Electronic Publishing articles from September 2001

Electronic Publishing archives from September 2001

Where's Waldo?(photomosaic of past covers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... KEITH HEVENOR I hope by now you've taken a few minutes to really look at our cover this month. You'll notice many of our past covers from Electronic Publishing, formerly TypeWorld, as well as covers from our former sister...

The Desktop Revolution.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... 1970-1990 "640K ought to be enough for anybody."--Bill Gates, circa 1961. Technology is fast-paced. Today, professionals use powerful Mac G4s and Pentium 4 PCs. We have the speed and convenience of cable modems and DSL, zip disks and RAID...

Encad debuts NovaJet 736.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Encad Inc. (San Diego) premiered the newest addition to its NovaJet line of wide-format inkjet printers. The Novadet 736 graphics printer is capable of outputting high-quality prints in 600x600dpi resolution and up to four colors. The new...

Indigo unveils the Platinum.(digital offset color press)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Indigo N.V. (Woburn, MA) introduced a new digital offset color press, the Platinum, which is now shipping worldwide at a base configuration price of $200,000. Targeted at in-plant, quick, and commercial printers, trade shops, and repro...

Imacon expands FlexTight Precision scanner line.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Imacon Inc. (Redmond, WA) amended its line of high-end imaging products with a new scanner and digital camera back solution. Imacon's latest scanner, the FlexTight Precision III, features higher speed and resolution than previous models. In...

IBM releases InfoPrint 4100.(IBM Printing Systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... IBM Printing Systems (White Plains, NY) announced that it began shipping its new InfoPrint 4100 Series of continuous-form printers in the U.S. on August 31. Capable of producing a maximum of 762 two-up 8x11-inch impressions per minute, the...

Ricoh presents Aficio 1105.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Ricoh Corporation (West Caldwell, NJ) introduced the Ricoh Aficio 1105 digital imaging system, designed to deliver production-quality imaging and high-performance printing to print-for-pay, walk-up, and central reprographic departments. ...

Yehuda Messinger.(RealTimeImage executive)
September 1, 2001... Armed with an MBA from Technion in Israel, Yehuda Messinger was so intrigued with the online proofing technology from RealTimeImage that he relocated from Israel to the United States to head Scitex's OEM efforts with the RealTimeImage...

EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION.(includes brief articles)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... nothing is perhaps as useful or as prized in this industry as realworld advice. Industry peers and vendors alike relish input from "the trenches," from professionals using high-end equipment day in and day out. Especially in this day of...

High-end scanners.(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Although the use of digital cameras is widespread throughout this and other industries, we are likely to always have a need for capable scanners. To our benefit, scanning hardware and software technology continues to advance at an alarming...

Cross-Media Publishing Opportunities.
September 1, 2001... Many service providers are exploring this new business potential Can the same content be used for both print and web publishing? Yes and no. Yes, you can use the same basic photos, the same logos, the same text, or at least some of the same...

Help wanted.(printing industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... With the struggling economy, industry-specific employment resources are more important than ever. According to a recent report from the Printing Industries of America (PIA), printing industry sales and employment continued to rise in 2000....

Simply a script.(editing software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Prolatus' Catalyst Technology enables remote proofing through script sharing. When I first learned of Prolatus and its breakthrough Catalyst Technology at Seybold Boston 2001, to say I was skeptical is an understatement. After hearing...

Suitcase full of new features.(font management software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Extensis Product Group upgrades its font management tool according to customer requests. Not long ago, Extensis Product Group upgraded its font management utility, Suitcase, to version 10. A customer-driven upgrade, Suitcase 10...

Eye-One for OS X.(GretagMacbeth L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... GretagMacbeth LLC (New Windsor, NY) reported that its award-winning Eye-One software and hardware system is now compatible with Apple's Mac OS X. Targeted at the creative market, GretagMacbeth's Eye-One is designed to simplify color creation,...

UMAX PCs.(UMAX Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... UMAX Technologies Inc. (Fremont, CA) announced its re-entry into the PC arena with the release of a new line of workstations. Tailored for graphic arts, publishing, and imaging professionals, the company's family of PCs includes...

Plate manager.(Western Lithotech)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Western Lithotech (St. Louis) announced that its DiamondTRAC plate-management software is capable of seamlessly integrating with a user's existing system, such as those from Autologic Information International, Monotype, and Scitex. DiamondTRAC...

To the Exstream.(Exstream Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Exstream Software (Lexington, KY) announced that version 2.5 of its award-winning Dialogue software solution will be available this month. Dialogue combines personalized document creation, campaign management and tracking, multichannel...

AHT onCore.(printer controller from AHT Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... AHT Corporation (El Segundo, CA) unveiled its onCore M351 printer controller. The company's newest release is said to transform Minolta DiALTA black-and-white digital copier models 200, 251, and 351 into high-performance network printers. Now...

SWOP selection.(Specifications for Web Offset Publications)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Imation Corporation's (Dayton, OH) Matchprint Professional Server, driving a Xerox DocuColor 12 copier-printer with Imation-Xerox media, has been named as the first copier-printer and Xerographic system to meet the Specifications for Web Offset...

Color communication for OS X.(Pantone Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Pantone Inc. (Carlstadt, NJ) announced that its ColorWeb Pro offers support for Apple's Mac OS X. ColorWeb Pro is designed to furnish users, such as web authors, the RGB values for the Pantone Matching System. ColorWeb Pro 2.0 for OS X, which...

Print on CD-Rs.(printer from Trace Affex)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Trace Affex (San Jose, CA) released the Affex CD-Artist IV, reportedly the first CD printer to incorporate Hewlett-Packard's color inkjet technology. Based on HP DeskJet 970-series printers and implementing Hewlett-Packard's PhotoREt, the Affex...

Carbonized RealTimeImage.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... RealTimeImage Inc. (San Bruno, CA) demonstrated its popular soft- and hard-proofing solution on the Mac OS X platform. RealTimeImage's suite of web-based proofing tools enable remote members of a workflow to collaborate on full-resolution...

Colorful upgrade.(Monaco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Monaco Systems Inc. (Andover, MA) introduced MonacoEZcolor 2.0, an updated version of its scanner-based color-management solution. Targeted at the creative community, MonacoEZcolor 2.0 assists users in creating custom ICC profiles for monitors,...

Coloropen for business.(Heidelberg)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Heidelberg (Kennesaw, GA) released version 4.0.5 of its Coloropen series of software solutions, including Scanopen, Viewopen, and Printopen. Each software package includes a Mac OS X version, Mac OS 9 variant, and Windows version. Version 4.0.5...

Extensis news.(Extensis Products Group)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Extensis Product Group (Portland, OR) announced the availability of a free update to its Portfolio 5 media asset management solution. The update supports access to PowerFile's C200 CD/DVD Jukebox system, enabling Portfolio users to access 200...

Updating a classic.(Markzware Software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Markzware (Santa Ana, CA) presented FlightCheck Classic version 4.0 for the Macintosh. Among the new features offered in version 4.0 are preflight support for Microsoft Word on the Macintosh and Windows platforms, 70 new views in the Views...

Rewritable DVD media.(Verbatim DataLife Plus 4.7 GB by Verbatim Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Verbatim Corporation (Charlotte, NC) anticipates shipping its DataLifePlus 4.7 GB DVD+RW media this fall. Suitable for data storage and audio/video applications, Verbatim's rewritable DVD+RW discs boast a data life of more than 100 years and...

Prepress tools upgraded.(FullPress 11.0, WebNative Venture by Xinet Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Xinet Inc. (Berkeley, CA) introduced its FullPress 11.0 and WebNative Venture for Apple's Mac OS X Server. The company's FullPress 11.0 for Mac OS X Server is a prepress server offering file-serving, print-spooling, and OPI software, as well as...

MadeToPrint XT upgrade.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Callas Software (Berlin, Germany) upgraded MadeToPrint XT with added support for QuarkXPress-to-PDF workflows. The upgraded extension provides users access to Adobe Acrobat Distiller job options, as well as offers the ability to set precise PDF...

Multifunctional offerings from Savin.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Savin Corporation (Stamford, CT) released two new multifunctional devices, the SDC326 and SDC326A. The company's latest full-color digital imaging systems provide faxing, color proofing and editing, finishing, and manual-duplexing capabilities....

Westvaco Corporation.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Westvaco Corporation (New York City) introduced demonstration kits for its two new Sterling Ultra Dull papers. The Sterling Ultra 80-pound Cover Dull and 80-pound Litho Dull demonstration kits include printed inserts showing the effects of...

Mohawk Paper Mills Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Mohawk Paper Mills Inc. (Cohoes, NY) announced that its Mohawk Navajo, a laser-guaranteed and patented Inxwell paper, is now available for purchase by ream and carton from W.B. Mason. Suitable for corporate letterhead, newsletters, and in-house...

International Paper.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... GatorFlex Gatorfoam graphic arts board, the latest offering from International Paper (Statesville, NC), can be screen-printed with conventional inks, painted with acrylic paints, and cut with a utility knife, mat cutter, or die-cutting...

Transilwrap Company Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Cling-Mate, from Transilwrap Company Inc. (Franklin Park, IL), is a printable point-of-purchase signage material composed of a multipolymer alloy, called a Transalloy, with an Ultra Removable Adhesive (URA). Cling-Mate is capable of bonding to...

Lexjet Direct.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Lexjet Direct (Sarasota, FL) unveiled a new family of 3P inkjet fabrics, designed for use as tablecloths, drapes and skirts, back drops, podium signage, flags, banners, and more. Suitable for piezo and thermal inkjet printers, LexJet's new...

Rexam Image Products.(PrintLam and Fluorex coatings)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Rexam Image Products (South Hadley, MA) added two new inkjet media--PrintLam and Fluorex Transfer Protection--to its Magic product line. PrintLam is printable polyester laminate sporting an adhesive and image-receptive coating. A transferable...

Corinne Whitaker.(artist creating 3D digital art)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
September 1, 2001... As a pioneer in digit al art Corinne Whitaker of Carmel By. The- Sea, California, has exhibited her unique two- and three- dimensional artwork all over r the world. Her website (www.giraffe.com) receives nearly 1/2 million hits a year. ...

Quality is Job 1. So, what is Job 2?(printing industry management)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The major problems facing the printing industry in the next five years are as follows. profitability: ROI runs in low single digits for most printing firms. One-third of a printed job is paper, over which a printer has no control. Every...

CreoScitex launches the EverSmart Select.(flatbed scanner by CreoScitex America Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... CreoScitex America Inc. (Bedford, MA) introduced a new model in its popular EverSmart family of high-end flatbed scanners. As with all other scanners in the EverSmart series, the EverSmart Select takes advantage of CreoScitex's EverSmart XY...

Monotype Systems unleashes MGS3 web-client software.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Monotype Systems Inc. (Rolling Meadows, IL) announced the availability of its MGS3 OPI Print Manager Web Client. Based upon PHP code and JavaScript, MGS3 is a PostScript productivity tool that boasts a multitude of capabilities, including...

Remote possibilities.(broadband point-to-point remote networks)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Does the idea of getting paid without showing up at the office intrigue you? How about the idea of not jumping into your car with that first cup of morning coffee? Have I gone mad? No! I've been looking at the potential for implementing remote...

50,000-plus images for less than $100.(Photo-Objects 50,000 Volume II by Hemera Technologies)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Hemera Technologies (Hull, Canada announced the availability of Hemera Photo-Objects 50,000 Volume II for use with Macintosh and Windows systems. Targeted at the graphic design, illustration, SOHO, and print and web publishing markets, Volume...

Collection time and capital spending hold steady.(printing industry management)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Participants in the International Prepress Association's (IPA) Quarterly Economic Survey indicate a slight change in the collection time for accounts receivable and capital spending trends. As indicated below, slightly more than one-third of...

Kodak Polychrome Graphics develops new hard-dot film.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Kodak Polychrome Graphics (Norwalk, CT) released a new hard-dot film, Kodak Premier Recording Film. Kodak Polychrome Graphics interviewed 130 customers across the globe to learn what they wanted in a film. The company's response comes by...

Phase One enhances H20.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... phase One (Northport, NY) recently announced not only enhancements to its LightPhase H20 digital camera back, but also the availability of its new Portrait Studio Solution. Reportedly the world's highest-resolution single-shot digital...

Fujifilm delivers new printer.(Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Fuji Photo Film USA Inc. (Hanover Park, IL) introduced its new Fujifilm Pictrography 4000II digital printer, as well as previewed its StudioMaster PRO digital imaging software. A flexible-format digital color printer offering true...

Deneba Software upgrades Canvas for Windows.(Canvas 8 Professional Edition by Deneba Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2001... Deneba Software (Miami, FL) introduced Canvas 8 for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, and 2000 operating systems. An illustration application offering photo editing, page layout, presentation, and web graphics functionalities, Canvas has...