Electronic Publishing articles from March 2001

Electronic Publishing archives from March 2001

You be the judge.(2001 Digital Photography Survey)(Column)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... There's nothing better than a real-world There sample to make a point. You can talk about differences in technology and quality all day, but without examples, the concept can be difficult to grasp. At the recent GATF Tech Alert Conference in...

Printing and type renaissance.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... 1400 AD TO 1800 AD These years mark an impressive period of time that saw the birth of many famous type designers including Francesco Griffo, Nicholas Jensen, Claude Garamond, William Caslon, John Baskerville, and Giambattista Bodoni. The...

New Iomega tool is Peerless.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... During Macworld, Iomega Corporation (Roy, UT) previewed its latest product release, as well as a new partnership. A modular drive platform for PC and Macintosh computers, the new Iomega Peerless drive system features a compact, modular...

IPA ECONOMIC SURVEY.(International Prepress Association)(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Trends in collection and capital spending The IPA Quarterly Economic Survey indicates that a lion's share of respondents have experienced no change in collection time from Q2 to Q3 of 2000, whereas a larger proportion predicted capital...

Apple unearths innovations.(Apple Computer Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Apple (Cupertino, CA) made several announcements during the recent Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The company formally announced that it will ship its much-anticipated Mac OS X beginning March 24. Priced at $129, the next-generation...

Scanjet 7490C premiers.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) introduced three flatbed scanners designed for busy office environments. The new HP Scanjet 7400C, 7450C, and 7490C scanners incorporate two separate sensors--a 2400dpi staggered pixel sensor and a...

NEC amends flat-panel line.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc. (Itasca, IL) announced several new flat-panel displays. The company unveiled the new Mitsubishi Diamond Pro Series, offering two flat CRT monitors: the Diamond Pro 920 and Diamond Pro...

Canto demonstrates its latest.(Canto Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Canto Software Inc. (San Francisco) introduced three options for its Cumulus media asset management system during the latest Macworld Conference & Expo. Offered as an option to the Cumulus line, the DIG35 AssetStore enables users to manage...

RealTimeProof 2.0 debuts.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... RealTimeImage Inc. (San Bruno, CA) announced the availability of the latest version of its flagship RealTimeProof client-server software solution. RealTimeProof delivers production files through a company's LAN at high speeds and enables...

Canon presents PowerShot.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Canon USA Inc. (Lake Success, NY) introduced its latest addition to the PowerShot series of digital still cameras, the PowerShot Pro90 IS, to the Macworld audience. Canon's first digital camera to offer a built-in 10x zoom lens with...

IX Software offers new tool.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... IX Software (Lawrenceville, GA), founded by Herb Paynter, recently unveiled an output automation module for use with Adobe Photoshop 6.0 on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. Suitable for both professional and novice users, IX...

Banta upgrades B*Media.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... B*Media 2.6, the newest version of Banta Integrated Media's (Cambridge, MA) content management software, incorporates a wide array of feature enhancements, many of which were requested by customers. Users of version 2.6 can link B*Media to...

Nikon extends Coolscan family.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Nikon Inc. (Melville, NY) amended its Coolscan product line with three new film scanners designed for use by photographers, webmasters, and graphics and imaging professionals. The Coolscan IV ED, Super Coolscan 4000 ED, and Super Coolscan...

Westvaco debuts brochure.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The new Sterling Ultra Web Paper Brochure showcases Westvaco Corporation's (New York City) Sterling Ultra Web Gloss, Web Matte, and Web Dull papers. Spotlighting Westvaco's crisp and clean, bright-white papers, the eye-catching brochure...

Piranha Inc. with more Byte.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Piranha Inc. (Freehold, NJ) unleashed Piranha Byte 1.5, an upgraded version of the company's data-compression workflow management tool. Offering lossy and lossless data-compression algorithms, Piranha Byte 1.5 reportedly boasts greater...

The Apple of my eye.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The dust from MacWorld is finally settling and results are coming in. From all accounts, it looks as though Apple (a.k.a., Steve Jobs) is winning back many of its lost fans. First, let me say I am an Apple fan of sorts; I have been using a...

Jim Sullivan.
March 1, 2001... Jim Sullivan is no stranger to the printing industry. His impressive legacy begins in New York City as a printer's apprentice. After a brief stint in the Army, he spent 18 years at R.R. Donnelly, working his way up from a sales trainee, to a...

DI comes on STRONG.
March 1, 2001... DIRECT IMAGING PRESSES SPEED TURNAROUND AND REDUCE PROCESS TIMES. It was 1993. Seybold San Francisco. Indigo and Xeikon were showing off their new digital printers, which had been introduced recently in Europe. Down the aisle from Indigo...

DI presses.
March 1, 2001... DI presses range from the more compact Heidelberg Quickmaster-DI to the 40-inch Komori Project D. Most use Presstek imaging technology and PEARLdry plates, while others use CreoScitex SQUAREspot or proprietary technologies. Plates are presently...

Film is in.
March 1, 2001... It's true that the squeaky wheel always gets the grease. Such is the case with the topic of CTP in the graphic arts industry. Most of the discussion today centers around the growing adoption of CTP and the changes in work-flow inherent in that...

Print e-commerce update.(the Internet and e-commerce unite print buyers with print suppliers)
March 1, 2001... CHOICES ABOUND, BUT USERS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO EMBRACE THE TECHNOLOGY. One vendor compares itself to a dating service because it brings together interested parties whom probably wouldn't meet otherwise. Another prefers to use the analogy of an...

The vocabulary of color.
March 1, 2001... An understanding of color terms and standards lends to consistently pleasing color. The management of color in the graphic arts is a critical issue for any format, whether it be PDF, PostScript, or other. Understanding color can be...

New press, new niche for printing company.
March 1, 2001... Astoria Graphics improves productivity and expands customer base with a digital imaging press. As customers demand increasingly faster turnaround times for their jobs, service providers need to establish the means to respond. Astoria...

A Macworld highlight.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Photography exhibit showcases Epson's new archival technology. With wine glasses in hand, people roam around One Market Street in San Francisco, intensely studying the sharp detailed prints by photographer Stephen Wilkes. This is January...

Sales increase 15 percent with CTP.
March 1, 2001... All American Graphics improves speed and business with new Fuji CTP system and Heidelberg six-color press. "Stop the presses!" Typically, this dreaded phrase is enough to make a commercial printer cringe. It means something's wrong--with...

Synthetic paper helps support cause.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Posters and flyers are printed on waterproof, tear-resistant substrate. Posters and flyers stating "Run for your life" helped promote a 5K run/walk and raise awareness of breast cancer. Yupo donated its waterproof, tear-resistant substrate...

Photography business expands to include inkjet printing.(GalleryPrint.com)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... GalleryPrint.com takes some expected--and some unexpected--turns. Situated in the St. Croix River Valley of Northwest Wisconsin, and working from the remodeled granary of a historic century-old farm, photographers surround themselves with...

Save time, schedule online.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... ScheduleOnline Inc.'s online scheduling solution provides tools for professionals on the go. If you've been in the market for a low-cost, or even no-cost, online scheduling and collaborative solution, Jintek might have the answer. Jintek,...

Read 'em and weep.(SmartDisk Vector Dual Media Reader )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The SmartDisk Vector Dual Media Reader puts an end to data-transfer headaches. The days of tethering to my computer my digital camera--and any other digital device that utilizes CompactFlash or SmartMedia cards--are gone. Good riddance....

San Francisco video clips.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Videometry Inc. (San Francisco) provided free San Francisco video clips to all exhibitors at Macworld. The online digital stock video content creator has a large library of images of San Francisco on videotape, and it made them available to the...

Creative tools for Mac OS X.(from Corel Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Corel Corporation (Ottawa, Canada) showed an array of creative products at Macworld including two new applications for Mac OS X. The company introduced beta versions of Corel KnockOut 1.5.1 and Bryce 4.1. Bryce 4.1 is a 3D graphics application...

Olympus offerings.(new digital cameras)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Olympus America Inc. (Melville, NY) presented the CAMEDIA C-2040 and C-3040 Zoom digital cameras at Macworld. The C-2040 is a 2.11 -megapixel 3x zoom compact digital camera. The C-3040 boasts 3.34 megapixels. Both cameras offer an f1.8 aperture...

UNCOMMON STOCK.(Comstock offering six new royalty-free stock photo discs)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Comstock (Mountainside, NJ) is currently offering six new royalty-free stock photo discs. The new collection was created to portray aspects of work and home life in the new millennium. Three of the discs deal with the business world. "Lose the...

Hi-fi color standards.(advanced ICC profiling solution from Monaco Systems Inc. )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... MonacoPROFILER, an advanced ICC profiling solution from Monaco Systems Inc. (Andover, MA), received a Pantone Hexachrome License from Pantone Inc. (Carlstadt, NJ) after under-going evaluation for its ability to create profiles that accurately...

Animation tools.(new software for web animation )(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Beatware (Redwood City, CA) introduced new software for web animation and presentation use. EZ-Motion is a tool that makes high-end animation accessible to non-designers. It offers hundreds of pre-loaded templates that produce animated graphics...

Multi-platform connectivity.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Shira (Woburn, MA) will now offer Macintosh connectivity through its RIPing and proofing solutions--Shira RIP, Shira ProofPro, and Shira MediaSaver--thanks to an agreement with Miramar Systems (Santa Barbara, CA) to license the AppleTalk...

Color central.(Color Central 3.7 is a server-based print-management solution )(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... ScenicSoft (Lynnwood, WA) released its Color Central 3.7 in mid-January. Color Central 3.7 is a server-based print-management solution that aims to increase digital workflow productivity by reducing image file sizes during production and...

Agfa Duoscan F40.(scanners from AGFA Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Agfa (Ridgefield Park, NJ) recently introduced the first of its new generation TwinPlate scanners, the DuoScan f40. This dual-interface scanner offers the flexibility of separate beds for scanning reflective and transparent originals as well as...

CreoScitex Supertrap.(graphics arts software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... CreoScitex (Vancouver, BC) announced that it will release CreoScitex Supertrap, a stand-alone version of Prinergy's PDF trapping solution, for all its workflow products including its Brisque, PS/M, and iMPAct workflow systems. This new solution...

Separating design from content.(Zapwerk's platform-independent web authoring tool, Siteyard)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Zapwerk (Menlo Park, CA) presented its platform-independent web authoring tool, Siteyard. Siteyard is focused on removing the webmaster from the content chain by enabling multiple users to update web content from different locations without...

BBEdit 6.(web authoring software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Bare Bones Software (Bedford, MA) has released the newest version of its text and HTML editor, BBEdit 6. This software tool edits and manipulates text for the composition environment and functions as a web-authoring tool. BBEdit 6 enables a...

Powerful storage.(data management software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... PowerFile (Los Gatos, CA) presented two of its near-line storage products for data management at Macworld: PowerFile C200 and MediaFinder 1.3. PowerFile C200 is a 200-disc CD/DVD jukebox with up to 1 terabyte of storage space. It is a scalable...

Wacom technology.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... In response to demand from users without USB support, Wacom (Vancouver, WA) has made its PL500 pressure-sensitive LCD Pen Tablet system available in serial port version for Windows NT and high-end graphics application. This new version features...

Click 'N Burn.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Stomp Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA) unveiled Click 'N Burn, CD recording software for consumer and professional use. This recording and labeling solution includes the CD Stomper Starter Kit, which enables users to design and print their own CD labels...

Myfonts.com.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Graphic Arts professionals can find more than 11,000 fonts to view and purchase through Myfonts.com (Cambridge, MA). The fonts, available in TrueType and PostScript Type 1 formats for Windows and Macintosh systems, represent numerous foundries...

The digital race.(Digital Horizons)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Digital Horizons (Mississauga, Ontario) has developed a product to improve digital delivery of information to newspapers and magazines. RELAY was specifically engineered for the advertising and communication industry, delivering data over...

Gluon ProGrids.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Gluon (New York City) has developed a QuarkXPress XTension for design professionals to simplify the task of creating a design grid. Gluon ProGrids uses a dialog box where a designer can specify the measurements of rows and columns for a grid....

Ricoh E-700 print controller.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Ricoh Corporation (West Caldwell, NJ) joined forces with Electronics for Imaging Inc. (EFI; Foster City, CA) to create the E-700 controller for its Aficio Color 6000 series of color copiers/printers. The E-700 includes an Intel Celeron 366MHz...

Instant storefronts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... SmithMicro (Aliso Viejo, CA) showcased WebCatalog 4.0, an e-commerce and Web publishing system, at Macworld. Version 4.0 adds a series of StoreBuilder templates for the design, updating, and administration of online stores directly from a web...

Print-on-demand education.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... INTERQUEST Ltd. (Charlottesville, VA) has created a new program for its series of educational programs for electronic printing and publishing professionals. Midrange & Clustered Print-on-Demand Solutions is a multimedia program now available in...

What is the printing business worth?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... No industry is an island. Each is interrelated with many other industries and areas of society. A number of research reports have been published recently that attempt to predict the future of print. They look at the printing industry but not at...