Electronic Publishing articles from October 2004

Electronic Publishing archives from October 2004

Printer or businessman?(EDITORIAL)
October 1, 2004... Over the years, I've often wondered about the difference between someone who, when asked, would describe himself as a printer as opposed to a businessman in the printing industry. At first look, there might not seem to be much of a...

Smearing grease on ground-up trees.(WHAT'S NEW)(Column)
October 1, 2004... So, what's new? This month I have a lot of news, not just on the technology side, but also on the personal side. No, I did not win the lottery, but I have changed jobs. That's right--I went out and got a "real job," just like my readers. I...

Graph Expo round-up.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... The staff of Electronic Publishing will head to Chicago's McCormick Place South for Graph Expo 2004, held October 10 through 13. This month's Tech News section offers a sampling of the product announcements expected from industry-leading...

Enovation debuts several solutions.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Enovation Graphic Systems Inc. (Valhalla, NY) has greatly expanded its Fujifilm product line, with news of a new platesetter, screening technology, and digital halftone and remote proofing solutions. The Fujifilm Saber V-6 CTP violet...

Corel upgrades Painter to version 9.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Corel Corporation (Ottawa, Canada) has announced Painter IX, an updated version of its Natural-Media painting and illustration software. Painter IX is designed to provide creative professionals--including entertainment artists, commercial...

Xerox introduces the DocuColor 8000.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Xerox Corporation (Rochester, NY) has expanded its line of digital color printing products with the release of the Xerox DocuColor 8000. A digital production press capable of achieving output speeds of up to 80ppm, the DocuColor 8000...

Wacom debuts Intuos3 tablets.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Wacom Technology Corporation (Vancouver, WA) has introduced its new Intuos3 family of professional pen tablets. For designers, artists, and digital photographers, the Intuos3 tablets offer improvements over previous Intuos models, lending...

Heidelberg SpeedMaster model makes its U.S. debut.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Graph Expo 2004 sets the stage for the U.S. debut of the latest addition to Heidelberg's (Kennesaw, GA) SpeedMaster line of printing devices: the SpeedMaster CD 74 sheetfed press with an optional perfecting system. The SpeedMaster CD 74...

Hewlett-Packard Presents Remote Graphics software.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) has introduced HP Remote Graphics, a software solution that enables graphic design professionals to collaborate remotely, interactively, and in real time. The new software application enables...

Agfa announces its intention to acquire ProImage.(tech news)
October 1, 2004... Agfa-Gevaert (Mortsel, Belgium) has signed an agreement to acquire all the assets of Prolmage, a developer of browser-based digital workflow solutions targeted at the newspaper and printing industries. According to Agfa, the acquisition...

Calendar.(Calendar)
October 1, 2004... OCTOBER Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2004 10-13 Chicago Ink Jet Academy 18-19 Barcelona, Spain Digital Printing Perspectives 18-19 Barcelona, Spain 12th Annual European Ink Jet Printing 18-19...

Eiji (A.J.) Kakiuchi.(PERSPECTIVE)(Interview)
October 1, 2004... Amember of the Dainippon Screen team for more than 20 years, Eiji Kakiuchi became president of Screen (USA) four years ago, after holding a variety of leadership positions throughout the company's divisions worldwide. As president, he serves...

Top 20: corporate/in-plant firms that inspire the industry.(Cover Story)
October 1, 2004... This month we present the final installment in our 4-part special feature that began in our July issue. Since then, we have profiled leaders in the Creative, Publishing, and Printing sectors, and this month we wrap up in the...

The ties that bind: with the volume of digital printing on the rise, many service providers are finding they now need to offer a variety of binding and finishing services.
October 1, 2004... Commercial printers, publishers, direct marketers, and service bureaus know the special values they can provide to their customers by offering digital print services; shorter print runs, delivered on demand, with variable, customized, and...

Resource guide to digital bindery.
October 1, 2004... a growing number of businesses are opting to bring the finishing process in-house with the addition of a digital bindery. The following chart offers specifics on the bindery solutions available to today's professional. Because pricing can...

Digitally printed book honors design awards: the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington showcases local artwork in a high-quality book printed digitally by Copy General on a Xerox iGen3 digital color press.(designinaction)
October 1, 2004... For 54 years the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington (ADCMW) has celebrated design talent in Washington, D.C. by holding a juried competition and publishing an elegant book of the winners. In 2004--for the first time in 54...

Digital color proofing improves productivity at Quality Graphics: an EFI Colorproof solution with wide-format printers streamlines production and cuts proofing costs by 90 percent.(in the field)
October 1, 2004... Quality Graphics, a $5 million company based near Toledo, Ohio, needed a cost-effective, high-quality, inkjet proofing solution--one that could reliably simulate press color output and complement its new direct-to-plate prepress workflow. ...

Design firm prints quality brochures for Coca-Cola on its digital printer: Lucid Partners increases efficiency by producing crisp, colorful brochures on Mohawk Color Copy Premium paper with its Xerox DocuColor 12 printer.(in the field)
October 1, 2004... When its clients' needs change--especially clients such as Coca-Cola--Lucid Partners, a creative agency in Atlanta, accommodates. Lucid Partners, which produces annual reports, brand identity, product literature, and websites for clients...

Print provider prospers with cross-platform papers: for simple and complex jobs, including variable data projects, AccuLink offers substrate solutions that provide cost-effective, high-quality results.(the digital paper PLATFORM)
October 1, 2004... It makes our job easier and our clients happier when we give them good results in a timely fashion," states Tom O'Brien, co-owner of AccuLink, a Greenville, North Carolina, print provider. "Part of giving good results is having experience...

A tool for textures; Eye Candy 5: Textures boosts creativity with 10 filters.
October 1, 2004... Alien Skin Software is upgrading its popular Eye Candy 4000 suite of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and compatible graphics applications. The first in a three-part series, Eye Candy 5: Textures is available now. The remaining two upgrades--Eye...

Software suite: Corel upgrades its Graphics Suite for the Windows OS.
October 1, 2004... Some things never change, and thankfully, Corel is one of them. The company continues to offer a wealth of graphics tools and functionality in an affordable software bundle with its release of CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12. Content creators...

G5 power in an iMac.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Apple Computer Inc. (Cupertino, CA) has unveiled its new iMac G5, featuring the PowerPC G5 processor. Its unique design incorporates the entire computer into the flat-panel display, which measures an impressive two inches in depth. Reportedly...

Canon contributions.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Canon USA Inc. (Lake Success, NY) has expanded its product line with a new multifunction printer and photo printers. A copier-based color laser multifunction device, the Color imageClass MF8170c offers color laser printing, copying, scanning,...

New series.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Better Light Inc. (San Carlos, CA) has introduced its HS Series of digital scanning backs. Designed for use with 4X5 view cameras, the HS Series uses HiSpeed USB-2 interface technology to offer improved connectivity and speed over scan backs...

SeeFile solution.(new products)
October 1, 2004... SeeFile Software LLC (Boston) has unveiled its first product, SeeFile. A web-based digital asset management solution, SeeFile enables graphic arts professionals to share large images over the Internet. Running on Mac OS version 10.3 and...

Turn over a new Leaf.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Creo Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) has introduced the Leaf Aptus family of digital camera backs. Reportedly the world's first camera back with a touch screen and a GUI that enables users to prepare custom job setups, the new product line includes...

Nexpress news.(new products)
October 1, 2004... NexPress Solutions Inc. (Rochester, NY), a Kodak Company, introduced its latest product, the new Kodak Digimaster E-Series digital production system. The Digimaster E125, a monochrome print system with a modular design, is capable of...

For high-end production.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Electronics for Imaging (EFI; Foster City, CA) has announced the availability of its Fiery EXP8000 color server for the new Xerox DocuColor 8000 Digital Press. The Fiery EXP8000 employs not only EFI's award-winning Command Workstation user...

Multifunction from TABS.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS; Irvine, CA) has debuted its e-Studio 230/280 series of digital multi-function devices. Designed to offer copy, print, scan, and fax functionality to small and mid-size workgroups, the e-Studio 230 and...

Mimic the darkroom.(new products)
October 1, 2004... Lyson Inc.'s (Elk Grove, IL) new Day-light Darkroom System is a digital black-and-white printing solution targeted at professional photographers. Daylight Darkroom enables users to mirror traditional darkroom techniques, such as silver halide...

From the mind of McKuen, and more.(FRESH FACES)
October 1, 2004... P22 Type Foundry (Buffalo, NY) has added two new innovations to its collection of unique fonts. The first, P22 Stanyan Autumn, is based upon the hand-lettering text used in the 1969 edition of "... and autumn came" by Rod McKuen. the offering...

Josef Gast.(digital gallery)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... What a privilege to have your artwork discovered and then showcased on the cover of the newest Trivial Pursuit game. This happened recently to Joe Gast, an illustrator based in Seattle. For the game, Hasbro hired Gast to create the cover...

The font conundrum.(FRANK TALK)
October 1, 2004... Fonts are a pain. They still come in flavors, such as TrueType or PostScript Type 1, that are operating-system-dependent, even though the Open-Type format is cross-platform. Many font foundries have ignored this important development. Some...