Electronic Publishing articles from May 2004

Electronic Publishing archives from May 2004

On a grand scale.(Editorial)(Trade show)(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... This month I will be attending my third DRUPA, and over the years I have found that it is very difficult to adequately describe the size of the event to someone who has never been. I tell them that it is like going to Graph Expo, but having to...

Achieving fine scans.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... Fujifilm (Hanover Park, IL) is targeting entry-level prepress professionals, designers, ad agencies, and photo labs and studios with its new FineScan 2750XL color scanner. At the heart of the device is an 18.52X13.82 platen that allows up...

More productive prepress software for digimaster portfolio.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... Built on Adobe Acrobat software, Heidelberg's (Kennesaw, GA) Prinect Document Mastering 1.0 digital prepress software is designed to enable easy sharing of PDF documents, regardless of the application in which they were originally created. It...

New X-Rite densitometer is faster, easier to use than previous model.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... According to X-Rite (Grandville, MI), maintaining consistent, accurate color, regardless of environmental conditions, is the forte of the company's new DTP32 Series II automatic strip reading densitometer. Designed to calibrate and ensure...

Enfocus unveils major upgrade to PDF preflight app.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... Enfocus Software (San Mateo, CA) has unveiled Instant PDF 3.0, a major upgrade of its PDF preflight application that enables creators, without any additional steps or effort, to produce PDF documents that match printers' preferred PDF workflow...

Apago adds new features to PDF Enhancer.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... File merging, stamping, imposition, color management, and JBIG2 compression are among the major new features Apago (Alpharetta,.GA) has added to its PDF Enhancer software. According to the company, PDF Enhancer continues to offer image...

Ricoh extends its Black to Color product line.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... The Aficio 2232C and Aficio 2238C, the newest additions to Ricoh's (West Caldwell, NJ) Black to Color product line, enable users to print, copy, or scan in either black and white or full color. In addition, the new systems also include an...

EFI intros new controllers, enhances prepress and printing tools.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... EFI (Foster City, CA) has announced a pair of controllers designed to boost Canon's new high-speed, color-enabled imageRUNNER C6800 and C3100 Series systems. The company also has enhanced its MicroPress digital prepress and production workflow...

Xerox tool manages digital and offset jobs in one interface.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... In a move it says will advance its vision of a streamlined connection between printing applications and printing systems, Xerox Corp. (Rochester, NY) unveiled the first workflow software product, under the FreeFlow Digital Workflow Collection,...

Xitron shipping XiFlow prepress workflow for Harlequin RIPs.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... Designed to control and automate output to Xitron Navigator and other Harlequin-based RIPs, Xitron's (Ann Arbor, MI) XiFlow Prepress Workflow System runs on a server and controls the flow of jobs directed toward up to three RIPs simultaneously....

Creo enhances Darwin variable information authoring tool.(Tech News)
May 1, 2004... Targeted at designers, creative shops, ad agencies, and marketers who want to design, author, and manage personalized variable information documents, the Darwin 6.0 variable information authoring tool converts QuarkXPress documents into...

Anticipating the JDF DRUPA.(What's New; job definition format printing topic at DRUPA 2004 trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany)
May 1, 2004... As you read this column, I am probably on my journey to Dusseldorf, Germany, for DRUPA. Perhaps I should call it an expedition because it entails hiking from building to building, avoiding collisions with the hundreds of thousands of other...

Trevor Haworth.(Perspective)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... With a degree in applied physics from a university in the UK, Trevor Haworth entered the workforce as an electronics engineer. In 1972, he joined DuPont in graphic arts sales and marketing, and left in 1983 to become general manager of...

The role large-format media plays in projects; on their large-format digital printers, print providers are producing everything from outdoor signs to floor and window graphics to customized wallpaper, tiles, and toilet seats.(Cover Story)
May 1, 2004... As digital print technology continues to advance, wide-format printers (now defined by some as 24 to 87 inches wide) produce customized wall coverings, refrigerator doors, cabinets, bath mats, glass, and garage doors. "Now it really doesn't...

Wide-format media.(Resource Guide to)(Directory)
May 1, 2004... As advancements take place in printing technology and new ink systems are unveiled, the wide-format media market shifts rapidly. Manufacturers expand their wide-format media product offerings, enabling print providers to produce projects such...

DRUPA over the years.
May 1, 2004... DRUPA is to the printing and paper industries what the Olympic Games are to athletes. Every four years, hundreds of thousands of experts come to Dusseldorf for DRUPA. It's an important opportunity to view all the latest technologies in media...

Color proofing system helps magazines reach the finish line faster: a horse industry association brings prepress operations in-house and experiences unexpected benefits--not just improved productivity, but substantial cost savings as well.(In the Field)(DALiM SWiNG ViSA server)
May 1, 2004... The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) publishes data on the American Quarter Horse industry, such as race results, in three publications. But recently, the association, which serves more than 345,000 members worldwide, was in a race of...

Printer ups its competitiveness and quality with new screening technology: Envision Graphics offers customers higher quality with Fujifilm computer-to-plate (CTP) workflow, proofing devices, and Co-Res Screening.(In the Field)
May 1, 2004... Envision Graphics not only enjoyed a steady stream of business in 2003, but also restructured its entire prepress department, expanded the services it was able to offer, and made plans to build a larger, brand-new facility. "We revamped...

Papers satisfy complex, cross-platform jobs: print providers and end users experience the benefits of finding the right papers to meet their digital printing demands.(The Digital Paper Platform)(Emigrant Credit Corporation)
May 1, 2004... Providing complex digital printing is where there's money to be made, predicts Frank Romano during an Electronic Publishing webcast he hosted in March called "Trends and Opportunities for Digital Printing." "The printing companies that can...

Live fire labs: plug-ins for professionals: professional photographers select the best-of-the-best plug-ins.(Reviews)
May 1, 2004... The sale of digital cameras has exploded and there are clear signals from leading photo equipment and supplies manufacturers that the domestic 35mm film market has, in their eyes, passed its peak. And recently, major vendors have begun shifting...

An enhanced DAVE.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Thursby Software Systems (Arlington, TX) has released a new version of its DAVE solution for connecting Macs into existing Microsoft networks. The new DAVE v5 now works with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003. InfoNOW 60

Newspaper prepress software.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... According to Creo (Vancouver, Canada), its Synapse NewsManager workflow enables newspaper printers with a single site or with multiple remote print sites to manage and track digital files from edition plan to plate production. The system...

FireWire SAN.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Reportedly the industry's first FireWire 800 storage area network, Micronet Technology's (Torrance, CA) SANcube800 features RAID 5 and hot-swappable drives for data integrity. Delivering up to 70MB/second transfer rates, the SANcube800 consists...

Print-buying guide.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Written by print buying veteran Peter Basiliere, Successful Print Buying: A Guide to Cost-Effective Procurement of Quality Printing, published by the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL), shows readers how to navigate today's...

Virtual Ticket supports adobe CS.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Now MetaCommunications' (lowa City, IA) Production Pack software for Virtual Ticket supports Adobe InDesign and the Adobe Creative Suite on Mac OS X. The new Virtual Ticket Production Pack 3.0 enables users to access related production and...

Super-small drive.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Compatible with all DVD+, DVD-, and CD media, EZQuest's (Yorba Linda, CA) Boa Slim dual-format DVD-RW/+RW external drive comes with a FireWire and a USB 2.0 port as well as Mac and PC authoring and backup software. Weighing less than a pound...

PDF document assembly tool.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Apago Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) has released version 1.0 of its new PDFmerge software for Mac OS X as a companion to its PDFshrink compression tool. With the software, users can merge into a single PDF document multiple documents in PDF,...

Streamlined print approval.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Onyx Graphics' (Midvale, UT) Onyx RIPeXtend module functions as a printer driver in Onyx RIP-Queue, the company's core technology that includes a common RIP engine, print queue, and color management system. When combined with the Onyx In-House...

File and print server enhanced.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... With the release of ExtremeZ-IP version 3.1.1, Group Logic (Arlington, VA) offers improved file transfer performance with Mac OS X clients, better Unicode character support, and other bug fixes. According to the company, ExtremeZ-IP uses the...

Font tool for Panther.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Insider Software's (Los Gatos, CA) FontAgent Pro OS X native font management and repair utility is now available to users of Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.2). In addition to Panther support, the new release takes advantage of Apple's latest installer...

19-inch LCD display.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc. (Itasca, IL) updated its 60 Series with the new thin-frame 19-inch NEC MultiSync LCD1960NXi LCD monitor. Some of the features of this $709.99 monitor include 0.294mm pixel pitch, 250 cd/m...

Online PitStop training.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Enfocus Software (San Mateo, CA) and StaffingTools.com (Bloomington, IN) have announced a new online training course for Enfocus PitStop Professional 6.0. The 24/7-accessible course, which is automatically customized to continually correlate...

New set of MarkzTools.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Markzware's (Santa Ana, CA) MarkzTools is a content integrity XTension for QuarkXPress 4.11 and 5.x that prevents file content integrity and corruption when working with QuarkXPress documents. The latest upgrade, MarkzTools v5.5, enables users...

Ad layouts in QuarkXPress 6.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Managing Editor Inc. (Jenkintown, PA) has released the Ad Layout System (ALS) XTension for Mac OS X versions of QuarkXPress 6. With this XTension users can open ad dummies from ALS or the company's AdForce software in QuarkXPress 6, exactly as...

RIP for Quickmaster DI.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Heidelberg's (Kennesaw, GA) Quickmaster DI short-run color presses now can be equipped with the latest MetaDimension 4.1 RIP. MetaDimension 4.1 for the Quickmaster DI combines prepress software with workflow technologies that include...

Tips from the pros.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Available from Sybex Inc. (San Francisco), "Photoshop Secrets of the Pros: 20 Top Artists and Designers Face Off" is a full-color guide in which top Photoshop artists explain how they create compelling images under pressure, revealing their...

Print management tools.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... iWay Prime v2.0 from Press-sense Ltd. (Caesaria, Israel) boasts several management tools that are designed to simplify the creation of print jobs on the print buyer side while streamlining workflow on the print provider side. With VarData...

17-inch media for Epson.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Tecco GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) is offering 17-inch media for the Epson Stylus Pro 4000 inkjet printer. According to the company, the media is wound on a 3-inch core which, compared to a 2-inch core, results in reduced curling. The...

Heat transfer material for inkjets.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... According to Roland DGA Corp. (Irvine, CA), its new Heat Transfer Material makes it easy to print and transfer inkjet graphics directly onto T-shirts, hats, jackets, gym bags, and other apparel. The latest addition to Roland's Piezo Certified...

Digital printing tome.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Interquest Ltd.'s (Charlottesville, VA) Digital Printing: The Reference Handbook (Third Edition), an expanded and updated version of Nonimpact Electronic Printing: The Reference Handbook, is a guide to digital printing technologies, markets,...

DynaStrip enhanced.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... The newest version of Dynagram's (San Diego) imposition software, DynaStrip 4.1.1 features JDF and PJTF output modes that support any type of job ganging, whether it be multiple pagination sequences, multiple document lists, or step-and-repeat...

Glass printing technique.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... VUTek (Meredith, NH) launched a new glass printing capability for its PressVu UV digital inkjet printers. With the use of a hand-applied optically clear primer, treated glass can be fed through the PressVu UV. According to the company, the new...

Metals and petals.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... CTI Paper USA (Sun Prairie, WI) added ASPIRE Petallics to its Fine Paper Collection. ASPIRE Petallics is a mica-coated paper that CTI says is inspired by the natural beauty of the petals and metals of North America. Available in 80Ib. text and...

Mastering Photoshop.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Published by O'Reilly & Associates (Sebastopol, CA), Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One is designed to facilitate the task of mastering Photoshop. The book contains 12 lessons, each comprising three to six exercises, and is illustrated with more...

Net-based file server access.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... New from Helios Software GmbH (Garbsen, Germany), Helios WebShare is a server solution that enables users to access their file servers over the Internet, using an intuitive web browser interface to enable real-time file uploads and downloads,...

Vasont access from XML.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Vasont Systems (Emigsville, PA) is shipping the Vasont Universal Integrator (VUI) as a software extension to its Vasont content management system, which enables users to store multilingual content once for delivery to print, PDF, CD-ROM, and...

Simplified Internet printing.(New Products)
May 1, 2004... Available as an SDK, Adobe's (San Jose, CA) PDF JobReady 1.6, the latest release of technology previously branded as Adobe PDF Transit, enables OEMs and systems integrators to build desktop solutions that enable users to create print-ready PDF...

Cold type, the killer color, and XXX.(Frank Talk)(Willis Carrier)(Weapons of mass destruction)(Notation)
May 1, 2004... In 1880, engineers blew air through a cheesecloth over four tons of ice to cool New York's Madison Square Theater. In 1902, only one year after Willis Carrier graduated from Cornell University, the first air conditioning system was in operation...