Electronic Publishing articles from July 2000

Electronic Publishing archives from July 2000

DRUPA by the numbers.
July 1, 2000... With the show finally behind us, some of the participants and even the show organizers are starting to get a feel for the statistical success of the international event. The official numbers tell the story of 413,500 attendees, 1957...

Heidelberg makes impressive showing.
July 1, 2000... Historically the largest exhibitor at DRUPA, Heidelberg (Kennesaw, GA) again filled more than two complete halls and made a number of introductions in all areas. In the prepress product family, Heidelberg unveiled the 4-up Topsetter 74 and...

Harlequin looks at present and future.
July 1, 2000... While previewing future innovations, Harlequin (Waltham, MA) introduced new products which utilize RipFlow, its next-generation RIP technology. Based upon an earlier agreement between Harlequin and Harris Publishing Systems to jointly...

Presstek premiers ProFire and more.
July 1, 2000... In addition to its own "We are DI" exhibit, Presstek Inc.'s (Hudson, NH) Dl technology was on display at several digital printing exhibits throughout DRUPA 2000, including those of Heidelberg, Xerox, Ryobi, Adast, Sakurai, and others. ...

X-Rite exhibits new-product releases.
July 1, 2000... X-Rite (Grandville, Ml) announced new color-management advancements. Making its debut was QuickCal DTP34, an automated densitometer designed to color-calibrate such output devices as large-format printers, proofers, and networked color...

Xeikon exhibits digital production line.
July 1, 2000... At DRUPA, Xeikon (Wood Dale, IL) displayed its vast array of production solutions, ranging from black-and-white printers to digital front ends and digital color presses. Among the systems presented were Xeikon's high-speed,...

GretagMacbeth announces its iQueue.
July 1, 2000... GretagMacbeth's (New Windsor, NY) "iBusiness Zone" was designed to demonstrate the company's commitment to providing Internet-enabled color-management and -control solutions to pre-press, pressroom, creative, and digital imaging...

DALiM debuts latest workflow options.
July 1, 2000... DALiM Software (Kehl, Germany) announced the new availability of its TWiST and LiTHO applications for the Unix and Linux platforms. Version 4.2 of its TWiST workflow utility and LiTHO page-composition and retouching software includes...

ICG presents quality imaging products.
July 1, 2000... ICG Ltd. (Gloucestershire, England), a recent acquisition of Global Graphics, introduced two new computer-to-plate devices, as well as two scanners, at DRUPA. The ICG Cirrus 2 B3 platesetter sports an internal-drum architecture that supports...

DeskNet delivers automated solution.
July 1, 2000... Demonstrating its DeskNetAPS Automated Publishing Solution at DRUPA, DeskNet (New York City) announced that its XML plug-in is currently shipping. One of 14 plug-ins available for the system, the XML utility converts content from a variety of...

CreoScitex shows imaging product line.
July 1, 2000... In its first major show since the merger; CreoScitex (Burnaby, BC) unveiled not only its new identity, but also a slew of new products. On the output side, the company showed the Trendsetter 400, the Lotem 400VA, the Lotem 800V with...

Fujifilm highlights recent releases.
July 1, 2000... Among the products Fujifilm (Itasca, IL) debuted at DRUPA were the C-550 Lavonia scanner and ColourKit color-management software, which is ICC-compatible and enables users to scan images in the more flexible CIELAB space. Also shown was the...

DuPont Color Proofing adds products.
July 1, 2000... DuPont Color Proofing (Wilmington, DE) introduced an expanded line of proofing tools. The Cromalin DesignerProof desktop color proofing system integrates a new DuPont RIP and DuPont's CromaNet color management. Making its DRUPA debut was...

Indigo presents digital printing devices.
July 1, 2000... At an expansive DRUPA pavilion, Indigo (Woburn, MA) not only demonstrated its family of digital presses, but also unveiled its Photo-e-Print online digital photofinishing technology at Photo-e-Print.com. Indigo officially launched its...

Xerox erects extensive hall at show.
July 1, 2000... In its own, newly constructed 66,000-square-foot hall, Xerox (Rochester, NY) showcased everything from digital color presses and workflow solutions to variable-data utilities and future technologies. In addition to the DocuColor 2000 Series,...

Ryobi releases the 3404DI offset press.
July 1, 2000... Ryobi (Anderson, SC) previewed its 3404DI portrait-format offset press at its booth during DRUPA 2000. Jointly developed with Presstek Inc., the Ryobi 3404DI A3-size, four-color press incorporates Presstek's ProFire technology. The Ryobi...

Shira introduces e-service applications.
July 1, 2000... As well as a number of product upgrades, Shira Inc. (Woburn, MA) presented its [eP.sup.2] Online suite of solutions for Internet-based prepress and PDF workflows during DRUPA 2000. Among the newly upgraded applications are ShiraProof and...

Krause rolls out violet-laser VLF unit.
July 1, 2000... The LS 140 V VLF platesetter was one of the many workflow products Krause exhibited at DRUPA. Using a 405nm violet laser diode, Krause's LS 140 V platesetter can achieve exposure speeds of up to 30 plates per hour. Krause offers the violet...

Sinar showcases its latest innovations.
July 1, 2000... Sinar (Edison, NJ) introduced a new member of its Sinarback family, the Sinarback 22+. Complete with a two-year factory guarantee, the Sinarback 22+ digital camera back boasts the Sinar ColorCatcher Engine for consistent color and Sinar...

Polaroid predicts press output.
July 1, 2000... Polaroid Graphics Imaging LLC (Cambridge, MA) debuted Prediction, its 2-up, automatic digital halftone proofing solution designed for commercial printers, reproduction facilities, publishers, and corporate business environments. ...

Screen shows extensive CTP solutions.
July 1, 2000... Screen (Rolling Meadows, IL) displayed several of its digital printing systems, as well as its TrueFlow workflow tool and Cezanne Elite flatbed scanner, at DRUPA. A new release, the Screen TruePress 744 is a B4-format. four-color printing...

NexPress premieres 2100 color press.
July 1, 2000... NexPress (Rochester, NY), a joint venture between Heidelberg and Kodak, launched its NexPress 2100 sheet-fed digital production color press at DRUPA. Expected to be available "sometime in 2001 at a price somewhere less than $350,000," the...

Phase One announces latest software.
July 1, 2000... Phase One (Northport, NY) introduced a new imaging software application for its LightPhase direct digital imaging products. For Macintosh and Windows 98 and 2000 systems, version two of the software features an improved direct digital image...

DRUPA after the dust.
July 1, 2000... Now that the dust and hype of DRUPA have settled, it is time to separate the real from the vaporware. Leading up to DRUPA 2000, the air was filled with great hoopla and hyperbole as the industry was abuzz with anticipation of printing...

Frank Romano.
July 1, 2000... With more DRUPAs under his belt than he might care to admit, Frank Romano is uniquely qualified to comment on the importance of this international printing and prepress trade show, and not just by virtue of the number he has attended. Romano,...

THE COLOR of PRINT.
July 1, 2000... Great solutions and powerful machines fuel digital color growth. Your new Mazda Miata is sitting in your driveway, a little reward to yourself for your skill in picking stocks in the booming economy. You're looking forward to putting in...

Digital Presses.
July 1, 2000... When the very first digital printing systems arrived on the scene in the early 1990s, a handful of early adopters invested considerable monies, while also accepting significant risk, in the future of the innovative new devices. Whether...

Understanding screening options.
July 1, 2000... As the worlds of prepress and printing continue to converge, knowledge of screening technologies becomes increasingly necessary. Like menus at trendy restaurants, the issues in prepress can change rapidly. Not long ago, screening was one...

Displays with dimension attract attention.
July 1, 2000... A Guess watch campaign gains national attention thanks to a unique design and printing process that gives it dimension. The glossy Guess watches bursting out from the point-of-purchase (POP) displays look so enticing that people are...

PDF predicted to replace PostScript in prepress.
July 1, 2000... Prepress house prefers PDF to PostScript workflow. When William Campbell looks into the future of Revere Graphics, a 14-person prepress house in Portland, Oregon, he sees a 100-percent PDF workflow. In Campbell's eyes, that future is not...

Improving the print-management process.
July 1, 2000... Bank of America Corporation and ColorGraphics Inc. use Noosh.com to simplify production steps. Big corporations have big printing needs and Bank of America Corporation, the largest bank in the U.S., is no exception. Managing those...

Mimeo.com delivers documents overnight.
July 1, 2000... By combining proprietary Internet technology with Xeikon digital color presses, Mimeo.com has created an innovative Internet-based print and delivery service. Anyone with Internet access, anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, can send their...

InDesign upgraded.
July 1, 2000... Adobe responds to customer requirements with the release of InDesign version 1.5. Just months after the release of InDesign 1.0, Adobe announced InDesign 1.5, which offers 80 enhancements to the original product. These enhancements range...

Image download on-demand.
July 1, 2000... Microtech's digital film reader enables painless digital image transfer. Perhaps the only time I dislike utilizing a digital camera is when it comes time to transfer the images from the camera to my hard drive, which usually occurs at a...

This job calls for a Pro!
July 1, 2000... nik Color Efex Pro! and nik Sharpener Pro! house a plethora of creative filters. The TECHnik Group, worldwide distributor of nik multimedia products, supplies the graphic arts community with a variety of the company's type- and...

Imation news.
July 1, 2000... Imation (Oakdale, MN) unveiled the lmation Verifi server-based Internet color technology, designed to provide online shoppers with accurate web color. The company announced another Internetbased solution, Imation Media Manager Web. Based on...

DAM Internet.
July 1, 2000... Recognizing the rapid convergence of digital asset management and the Internet, Artesia Technologies (Rockville, MD) announced its plans to support Oracle Corporation's Internet File System (iFS) in its TEAMS digital asset management...

Wam!Net workflow.
July 1, 2000... Wam!Net Inc. (Eagan, MN) announced its plans to launch WAMNET.com, an industry workflow portal designed to enable corporations and their business partners to better collaborate on the creation and management of digital content, next month....

Plate product line.
July 1, 2000... The Graphic Systems Division of Fuji Photo Film USA (Itasca, IL) exhibited its full line of Brillia CTP plates during DRUPA. The Brillia family comprises four products: the LH-PI medium-run, positive-working thermal plate; the LH-NI long-run...

Oracle iFS support.
July 1, 2000... Providing customers a complete XML content management solution, Arbortext (Ann Arbor, MI) announced that its Epic Editor and Epic Editor Lite Edition (LE) XML-based e-content software newly support Oracle's iFS. Available for Windows 95, 98,...

Making a Splash.
July 1, 2000... Splash Technology (Sunnyvale, CA) released two new products, the G620 and ColorPort servers, for use with Xerox printing equipment. The Splash G620 Mac OS-based color server, designed for use with the Xerox DocuColor 12 copier/printer, boasts...

MarkzScout front end.
July 1, 2000... Markzware's (Santa Ana, CA) MarkzScout prepress workflow assistant was an integral part of a fully automated digital workflow demonstrated at DRUPA. To automate the routing and preflighting of print jobs, a MarkaScout layout developed by...

Upgrade preview.
July 1, 2000... Banta Integrated Media (Cambridge, MA) previewed a new version of its DataMerge XTension for QuarkXPress, which is scheduled to ship this month. Simplifying the creation of variable-data QuarkXPress documents, DataMerge 4.0 provides scripting...

One common goal.
July 1, 2000... Each entity in Scitex Corporation Ltd.'s (Herzlia, Israel) network of companies demonstrated its latest advancements, as well as its dedication to the unified goal of combining digital imaging technologies with the Internet, during DRUPA....

MicroPress and M@estro.
July 1, 2000... T/R Systems Inc. (Atlanta) presented its new M@estro intelligent digital document workflow, distribution, and device management solution to the DRUPA audience. Implementing the company's intelligent routing technology, M@estro enables the...

Customer advice heeded.
July 1, 2000... In response to customer input, Pantone Inc. (Carlstadt, NJ) released an enhanced version of its Pantone Graphics Color Systems. Having conducted research with design, prepress, and print professionals, Pantone developed a new line of solid...

New from NUR Macroprinters.
July 1, 2000... NUR Macroprinters (Newton, MA) launched the NUR Blueboard HiQ+ superwide digital printing system, complete with specialty printing features and other enhancements. The NUR Blueboard HiQ+ sports a new DigiCal print-head digital calibration...

Kodak Professional.
July 1, 2000... Proving to be a one-stop shop for imaging needs, Kodak Professional (Rochester, NY) recently released its line of Premium media, encompassing an array of unique papers and films. Assisting shops by simplifying ordering and reducing inventory,...

Mohawk Paper Mills.
July 1, 2000... Mohawk Paper Mills' (Cohoes, NY) papers could be seen running on several OEM print demonstrations, including that of the NexPress 2100 and the Heidelberg Digimaster 9110, throughout DRUPA. The company revealed its purchase of the Bielomatik...

LexJet Direct.
July 1, 2000... LexJet Direct (Sarasota, FL) released a new, free catalog highlighting its wide-format inkjet and photographic printing media. LexJet Direct also debuted a new 7-mil Universal Adhesive-Backed Photo Paper. The new pressure-sensitive,...

Sihl USA.
July 1, 2000... Sihl USA (San Jose, CA) unveiled two new inkjet papers, US 170 Piezo Glossy and US 170 Piezo Satin, for use with most inkjet printers. Highly compatible with dye- and pigment-based inks in Hewlett-Packard, Roland, Epson, and Mimaki printers,...

Aqueous wave.
July 1, 2000... XAAR (Cambridge, England) launched a new line of aqueous inkjet print heads and inks during DRUPA 2000. The XJ500 binary print heads are offered in 180-and 360dpi versions from XAAR's 1999 acquisition, XaarJet AB in Sweden. As well as the new...

MediaFlex is Mpower-ed.
July 1, 2000... MediaFlex.com Inc. (Campbell, CA), together with Indigo B.V., demonstrated a web-driven, variable-data printing scenario during the DRUPA 2000 exposition. The demonstration entailed show attendees entering personal data into the MediaFlex...

Upgraded FrameMaker.
July 1, 2000... Adobe (Cupertino, CA) unleashed the latest version of its FrameMaker authoring and publishing solution. FrameMaker 6.0 boasts improved web support, book-management tools, XML output, and integration with Adobe Acrobat and GoLive. FrameMaker...

Estimation station.
July 1, 2000... Graphisoft (Carbone, France) presented its latest software package for print house production management, Estiprint, at DRUPA 2000. Estiprint assists printers in calculating expert estimates for print jobs. Taking into account all aspects of...

nAct a PDF workflow.
July 1, 2000... Information Presentation Technologies (IPTech; San Luis Obispo, CA) previewed its nAct PDF-based workflow solution during DRUPA 2000. Running on a distributed or stand-alone Windows NT or Windows 2000 server, nAct features Adobe Extreme...

Ultimate Technographics' releases.
July 1, 2000... Ultimate Technographics (Montreal, Canada) made several announcements at DRUPA recently. First, the company debuted French, German, and Spanish versions of its On-Q OPI prepress server with automated trapping and imposition. Ultimate also...

New arrivals.
July 1, 2000... Canon (Lake Success, NY) demonstrated a wide range of its input and output solutions, including a new copier/printer and wide-format inkjet printer, during DRUPA 2000. The latest addition to the company's imageRunner family, the iR110 is a...

Vio tools.
July 1, 2000... Not only were Vio's (King of Prussia, PA) RemotePrint, RenderProof, RenderView, and Vio Job Ticket with automated preflighting solutions incorporated into several workflow demos throughout DRUPA, but Vio also demonstrated its Quickcut digital...

Xante laser printer.
July 1, 2000... At DRUPA, Xante Corporation (Mobile, AL) introduced its new high-resolution, oversized color laser printer, the ColourLaser. Capable of outputting prints measuring up to 330x482mm in size, the new Xante color printing and proofing system...

Doing it the WEBWAY.
July 1, 2000... Supplier of prepress software solutions, Artwork Systems Group N.V. (Gent, Belgium) introduced Nexus WEBWAY, an Internet-based communication link for its Nexus workflow-management system. To speed and improve communication between print...

Markzware on the Net.
July 1, 2000... Markzware Inc.'s (Santa Ana, CA) MarkzNet preflight solution made its worldwide debut during DRUPA 2000. Utilizing MarkzNet and an existing web or FTP server, prepress, print, and publishing professionals can remotely preflight print jobs...

Opening Pandora's box.
July 1, 2000... ScenicSoft (Lynnwood, WA) demonstrated its latest advancement in imposition technology, Pandora. Able to output PostScript, PDF, and Adobe Portable Job Ticket files, the new packaging and label imposition application enables users to snap to...

Products with WOW.
July 1, 2000... DK&A (San Diego) debuted three new wide open workflow (WOW) products: INposition ID, INposition CS, and Trapper CS. The INposition ID plug-in is an imposition utility for use with Adobe InDesign, whereas INposition CS is a stand-alone...

European debut.
July 1, 2000... DRUPA 2000 was the site of printChannel.com's (San Francisco) official European launch. A business-to-business Internet custom and archived print procurement service, printChannel.com licenses its e-commerce solution and server space to...

Photo-quality desktop device.
July 1, 2000... Epson America Inc. (Torrance, CA) recently premiered the Epson Stylus Photo 2000P printer. Designed to output fine art and portrait photography, the Epson Stylus Photo 2000P incorporates Epson's drop-on-demand, Advanced Micro Piezo inkjet...

Xitron announcements.
July 1, 2000... Xitron (Ann Arbor, MI) unveiled version 5.3 of its Harlequin ScriptWorks-based Navigator NT RIP. The latest version includes support for PDF 1.3 input files created in Adobe's Distiller 4.0, improved TIFF/IT P1 output, and support for...

digital gallery: Roberto Sabas.
July 1, 2000... Born in Manila, Roberto Sabas lives in New York City and creates illustrations for children's literature, and for clients such as Human Kinetics Publishers and the United States Tennis Association. "In 1997, I started a commercial art studio...

Where does print come from?
July 1, 2000... Print originates somewhere. It starts life as information and then gets packaged for dissemination to information consumers. The printing industry is the output engine for the information originator and the creative process. We take...