Electronic Publishing articles from March 2004

Electronic Publishing archives from March 2004

Thirst for knowledge.(Editorial)
March 1, 2004... Late in January, Electronic Publishing held its first in a series of free webcasts on the topic of workflow. We'd been seeing webcasts pop up from a variety of sources over the past year or so, but had never tried our hand at hosting one...

ENCAD announces next-generation NOVAJET.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... According to ENCAD Inc. (San Diego), its new NOVAJET 1000i is the first printer to combine ENCAD's wide-format expertise with Kodak's knowledge and research in color imaging science. The company adds that the new device prints significantly...

Lastra launches LV-2 violet CTP system.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... Designed for medium to long runs of up to 100,000 impressions, Lastra's (Danbury, CT) LV-2 is a 410nm violet laser-imaged photopolymer (silver-free) plate that features two new Lastra violet light CTP plate processors: the 65V and the 85V....

PerfectProof intros two new proofing products.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... Adesso+ is the newest member of PerfectProof's (Dover, NH) Proof-Master family of RIPs. Designed for use with the new Epson 4000 printer, the color management solution runs on Mac OS X and reportedly enables designers, photographers, and...

StaffingTools.com expands online prepress course offerings.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... StaffingTools.com (Bloomington, IN) has expanded its Prepress Training Solutions Library of online courses with three new additions. Designed to teach students to prepare print-ready files using QuarkXPress 6.0, "Quark 6.0 Fundamentals"...

Oce demos entry-level UV hybrid inkjet sign printer.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... The Oce Arizona 60UV hybrid inkjet sign printer from Oce-USA Inc. (Chicago) is an entry-level printer that uses ultraviolet (UV) curable inks to produce large-format display graphics on rigid and flexible substrates. According to Oce, the...

KPG to acquire RealTimeProof suite of products.(Tech News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG, Norwalk, CT) and RealTimeImage Inc. (RTI, San Bruno, CA) announced recently that they have signed a letter of intent for KPG to acquire RTI's Graphic Arts Division. When the acquisition is complete, RTI's suite...

CGS launches PDF-based markup system for hard-copy proofs.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... Based on award-winning technology from Prolatus, ORIS Color Markup from CGS Publishing Technologies International (Minneapolis) enables remote users of the company's ORIS Color Tuner inkjet contract proofing system to append digital comments...

Calendar.(Illustration)(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... MARCH On Demand 8-10 New York, NY Advanstar, 888/824-3004, www.ondemandexpo.com Workflow Webcase 24 online Electronic Publishing, Series ...

Adobe targets PageMaker users with InDesign CS extension.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... Adobe's (San Jose, CA) InDesign CS PageMaker Edition is an extension to InDesign CS that is designed to help PageMaker users make a quick and successful transition to Adobe's InDesign layout and design package. According to the company,...

Epson replaces Perfection 3200s with new 4870 versions.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... Replacing Epson's (Long Beach, CA) Perfection 3200 PHOTO/3200 PRO, the new Perfection 4870 PHOTO/4870 PRO scanners deliver a maximum hardware resolution of 4800X9600dpi and include 48-bit color and 3.8 Dmax for color accuracy and the ability to...

Lexmark broadens line of output devices.(Tech News)
March 1, 2004... Lexmark International Inc. (Lexington, KY) has unveiled the Lexmark C752L color laser product line, which it is targeting at small and medium-size businesses as well as small or remote enterprise workgroups. The entry-level C752Ln sells for...

The winter of '04.(What's New)(computers and digital graphics equipment)
March 1, 2004... This winter has been one of the coldest on record in the Northeast but a hot one when it comes to new products in and around our industry. Many of you know that I am sort of a gadget guru (or geek, as my family calls me), and I have been...

Andres Maldonado.(Perspective)(Interview)
March 1, 2004... As director of product marketing, Andres Maldonado is responsible for managing and promoting all display products and services for NEC/Mitsubishi. In this capacity, he has helped leverage NEC's strength in LCD monitor development and...

Preflighting PDFs for print: with the right tips and tools, users can optimize PDFs for high-quality print.(Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat))(Cover Story)
March 1, 2004... During a live webcast sponsored by Electronic Publishing on January 28th, industry expert and Electronic Publishing's founder, Frank Romano, announced, "Eventually printers will accept only PDFs." Currently, however, between 23 and 30...

Displays of affection: more and more consumers are falling in love with LCDs, though for color-critical work, some still say a CRT display is the way to go.
March 1, 2004... Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are small and sleek, and can make anyone's desk look good. They free up valuable work space and are easy to move around. It seems that everyone who's anyone has an LCD now. But are they just pretty to look at, or...

Resource guide to displays.(monitors)(Buyers Guide)
March 1, 2004... although often ignored, an efficient display is likely an integral part of your daily workflow. A good display can lend to increased color accuracy, reduced eye strain, and much more. Additional information about the models listed on these...

The old order changeth: after five years of relative stagnation, the industry has decided on the software of the future. Here's an overview of a snowball effect involving OS X, Quark, Adobe, Macromedia, product activation, and suite revenge.(Makeready)
March 1, 2004... Glaciers and the graphic arts industry have much in common. They're massive, majestic, not particularly warm and cuddly, and notoriously slow-moving. Glaciers, also, do what they like. Once they decide to move, there's no stopping them....

Winery speeds production, cuts waste with a color device in-house: by printing its education and marketing materials on its own color copier, California winery realizes enormous cost and speed benefits.(In the Field)
March 1, 2004... We expect information at our fingertips--from the weather to the Academy Award winners to the latest wine introductions. That is one reason why St. Supery Winery in Napa Valley installed a digital color copier--to provide customers and...

Photo lab reaches the pinnacle of digital printing: Panopticon displays 20 large-format prints by a renowned mountaineer, using its Epson Stylus Pro 9000, MIS pigment inks, and Hahnemuhle fine-art paper.(In the Field)
March 1, 2004... At the gallery opening of "Colossal," more than 150 people were wowed by the striking 40X60-inch prints of towering glaciers and awe-inspiring snow-covered mountaintops--mostly aerial photographs taken by acclaimed mountaineer Brad Washburn....

The future of digital substrates: two new studies report on the status of digital papers and printing over a five-year period. They discuss growth areas and papers that optimize digital printing.(The Digital Paper Platform)
March 1, 2004... As digital printing continues to offer new opportunities for print providers and print buyers, companies are researching the papers required for different printing processes. Several studies conducted recently investigate the state of inkjet...

A suite toolset: the Premium version of Adobe Creative Suite better suits creative workflows.(Reviews)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 1, 2004... As a graphic artist, photographer, and longtime Photoshop user, I just couldn't wait to take a look at Adobe's new Creative Suite. Two versions of the software suite are available. The Premium version contains full versions of Photoshop...

Automated info management.(NewProducts)(MindServer Media)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... MindServer Media, available from Recommind Inc. (Berkeley, CA), is a suite of applications designed to enable publishers to share and repurpose news content. At the heart of MindServer Media is technology that is based on patented, proprietary...

A certified proof.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... ORIS Certified Proof from CGS Publishing Technologies International GmbH (Hainburg, Germany) combines software and spectrophotometric technology into one tool for proof measurement and verification. Users measure a color target printed in the...

Color-accurate proofs.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... Available in the U.S. from Tekgraf (Greenville, SC), the DuPont Cromalin b2 contract proofing system comprises hardware, software, ink, and paper, all from DuPont. Key features include a process control unit that controls the properties of the...

NEC revamps monitor line.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc. (Itasca, IL) extended its line of professional-level NEC MultiSync LCD 80 Series monitors with the new ultra-thin-frame 20-inch NEC MultiSync LCD2080UX+ and 21-inch NEC MultiSync LCD2180UX...

Free file-sharing tool.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... Lava Software (Adelaide, Australia) is shipping PC-Mac-Net FileShare Lite v3.1, a free product that enables users to securely share files between computers connected over a LAN or the Internet. New features in this version include Windows...

Digital printing handbook.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... Interquest (Charlottesville, VA) expanded and updated its digital printing reference handbook and is shipping it now. "Nonimpact Electronic Printing: The Reference Handbook--Third Edition" by Uri Levy and Gilles Biscos analyzes trends in the...

Panther TIFF input module.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... The Panther TIFF Input Module from alfaQuest Technologies (Rolling Meadows, IL) accepts CCITT Group 4 compressed TIFF bitmaps from any network source and enables users to drive the full range of Panther Platesetters and Film Imagers, including...

Less expensive Spyder.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... Colour Confidence, the color management division of TypeMaker (Birmingham, England), is now offering its ColorVision Spyder monitor calibration solution with Adobe Photoshop Album image organization and editing software for a new low price of...

New AM technology.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... The newest addition to Esko-Graphics' (Gent, Belgium) FlexRip screening family, HighLine Screens technology combines the advantages of stochastic screening with those of standard AM screening with rosettes to enable printers to print fine image...

MassTransit for Mac OS X.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... Group Logic Inc. (Arlington, VA) has announced a version of its MassTransit Enterprise file transfer software for Mac OS X users. In addition to OS X compatibility, MassTransit Enterprise version 4.2 also features integrated security for...

pdfFactory enhanced.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... FinePrint Software (San Francisco) has released version 2.0 of its pdfFactory and pdfFactory Pro applications for creating Adobe PDF files. pdfFactory now offers a setting to adjust the quality and file size characteristics of graphics, and...

Online masking course.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... A PC version of StaffingTools.com's "Masking in Photoshop & Extensis Mask Pro 3" online training course is now available through the Bloomington, Indiana-based company. Designed to teach the fundamentals of masking using these two applications,...

Adding text to pictures.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... With Image Info Toolkit v1.5, photographers, journalists, publishers, and archivists can add caption, copyright, date, and other information fields to images, without having to recompress the images. Available from Bluebox GmbH (Hamburg,...

News from NGP Partners.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... In one of its first voting decisions since Networked Graphic Production became an independent, industry-wide organization, the NGP Partners have approved four new partners to join its strategic initiative. The new NGP Partners include Global...

Webtop publishing.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... Sansui Software's (Iselin, NJ) Publish-Now! is a publishing system that enables commercial printers to provide a web-based service to their customers so that they can use a standard browser to create content for their brochures, flyers, ads,...

Quark-to-InDesign converter.(NewProducts)
March 1, 2004... With INSCI Corp.'s (Westborough, MA) WebWare TransMedia Express service, Adobe InDesign users can automate the conversion of QuarkXPress documents into InDesign files. The service is available as an option to current users of WebWare...

Randall Snyder.(Digital Gallery)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Based in Stockton, California, Randall Snyder creates projects such as posters, album covers, book covers, and murals. On his Mac G3 with 640MB of RAM, Snyder enjoys producing a wide range of patterns with U & I Software's ArtMatic Pro 3.6, a...

Frank thoughts.(Frank Talk)
March 1, 2004... Consulting: if you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made in prolonging the problem. What's the difference between artificial reality and virtual reality? One is not real and the other is not really. Digital...