The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing articles from September 1995

The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing archives from September 1995

Standards, competition and the Net. (release of Windows 95 does not mean Microsoft has cornered Internet access)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... It has lately become fashionable to worry about whether the Internet will stay "open" after Microsoft Network takes off -- particularly once it has deployed the Blackbird tool set. People seem to fear that Microsoft will, by dint of its huge...

OneVision's PS, EPS editor.(Take 2)(Correction Notice)
September 4, 1995... In our coverage of the NextStep-based OneVision application suite at Drupa (see Vol. 9, No. 11, p. 36), we inadvertently omitted the following paragraph: "Among OneVision's main strengths is its ability to import and edit PostScript and EPS...

Windows 95 hits the streets running: a report on our first six months. (Microsoft's operating system) (includes related articles on Windows 95 Plus operating system utilities and Microsoft Network bundling) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... BY THE TIME you read this, Microsoft Windows 95 will have been shipped. You will have seen hundreds of newspaper and magazine ads offering Windows 95 at $89.95 upgrade prices. You will have seen its Windows-logo-on-blue-sky-and-white-clouds...

Copland: playing catch-up? (Apple's in-development operating system)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... We like the Macintosh. We also like Windows. Our publications are produced mostly on Windows PCs, though a few of the editors are staunch Mac users. The conference and trade-show business is run using a mix of Mac and Windows machines. Like...

Manhattan Graphics takes type to task with ReadySetGo GX. (Ready,Set,GO! GX 7.0 page layout software) (includes related article on producing article with product) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... Producing quality text composition on the desktop is no easy feat. While desktop publishing applications have made many aspects of page production far easier, for those users who place value on (or even appreciate) high-quality typographic...

A buyer's guide to CD-R recorders and premastering software. (includes related article on reading material)(Buyers Guide)
September 4, 1995... Last month we featured an overview of compact disc-recordable (CD-R) technology, which is fast becoming the laser printer of electronic publishing -- an inexpensive desktop peripheral suitable for making draft proofs of CD-ROMs, masters for...

Corel CD Creator: setting a benchmark for ease of use. (premastering software)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Corel CD Creator: Setting a Benchmark for Ease of Use As Peter Hall, product manager for CD Creator, explains it, "Corel saw a business opportunity in creating premastering software for the rapidly growing population of CD-R drives. We wanted...

HP introduces DeskJets for SOHO, corporate use. (six ink jet printers)(Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... Company also announces revamped distribution methods, strategy Never a company to go very long without a product introduction, Hewlett-Packard has announced six DeskJet color printers covering the price-conscious home market as well as the...

Adobe releases Acrobat 2.1 with Web link. (Adobe Systems' portable document software)(Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... Also: movie player, new CD-ROM pricing Adobe has issued an upgrade to Acrobat that lets users insert movies into Acrobat documents and add links from Acrobat pages to pages on the World Wide Web. The new 2.1 release also changes the...

Cross-platform tools, fast nets at Macworld. (five new software products, lower Ethernet prices at trade show)
September 4, 1995... There's little use waiting for Microsoft and its allies to release good cross-platform development tools. Why should they? They have the biggest piece of the pie already; going after smaller markets would raise their costs without proportional...

Switched and Fast Ethernet.
September 4, 1995... Although graphics files need all the network speed they can get, high prices have deterred many a business from moving up to 100-Mbps networks. But now prices are falling fast. We found three firms offering low-priced products for Fast...

ExecuTable plug-in aids PageMaker tables. (Execustaff Composition Services' DTP extension) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... Execustaff Composition Services has created an Addition for PageMaker, called ExecuTable, that could prove quite useful for a certain segment of the publishing community. Although it lacks a clever visual interface, the application does provide...

Xerox adds heavy-duty Regal to color laser line. (Regal 5790)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... 30,000 copies/month, enhanced imaging Xerox has introduced a new model in its line of color copier-printers that has a longer duty cycle, uses enhanced imaging technology and prints A4 pages 50% faster than Xerox's Majestik printer. Called...

Speed, price break on Apex 4.6 rewritable. (Pinnacle Micro's rewritable optical drive)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Pinnacle claims hard-disk speed, cost below magnetic storage Pinnacle Micro, a U.S. supplier of storage peripherals, has announced impressive speed and cost specs for its new Apex 4.6-GB rewritable optical drive. An internal-mount drive,...

Test-boot Windows 95 from a network server. (Lanworks Technologies' BootWare diskless workstation)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Single installation, simpler support, compatibility test drives BootWare, a family of software products from Lanworks, lets PC users boot their workstations from a file on the LAN server. It's not new; diskless workstations have been around...

Bananas utility eases Windows 3.1's woes. (Bananas Software's Image'n'Bits image processing software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Utility with important functionality As we've watched improvements made in Windows, we've been amazed at how Microsoft has been so clever while missing simple, but effective, improvements. Apple makes innovations, but messes up the delivery,...

Yahoo updates interface. (World Wide Web site)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Yahoo, the popular Web site at Stanford University, has a new look and advertising sponsors, reflecting its evolution from a popular university project into a full-time business serving the Internet community. The new interface features...

Object-based Web servers. (Oracle and Next Computer plan servers)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Object-based Web servers will be coming this fall. Among those planning such products are Oracle and Next Computer. InfoWorld reported that Oracle, which already has an Internet server product, is developing a new one that promises...

AT&T joins the party. (offers dedicated and dial-up Internet access services)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Arriving late to the party but making a noteworthy entrance by virtue of its size, AT&T has announced that it is now offering dial-up and dedicated Internet access services to business users. AT&T plans its WorldNet hookup services to be...

Net link for EWorld. (Apple's online service gets Internet link)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Apple introduced this summer an Internet connection for its EWorld online service, offering access to Internet mailing lists, newsgroups, FTP transfers and the World Wide Web. The new Net services make EWorld much more competitive as a...

Internet market study. ("On the Internet: User Demographics and Trends" market study from SIMBA Information)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... SIMBA Information has issued a demographic study of Internet users, claimed to be the most accurate and in-depth study to date. The list price for the study is $1,150, but various discounts are available, as is a money-back guarantee. We are...

'WSJ' on the Web. (Wall Street Journal) (Dow Jones launches 'Money & Investing Update' as precursor to full newspaper online)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Dow Jones has launched "Money & Investing Update," an online service that is a precursor to a full-blown Web version of the Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones is offering free access on a trial basis for six months. Netscape Navigator is the...

NetBack certifies data dates. (file backup over the Internet)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... NetBack is now offering file backup over the Net; for $11/month, it will save your valuable data on its servers. As with other off-site backup services, if your building floods, burns or gets hit by a meteor, you'll be glad you had it. Even...

Corel takes TrueDoc. (licenses font technology from Bitstream)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Corel is the latest licensee of Bitstream's TrueDoc font technology. The runtime verson of Corel Presents will be the first Corel product incorporating TrueDoc, but Corel said it plans to use it across its entire Corel Draw family, including...

Photoshop 3.0 for Unix. (Adobe Systems' Photoshop for IRIX and Solaris workstations)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... At Siggraph last month, Adobe launched version 3.0 of Photoshop for SGI (IRIX) and Sun (Solaris) workstations. The new version is compatible with Photoshop 3.0 for Mac and Windows and is priced the same ($995 for single-user licenses). Floating...

Higher res on the cheap. (DP-Tek's HS25 and LC13 ASICs for enhancing printing)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... DP-Tek has developed new ASICs for its TrueRes technology. The HS25, which is pin-compatible with DP-Tek's earlier ASIC, is aimed at pseudo-1,200-dpi printers running at up to 30 ppm. It has two advantages over earlier chips: a lower price...

Multifunction PCMCIA cards. (in development, but not to market soon)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Expect to begin seeing multifunction PCMCIA cards this fall. An emerging industry standard called CardBus is now supported by a multifunction interface chip from National Semiconductor, the PCM16C02. The chip provides two separate I/O ports and...

Cat-3 wire for 155-Mbps. (Tut Systems uses balanced- to unbalanced-line transformers to make Category 3 cables handle 155-Mbps ATM)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Tut Systems, a 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 unbalanced-line"...

Linear-scaling switch clip. (MMC Networks builds a better chip for ATM packet switch)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... One reason ATM is expensive is that network switches are complex. Although a four-port, any-to-any (crossbar) switch needs only 16 internal junctions, an eight-port crossbar needs 64 junctions. The complexity (and thus the cost) grows with the...

8x drives in prospect. (chips for 6x and 8x CD-ROM drives are ready)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Even as the consumer market is moving toward quad-speed CD-ROM drives, chip makers are tooling up for faster products. Oak Technology, which specializes in controllers for CD-ROM drives, announced a chip for 6x and 8x drives. The chip supports...

Building a Unix Internet Server.
September 4, 1995... The why and how of FTP, WAIS, the WWW and Gopher -- but not the software. Building a Unix Internet Server, by George Eckel, New Riders Publishing, $38 This new book assumes that you are familiar with the client side of the major Internet...

Netscape presses ahead, adds SmartMarks, Chat. (Netscape Communications adds SmartMarks bookmark extension, Chat for real-time forums extension to Web browser)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Plans Informix-based servers Following its spectacularly successful public stock offering, Netscape announced in August two extensions to its Web browser and several server products based on the Informix database. The new tools counter...