Electronic Publishing articles from October 2003

Electronic Publishing archives from October 2003

Captivating.(from Xerox Corp.)
October 1, 2003... At 22 ppm, nothing captures the detail and intrigue of color like the Xerox Phaser[R] 7700 network printer. There's a new way to look at it. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Color so real you just can't take your eyes off of it. The Xerox...

Expect more.(Kodak Polychrome Graphics)
October 1, 2003... Commercial printers demand the best in color reproduction. The Kodak Approval NX Digital Color Imaging System with Rapid Recipe Color technology is the ultimate proofer for commercial printers. Accurately proof jobs that were previously...

A few new faces, same mission.(Editorial)(Editorial)
October 1, 2003... There's never a dull moment in the graphic arts market, and even though the economy has kept business down over the past few years, growth moving forward is certain. In an effort to better position Electronic Publishing to embrace this growth...

Extreme workflow.(Profiles in Prepress)
October 1, 2003... Challenge: Multiple obstacles with job. Press schedule not flexible. Profile: Brett has been working with RIPs for over six years. Recently installed Xenith Extreme[R]. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Job: Customer has late text...

Proofing, printing, and meetings.(What's New)
October 1, 2003... It's hard to believe that 2003 is nearly over. We are into the fourth quarter of the year and holding our collective breath waiting to hear how our industry is improving. Yes, I did say improving. During the past few months when we're feeling...

Speed. Quality. Price.
October 1, 2003... Delivering all three is an idea whose time has come. Say hello to Violet from Fujifilm. With the new Violet Saber platesetter, Fujifilm makes the advantages of CTP a reality for more printers. Because it uses violet laser diodes,...

Printer. Little league coach. Creo customer.
October 1, 2003... In the heat of the game, Steve Reuther keeps his team focused on playing from its strengths. So when he was ready to strike out on his own last year, he wanted good advice about winning in the commercial printing game. Creo coached him...

Mohawk unveils new Digital paper family.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... Mohawk Paper (Cohoes, NY) introduces a new portfolio of products for the color copy market that features its new Digital Imaging Surface, a patented technology that applies to either uncoated or coated paper to enhance its paper-to-toner...

ICS releases calibration and ICC profiling package.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... According to ICS (New York, NY), its new basICColor 2.5 Display with Instrument facilitates the process of calibrating and profiling CRT and LCD computer monitors. The software/hardware package, which combines display calibration and ICC...

Rampage announces new solutions.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... With CEPS Impose Gateway (CEGway) from Rampage Systems (Waltham, MA), users of Brisque and other Scitex workflows can output to more than 120 imaging devices from manufacturers including Fuji, Epson, and others. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Western Lithotech intros line of CTP systems.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... Lastra America/Western Lithotech (Danbury, CT) introduced a new line of CTP systems that it says can achieve production speeds ranging from 75 to 300 plates per hour. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The new line is composed of DiamondNetG2...

Imacon to develop digital back for 35mm SLRs.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... Imacon (Redmond, WA) has partnered with Leica Camera AG and Kodak's Division for Imaging Sensor Solutions (I.S.S.) to develop a digital camera back for Leica's single lens reflex R8 and R9 camera series. Scheduled to be introduced at...

HELIOS ImageServer supports Quark and Adobe documents.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... HELIOS Software GmbH's (Garbsen, Germany) ImageServer 2.5 server software now creates preview files of QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign documents, enabling local and remote users to preview and control these documents from creation to final...

KPG DirectPress now available in U.S. and Canada.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... According to Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG; Norwalk, CT), its DirectPress 5034 DI system, a two-page, four-color digital imaging press, is now available to customers in the U.S. and Canada. The KPG DirectPress 5034 DI system is powered by...

Olympus debuts digital interchangeable-lens SLR system.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... Olympus America Inc. (Melville, NY) introduced what it says is the world's first 100 percent all-digital interchangeable-lens SLR system. According to the company, the new Olympus Digital SLR System with Digital Specific Lenses establishes a...

Epson unveils new pair of scanners.(Tech News)
October 1, 2003... Restoring old photos is the forte of Epson's (Long Beach, CA) new EPSON Perfection 3170 PHOTO and EPSON Perfection 1670 PHOTO scanners. The Perfection 3170 PHOTO delivers a maximum hardware resolution of 3200x6400dpi, while the Perfection...

How well do you connect with Shannon?
October 1, 2003... Shannon's life is hectic. With two kids and a full-time job, she doesn't have time to open her mail regularly. So when she does, why not make it eye-catching? Colorful, customized to her interests, and delivered the way she prefers. ...

Delphax Technologies Inc.: printer attains super-fast print capability.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Excellence in Innovation Given the current economic climate and the caution with which all businesses are facing the future, finding a way to make the most of what you have has never been more important. In this 6th annual special...

Heidelberg USA: RT Associates uses Heidelberg digital solutions to meet customer demand.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... RT Associates dominates short runs, fast turnaround, and customer service. This 21-year-old company nestled in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois, has embraced digital printing and is supplying outstanding quality using the...

WAM!NET: Colorhouse delivers with WAM!NET.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Colorhouse, a business unit of Mail-Well, provides top-notch premedia/prepress services for a distinguished customer list. The company was an early adopter of WAM!NET services, attracted to the speed and security of WAM!NET digital content...

Enfocus.(Cadmus adopts digital technology)
October 1, 2003... As recently as last year, the experts predicted that mass PDF adoption in the prepress and printing industries was still way off, and that use only amounted to a small percentage of total jobs. Well, jump into the "way off": the future is...

Xinet.(Pacific Digital Image's use of Xinet's digital products)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Pacific Digital Image has earned its reputation as one of the best high-end digital prepress companies on the West Coast by investing in leading-edge technology. But to keep demanding clients such as Old Navy, Hewlett-Packard, and...

DALiM Software: with DALiM Software, Hatcher Press harnesses digital workflow power.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Hatcher Press prints a wide variety of work, from brochures, catalogs, packaging, large posters, and fine-art prints, to lenticular 3D on plastic. They boast the largest capacity of any sheet-fed printer in the San Francisco Bay area--not too...

Esko-Graphics: with Esko-Graphics' FastLane, Omaha Print gets there faster.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... With Esko-Graphics' FastLane Next Generation workflow, Omaha Print's attention to detail and customer satisfaction enables the company and its clients to "Get there. Faster." Omaha Print uses FastLane's Workflow Ticket Automation to...

A.B.Dick: printer pushes the envelope with A.B.Dick equipment.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Bourland Printing has earned A.B.Dick's endorsement for Excellence in Innovation for its outstanding ability to take a calculated risk to get ahead of the competition. Their willingness to push the envelope with our DPM product line in a...

Adobe Systems Incorporated: in-house design studio relies on Adobe products.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Fossil Inc. made a name for itself back in 1984 when it began designing watches as fashion accessories at a time when watches were created strictly for function. Today Fossil continues to offer inventive watches and a growing line of apparel...

Xpedx Import: Curry attracts clients with digital printing.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... "There is no greater satisfaction than delivering a finished product that helps clients reach their objectives." This is the mantra at Curry Printing, a commercial and digital printer founded in 1981 and headquartered in Worcester,...

Saepio Technologies.(RT Associates use technology from Saepio, Heidelberg and NexPress Solutions to give customers print materials)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... While many print providers in recent years tried to increase their bottom line by reducing costs, the Chicago-area, full-service solutions provider RT Associates has enjoyed a 20-percent-plus increase in sales for the past three years. The...

Loves Italian marble tile, power saws and getting discounts and savings thanks to Visa.
October 1, 2003... Chances are you started a business to do what you love. That's why you need Visa[R] Business. Our Partner Advantage program negotiates savings on everything from travel to office supplies to business services so you don't have to. In...

Presstek Inc.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... PrimeNet Marketing Services, a division of Milwaukee-based Journal Communications, is the full-service direct marketing arm of Journal, offering services out of its three locations throughout the U.S. When PrimeNet's offset printing...

Creo.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Action Printing, a division of the Gannett Company Inc., offers short-run, quick-turnaround production of directories, manuals, catalogs, publications, and books printed with coated covers on uncoated text. The CSRs at Action Printing...

Latran Technologies: Quality Graphics offers unique proofs.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... A family-owned commercial printer specializing in high-quality color, Quality Graphics Center has come up with innovative applications for its Prediction Digital Halftone Proofing Systems. The top ad agencies and graphic designers its serves...

Master space and time; with ViewSonic[R] pro series ThinEdge[TM] Displays you work smarter, not all night.
October 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A designer eye deserves a designer display. Put ViewSonic's revolutionary ThinEdge[TM] LCD displays through your own screen test and witness the new standard in display productivity for CAD, engineering, production...

Xeikon America: Personix handles digital cards.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Increasingly, plastic cards are used for marketing as well as identification purposes. Cards are customized with full-color logos, names, and photos, providing co-branding opportunities, cultivating customer loyalty, and enhancing overall...

Kodak Polychrome Graphics.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Brad Mintz, senior vice president and manager of Graphic Services for global marketing communications agency McCann-Erickson New York, regularly reviews new technology for its potential to help his group meet its primary responsibilities:...

Integrated Color Solutions Inc.: ICS Remote Director satisfies need for cost-conscious, agile production.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... When news broke early in 2003 of the ICS Remote Director system's certification by SWOP Inc., it raised more than a few eyebrows. And it attracted, among others, TV Guide magazine. Unlike most contract digital proofers, Remote Director is...

Electronics for Imaging (EFI): Fiery Q4000 helps ImageKing thrive in a competitive market.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... ImageKing Visual Solutions is a survivor. Despite New York's devastating post-9/11 economy, ImageKing has emerged a stronger company with a powerful growth strategy. While many New York area printing companies were forced to close or merge,...

RealTimeImage: Sandy Alexander keeps presses running.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... As everyone knows, a lot of people have great ideas--but the few who execute them find true success. Sandy Alexander, headquartered in Clifton, New Jersey, is one of these rare companies. As a leading graphic communications company, Sandy...

Monaco Systems Inc.: MacKay assembles team of experts to tackle color management.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Located in Florence, Kentucky, MacKay is a subsidiary of the Bemis Company. It provides engravings and prepress graphics services for rotogravure, flexographic, and offset package printers. As a premier service provider in the industry,...

Enovation: Excell invests in sound color technology.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... "We built this company on quality. We've invested in good technologies and we've done it right," declares Jerry Blaising, owner and president of Excell Color Graphics. While that's not the company's official mission statement, it is the...

GMG: seeing color proofs perfectly at Brown.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Brown Printing Company, a Gruner + Jahr company, is the fifth largest publication printer in the country and is nationally recognized as a high-quality, high-volume printer serving America's finest magazine, catalog, and insert publishers....

ViewSonic Corporation.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... In the opinion of Rob Barrett, president of Bartec Fire Safety Systems, "ViewSonic's Tablet PC V1100 is as good a tool as a hammer on any job site." His fire safety company in British Columbia was looking for a solution that enabled the...

Oce.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Vista Color Lab is thriving in these tough economic times. While many shops are seeing growth in the single digits this year, Vista Color Lab recently celebrated its best revenue-producing month in the company's history. In addition to a...

North Plains Systems.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Warner Bros. chose North Plains Systems' enterprise digital asset management solution--TeleScope Enterprise--to manage the distribution of advertising publications among various business units that use it to market their properties. Examples...

IBM Printing Systems.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... BellSouth Billing Inc. (BBI), an operating division of BellSouth Inc., formats, prints, and distributes 1 million bills to customers across the region every business day. Though BellSouth has made huge strides with electronic billing, a vast...

Xerox Corporation: Foxfire Printing uses DocuColor iGen3 to increase efficiency, grow revenue.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Three years ago, Foxfire Printing, a full-service printing and fulfillment company with facilities in Newark, Delaware, and Upper Marlboro, Maryland, printed offset shells for point-of-purchase (POP) signs for national retail stores. Another...

Rampage Systems Inc.: Rex Three competes by connecting online.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... In a tight marketplace, it's getting tougher and tougher to differentiate your business using the standbys of cost, quality, and turnaround time. After all, print buyers have come to expect all three. Rex 3 is a full-service (from photography...

Exstream Software: collaborating with millions of customers, one at a time.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services, one of the nation's leading asset management and retirement services firms, recognized that it needed to take a fresh look at its defined contribution statement. So the project team adopted a multilevel...

Hewlett-Packard: making vacations more memorable with HP DesignJet printers.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Carnival, the world's largest cruise line, entertains thousands each time it sets sail. Because it offers quality vacations and a top-notch customer experience at affordable prices, travelers flock to Carnival. As one of its guest...

Screen (USA): Cummings Printing Co. earns customer loyalty.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Few printers can boast a client list that includes customers who have been regularly buying printing services from them for 40 or 50 years. But this is exactly the kind of customer loyalty Cummings Printing Co. Inc. inspires. Established...

Blanchard Systems: ActionEmco manages files and office products with Blanchard's Vortex system.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... ActionEmco, the country's largest independently owned wholesale distributor of office, computer, and related supplies, helps market its product line with catalogs, flyers, and other collateral. Merchandisers often change their product mix...

Pantone Inc.: Pantone Hexachrome makes Safeway's cereals pop.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... "Today, so many industries are extremely concerned with color management, and PANTONE Hexachrome offers a great system of managing color from start to finish," explains Steve Kozel, president and CEO of Oakland, California-based O.N.E. Color...

Lightning Source Inc.: on-demand print and distribution provider hits "10 millionth book" milestone.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... Lightning Source Inc., barely six years old, has passed a major milestone in the print on demand industry--but the industry leader isn't pausing long to celebrate. Boasting a title base of over 200,000 on-demand titles, and printing and...

Lexmark International Inc.(Excellence in Innovation)
October 1, 2003... "Innovative" is more than just a word or slogan. It is an action, a way of life. Innovative describes Avery Cloud, vice president, information technology/C10 of Integris Health System, and the IT facility that he oversees at the Canadian...

The number one name in digital printing.
October 1, 2003... private customer-specific websites custom catalog ordering file transfer online preflighting online proofing true variable data printing press-ready file generation and more... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Resource guide to displays.
October 1, 2003... 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...

It's amazing what you can build with a 2 X 4.
October 1, 2003... Help build a secure future for the graphic arts industry A $3,300 pledge for four years will help two students complete college. The PGSF 2 X 4 scholarship program can be customized and designated for children of company employees,...

The Artist's Palette of LAB.(Makeready)
October 1, 2003... Need to pep up some lifeless colors, to eliminate a gross cast, or to make a sunset suitably brilliant? LAB techniques can make these things happen, and they're surprisingly easy to use. Often, a straight line is all you need. ...

Specialty printing adds impact to projects.
October 1, 2003... Many printers add value to their customers' jobs by enhancing printed pieces with foil stamping, embossing, diecutting, and engraving, for instance, or by producing them with unique processes, such as lenticular and Hexachrome. Even Super...

A desktop color laser for the masses: Minolta magicolor 2350 is suited for a variety of applications.(evaluates Minolta Magicolor 2350)(Product/Service Evaluation)
October 1, 2003... When I first heard about the Minolta magicolor 2350, I did not expect to see really "usable" output from a $1000 printer. Yet, its quality is much higher than the price would suggest. My first impression upon opening the box was...

Smart image scaling: resizing is fast and effortless with Extensis pxl SmartScale.(Reviews Extensis Pxl Smartscale)
October 1, 2003... A side from such staples as a web browser, email application, and page-layout program, the software I use most often in my day-to-day work is an image-scaling solution. Because I often require images in higher resolutions or in larger...

Matte paper for proofing.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... In addition to its semi-matte papers, which are primarily used to proof commercial print jobs, GMG Weihing (Tuebingen, Germany) now offers a 57 grs. matte paper suited for proofing newspaper jobs. According to GMG, the material offers exact...

Special effects XTension.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... ThePowerXChange (Arvada, CO) is distributing the updated version of ALAP's effects-creation XTension for QuarkX-Press 4 and 5, ShadowCaster 3.1. This $99.99 maintenance update resolves several customer-reported issues. It also contains some...

Single-engine, duplex digital press.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... The 8000 single-engine duplex (SED) press is the latest addition to Nipson's (Elk Grove Village, IL) line of black-and-white digital production presses. The 600dpi 8000 SED prints all applications at up to 230 feet per minute on both sides of...

Inkjet news.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... Tiara US (Elk Grove Village, IL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lyson Inc., cut the cost of its Opal 63 solvent-based inkjet printer to $19,995, including take-up. Featuring print resolutions of 360X360dpi, 720X720dpi, and 1440X720dpi, the...

Improved TeleScope.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... North Plains Systems Corporation (Toronto) upgraded its TeleScope Enterprise Digital Asset Management (E-DAM) solution to version 7.0. Designed for Fortune 1000 companies, TeleScope Enterprise has been enhanced to include Digital Rights...

Vio workflow management.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... With Vio Inc.'s (Roseland, NJ) Vio Multi-View workflow management tool, users can track and manage their workflows through a single user interface. Data can come from various sources, including FTP sites, ISDN, other file transfer providers,...

Pro-quality prints.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... Pantone Inc. (Carlstadt, NJ) and Color-Vision Inc. (Lawrenceville, NJ) announced PrintFIX, the latest addition to the Pantone line of color control solutions for photo, design, and prepress applications. As a plug-in for Photoshop or...

Magic media.(New Products)
October 1, 2003... Now available from InteliCoat Technologies (South Hadley, MA), Magic DMVSF is a 9-mil high-strength banner media for wide-format inkjet printers. The result of a partnership between InteliCoat and Valeron Strength Films, Magic DMVSF carries a...

KPG: innovative solutions for your customers' needs.(Company Profiles)
October 1, 2003... MATCHPRINT VIRTUAL SAVES TIME AND MONEY FOR TEXAS PRINTER Blanks Color Imaging of Dallas, TX, relies on the Kodak Polychrome Graphics Matchprint Virtual Proofing System to meet clients' expectations. Matchprint Virtual Proofing enables...

Xerox.(Company profiles)
October 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DST Output is a leader in turning variable data into customized statements. With Xerox print systems, their print output is now faster and productivity is soaring. There's a new way to look at it. Learn more:...

Al Di Campli.(photographer's use of digital technology)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Some people may think that turning a photograph into an impressionistic painting happens at the click of a button in the computer. But Al Di Campli, who has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years, actually spends, on average,...

Goudy thirty.(Frank Talk)
October 1, 2003... It would be Goudy's last typeface, but not his best. Its name would be derived from the old newspaper code--30--used to signal the termination of a news transmission, or the finish of a news article typed by a reporter or editor. It meant,...

"For us, personalization is par for the course".
October 1, 2003... Personalization is a challenging business that one should handle without obstacles. Especially since Print Buyers today, like Titleist, expect quicker turnaround times without sacrificing print quality. That's why more Printers, like...