The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing articles from August 1995

The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing archives from August 1995

Preparing the MSN storeroom. (Microsoft's Microsoft Network online information service)
August 14, 1995... Amidst much of its own marketing fanfare and loud wailing from rivals, Microsoft will seek to change the online publishing landscape later this month when it launches Microsoft Network (MSN), a commercial service intended to rival CompuServe,...

Recordable CD: the laser printer of the digital world.
August 14, 1995... FOR PRINT AND ELECTRONIC publishers, large and small, the compact disc recorder shows signs of becoming a must-have device, the laser printer for multimedia and electronic publishing. Even beyond that, CD-recordable (referred to as CD-R, and...

Law in the electronic age: rights, but not boundaries. (legal issues for multimedia products) (includes related articles about obtaining rights, lawyer jokes on the Internet, an author's moral rights and a software protection manifesto)
August 14, 1995... EACH TECHNOLOGICAL revolution alters not just the techniques that people use to make things, but also the markets in which they try to sell what they have made and the laws that regulate those markets. The publishing industry is not exempt from...

Impressive scope marks Corel Draw 6; Illustration program is Windows 95 savvy; boasts 3D, multimedia modules. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 14, 1995... Illustration program is Windows 95 savvy; boasts 3D, multimedia modules Corel has released the beta version of its signature product, Corel Draw, version 6. A 32-bit program slated for release in August, it is a complete graphics treasure...

Verity mixes CD-ROM, online searches; WebAgents toolkit helps publishers marry the two media for customers. (Topic WebAgents Publisher's Toolkit)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... WebAgents toolkit helps publishers marry the two media for customers Verity recently announced a toolkit to make it easier for CD-ROM publishers to augment their publications with online updates. The Topic WebAgents Publisher's Toolkit, due...

Holographic signatures for digital images; authentication, verification and autometering for copyright holders. (Digimarc Corp's copyright protection technology)
August 14, 1995... Authentication, verification and autometering for copyright holders Digimarc Corporation announced a new technology for embedding electronic signatures or serial numbers within digital images, sound recordings and video clips. According to...

Datametrics premieres Cymax 3240: very fast thermal printer ideal for point-of-sale displays.(Product Announcement)
August 14, 1995... Very fast thermal printer ideal for point-of-sale displays Datametrics has formally launched a production version of the fast thermal-transfer printer we saw in prototype form last September at Seybold San Francisco (see Special Report, Vol....

Windows 95 to manufacturing. (Microsoft's operating system)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... On Friday, July 14, Microsoft officially declared version 1.0 of Windows 95 to be complete. It sent the files off to the disk duplicating services and the CD-ROM pressing plants. There is no longer any doubt that it will meet its announced Aug....

Novell to add TrueDoc to Envoy. (Novell adds TrueDoc 2.0 font technology to Envoy)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... Bitstream announced that Novell has licensed its TrueDoc font technology for use in future versions of Envoy. TrueDoc will let Envoy document makers embed highly compressed versions of their fonts that Envoy viewers can then display; users will...

Cat-3 wire for 155 Mbps. (Tut System' line-conditioning technology)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... Tut Systems, a Pleasant Hill, CA, maker of ATM network hardware, announced a line-conditioning technique that allows use of Category 3 cable (nominally rated for 10-Mbps service) for 155-Mbps ATM. Tut uses baluns (short for "balanced- to...

Iomega passes gigabyte mark. (Jaz removable cartridge drive)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... Last month, we reported that Iomega's Zip drive is putting intense pressure on Syquest, sending cartridge prices tumbling and forcing Syquest to announce its own EZ135 sooner than it might have preferred. This month, Iomega tightened the screws...

Klaus not retiring. (Frame Technology's CEO George Klaus)(Correction Notice)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... George Klaus, Frame's CEO, called to correct us on our Frame-Adobe story last month (July issue, p. 26). Klaus confirmed that after helping with the merger transition he'll be leaving Frame, but he is "looking for new challenges," not retiring,...

Net servers, part I. (setting up 'The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing's' Web home page)
August 14, 1995... We editors of The Seybold Report have always tried to practice what we preach. Our reviews of page layout programs, for example, have always been produced -- on deadline -- using the program we were evaluating. But we have been writing about...

WWPC to market software components; cross-brand, cross-platform extensions. (World-Wide Power Co)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... Cross-brand, cross-platform extensions The World-Wide Power Company has set up shop as a marketing agency for Xtensions, Additions, Plug-ins, Xtends, filters and all the other forms of Lego-block application componentry. It plans to support...

NEBS tries again with Page Magic 2.0; Page Pilots, color seps, printing options highlight new release. (layout software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)(Brief Article)
August 14, 1995... Page Pilots, color seps, printing options highlight new release In April, we examined the first version of Page Magic, an inexpensive layout program from NEBS (see Vol. 9, No. 8). Based on the PC version of Publish It, which GST Software had...