Electronic Publishing articles from January 2006

Electronic Publishing archives from January 2006

Contagious enthusiasm.(seminars on CTP technology )(Column)
January 1, 2006... I just returned from five busy days in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where I had the privilege of delivering a series of seminars on CTP technology to attendees of Gulf Print and Gulf Pack, the large (and growing) annual industry show for the...

Not-so-fearless predictions.(Column)
January 1, 2006... Well here we are once again at the beginning of a new year, when I will dust off my sometimes trusty crystal ball and look ahead at the year to come. It is becoming more difficult to make these annual predictions as the industry, from both...

MacDermid ColorSpan unveils UV printer.(product enhancement)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... MacDermid ColorSpan (Minneapolis), having installed more than 400 of its 72-inch UV inkjet printers over the past 12 months, has introduced a 98-inch model. The DisplayMaker 98UVX is the company's third flatbed/roll-fed hybrid,...

Riso delivers ultra-high printing speeds.(RZ990 printer-duplicator )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... New from Riso Inc. (Danvers, MA), the RZ990 is a printer-duplicator capable of print speeds reaching 180 pages per minute, or 10,800 pages per hour. The ultra-high-speed digital duplicator boasts 600dpi printing and scanning capabilities....

NUR Macroprinters debuts Expedio 3200.(product enhancement of NUR Macroprinters)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... NUR Macroprinters (Moonachie, NJ) has expanded its line of wide-format production inkjet printing systems with the NUR Expedio 3200. A roll-fed, UV-inkjet press, the NUR Expedio 3200 is designed for wide-format applications, ranging from...

Alienware launches two mobile workstations.(tech news)
January 1, 2006... Alienware (Miami, FL) has introduced two new mobile workstations well suited to creative professionals. Alienware's MJ-12 m7700a delivers high performance and reliability in demanding, memory-intensive digital content applications, thanks...

Wacom expands its Intuos3 line.(Intuos3 pressure-sensitive pen tablets)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Wacom Technology Corporation (Vancouver, WA) has introduced two new products in its family of Intuos3 pressure-sensitive pen tablets. Wacom specifically designed its new Intuos3 12x19 tablet for designers, artists, and photographers who are...

IPEX previews show plans.( National Exhibition Center in Birmingham )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... More than 60 journalists from around the world gathered at the National Exhibition Center (NEC) in Birmingham, UK during November for a preview of the IPEX show, scheduled to take place April 4-11, 2006. During the meeting, organizers shared...

Calendar.(Conferences)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... calendar JANUARY 2006 IPA Business 27-28 Scottsdale, AZ Development Conference FEBRUARY Xplor 2006 1-5 Miami Beach, FL Graphics of the Americas 1-5 Miami Beach, FL PMA 2006 ...

Outlook: 2006: those who make every effort to carefully watch the market and prepare for all possibilities will be rewarded.
January 1, 2006... In 2006, industry analysts and watchers agree, printing and publishing companies must work to shape their own futures. At best, the economy as a whole will grow only a few percentage points, and without continued strict vigilance, any gains...

Workflows with PDF: although nothing is without its challenges, the present incarnation of PDF and PDF-related tools hold promise for design and print workflows.(Portable Document Format)
January 1, 2006... Adobe Systems Inc. created the Portable Document Format (PDF) standard nearly a decade ago. Roughly one year later, in June 1998, Agfa completed its Apogee system, the world's first PDF-based workflow. In the months and years that followed,...

PDF utility programs.(RESOURCE GUIDE)
January 1, 2006... With a majority of professionals having adopted Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) in their daily workflow, it's little wonder that a wide variety of software solutions are available for working with it. These three pages highlight a wealth...

The science of the skosh: preparing files for commercial printing requires techniques very different from those of the image manipulation that photographers are used to. The printer may not always be the best teammate, but he's a teammate nevertheless.(MAKEREADY)
January 1, 2006... My greatest strength," Terrell Owens remarked in a written apology in November, "can also be my greatest weakness. I'm a fighter--I've always been and I'll always be. I fight for what I think is right." Mr. Owens, in addition to being a...

In-house prepress services expand business: a custom publishing company saves thousands per month and expands business by bringing prepress services in-house with DALiM TWiST's workflow automation.(in the field)
January 1, 2006... Red Flag Media, based in Philadelphia, has produced customized in-store magazines for music retailers since 1993. However, with the advent and proliferation of CD burners and digitized music, the music industry started to go through a paradigm...

Direct marketing company experiences tremendous growth: producing variable direct marketing pieces on three Oce CPS full-color digital printers, a Florida company creates successful campaigns for a variety of nonprofits.(in the field)
January 1, 2006... Tis the season to be giving, which is exactly why the presses at One to One Gulfcoast have been so busy these days. For more than two years, One to One Gulfcoast has produced highly personalized direct mail campaigns for clients including...

Viacom Outdoor improves its products with vinyl: shifting its focus from paper to pressure-sensitive vinyl, Viacom improves its product quality and bottom line.(the digital paper PLATFORM)
January 1, 2006... Everyone makes New Year's resolutions, but when Viacom, a leading global media company with 23,000 clients nationwide, 58 offices around the country, and about 400 account executives, declares its resolution, that statement has a resounding...

NexPress opens new markets for printer: with a Kodak NexPress 2100 digital color production system, Kansas City Digital Press captures high-end work, grows 50 percent per year.(the digital paper PLATFORM)
January 1, 2006... Kansas City Digital Press (KCDP) has grown 50 percent per year since its inception just over four years ago. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the digital printer started with a Xerox DocuColor 2045 and now operates a Heidelberg Digimaster 9110...

Cooking with InDesign.(InDesign Production Cookbook)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... O'Reilly Media (Sebastopol, CA) has introduced InDesign Production Cookbook, a new book authored by Alistair Dabbs, Anne-Marie Concepcion, Ken McMahon, and Keith Martin. Spanning 224 pages and priced at $41.95 in the U.S., InDesign Production...

Ricoh release.(new products)
January 1, 2006... Ricoh Corporation (West Caldwell, NJ) has debuted the Ricoh G7500 color laser printer. Designed for small businesses with a duty cycle of up to 10,000 pages per month, the new output device utilizes the GelSprinter Wide Print Head to achieve...

Online offering.(new products)
January 1, 2006... LinkPath 2.0 from Ironstone Media (Pickering, Canada) is the latest version of the company's digital delivery engine targeted at publishers. Using the browser-based technology, publishers and marketing professionals can customize their online...

Multiple functionalities.(Oce's new TDS450 )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Oce's (Chicago) new TDS450 is a large-format system capable of printing, copying, and scanning. Its automated functions and easy-to-use operator panel make it appropriate for walk-up print and copy environments and business workgroups. The...

Newly available.(Navigator GPS solution)(Epson K3 printers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Xitron (Ann Arbor, MI) has begun shipping its Navigator GPS solution, consisting of the Navigator RIP and Navigator RIP Manager. The client-based Navigator RIP Manager software enables prepress operators to control the RIP, which is based on...

ImageRunner innovations.(imageRunner 5570)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Lake Success, NY) has unveiled a new model in its imageRunner product line, the imageRunner 5570. A digital multifunction imaging system, the imageRunner 5570 takes advantage of Canon's Multifunctional Embedded Application...

How the Internet was invented.(History of internet)
January 1, 2006... The Internet was the result of visionary thinking by a small group of people in the early 1960s who saw potential in allowing computers to share information. But it exists today because of the threat of nuclear war and the collaboration of...