Electronic Publishing articles from May 2001

Electronic Publishing archives from May 2001

The crystal-ball view.(surviving the economic downturn)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Whenever the economy heads south, everyone wants to know what the future holds. What's the future of interest rates? What's the future of the NASDAQ? What's the future of inflation? What's the future of the graphic arts industry? Well, maybe...

Invention and industry.(chronology of publishing innovations)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... 1850-1900 Two of the most renowned inventors and recognizable names in the industry were born during this time period. Both Ottmar Mergenthaler and George Eastman were born in 1854--Mergenthaler in southern Germany and Eastman in...

Minolta premiers its latest.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... During On Demand, Minolta Corporation (Ramsey, NJ) exhibited the latest additions to its CF line of color printer/copiers, as well as previewed its upcoming MicroPress PrintLink for the DiALTA Di750 printer/copier. Offering support...

IPA ECONOMIC SURVEY.(International Prepress Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Profit figures indicate uncertainty The International Prepress Association's (IPA) Quarterly Economic Survey indicates that a slim majority of survey respondents experienced lower profits in the fourth quarter of 2000 as compared to...

Harlequin unleashes Jaws.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... Harlequin unleashes Jaws A subsidiary of Global Graphics, Harlequin Inc. (Waltham, MA) is shipping the latest version of its PDF-creation application, Jaws PDF Creator 2.0. Touted as the only alternative to Adobe Acrobat for generating PDF...

SMARTworks adds new tool.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... SMARTworks.com Inc. (Dayton, OH) exhibited the latest addition to its SMARTworks enterprise print management and procurement e-business solution, Design to Order. The Design to Order service assists users with print-buying tasks such as...

Xerox expands color portfolio.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... Xerox Corporation (Rochester, NY) recently announced its intention to lead a large-scale migration from black-and-white to color documents in both production and office environments. To this end, Xerox unveiled new and enhanced products that...

T/R Systems enhances line.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... T/R Systems Inc. (Atlanta) demonstrated enhanced versions of its MicroImager and e-Ticket solutions. Developed for high-volume imaging environments, the MicroImager assists users in editing digital documents by providing a WYSIWYG preview and...

DAX demonstrates DAX-IT.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... While exhibiting at On Demand, Digital Art Exchange Inc. (DAX; Charlestown, MA) introduced DAX-IT, a secure, browser-based, Internet-delivery service. Powered by Hilgreave Inc.'s HyperSend technology, the DAX-IT secure Internet delivery...

Danka provides Digimaster accessories.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... Danka Business Systems PLC (St. Petersburg, FL) announced that it is marketing an array of new hardware solutions designed to increase productivity. Danka offers three accessories for use with the Heidelberg Digimaster 9110. The...

Imation introduces server.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The Imation MatchPrint Professional Server and specialized proofing media are just two of the announcements to come from Imation (Oakdale, MN), in alliance with Xerox Corporation, at the On Demand venue in New York. Targeting the creative,...

Oce announces new devices.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2001... Oce Printing Systems USA Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) introduced a new printer, proofing system, and RIP at On Demand. The DemandStream 4030 cut-sheet digital printing system, capable of outputting up to 108 cut-sheet pages per minute, provides...

X marks the spot.(Xerox Corp. product development)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... It seems not a day goes by that I do not receive either press releases or phone calls announcing some new, innovative, technologically advanced product. These products are usually some unnamed or as-yet-undeveloped technology, to be delivered...

Steve Davis.(Interview)
May 1, 2001... Hevenor. With a background in Chinese law and politics, Steve Davis might seem an unlikely candidate as president and CEO of Corbis, one of the largest digital imagery and content providers in the world, but then his is not a typical...

the Future.(printing industry)
May 1, 2001... What's in store for the next five years? We asked some of the industry's leading executives to share their views. There's no doubt that printing as an industry is undergoing a fundamental change as a result of the influence of the Web upon...

THE CURRENCY OF CONTENT.(digital asset management)
May 1, 2001... Managing your digital assets is key to the value of information. Information is often called the currency of the age, and although there is an overabundance of it, much is outdated, incorrect, inaccessible, or in formats that don't match...

MAKING a SPLASH!(Sinar Bron digital camera system)
May 1, 2001... With a versatile digital camera system, this photographer captures food and liquid shots for a recent packaging project. If your expertise is to create photographic splashes--as is Jens Johnson's--you might specialize in making martini...

Feed the flow, eliminate the ebb.(the business of prepress houses)
May 1, 2001... More and more prepress houses fill workflow gaps with the nontraditional. Much has been said and written about streamlining workflow, increasing efficiency, and saving time and money. But what of growing the business and increasing...

A digital workflow boosts efficiency for commercial printer.(Inkstone Company Inc.)(Screen)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Screen's Trueflow Pro digital workflow and Tanto 5120 imagesetter have more than tripled Inkstone's output while maintaining the same number of employees. When a commercial printer seeks to improve its efficiency and address the needs of...

Ataraxia makes prints that last countless generations.(Ataraxia Studio)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Color-management solution brings accuracy and predictability to longest-lasting printing process. Just imagine that in the year 2500 your ancestors could wander their homes and admire your photographic prints hanging on their walls. At...

Print shop takes on bigger jobs with eight-color printer.(Originals Digital Color)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... A Roland HiFi Pro V8 device enables printer to accommodate fine-art printing and large-volume production jobs. Sometimes businesses take unexpected turns, and sometimes that's a good thing. When Originals Digital Color opened in 1996 as a...

Unwrapping QuarkWrapture.(Quark Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... QuarkWrapture takes the guesswork out of package design. Every so often it actually happens--you feel good about using that abused word "intuitive" when you talk about a program. QuarkWrapture is very nearly an intuitive program--at least...

Events at Club Photo.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Club Photo Inc. provides professional photographers and graphic artists an online presence. An avid Web surfer, I have come across a variety of sites offering photo finishing and sharing tools and services. Club Photo is unique in that it...

Spire CSX2000.(CreoScitex)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... CreoScitex (Burnaby, British Columbia) showcased its Spire CSX2000 at the On Demand Show. This newest member of the Spire Color Server family was officially released on March 19th and is currently available for customer orders. The Spire...

SubliJet inks.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ahearn & Soper (East Syracuse, NY), Nidi Technologies (Atlanta), and Splash of Color (Dallas), distributors of wide-format inkjet machines and supplies, jointly unveiled new sublimation inks for the Roland Hi-Fi JET PRO wide-format printer. The...

Georgia-Pacific offerings.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Georgia-Pacific (Atlanta) announced a new paper designed to offer the same brightness and opacity of 20 or 24 lb. paper at a reduced basis weight. Microprint Digital Publishing Text (45 lb.) reduces document weight and bulk and supports...

Elixir Technologies.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Elixir Technologies Corporation (Ojai, CA) introduced several new products at On Demand 2001. PageMiner, a solution for extracting data from legacy printstreams such as Xerox DJDE Line Data, Metacode, or AFP, is a core component of Elixir's...

UNCOMMON STOCK.(Desert Dolphin Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Desert Dolphin Inc. (Durango, CO) is offering the second royalty-free CD collection in its Scenic America series. Volume two is entitled Southwest Scenics and includes 100, 38MB images from southwest photographer Branson Reynolds, whose work...

Host-independent storage.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Raidtec Corporation (Alpharetta, GA) has announced the shipping of its FlexArray HI (host-independent) Ultra 160 SCSI RAID system. Due to its system independence, the FlexArray HI 160 is adaptable to any server operating system that supports...

Canon U.S.A.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Canon U.S.A. (Lake Success, NY) demonstrated a new application for its image CLASS C2100 and CLBP 4605PS color laser printers using Teslin synthetic printing sheets by PPG Industries (Monroeville, PA). Canon's "S" toner enables printing on the...

Virtual communications network.(Atabok Inc)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Atabok (Newton, MA), formerly e-Parcel Inc., introduced a suite of digital delivery solutions that enable users to send, receive, track, and control digital content over public networks with the help of the Virtual Communications Network (VCN),...

Workgroup solutions.(Pitney Bowes Office Systems)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Pitney Bowes Office Systems (Stamford, CT) unveiled two new solutions for decentralized corporate workgroups--the DL460 and DL550 digital copier/printers. These mid-volume, 600dpi, black-and-white systems provide 45 and 55 copy/page-per-minute...

Xeikon news.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Xeikon (Wood Dale, IL) launched a number of new products to expand its digital printing offerings. Leading off was the DCP 320 Dx, a 70ppm, full color varaible-data printing press. The DCP 320 Dx features Xeikon's One Pass Duplex technology and...

Digital network devices.(Savin Corp. )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Savin Corp. (Stamford, CT) exhibited its newest network output devices. The 2085DP and 2105DP Digital Imaging Systems are high-resolution black-and-white printers and walk-up copiers providing printing speeds of 85ppm and 105ppm, respectively....

Publisher 2002.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) presented its newest Microsoft Publisher-version 2002. This desktop publishing program was designed for small and home-based business owners and has expanded its audience. Version 2002 has added the support...

Electronic Publishing Technology.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... In an effort to provide an efficient and cost-effective means of cross-media publishing, NewsEdge Corporation (Burlington, MA) has released Electronic Publishing Technology. This new tool refines, tags, prioritizes and distributes content,...

Print goes fluorescent.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... DayGlo Color Corp. (Cleveland, OH) showcased its new fluorescent inkjet cartridges at the On Demand Expo. These inks, which are dye-based cyan, magenta, and yellow inks enhanced by fluorescing chemicals to improve color, are available for most...

PrintChannel services.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... PrintChannel.com's (San Francisco) scalable and configurable online print procurement solution has expanded its services and features to the first-time print market. New attractions include new online job submission features, remote printing,...

AHT releases.(Advanced High-Tech Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Advanced Hi-Tech Corporation (El Segundo, CA) showcased a few new products at On Demand. Unify is AHT's next generation server technology, which offers the ability to connect and control multiple printers. Features include bookmaking,...

FRESH FACES.(P22Type Foundry Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... P22Type Foundry Inc. (Buffalo, NY) has released its newest font design in the Frank Lloyd Wright series. Terracotta, the third font set in P22's Wright collection, is based on letterforms and decorative embellishments found in Wright's early...

Digital substrate.(RF Digital)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... RF Digital (Lemont, IL), the Print On Demand Papers and Substrates Division of Russell-Field Paper Company, debuted Garda Pat 13, the newest addition to its line of digital substrates. This paper is a matte, wood-free paper with natural white...

Digital express.(IKON Office Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... IKON Office Solutions Inc. (Valley Forge, PA) released an expanded version of Digital Express 2000, its web-based document management and print e-procurement product. This new curement product. This new release is an ASP model, is scalable and...

Print-on-demand requires a ready, willing, and idle press.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Bill Taylor, president of California's K/P Corporation, spoke recently on the convergence of digital printing and e-commerce. He said that the concept of print-on-demand (POD) has been bandied about for the last few years--print what you want,...