MacWEEK articles from November 1997

MacWEEK archives from November 1997

G3 Macs to push speed envelope. (PowerPC 750-based Power Macs)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... Sources said Apple next week will roll out its next-generation hardware, which one beta user described as "ridiculously fast." The Gossamer machines - a raft of midrange systems and a top-of-the-line PowerBook - are the first from Apple based on...

Pinnacle Systems climbs aboard DV bandwagon. (Pinnacle Systems DV 300 video processing system)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... As the market for Digital Video-format editing heats up, another competitor appears ready to throw its hat into the ring. According to sources, Pinnacle Systems Inc. plans to announce its $799 DV 300 system at Comdex/Fall '97 later this month;...

Vellum turns new page. (introduces Vellum Solids, Vellum 3D 4.0, and Vellum Draft CAD software)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... In a move to keep pace with the diverse demands of mechanical engineers and industrial designers, Ashlar Inc. is remodeling its product line. While it prepares a new solids-based modeling application, the CAD developer will roll out Version...

XML format may fortify Web content. (Media Design in Progress introduces Interaction 1.2)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... A small San Diego developer is the latest company to pledge support for Extensible Markup Language, an emerging document-publishing standard. Media Design in*Progress said it intends this week to roll out Interaction 1.2, a revision to the...

QuickTime 3.0 held as Apple shuffles QTML. (QuickTime Media Layer) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Apple this week confirmed that it has delayed QuickTime 3.0 and outlined organizational changes to the technologies in its QuickTime Media Layer. The company now expects to ship the upgrade near January's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, a...

Apple offers rebates on 6500. (Apple Power Mac 6500) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Apple last week introduced a fall promotion for its Power Mac 6500 line. The company said it is extending the Add-on Take-off promotion, originally targeted at the PowerBook 3400c and Power Mac 8600 models, to the Power Mac 6500 line (see...

NCs and content production: Pondering potential and pitfalls. (network computers)(The Second Decade) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
November 3, 1997... Two fundamental truths about the publishing, graphics and multimedia industries should, in my view, make the Network Computer paradigm worthy of serious examination by professionals in these fields. The case for a new paradigm The first,...

Tektronix to cut Phaser 600 price. (Product Information)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Tektronix Inc. this week will trim $2,000 from the price of the Phaser 600, its large-format solid-ink color printer. The Phaser 600 will drop to $9,995 from $11,995. The company said it is cut- ting the price to woo corporate in-house...

PowerTools ships two G3 systems. (X-Force250 and 275)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... PowerTools Corp. last week added four new models to its line of Mac clones based on the PowerPC 750, a k a G3. The 250-MHz X-Force250 and the 275-MHz X-Force275 are both available in two configurations. The high-end versions of the X-Force250...

Hot List: Encryption. (News Briefs)
November 3, 1997... The battle to shift U.S. policy on encryption technology has heated up recently - at one point there were five competing bills in Congress. There are a host of sites to help keep you up to date, as well as bring you up to speed on the finer...

EnFocus minds its PDFs. (Portable Document Format)(introduces CheckUp, PitStop 1.5)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... New tools track and troubleshoot EnFocus Software Inc. last week checked in with new tools and servers for prepress work flows that use Adobe Systems Inc.'s Portable Document Format. The company released CheckUp, a Portable Document Format...

Back-to-school sale: Apple offers rebates. (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Renews pledge to universities Apple this week took the wraps off a new direct-sales promotion for K-12 education - one that the company said will return part of the proceeds to schools. Mike Lorion, vice president of Apple's education...

StockWatch 10.30.97. (News Briefs)(Illustration)
November 3, 1997... 10.30.97 weekly close change Apple 16.50 -1.25 NASDAQ 1570.42 -100.83 MacWEEK Composite* 139.76 -8.94 Adaptec...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
November 3, 1997... Mac OS is stable As a manager of over 350 Macs, I am puzzled by Laurence Guentert's insistence on the unreliability of the Mac OS (10.13.97, Page 8). Since upgrading our division to System 7 several years ago, our OS woes have become virtually...

JEI rolls out drum. (JEI Corp's eX6 Desktop Drum Scanner)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Letter-size scanner handles 4,000 dpi Bringing another diminutive drum scanner to the desktop, JEI Corp. in October shipped a letter-size model that is not much bigger than a minitower PC. JEI said the $23,500 eX6 Desktop Drum Scanner is...

EDOX server handles more color copiers. (Management Graphics Inc's EDOX Document Server)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... Management Graphics Inc. this week will update its EDOX Document Server software and add support for a wider variety of color copiers and large-format inkjet printers. Version 1.2 of the Windows NT-based server can now drive up to one copier...

Human Software revs Squizz and Textissimo. (Squizz 3.0, Textissimo 2.0)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... The Human Software Co. in October updated two of its effects plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. Version 3.0 of the company's Squizz distortion filter and Version 2.0 of its Textissimo set of type effects both feature revised interfaces with larger...

Koyosha enhances preview XTension. (Precision Preview XT)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... Koyosha Graphics of America Inc. is offering QuarkXPress publishers a clearer view of their work, thanks to a new version of Precision Preview XT, an image-handling QuarkXTension. Like the original software, Version 2.0 of the $249 XTension...

Output, price favor PrimeraPro. (Fargo Electronics' PrimeraPro Elite dye sublimation printer) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
November 3, 1997... PrimeraPro Elite 4 (Very good) While high-quality color inkjet printing has become affordable over the last year, midrange and high-end printers have also seen price/performance improve- ments, as demonstrated by Fargo Electronics Inc.'s new...

Fuji camera gains bells, whistles. (Fuji Photo Film USA Inc's DX-7)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... As digital camera choices multiply, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. has added yet another model, the $499 Fujifilm DX-7. An updated version of the company's $549 DS-7 camera, the DX-7 adds an optical viewfinder, automatic LCD preview, an automatic...

Video editors are catching FireWire fever. (Technology Information)
November 3, 1997... FireWire - the high-speed digital bus interface developed by Apple and Texas Instruments Inc. - is making its mark in digital video. Known officially as IEEE 1394, it is designed to yield up to 400-Mbps throughput, more than enough for streaming...

Opcode plug-in recalls classic analog audio. (Opcode Systems Inc's fusion:Effects)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Opcode Systems Inc. is reaching back into the annals of classic analog audio equipment with fusion:Effects, a series of cross-platform digital signal processing plug-ins. The fusion:Effects modules are aimed at users of popular music...

Avid posts Q3 profit, revenue up. (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Key digital video company Avid Technology Inc. of Tewksbury, Mass., last week announced its financial results for the company's third quarter. Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was $8.8 million, compared with a loss of $6.8 million in...

Sony heating up FireWire video. (Sony Electronics Inc's DFW-V300)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Sony Electronics Inc. is warming up a tiny video camera that taps into the FireWire serial-bus protocol. The DFW-V300 is scheduled to ship in February 1998 for about $1,000. The camera will achieve data transfer rates as high as 200 Mbps when...

StudioPro 2.1 fulfills its promise. (from Strata Inc) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
November 3, 1997... StudioPro 2.1 4 (Very good) After well-publicized missteps with StudioPro 2.0 through 2.0.2a, Strata Inc. appears to have regained its footing. Along with bug fixes and refinements, the $1,495 StudioPro 2.1 combination adds Inverse...

Natural Graphics cultivates app. (Natural Graphics' Natural Scene Designer 1.09)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Natural Graphics' 3-D landscape-generation software recently sprouted new capabilities. Natural Scene Designer 1.09 fixes bugs and imports objects from other 3-D programs, including Electric Image Inc.'s ElectricImage and Autodessys Inc.'s...

Iceni's Genus tool ties PDF to HTML. (Genus HTML)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... British developer Iceni Technology Ltd. last week took the wraps off a tool for converting Portable Document Format to HTML. Priced at $75, Genus HTML is a plug-in for Acrobat Exchange, Adobe Systems Inc.'s software for creating Portable...

webClerk automates Internet sales process. (James Integrated Technologies' webClerk)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... James Integrated Technologies Corp. is taking orders for its elec- tronic-commerce tool kit, webClerk. The software comprises a Web server and a prebuilt Web site; used together, they can serve up catalogs and handle sales transactions without...

PageSpinner gets skein of add-ons. (from Optima Systems)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... Optima System has revised PageSpinner and rolled out a collection of add-ons for the text-based HTML editor. PageSpinner 2.0.1, released in October, provides bug fixes, more JavaScript plug-ins and new graphics tools, Optima System said. The...

BBEdit, Voodoo bundled. (marketing plan by Bare Bones Software Inc and UNI Software Plus GmbH) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Bare Bones Software Inc. and UNI Software Plus GmbH in October began bundling BBEdit 4.5 with Voodoo 1.8. BBEdit, Bare Bones' Web authoring package, and Voodoo (short for Versions of Outdated Documents Organized Orthogonally), UNI Software's...

Adobe doles out fonts with WebType collection. (Adobe WebType)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Hoping to improve typography on the Web, Adobe Systems Inc. last week released Adobe WebType, a collection of fonts and images optimized for use on the Web. The $49.99 package, available for Mac OS and Windows 3.1, 95 and NT, includes 12 Adobe...

Core code lets 4D developers add FTP to databases. (Core Technologies Inc's CoreFTP)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... A new chunk of code from Core Technologies Inc. lets developers using ACI US Inc.'s 4th Dimension add FTP servers to their databases. Available now, the company's CoreFTP is a stand-alone application that plugs into any custom 4D application....

Jon S. Stevens. (Wpoison shareware available)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Shareware author Jon S. Stevens has released a CGI and plug-in for StarNine WebStar that is aimed at defeating Web robots searching for e-mail addresses. The free software, called Wpoison and available from...

Spinfree. (OutBox 1.5)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Spinfree of Chicago has revised its Mac mail-merge application (see 08.04.97, Page 31). Version 1.5 of OutBox includes a redesigned interface; the capability to delete multiple addresses, groups and messages at once; new custom fields for the...

Blue World Communications Inc. (introduces Lasso 2.5)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Blue World Communications Inc. last week released a public beta version of Lasso 2.5, a revision to the company's tool for connecting Claris FileMaker Pro databases to the Web. The new version, due by the end of the year and available from...

Terry Morse Software Inc. (Myrmidon 2.01)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Terry Morse Software Inc. has updated its Myrmidon HTML conversion utility to Version 2.0.1. The Los Altos, Calif., company said the revision, available at http://www.terrymorse.com, includes bug fixes and converts very long documents more...

ClarisWorks 5 still a champ. (Claris' ClarisWorks Office 5.0 multiuse application) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
November 3, 1997... ClarisWorks Office 5.0 4 1/2 Seeking to avoid the hefty hardware requirements that have become synonymous with the word "office," Claris Corp. has released ClarisWorks Office 5.0, the latest version of its multi-use package. But perhaps it...

Charts SE 1.0 gives dimension to data. (from Adrenaline Software)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... Adrenaline Software Inc. gave users a new way to energize numbers when it shipped Adrenaline Charts SE 1.0 at the end of October. The PowerPC-only Charts SE 1.0 leverages the QuickTime Media Layer to let users integrate pictures, textures and...

StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 in sync with OS 8. (from Aladdin Systems Inc)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Aladdin Systems Inc. this week said it plans to ship StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 in the first week of November, bringing its popular compression product into line with Mac OS 8 and adding Internet capabilities. The company originally planned to deliver...

RealData updates investment tool. (Real Estate Investment Analysis 10.0)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... RealData Inc. has included provisions for new tax rules in an update to its Real Estate Investment Analysis tool, released in October. Version 10.0 of the software incorporates the new capital gains tax laws passed by Congress this summer....

Power Computing's direct-sales legacy could take Apple far.(The Mac Manager) (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
November 3, 1997... The thing I will miss the most about Power Computing Corp. is not its brash ads or crazy Macworld Expo marketing stunts or even its cool products. The thing I will miss most is how you could order those puppies right off its con- figure-your-own...

Metrowerks hones Mac-Rhapsody tool. (CodeWarrior Professional 2.0 development software)(Product Announcement)
November 3, 1997... Metrowerks Inc. last week shipped Developer Release 2 of CodeWarrior Latitude, its tool for porting Mac applications to Rhapsody. It also delivered an update to its CodeWarrior Professional cross-platform development environment. Latitude DR2...

TuneUp to offer custom caching. (from Software Architects Inc)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Software Architects Inc. next week will release Disk Drive TuneUp, a combined drive accelerator and partitioning utility with extensive formatting options. The new package, priced at $79.95, will let users institute customized multi- level...

Apple Q3 market share falls to 3.3%. (Company Financial Information)
November 3, 1997... While the worldwide personal computer market grew 16 percent in the third quarter, Apple's share of the pie shrank again, according to a report released last week. Apple sales accounted for an estimated 3.3 percent of the worldwide PC market,...

Sonic releases Interpol network security suite. (Sonic Systems Inc)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Sonic Systems Inc. in October shipped its Interpol hardware and software network security suite. The company said the $1,495 package helps administrators filter Web sites and newsgroups and secure LANs. To screen sites, the package uses...

Apple updates developer kit for MkLinux. (Developer Release 2.1 Version 5)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Apple released at the end of October an updated software developers kit for MkLinux, a version of Unix for Power Macs. The revision, Developer Release 2.1 Update 5, features improved I/O and fixes a memory problem that prevented MkLinux from...

The lowdown. (ViewSonic Corp drops prices on ViewSonic VP140, ViewSonic P775, and OptiQuest V95) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... The lowdown. ViewSonic Corp. of Walnut, Calif., dropped the cost of three monitors at the end of October. Its 14-inch ViewSonic VP140 flat panel display now has a street price of $2,199, down from $2,499. The 17-inch ViewSonic P775 CRT display,...

Multimedia for all. (Sony Electronics Corp's CPD-120VS)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... Multimedia for all. Sony Electronics Inc. of San Jose, Calif., in October shipped a 15-inch multimedia monitor with a built-in subwoofer and 3D sound. The CPD-120VS Multiscan Multimedia Display has a street price of $529. It is capable of...

Rhapsody is really a new NeXTstep, not Mac OS.(MacinTouch)(Product Announcement)(Column)
November 3, 1997... Rhapsody is finally real, at least for developers. Apple is shipping Rhapsody Developer Release 1 for PowerPC 604-based systems, and versions for Intel hardware are due soon. Like Unix, but different Despite its new name, Rhapsody DR1 is the...

One-stop control. (Proview Technology Inc's PX-1570)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... One-stop control. Proview Technology Inc. of Garden Grove, Calif., in October launched a new line of monitors featuring a single front-panel control knob. Based on flat square CRTs, the 15-inch PX-1570 has a maximum resolution of 1,024 by 768...

I wanna take you higher. (Nokia Display Products Inc's Nokia 445Xpro)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... I wanna take you higher. Nokia Display Products Inc. of Sausalito, Calif., unveiled a new 21-inch monitor in October that the company said has the high- est resolution on the market. Aimed at CAD and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering...

Being for the benefit of Mr. Jobs.(Mac the Knife) (Humor)(Column)
November 3, 1997... Mac the Knife may be guilty of many sins - both venal and mortal -but a lack of ego is not one of his failings. Whether he is dressing down a quaking espresso jockey at the local Starbucks, browbeating a frightened knot of Girl Scouts about the...

SD hops platforms for school business. (C4SI Inc's SD)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... C4SI Inc. expects to make the grade with SD, its cross-platform fiscal and business management package for K-12 education. According to the company, the client-server software provides accounting, payroll, purchasing and invoicing functions....

MacWeek media masters: Content creation rules. (includes related article on methodology)(Media Masters Special Section) (Product Information)
November 3, 1997... Content creation and education, identified by interim Apple CEO Steve Jobs as the Macintosh's two greatest strengths, are the underpinnings of the MacWEEK MediaMasters, our list of leading media-rich business sites and universities in the...

Publishing sites look ahead but keep present-day focus. (includes related article on intranet usage at Mac sites)(Media Masters Special Section) (Product Information)
November 3, 1997... Much of the computing world focuses on rapid advances, spectacular technology, possibilities of the Internet and bright promises of the future. For those in publishing, prepress and graphic arts, however, the focus is on current...

Macs remain first choice for digital video editors. (includes related article on video intranet applications)(Media Masters Special Section) (Product Information)
November 3, 1997... No creative environment focused on media is more exclusively Macintosh than digital video postproduction, and that's not going to change anytime soon. Unfazed by Apple's financial problems, users are continuing to purchase Macs, Mac...

Multimedia users awaiting Rhapsody. (includes related article on intranet innovation)(Media Masters Special Section) (Product Information)
November 3, 1997... The Mac has long been the hardware platform of choice among the creators of 3-D and multimedia content, but that position is under assault from Intel-platform advocates. Attempts by management to centralize computer operations around...

Macs serve as Web workhorses at NIH. (National Institutes of Health)(Media Masters Special Section) (Product Information)
November 3, 1997... Graphics and ease of use gave the Mac the edge in desktop publishing, and they continue to do so in Internet and intranet publishing. At the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., computer specialist Charles Mokotoff of the...

Sci-tech Macophiles want speed, capacity. (includes related article on intranet data access) (Product Information)
November 3, 1997... Researchers and scientists know that visualization is the key to understanding complex information. This is an area where the Mac shines, according to professionals at top scientific, medical and technical facilities, and it's often been...

Campuses stay loyal to Mac platform.(Media Masters Special Section) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
November 3, 1997... University Macophiles are torn between fear for the platform's future and a desire to leap forward with new Mac-based plans, particularly in the areas of graphic design, courseware and Web development. At most sites, plans that extend the...

IPT serves up ColorSync for print pros. (Information Presentation Technologies Inc to release ColorTouch dedicated color-management server)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Aiming to transform the use of color profiles, Information Presentation Tech- nologies Inc. next week will release ColorTouch, the first in a series of Mac-based servers that manage color in prepress work flows. Unveiled at September's Print...

Film scanners slide toward consumers. (Olympus, Minolta, Konica unveil film scanners priced below $1,000)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Once the purview of prepress operations and publishing pros, film scanners are finding a new focus: small-office, home-office photographers. Camera heavyweights Olympus America Inc., Minolta Corp. and Konica U.S.A. Inc. recently unveiled...

Removables to store more. (SyQuest Technology announces Quest; startup Castlewood Systems to display ORB drive at Comdex)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Storage vendors will unveil the latest removable hard disk storage at next week's Comdex/Fall '97 in Las Vegas. Attendees will see SyQuest Technology Inc. roll out its highest-capacity product yet, while a start-up company introduces a speedy new...

Apple flips its channels. (plans to open Mac-focused mini-stores within CompUSA superstores) (Company Business and Marketing)
November 10, 1997... In an effort to shake up sluggish sales, Apple last week announced it will open Mac-focused ministores within CompUSA Inc.'s chain of superstores. Meanwhile, the company said it will reduce the number of wholesalers carrying its products and...

Apple's midrange zooms ahead. (G3 Macs Reach Record Speeds) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
November 10, 1997... Power Mac G3/233 4 (Very good) Power Mac G3/266 desktop 4 (Very good) Power Mac G3/266 minitower 4 (Very good) The long-awaited PowerPC 750 will finally enter the Mac line this week, but not in the big, pricey systems where new processors...

G3 Macs reach record speeds: 250-MHz PowerBook knocks 3400c system from top spot. (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
November 10, 1997... PowerBook G3/250 4 (Very good) At a glance you wouldn't guess that the new Apple PowerBook G3 represents a revolution in portable computing. It looks just like a PowerBook 3400c, and at $5,699, its price is in the same heady range as previous...

Hot list: Comdex. (News Briefs)
November 10, 1997... Most of the year, Las Vegas' reputation teeter-totters between a "family fun" destination and the infamous desert Sin City. But one week is reserved for geeks, when the annual Comdex/Fall show rolls into town. Surfers will find plenty of online...

Justice Dept. is investigating Apple-Power deal. (acquisition) (Government Activity)(Brief Article)
November 10, 1997... A United States Justice Department request for information about the Apple buyout of Power Computing Corp. is a routine investigation and not likely to jeopardize the buyout, the two companies reported last week. A report in the Austin (Texas)...

Got a GUI gripe with Mac OS 8? It may have a shareware solution.(The Second Decade) (Technology Information)(Column)
November 10, 1997... I started collecting Mac shareware even before I owned a Mac - I picked up my first disk at a user-group meeting while the Mac 512K I was trying to buy was on back-order. A lot has changed since then, but one thing hasn't: Mac shareware (and...

QuicKeys works with Mac OS 8. (CE Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... CE Software Inc. last week made its shortcut utility compatible with Mac OS 8 by releasing a free update. QuicKeys 3.5.2r1 eliminates incompatibilities with the OS's new window design and two of the utility's Mousie commands - Close Window and...

Farallon juices up name. (changes its name to Netopia Inc) (Company Operations)
November 10, 1997... Farallon Communications Inc. is changing its name to Netopia Inc. The Alameda, Calif., company said the new name is intended to reflect Faral- lon's focus over the past two years on Internet connectivity via its Netopia family of remote-access...

HP launches new lasers. (introduces LaserJet 4000 series of laser printers)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Offering more for less, Hewlett-Packard Co. this week intends to launch its new 17-ppm, 1,200-dpi LaserJet 4000 series of workgroup laser printers. HP said for the same price as its LaserJet 5 series, the LaserJet 4000s offer more speed, twice...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
November 10, 1997... Good ol' days Why it is such an "annoyance" for Darcy DiNucci to have to download a plug-in or wait for a plugged-in file or PDF to download (10.27.97, Page 22)? The Internet is first and foremost a delivery vehicle for information to anyone...

StockWatch 11.06.97. (News Briefs)
November 10, 1997... 11.06.97 weekly close change Apple 19.00 2.50 NASDAQ 1623.46 53.04 MacWEEK Composite* 146.81 7.05 Adaptec ...

Amiable RIP heads for PostScript 3. (Amiable Technologies to incorporate PostScript 3 in new version of PhotoPrint Server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Amiable Technologies Inc. plans to incorporate PostScript 3 into a new version of PhotoPrint, its stand-alone RIP software for wide-format printing, and PhotoPrint Server, a new high-performance RIP server. The company said both products are due...

Linotype polishes Jade2 flatbed. (Linotype CPS Co to introduce LinoColor Jade2 scanner)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Linotype CPS Co., formerly known as Linotype-Hell Co., next week will unveil a new 30-bit, 600-dpi flatbed scanner at Comdex/Fall '97 in Las Vegas. Aimed at the lower end of the flatbed market, the LinoColor Jade2 is set to ship in December...

IPT readies NT-based RIP server. (Information Presentation Technologies TurboRIP)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Information Presentation Technologies Inc. this week plans to release Tur- boRIP, its new PostScript 3 RIP server. The $11,400 RIP software is based on Adobe Systems Inc.'s CPSI (Configurable PostScript Software Interpreter) and runs on Windows...

FrameMaker rev underwhelms. (Adobe FrameMaker 5.5) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
November 10, 1997... FrameMaker 5.5 3 (Good) Two years after the release of FrameMaker 5.0, the unchallenged production workhorse for long documents, Adobe Systems Inc. has brought out Version 5.5. While it's still an essential tool for its audience, the new...

P2C2 tool gives decent color on Web. (Pantone Personal Color Calibrator) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
November 10, 1997... Pantone Personal Color Calibrator 4 (Very good) Pantone Personal Color Calibrator, also known as P2C2, is the best software-only monitor calibration tool we've seen. It eschews the use of expensive instruments in favor of the extremely...

FlashPix: Return of the son of Photo CD Part II?(Out of Gamut) (Technology Information)(Column)
November 10, 1997... If you're at all au courant with the state of digital imaging, you've doubt- less heard plenty of hoopla about FlashPix, the new digital file format developed by Live Picture Inc. and heavily touted by the newly constituted "digital imaging...

Artec to deliver 36-bit flatbed. (ViewStation AT12)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Artec next week will add a flatbed model for less than $300 to the growing ranks of low-cost, 36-bit-color scanners. Scheduled to debut at Comdex/Fall '97 in Las Vegas and ship later this fall, the $299 ViewStation AT12 offers a scanning area...

Lupin Let'er RIP 2.7 processes files on auto. (Lupin Software updates PostScript download utility and server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Lupin Software recently updated its Let'er RIP PostScript download utility and server. Version 2.7 offers improved performance and supports automatic processing of files, the company said. The free upgrade to the $239 server software can...

Howtek bundles flatbeds, drums. (Howtek Inc announces bundles combining drum and flatbed scanners) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
November 10, 1997... Scanner manufacturer Howtek Inc. in October announced two bundles that combine the company's drum and flatbed scanners. The $62,900 65/25 bundle pairs the large-format, 5,000-dpi Scanmaster 6500 drum scanner, priced separately at $44,900 (see...

Apple ships QTVR Studio. (QuickTime VR Authoring Studio)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 10, 1997... Apple this week shipped QuickTime VR Authoring Studio, a new professional authoring system for its virtual-reality technology. According to Apple, the $395 set of tools replaces the same-priced QuickTime VR 2.0 Authoring Tools Suite, which...