Electronic Publishing articles from January 2005

Electronic Publishing archives from January 2005

Welcome to 2005.(EDITORIAL)
January 1, 2005... The first time I celebrated a new year as a journalist covering the printing and publishing industry was in 1992, and a lot has happened between now and then. Back then, technology was advancing rapidly and the graphic arts industry was...

Reading the crystal ball.(WHAT'S NEW)(forecasts of publishing industry)(Editorial)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 2005... It's that time of year when I reflect on what happened in our industry last year and drag my crystal ball out of the closet to look at what may happen this year. 2004 was an exciting year with DRUPA, and all of its pre- and post-show...

HP launches 14 products.(tech news)(Hewlett-Packard Company)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) has released 14 new imaging and printing systems, including four new multifunction products (MFPs) and a large-format printer, targeted at enterprise and mid-size businesses. Addressing the...

EFI drives Canon devices.(tech news)(Electronics For Imaging Inc.)(EFI DocStream 5 color print server for the Canon Color imageRunner C3220 digital printing system)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Electronics for Imaging (EFI; Foster City, CA), together with Canon U.S.A., has introduced three digital imaging and printing technologies for graphics, business, and production color environments. The EFI DocStream 5 color print server...

Flint Ink unveils inks, new division.(tech news)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Flint Ink (Ann Arbor, MI) has launched the new Global Sheetfed Division, designed to deliver the company's ArrowStar products to the sheetfed commercial and package printing markets worldwide. The company also recently introduced...

LG Electronics debuts flexible LCD.(tech news)(Liquid crystal displays)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... LG Electronics (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) has expanded its product line with the Ultra Slim family of LCDs. To date, the Ultra Slim Series sports two offerings: the 17-inch Flatron L1780U and the 19-inch Flatron L1980U. LG Electronics'...

Calendar.(printinf industry)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... FEBRUARY The InDesign 3-4 Miami Printing Association of Conference Espanol Florida, 877/396-7200, www.theindesignconference.com Graphics of the 4-6...

Outlook 2005: from all indications, service providers remain conservatively confident as they enter a new year and hope to put a slow economy behind them.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... "Cautious optimism" is the phrase that has been popping up in articles and conversations when the topic turns to the possibilities for 2005. It's a phrase that neatly captures the mood of the business community as the new year begins. No one...

How China's growth is affecting North American printers: Asian printers broadcast that they can save North American print buyers up to 40 percent on print jobs. Facing the heated competition, domestic printers fight back.
January 1, 2005... You might not be aware of the quantity of products being printed overseas, but if you start to turn over coloring books, calendars, coffee-table books, stationery, children's books, greeting cards, and much more, you will be surprised....

Color copier/printers.(RESOURCE GUIDE)(Illustration)
January 1, 2005... today's market bears a wealth of options for not only small and medium-size businesses, but also large enterprise environments and print providers seeking color output devices capable of high-volume and high-quality copying and printing....

Life on the edge: most images need sharpening, but one size doesn't fit all. Getting the best result depends on understanding that sharpening is really a form of blurring, that several strategies are possible, and that the key is the Radius.(MAKEREADY)
January 1, 2005... You can't get far in the graphic arts without getting good at finding workarounds. The following is an unusual example. Figure B appears to the casual observer to be Figure A after Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter has been applied. In fact,...

A high-speed operation grows with one-to-one marketing: affinity improves efficiency and productivity after implementing six IBM Infoprint 4100 continuous laser printers and variable data software from PrintSoft Americas.(in the field)(Affinity Processing Services)
January 1, 2005... When email marketing blurbs are tossed in the spam bucket, phone sales blocked by the National Do Not Call Registry, and TV ads skipped by TiVO-like devices, what's a customer-hungry company to do? Affinity Processing Services (APS),...

Offset printer adds short-run capability with a new color printing system: Cahill Printing opens doors to the print-on-demand market by implementing Konica Minolta's new bizhub PRO 8050, a 50-page-per-minute color printer/copier/scanner.(in the field)
January 1, 2005... Over the last few years, Cahill Printing had been seriously looking to supplement its fleet of offset printing presses--Heidelberg, Hamada, and Miehle--with a color digital imaging system that was capable of servicing the growing color...

Industry sees an increased interest in environmentally responsible papers: paper suppliers and buyers seek to increase the purchase of recycled papers and improve paper manufacturing processes to promote the preservation of natural resources.(the digital paper PLATFORM)
January 1, 2005... When you think of how much paper was used to print more than 17 million copies of the large-volume Harry Potter books in the last few years, it's hard to imagine that anyone was thinking about environmental concerns. But Raincoast Books in...

Inkjet announcement.(new products)(Oce (Chicago))(Oce CS6060 )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Oce (Chicago) has introduced a low-solvent, large-format inkjet printer, the Oce CS6060. A 64-inch-wide printer, the Oce CS6060 is capable of outputting 176 square feet per hour at true 720X720dpi resolution, or 330 square feet per hour at...

Inspired by nature.(new products)
January 1, 2005... Alien Skin (Raleigh, NC) has begun shipping Eye Candy 5: Nature, a set of 10 plug-in filters for use with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, and Macromedia Fireworks. Among the filters offered in Nature are Corona...

Plug-ins for Photoshop.(new products)(nColor Converter and PhotoPro Tools software tools)(Aurelon (Eindhoven, The Netherlands))(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Aurelon (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) has unveiled its nColor Converter and PhotoPro Tools software tools. Aurelon's new Adobe Photoshop-compatible plug-ins are available for Mac OS X and Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. Aurelon nColor...

A wealth of wares.(FRESH FACES)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... International Typeface Corporation (ITC; Wilmington, MA) has added 37 new fonts--from the ITC Astro, ITC Tyke, ITC Resavska, and ITC Anna families--to its collection. Inspired by "The Jetsons" cartoon series, ITC Astro is offered in solid and...

Jae Shim.(digitalgallery)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... For the past 12 years, Jae Shim, a freelance artist based in Irving, Texas, has been creating illustrations for clients such as Hughes Electronics, Compaq, Computer Associates, BusinessWeek, the Los Angeles Times, and McGraw Hill. Shim...

Michael H. Bruno, February 1911-January 2005.(FRANK TALK)(Obituary)
January 1, 2005... "Printing was my vocation for all my working life. Ninety years of my life were spent in the 20th century. I had the good fortune of being where the action was during the most active period since printing was invented."--Michael H. Bruno ...