Electronic Publishing articles from October 2000

Electronic Publishing archives from October 2000

Each show reflects changes.
October 1, 2000... KEITH HEVENOR The debate over whether changes in the Seybold conferences have been for the better rage on, but based on the San Francisco event last month, the fact that it indeed has changed couldn't have been clearer. When I first...

MegaVision expands camera-back line.
October 1, 2000... MegaVision Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA) launched the S3 Pro a single-shot digital camera back based upon the Philips 3072x2048-pixel CCD. Its three-position ISO switch furnishes S3 Pro users a choice of 100, 200, and 400 ISO. Boasting high...

Corel launches CoreIDRAW 10 Suite.
October 1, 2000... Corel Corporation's (Ottawa, Canada) CorelDRAW 10 Graphics Suite sports some significant product enhancements which lend to increased ease of use, performance, and time savings. These recent changes are evident in CorelDRAW 10's user...

IPA ECONOMIC SURVEY.
October 1, 2000... Is dynamic industry creating a chasm? Second-quarter economic indicators present a mixed picture with those experiencing an increase in sales and those seeing a decline evenly split. Profits, too, are showing a similar pattern. Although the...

Adobe previews Photoshop version 6.0.
October 1, 2000... Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, CA) just recently announced version 6.0 of its popular Photoshop image-editing software. For use in both print and Web workflows, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 sports a streamlined GUI enhanced with new content...

Barco Graphics premiers VLF devices.
October 1, 2000... Barco Graphics Inc. (Vandalia, OH) debuted a new family of CTP and workflow solutions for the commercial printer market. Designed for high-volume magazine, book, and commercial printers, Barco Graphics' Mondrian is an 830nm thermal...

Roland releases an eight-color inkjet.
October 1, 2000... Roland DGA Corporation (Irvine, CA) recently unveiled new additions to its award-winning line of Hi-Fl JET wide-format inkjet printers. Among the company's latest models are the new HiFi JET Pro FJ-400 and FJ-500 eight-color printers...

Vista Print.com supplies VistaStudio.
October 1, 2000... VistaPrint.com (Waltham, MA) offers full-color, short-run printing services via the Internet with cost savings of up to 90 percent. VistaPrint.com offers end users a means to order custom-designed letterhead, envelopes, and postcards, and free,...

CreoScitex presents its PressTouch.
October 1, 2000... Developed by CreoScitex (Bedford, MA) to increase the productivity and flexibility of CreoScitex work flows, the PressTouch application enables Macintosh users to view, edit, and trap LW files and Brisque and PS/M pages. In addition to...

IBM debuts the Infoprint Color 130.
October 1, 2000... IBM Printing Systems (Boulder, CO) announced the recent availability of its Infoprint Color 130. Targeted at the graphic designer, commercial printer, prepress service bureau, and corporate in-plant operator, the new digital color print...

Omission confession.
October 1, 2000... "The EP Resource Guide to Drum Scanners," included in the August 2000 issue, inadvertantly overlooked drum scanner offerings from ICG Limited (Goucestershire, UK), a Global Graphics company. ICG's product line includes the 200HQ, 370HS, and...

Developments below the surface.
October 1, 2000... In last month's column I looked at this summer's "tip of the iceberg." This month, I want to look at more of the iceberg and perhaps even a little of what's going on below the surface. PDF is fast becoming a major part of our digital...

Web Photo Services--Internet bubble or sea change? Part II.
October 1, 2000... In part one of this column in August, I reviewed some of the background behind Future Image's recent research study entitled Web Photo Services 2000--A Competitive Analysis. I described in detail where the key companies fit, the core value...

Niels Winther.
October 1, 2000... Mention the printing industry to anyone and Heidelberg is likely the first name that comes to mind. There is no doubt that this is a very high-visibility company. Niels M. Winther is president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board...

CTP The word on the Web.
October 1, 2000... Ever since DRUPA 1995, the industry has been abuzz with talk of computer-to-plate (CTP) technology. As a result, it is of little surprise that much of the industry has taken to the Internet to share individual insights about and experiences...

EP Resource Guide to CTP Printing Plates.
October 1, 2000... In 1995, DRUPA attendees returned from Dusseldorf brimming with excitement about the very latest advancements in computer-to-plate technology. CTP has been the focal point of numerous industry discussions, conferences, and venues since that...

Workstations for prepress.
October 1, 2000... TODAY'S MODELS BOAST UNPRECEDENTED SPEED AND POWER. WHICH HORSE IS THE BEST BET? apple's new release of multiprocessor G4s has once again provided a good reason for prepress managers to evaluate available workstations from different...

The Friary Press reaps PDF advantages.
October 1, 2000... This small UK printer can now compete globally. How does a small, sheet-fed printer based in a rural town on the south coast of England compete with printers twice its size located in London and other large cities? For The Friary Press...

What good are the 'dot-coms'?
October 1, 2000... Impresse smooths quoting and buying for both printers and print customers. Industry analysts at Trend watch, a company that monitors trends in the graphic arts market, report that only 4 percent of all print businesses are using a...

Nash Editions sings praise of color-management solution.
October 1, 2000... To produce fine-art prints on unique media with accurate color, Nash Editions relies on MonacoPROFILER 3.0. When Graham Nash and Mac Holbert launched Nash Editions in 1990, they couldn't have predicted the unique media they would use in...

DAM software saves labor, eliminates errors.
October 1, 2000... Xinet's WebNative solution helps Eastern Rainbow archive more jobs while reducing labor costs. Sometimes it takes more than one try to find the exact tool to satisfy a business need. But sometimes persistence pays off. This year, Eastern...

Steal this column! [*].
October 1, 2000... In the age of Napster, multimedia, and multipurposing, how much of someone else's creation can you appropriate? The law says one thing, but the real world dictates another. Can your work pass the "smell test"? Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of...

Test drive at DRUPA.
October 1, 2000... Olympus' C-3030Zoom digital camera performs well in the field. When the Olympus C-3030Zoom arrived in the office in late April, I knew right away it would be the perfect gadget to bring to DRUPA. After all, where better than DRUPA to show...

Stock searches made simple.
October 1, 2000... Random Eye image grabber trims time and complexity off online image searches. With the advent of the Internet, graphic designers have gained access to a far greater number of stock images. And although the ability to purchase and download...

KDS online.
October 1, 2000... KDS (Garden Grove, CA) launched ShopKDS.com, a new website designed to supply visitors with product information, online technical support and customer service, and the company's latest display drivers and product promotions. KDS also announced...

A team of servers.
October 1, 2000... Team ASA (San Diego) is shipping two of its cross-platform server solutions, the cyanPrintIP Print-over-IPserver and the workstation version of its MacServerIP. In addition to a load-balancing protocol and font-management utility, cyanPrintIP...

Compact camera.
October 1, 2000... Pentax Corporation (Denver) released the EI-200, a new compact digital camera that measures 5x2.8x2.2 inches in size. Able to achieve a maximum resolution of l600xl200dpi, the EI-200 sports a 2.11-megapixel CCD and 10-bit A/D converter, a 3X...

Going to ExtremeZ.
October 1, 2000... Group Logic (Arlington, VA) upgraded ExtremeZ-IP, its AppleShareIP server software solution for Windows NT and 2000, to version 1.1.3. Designed to increase the file throughput of mixed-platform networks, ExtremeZ-IP 1.1.3 is now available to...

A whiz at layouts.
October 1, 2000... Developed with advertising and marketing professionals in mind, Layout Wizard is a template-based software application from Layout Wizard Inc. (Lenexa, KS). The company's flagship product assists users in the creation and delivery of...

Noritsu news.
October 1, 2000... Noritsu America Corporation (Buena Park, CA) presented its QSS-2701 Digital, a minilab comprising a high-speed film scanner and digital printing system. The QSS-2701 Digital processes data from a variety of sources, including 35mm film, CD-ROM,...

Extending XTension usage.
October 1, 2000... Baseview Products (Ann Arbor, MI) unveiled new versions of its QTools and DragX Quark XTensions. The latest edition of QTools is QuarkXPress 4 and PowerPC native, offers improved text overflow control, and presents users with a list of stories...

Color bundle.
October 1, 2000... Monaco Systems Inc. (Andover, MA) announced the availability of a new color-management solution geared toward graphics professionals. The new system comprises MonacoProof color-management software and X-Rite's Digital Swatchbook...

2000 version.
October 1, 2000... Mentalix inc. (Piano, TX) has begun shipping its Pixel!FX2000 line of imaging and scanning products for Unix platforms. In addition to multithreaded scanning, the Pixel!FX2000 family reportedly includes updated features, product fixes, improved...

GAIN from PIA.
October 1, 2000... The Printing Industries of America Inc. (PIA; Alexandria, VA) reported that more than 11,000 people visited the Graphic Arts Information Network (GAIN), located online at www.gain.net, during its first month of operation. One area of the GAIN...

Quality control.
October 1, 2000... GLUON Inc. (New York City) released version 4.2 of its QC (Quality Control) System for QuarkXPress. Comprised of the QC and QC Collect XTensions, GLUON's complete QC System is available for Macintosh systems at a cost of $149. The QC preflight...

Toshiba FC22.
October 1, 2000... Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (Irvine, CA) introduced its latest full-color digital copier/printer, the FC22, for graphics professionals, desktop publishers, print-for-pay establishments, and high-volume office environments. Achieving...

To the visual edge.
October 1, 2000... VisualEdge Technology (San Jose, CA) unleashed its ImageJet 2000 RIP software. Replacing the company's previous EX and XL versions, the ImageJet 2000A and 2000B releases include support of six-color printers from Mimaki, Roland, and Epson,...

Plethora of patterns.
October 1, 2000... Following the official debut of the digital publishing company earlier this year, EKKO Digital Patterns (San Antonio, TX) released its first volume of tileable patterns for use by graphic and web designers, 3D artists, and illustrators. The...

Two in one.
October 1, 2000... Delkin Devices (San Diego) presented the eFilm Reader-5 solution for downloading image files from CompactFlash and SmartMedia cards. Sporting a USB connection, the eFilm Reader-5 accommodates two cards, one SmartMedia card of any capacity and...

At the printCafe.
October 1, 2000... printCafe (Pittsburgh) released upgraded versions of three of its printing and publishing software applications. Programmed Solutions Printing Management 11.0 boasts full integration of the Crystal Reports engine with the Print Management...

Bubble jet support.
October 1, 2000... Wasatch Computer Technology Inc. (Salt Lake City) announced that the Wasatch SoftRIP digital RIP solution now supports the new Canon BJC-8500 Bubble Jet printer. A PostScript Level 3 RIP, SoftRIP is capable of driving the Canon BJC-8500 in...

Pocketful of photos.
October 1, 2000... Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR) debuted a PC camera suitable for taking photos and recording video clips both at and away from the personal computer. The Intel Pocket PC Camera, priced at $149, can be attached to a PC for the creation of...

SAN solutions.
October 1, 2000... Dot Hill Systems (Carlsbad, CA) enhanced its SANpath 3.1 and SANscape 2.3 storage area network management software applications. SANpath 3.1 now offers dynamic LUN assignment and supports Linux, HP-UX, and Windows 2000 platforms. Version 2.3 of...

PrintTalk progress.
October 1, 2000... NPES, The Association of Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies (Reston, VA) announced that the PrintTalk project's founding members--including Collabria, Impresse, MediaFlex.com, httprint, Wam!Net, and many...

Internet throughput.
October 1, 2000... Gigabyte Express 5, the latest version of Niwot Networks' (Boulder, CO) business-to-business bulk data transfer solution, is designed to speed international file transmission over the Internet. For use with Windows 2000, 98, or NT systems,...

TSM first.
October 1, 2000... The Stock Market Photo Agency (TSM; New York City) launched its first Technology collection, replete with images based on computer, Internet, wireless, and other technological advancements. The Technology Collection is displayed at...

Professional ColorCAMM.
October 1, 2000... Roland DGA Corporation (Irvine, CA) is shipping the ColorCAMM Pro PC-600, its 24-inch, six-color thermal transfer printing and cutting device. The new machine was developed with graphic designers, signmakers, and screenprinters in mind....

Pentax with Digita QE.
October 1, 2000... FlashPoint Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that the first consumer single lens reflex (SLR) digital camera to incorporate Digita OE is the Pentax El-2000. Flash Point's Digita OE is an open operating system designed specifically for...

Creating composites.
October 1, 2000... CreoScitex (Bedford, MA) announced version 1.5 if its PDF Seps2Comp plug-in for Adobe Acrobat. Targeted at prepress professionals, PDF Seps2Comp 1.5 enables users to transform color-separated PDF files from such page-layout utilities as...

Hermstedt's Angelo.
October 1, 2000... Hermstedt (Marblehead, MA) introduced Angelo, the company's latest primary rate ISDN card for use in environments having high-bandwidth communications or an ISDN solution with a multitude of concurrent connections. Angelo is a compact PCI card...

Internet imaging.
October 1, 2000... Ricoh PC Peripherals Business Unit (West Caldwell, NJ) presented the RDC-i700 Internet-ready digital camera. This new portable digital imaging device is said to offer users the ability to send and receive email with attachments, compose HTML...

Annie Gusman.
October 1, 2000... Annie Gusman of Putnam, Connecticut, creates illustrations for an impressive client list including The New York Times, Business Week, United Air Lines, and Keds Shoes. She begins her artwork by using either a pen or a brush line and then scans...

From a lotta bytes to yottabytes.
October 1, 2000... It all began when we begot the bit--the basic building block of the digital age; digital DNA, if you will. Bits are binary digits--1 or 0, on or off--and they combine to form bytes. Most bytes are 8 bits, but some systems have bigger bytes. No...