designers deliver quality files: using the Extensis PrintReady solution, in-house designers and freelancers at HarperCollins eliminate file problems. (In the Field).(advertising )
January 1, 2003... If a new book is scheduled to hit bookstores on a certain date, and the public is anticipating that book, the last thing a publishing company wants to do is miss its deadline. But it can happen, and sometimes the culprit is as small as a...

A crumpled billboard charms a sizeable audience: with its NUR printers, Imago produces innovative wide-format and super-wide format projects, such as a baby wrinkling a billboard for Heinz. (In the Field).(advertising )
January 1, 2003... At Imago in Caracas, Venezuela, innovation is a core value. Recently, the company demonstrated its innovative techniques by producing a 15x6-meter billhoard of a charming baby wrinkling a Heinz baby food ad. The client, ad agency Leo...

Achieving accurate color: MonacoProfiler enables a color-managed workflow, without requiring a full understanding of the technology. (Reviews).
January 1, 2003... I need consistent and reliable color. I do not need another technological advance that is difficult to grasp and to implement. I must admit that, for this reason, I shied away from color management tools in the past. Not long ago, however, I...

To the last drop: Strydent Software's InkSaver is designed to extend the life of your ink cartridges. (Reviews).
January 1, 2003... Just as inkjet printers continue to advance technologically, they are becoming less and less expensive. But whereas desktop inkjet printers begin at less than $50, fueling the devices with ink is considerably more expensive. Strydent...

Ridding red-eye: RedEyePro salvages photos spoiled by retina reflection. (Reviews).(Andromeda Software)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... It has happened to the best of us, and to the best of our images. It's red-eye, which results from light reflected off a persons or an animal's retina. I've had some of my best photographs ruined by glowing red, green, or gold eyes. Despite...

30ppm in color. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Xerox Corporation (Wilsonville, OR) debuted the Xerox Phaser 7300 tabloid color printer for busy office environments. The Xerox Phaser 7300 workgroup color printer achieves print speeds of up to 30ppm in color and 37ppm in black and white....

Redax documents. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Provider of PDF-related software, Appligent (Lansdowne, PA) released Redax 3.0, a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and higher. Redax 3.0 enables users not only to remove sensitive information from PDF files, but also to delete it from the PDF...

PDI CTP plates. (New Products).(Printing Developments Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Printing Developments Inc. (PDI; Racine, WI) amended its CTP product line with the release of two new printing plates. Capable of achieving up to 250,000 impressions unbaked or 1 million baked, the Matrix Thermal plate is reported to be...

Oce Printing Systems at Xplor. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Oce Printing Systems USA Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) presented the new Oce VarioPrint 5000 line of cut-sheet printing systems while exhibiting at Xplor in Anaheim, California. Based on Oce's Adaptable Imaging Architecture, the Oce VarioPrint 5000...

Dell Precision. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Dell Computer Corporation (Austin, TX) introduced three additions to its Precision Workstation product family. The Dell Precision Workstation 650 and 450 sport dual Intel Xeon processors, whereas the Precision 350 is a uniprocessor...

SchwarzKopf Old and New. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Now available, the 8th catalog from P22 Type Foundry (Buffalo, NY) includes the entire P22 collection, selections from the International House of Fonts, and music and merchandise from the company's side projects. Included in the new catalog...

Lexmark innovations. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Lexmark International Inc. (Lexington, KY) launched three new printing devices. The Lexmark W812 monochrome printer is capable of print speeds to 26ppm and a first-print time of eight seconds. The first tabloid (A3) laser printer from Lexmark...

Dust your DCPs. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The OmniVac, the latest innovation from Xeikon (Wood Dale, IL), is an Advanced Internal Air Treatment System designed for Xeikon digital color presses. Said to reduce operator maintenance time by up to 50 percent, the Xeikon OmniVac removes...

Company debut. (New Products).(Kano Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A new storage-solutions company premiered during COMDEX in Las Vegas. Kano Technologies Corporation (Garden Grove, CA), launched by Richard Young, focuses on developing, selling, and supporting complete, next-generation optical storage...

Joining AbleStock. (Uncommon Stock).
January 1, 2003... Hemera (Seattle) introduced a new design tool for creative professionals, the AbleStock Membership. With the AbleStock Membership, creatives can download an unlimited number of royalty-free digital images from the extensive AbleStock...

Engineering creative ideas. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Idea-engineering.com (Vienna, Austria) and bestselling author Mario Pricken announce the launch of a two-day training course targeted at advertising, marketing, and design professionals. The course is based on Pricken's book Creative...

Pressed for time? (New Products).
January 1, 2003... StockLayouts LLC (Beaverton, OR), a graphic design and production company, announced the availability of its high-end design layout templates for purchase and download in QuarkXPress, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, and Microsoft Publisher...

IKON offering. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... IKON Office Solutions Inc. (Valley Forge, PA) launched the Canon imageRUNNER Pro 150+, targeted at commercial printers, corporate in-plants, data centers, and service bureaus. The new high-end, production-level output device achieves print...

Put gravity to work for you. (New Products).(Litttrell Associates)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Littrell Associates (Groveland, MA) announced an alternative to large, pricey electro-mechanical platestackers. Manufactured by RobertjamesDesigns LLC, the GravityStack 48 platestacker is targeted at small- to medium-size printers requiring a...

New Expression. (New Products).(Pinnacle Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Pinnacle Expression, new from Pinnacle Systems Inc. (Mountain View, A), is a software solution for publishing digital photos and videos to CD and DVD. In addition to implementing automatic slideshow creation, users can rotate photos, arrange...

Server supporting server. (New Products).(Ancept Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Ancept Inc. (Minneapolis), a provider of digital asset management solutions, announced that its Ancept Media Server provides support for the new Adobe Graphics Server 2.0. That is, Ancept customers can access Adobe Graphics Server image...

Fiery X5 inside. (New Products).(Electronics for Imaging)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Electronics for Imaging's (EFI; Foster City, CA) Fiery X5 technology powers the new Minolta Pi8500Pro server. The Pi8500Pro server is intended to maximize the capabilities of the Minolta DiALTA Di850, an 85ppm, black-and-white printer/copier...

Compact photo studio. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Argraph Corporation (Carlstadt, NJ) announced the availability of the Samigon Internet Photo Studio. Priced at $200, the compact lighting solution assists users as they take professional digital photographs of small objects for use on the...

A new Digimaster. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Heidelberg USA (Rochester, NY) amended its family of digital printing solutions with the release of the Digimaster 9150i Network Imaging System. Targeted at the high-volume, black-and-white digital printing market, the Heidelberg Digimaster...

InfoPrint expansion. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... During Xplor 2002, IBM Printing Systems (Boulder, CO) introduced two new members of its InfoPrint 4100 product family. The InfoPrint H52 simplex model and HD3/HD4 duplex model are priced at $490,000 and $990,000, respectively. Each new...

An LCD for $699. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... The Formac Gallery 1740 OX from Formac Electronic Inc. (Berkeley, CA) is a 17.4-inch LCD priced less than $700. The first release in the company's new oxygen line, the 1740 OX is a more affordable version of Formac's award winning gallery...

Shrunken PDF. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... At PDF Conference West in Las Vegas, Apago Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) unleashed version 2.0 of its PDFshrink and PDFshrink Lite applications for Mac OS X. Now available, both software solutions are capable of reducing the size of most PDF files to...

Extreme DVD+RW/R drive. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Following the recent launch of the company, Kano Technologies Corporation (Cypress, CA) debuted its first product at COMDEX in Las Vegas. An internal DVD+RW/R drive, the K2Extreme is combined with NTI Backup NOW! software to form a complete...

Six Degree update. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... During COMDEX, Creo Inc. (Billerica, MA) introduced Six Degrees version 1.5. Available as a free upgrade to users of version 1.0, Six Degrees software works automatically to connect and display email messages, files, and people related to...

The business of publishing. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... The new Corel Ventura 10 page-layout and publishing software solution is now available from Corel Corporation (Ottawa, Canada). Corel Ventura 10 is a professional business publishing tool designed for the creation of highly formatted,...

Xante unveils PlateMaker 4. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Offering a more economic alternative to the CTP market, Xante's (Mobile, AL) PlateMaker 4 outputs paper or polyester plates at sizes up to 13x19 inches and resolutions up to 2400x2400dpi. Xante's Plate Electronically Clean Technology, XPECT,...

Helios offers hot folders. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... In its 4th generation ImageServer 2.5, Helios (Garbsen, Germany) supports server-based image transformation, repurposing, and conversion, meaning that users can automatically convert file format, resolution, color space, and compression for...

GMG manages color. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... The GMG (Tuebingen, Germany) ColorProof System runs on standard PCs under a Windows NT or Windows 2000 Server and consists of three components: the GMG Color Engine, the Profile Editor, and the GMG software RIR Together with a variety of...

Ricoh boosts color line. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... The Aficio CL3000 and Aficio CL5000 from Ricoh (West CaIdwell, NJ) boast automatic features and network capability options with minimal maintenance requirements at a low price point. The CL3000 prints 16.9ppm color and 21ppm black and white...

Creo improves TrapWise. (New products).
January 1, 2003... Sporting enhanced abilities for PDF workflows, improved font support, optimized document views, and the ability to deactivate raster-to-vector traps, version 3.6 of TrapWise software from Creo (Billerica, MA) is compatible with all...

Upgrade announcement. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Miramar Systems Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA) announced the availability of its PC MACLAN version 9.0. A bidirectional networking software solution for users of Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP systems, PC MACLAN enables the sharing of files,...

Encad grows media line. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Based on a new, exclusive universal inkjet coating, Encad (San Diego), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak, has introduced its second-generation Premium Photographic Papers and Films. The new coating is compatible with a wide range of thermal...

A convoluted history. (Frank Talk).
January 1, 2003... Claude Garamond begot a typeface that has survived eponymous imposters, a fanatical Cardinal, a forensic female typographer, hot and cold typesetting, and a host of competitive digital fonts. The story begins in France when he was born...