The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems articles from April 1993

The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems archives from April 1993

Agfa update: new RIPs, imposition system, servers, scanners, etc. (raster image processors) (summary of feature article)
April 26, 1993... Not content to stand pat for very long, Agfa has released another batch of new products and updates to existing ones. The new products include the Cobra and Viper software rips based on Adobe's CPSI interpreter (running on Sun and Mac...

Seybold Seminars: the high end at a glance. (summary of feature article)
April 26, 1993... This year's Seybold Seminars, concluded just as this issue was going to press, were filled with key announcements and new product developments. Although our main coverage will appear in a Special Report from Boston, we thought the hot news was...

Twenty, ten and five years ago.
April 26, 1993... We began our feature article about the Imlac Composer by quoting from Imlac, a fictitious philosopher in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, by Samuel Johnson: "If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few...

Agfa update: new RIPs, scanners, ImageServers, UFST, other changes. (raster image processors, Universal Font Scaling Technology)
April 26, 1993... Agfa is involved in so many aspects of the prepress market that it seems there is always something new and interesting taking place. News in recent months included a new recorder and new color management software. The latest round -- discussed...

Seybold Seminars '93: a quick overview from the high end. (Boston, Apr 13-16, 1993) (includes related article on 1993 Seybold Awards for Excellence) (Product Announcement)
April 26, 1993... A new round of color screening wars, an impressive debut for Sunline's Live Picture color system, two double-speed imaging devices, a proposed new standard for scanning and Barco's latest system configurations featuring its Strike software for...

Online Publishing '93: spotlight on Internet, typography on screen.
April 26, 1993... The publishing industry is on the verge of explosive growth in the use of computer technology to deliver documents electronically. Yet as an industry and, in the wider scope of things, as a culture, we are only beginning to discover what...

Holo Image to enter recorder market. (Holo Image Technology Inc) (Product Announcement)
April 26, 1993... Holo Image Technology, a startup firm that makes holographic deflection systems, is about to toss its hat into the imagesetter ring. At the upcoming GC3 show (formerly Type-X) in Philadelphia and at the Gutenberg show in Long Beach, CA, HIT...

Berthold to be acquired. (H. Berthold AG)
April 26, 1993... Berthold to be acquired. Berthold is about to announce its acquisition by a Dutch investment group including Janivo Holding B.V. The statement was released by Berthold's board and confirmed by a Frankfurt firm associated with Janivo.

Escher-Grad signs with Adobe. (Esher Grad to base RIPServer for EG-8000 on Adobe's CPSI)
April 26, 1993... Escher-Grad has signed an agreement with Adobe to license a software RIP based on Adobe's CPSI. Called the RIPServer, it will drive Escher-Grad's EG-8000 drum recorder. Escher-Grad also will support Adobe's PixelBurst.

Hyphen deals with Scangraphic.
April 26, 1993... Hyphen has announced that it will supply its RIPs to Scangraphic for its Scantext 2000 Chromaspeed image-setter. The worldwide deal involves Hyphen's software RIP running on a PC. Options to support the Macintosh and Sun platforms remain open.

Remote billing from Baseview. (Baseview Products enhances ClassManager and DisplayManager products)
April 26, 1993... Baseview Products has added a remote billing option to its ClassManager and DisplayManager product lines. Accounts receivable data generated at remote sites can be transferred to a central site for processing and maintenance, useful for...

Windows drivers for Vikings. (NVS Co. offering Windows 3.1 drivers for Moniterm Viking monitors)
April 26, 1993... Windows drivers for Vikings. NVS Company, of New Port Richey, FL, is marketing Windows 3.1 drivers for the entire line of Moniterm Viking monitors. NVS says it wrote the majority of driver software for Viking systems during the past five...

Two-way Mac-to-Leaf link. (Total Image Corp.'s PS-Link 2.1 interface between AP/Leaf Picture Desk and Macintosh) (Product Announcement)
April 26, 1993... Two-way Mac-to-Leaf link. Total Image Corp., developer of the Black Magic system and the SFS Electronic Picture Desk, has added two-way communications to its PS-Link program. The program, introduced last November, interfaces with the AP/Leaf...

Highwater's CH-Scan from AGS. (UK developer Highwater Designs' high-end scanner link to be sold by Advanced Gateway Solutions) (Product Announcement)
April 26, 1993... The CH-Scan high-end scanner link developed by Highwater Designs in the UK is now available from Advanced Gateway Solutions. The first product in a family of modular software and hardware products, it is an intelligent NuBus interface card...

DuPont signs with Aldus. (gets worldwide marketing rights to Aldus's Presswise and Trapwise software)
April 26, 1993... Du Pont signs with Aldus. Aldus has signed an OEM agreement giving Du Pont worldwide marketing rights to its Presswise and Trapwise software. They will be available through Du Pont's international network of dealers and subsidiaries. Du...

Frame restructures sales. (Frame Technology sales force split into Desktop Products and Document Solutions groups)
April 26, 1993... Frame restructures sales. Frame Technology has restructured its North American sales force into two separate organizations: the Desktop Products Group and the Document Solutions Group. The former, headed by executive vice president Pat...

America East: slow start for newspaper show season. (regional newspaper trade show) (Product Announcement)
April 26, 1993... The annual America East regional newspaper show traditionally marks the beginning of the U.S. show season for the newspaper market. Many of the products destined for formal inauguration at the ANPA show (now called Nexpo) in June make an...

Installations.
April 26, 1993... Interleaf's WorldView-based electronic distribution system has been approved by Swedish authorities for use by Saab Aircraft AB in delivering online documentation to airlines. It is the first such system to be approved for that service in...

Adobe teases with Acrobat tidbits. (Adobe Systems Inc.'s data conversion software)
April 26, 1993... Talks about implementation, but key feature not to be ready until 1994 At the recent Online Publishing conference in Pittsburgh, PA, Chuck Geschke and Gary Cosimini of Adobe Systems revealed several aspects of Adobe's forthcoming Acrobat...

Dainippon Screen: an old-line vendor sets out a new strategy. (high-end color systems vendor moves towards open systems) (summary of feature article)
April 5, 1993... This is the year the traditional vendors of high-end color systems have to address the issue of open systems. Linotype-Hell started by announcing its DaVinci workstation. Dainippon Screen appears to be next. Here, we report our findings from a...

Editor's tips: preview of hot items at Seybold show. (Seybold Seminars, Boston, April 13-16 1993) (summary of Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... With this year's Seybold Seminars in Boston April 13-16, we are inaugurating a new method of covering the key developments at the four-day event. As most of our readers already know, this event -- and the Seybold San Francisco affair in the...

Twenty, ten and five years ago.
April 5, 1993... Our lead news story reported the sale of a Hendrix system to R.R. Donnelley: "The Electronic Graphics Division of R.R. Donnelley has accepted delivery of a Hendrix 3500 system with six of the 5700-type terminals, 29-million-character disk...

Dainippon Screen: venerable company heads in a new direction. (Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Company Ltd.'s TaigaPress desktop publishing software, TaigaEDGE phototypesetting system, DTS-1030AI and SG-7060 scanners) (includes related article on using Taiga Press system) (Company Profile)
April 5, 1993... In a prepress world that is in turmoil from nonstop change, every supplier must constantly evaluate its approach to the market. Although the technological revolution that impacted the monochrome arena did not for many years have much to offer...

Atex still dealing: Systepo for TAMS; Finnish firm to supply ad system. (Atex Inc., Systepo Sypress Oy) (The Latest Word)
April 5, 1993... Finnish firm to supply ad system Following the rash of deals that Atex announced on March 14, the company has taken another step to firm up its strategy for the future by making another deal. Like the others, this one will change the...

IDI brings Basisplus down to workgroups. (Information Dimensions Inc.'s DocWorks provides graphical user interface for firm's document management software) (The Latest Word) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... DocWorks offers single interface, Windows client for Basisplus, ZyIndex Last month at UniForum in San Francisco, Information Dimensions Inc. (IDI) introduced DocWorks, a new document management program aimed at moving IDI into smaller-scale...

Grif adds SQL, Windows to SGML suite; developer's toolkit also new. (Grif SA's document processing software) (Standard Generalized Markup Lanaguage) (The Latest Word) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... Grif SA, a French supplier of sgml-based authoring and publishing software, recently issued an upgrade that includes support for sql calls and a toolkit for connecting Grif's software to other programs. The company also introduced a Windows...

XSoft ports GlobalView to RS/6000. (The Latest Word)
April 5, 1993... Xerox's XSoft division announced last month that its GlobalView operating environment is now available for the IBM RS/6000 platform. Xerox anticipates that the port will open up new opportunities for GlobalView; we see it as a passenger train...

Conceppts attracts 1,200 to Orlando; conference/expo focus is here and now. (new annual event to promote understanding of technological changes in publishing and related industries) (The Latest Word)
April 5, 1993... Industry conferences and exhibitions can serve a multitude of purposes. Some, like the Seybold Seminars and computer industry conferences run by Esther Dyson, Stewart Alsop and others, serve as forums where the movers, shakers and technological...

CD-based educational programs from Vision. (Vision Publications' Electronic Halftoning Principle, other publishing-related titles to be released) (The Latest Word) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... The dramatic need for more information about new technologies and increased education to help traditional graphic arts businesses cope with and survive the changes in the industry was one of the key themes to emerge at the recent Conceppts...

SoftQuad perfects instant Braille; Author/Editor, Braille DTDs automatic print-disabled production. (document type definitions) (The Latest Word)
April 5, 1993... SoftQuad has perfected a software technique for making the text of books, newspapers and magazines available simultaneously in Braille and computer voice editions. The technique could make it much easier for a variety of publishers to serve...

Scitex. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Scitex reported a net profit of $122.4 million ($3.02/share) for the year ended Dec. 31, 1992, up 22% over the previous year. Revenues were $550 million, up 28% over 1991. Revenues in North America totaled $252 million, an increase of 32% over...

Excalibur Technologies. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Excalibur Technologies expects to report its highest-ever quarterly revenues in its fourth quarter, ended Jan. 31, 1993. The company said its revenues should be $7.5 to $8.0 million. The company also reported the receipt of a contract with a...

QMS. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... QMS has reported record revenues of $77.3 million for its first fiscal quarter, up 24% over the $62.2 million of the same quarter a year earlier. Net income for the period was $1.4 million ($.13/share), compared with $323,000 ($.03/share) in...

Iomega. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Iomega reported sales of $37.5 million and net income of $41,000 for its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, 1992, down from $39.4 million and $4.3 million, respectively, in the last quarter of 1991. For the year, sales were $139.2 million and net...

Recognition Equipment. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Recognition Equipment has reported a 96% increase in net income for its first quarter, ended Jan. 31, 1993. Net income was $616,000 ($.05/share), compared to $314,000 ($.03/share) for the same period of 1992. Revenues for the quarter increased...

Digital Equipment. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Digital Equipment's revenues rose 6% to $3.7 billion for its second quarter, ended Dec. 26, 1992, up from $3.5 billion for the same quarter a year ago. However, DEC reported a smaller net loss for the quarter -- $73 million ($.57/share), down...

Novell. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Novell reported revenues of $933 million for its fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1992, up 46% from $640 million in fiscal 1991. Net income for the year was $249 million ($.81/share), up 53% from $162 million ($.55/share) in 1991. In the fourth...

Information Dimensions. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Information Dimensions (IDI) reported its first $5 million revenue month in December 1992 to end the year with revenues surpassing $33 million. But the company didn't disclose its income figures -- even whether the year showed a positive or...

Personal Training Systems. (Financial News)
April 5, 1993... Personal Training Systems has received $1 million in venture capital equity financing from Sigma Partners of Menlo Park, CA. The funds will be used "to continue the aggressive marketing of its tutorials for Mac and Windows applications." As...

Triple-I completes Diadem acquisition. (Information International Inc., Diadem S.A.)
April 5, 1993... Triple-I completes Diadem acquisition. Information International has completed the acquisition of the assets and business interests of Diadem S.A. of Paris, including its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Diadem Inc. Triple-I will continue to sell...

Cybergraphic on DOS. (Cybergraphic Systems Ltd.)
April 5, 1993... Cybergraphic on dos. Cybergraphic has released its front-end publishing system running on an ms-dos platform, ported from Unix. It runs in a dos protected mode environment on '386 or higher pcs. Features and functionality are identical to the...

Optrotech becomes Orbotech. (name change from merger with parent company)
April 5, 1993... Optrotech becomes Orbotech. Optrotech, the maker of large-format drum recorders, has changed its name as a result of the merger of its parent company, Optrotech, with Orbot Systems. With the parent now known as Orbotech, Inc., the recorder...

Harris to sell font library. (Harris Publishing Systems)
April 5, 1993... Harris to sell font library. Harris Publishing Systems (formerly Harris Composition Systems) has announced plans to sell its typeface library, acquired over an 80-year period. The inventory reportedly contains hundreds of fonts in the form of...

Scitex to market Fire 1000. (agreement with Cymbolic Sciences International to market large-format film recorder)
April 5, 1993... Scitex to market Fire 1000. Scitex has concluded a deal with Cymbolic Sciences International under which it gains exclusive rights to market the CSI Fire 1000 large-format film recorder to customers in Europe and the U.S. Scitex will offer a...

Screaming adds color editor. (Screaming Technology's LWColor Editor Module for RipLink Macintosh color system link)
April 5, 1993... Screaming adds color editor. Screaming Technology has added an LWColor Editor module to its RipLink Macintosh high-end color system link. It allows color separators and other users to work with run-length-encoded linework files on a Macintosh....

Interleaf supports SGI Irix. (Silicon Graphics Inc.'s Irix 5.0 operating system, Interleaf 5 document creation software)
April 5, 1993... Interleaf supports SGI Irix. Interleaf has announced that its Interleaf 5 document creation software now supports Silicon Graphics' Irix 5.0 operating system, which is fully compliant with the MIPS application binary interface. The MIPS abi...

Vendor-to-vendor meetings slated. (Xplor International to sponsor publishing symposium)
April 5, 1993... Vendor-to-vendor meetings slated. Xplor International will sponsor a four-day symposium of vendors to focus on future strategy. The event, called Vision '96, to be held in Denver April 25-28, will "concentrate on how best to serve the long-term...

New Ilford digital color printer. (ILFORD Digital Imager to be manufactured by Metrum Imaging Products, marketed by ILFORD) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... New Ilford digital color printer. Metrum Imaging Products has signed an agreement to design and manufacture a digital color printer for Ilford Photo. A customized version of Metrum's FotoPrint 500, it will use different media and chemistry. The...

Tegra upgrades 4990 to 6000. (Tegra Varityper printer) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... Tegra upgrades 4990 to 6000. Tegra Varityper has announced an upgrade for the 4990 imagesetter, based on an Adobe Atlas rip, to a Series 6000 with an Emerald rip. The 6000 offers a rasterizing speed advantage, support for Escor quality color...

Candela reaches wider. (Candela Color Management System Library released for NextStep, Sun SPARC, DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1)
April 5, 1993... Candela reaches wider. Following the release in January of the Candela Color Management System Library for the Macintosh, Candela Ltd. has released CCMS for NextStep, Sun Sparc, dos 5.0 and Windows 3.1.

Hyphen adds AccuSet, CQR to line. (Agfa AccuSet, Ultre Color Quality Registration options added to imagesetter line) (Hyphen Sepctraset 2400) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... Hyphen adds AccuSet, CQR to line. Hyphen has added the Agfa AccuSet and the Ultre Color Quality Registration (CQR) option to its line of imagesetters. The AccuSet, to be sold with a Hyphen rip as the Spectraset 2400, offers resolutions of 600...

New Bidco recorder images 56" per minute; older model gets multiple resolutions. (FP80CD, FP108CD film recorders) (The Latest Word) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... Bidco, long known for its speedy imaging systems, has announced the development of its fastest recorders ever: the FP80CD and the FP108CD, achieving speeds of 56* per minute at a resolution of 1,000 dpi. In another development, Bidco has...

Editor's tip sheet: what's hot at the Expo. (1993 Seybold Seminars) (summary of feature article) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... With this publication, we begin a new effort to provide editorial coverage of our two major annual industry events. This new effort recognizes that the issues considered at the spring and fall Seybold conferences no longer can be divided neatly...

Editor's tips: what to see at the Boston Exhibition. (1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... It's rare that an exhibition can display several really interesting products in nearly ever major product category, but this year's Seybold Seminars event appears ready to do just that. Whether the topic is color systems, image manipulation,...

Adobe Systems. (Illustrator 5.0 for the Macintosh) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Adobe Systems 208 Although its new Acrobat electronic document delivery vehicle will be the focus of Adobe's activity at the Seminar sessions (see below), Illustrator 5.0 for the Macintosh will highlight the exhibit. New features of...

Agile Enterprises. (TeamBase: SpecialEdition open workgroup system for magazine, newspaper publishers) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Agile Enterprise 1809 Agile Enterprise, in its world debut, will introduce TeamBase: SpecialEdition, a comprehensive, open workgroup system for magazine and newspaper publishers. Supporting both the pc and Mac, it can be configured...

Agfa. (ImageServer models 100 and 300, new raster image processing software to debut at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Edition) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Agfa 1202 Agfa will have new developments for most of its product lines, led by new software rips, image servers and color scanners. The Typographic Systems division will feature a new version of its Universal Font Scaling Technology....

Apple Computer. (Macintosh Workgroup Servers 60, 80 and 95; AppleShare Server 3.0, 4.0, Pro network software; AppleSearch search software; AppleScript program development software to debut at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Apple Computer 728 This will be a big event for Apple. The lineup of new products to be exhibited is headed by servers for varying sizes of workgroups. Also key will be a search-and-retrieval package called AppleSearch and a scripting...

Ares Software. (to debut FontChameleon software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Ares Software 1824 Ares will feature FontChameleon, a program for mimicking thousands of fonts from one font master. It consists of a set of generic character outlines and a set of attributes that describe how the outlines are to be...

Autologic. (to debut APS-7 imagesetter line at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Autologic 316 Autologic will feature its new APS-7 line of imagesetters based on Secma drum recorders, a blazing new APS-6 capstan recorder imaging film 18* wide at 1,016x1,016 dpi at 47* per minute, and an NT version of its SoftPIP....

DynaLab. (to introduce DynaRip raster image processor for Asian languages at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * DynaLab 1530 DynaLab will unveil its DynaRip, which is claimed to be the first rip dedicated to supporting the Asian language environment. Features include an extra-large PostScript font dictionary, the ability to use up to 50...

Eurocore S.A. (to debut ImagePlug) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Eurocore S.A. 1507 Eurocore will demonstrate a new PostScript rip designed to output large files of continuous-tone images to drum scanners, as well as its ImagePlug scanner link with new features. ImagePlug, which runs on a standard...

Graphics Integration Technology. (to introduce GIT Workstation Rip raster image processing software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Graphics Integration Technology 1812 GIT, headed by Peter Aldridge, formerly of Harlequin, will introduce a software rip for Windows that was developed in conjunction with 5D Solutions in the UK. The interpreter, which supports Level 2...

Harlequin. (to introduce Harpoon accelerator board for ScriptWorks raster image processing software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Harlequin 716 Harlequin will introduce its first hardware product, Harpoon, an accelerator board for use with its ScriptWorks software rip. It is aimed particularly at speeding processing of color screening of halftones. Harpoon was...

Hyphen. (to introduce Spectraset 4000 imagesetter, related image processing equipment at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Hyphen 702 Hyphen plans a raft of new announcements, including an imagesetter based on a Screen recorder, a new version of Speedware supporting element tracking and other features, the PowerBase production management system, a Quark...

InfoDesign. (to display WorkSmart document management software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... * InfoDesign 1604 InfoDesign, a system integrator specializing in sgml-based document management applications, gained prominence when its expertise and technology became a key part of the $750 million jcals system being supplied to the...

Light Source. (Light Source Computer Images Inc. to demonstrate Ofoto 2.0 color scanning software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... * Light Source 810 Light Source, which won a Seybold Award for Excellence at this event a year ago for its Ofoto monochrome scanning software, will demonstrate a color version this year. As with the monochrome product, version 2 is...

Linotype-Hell. (to introduce DaVinci color workstation, related products at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Linotype-Hell 100 Linotype-Hell will have one of the most exciting new products in its DaVinci color workstation, introduced at its user group meeting in February. Also on display will be the new Signastation handling press imposition,...

Monaco Systems. (to introduce Binuscan color scanning software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Monaco Systems 1411 Monaco Systems will unveil its Binuscan color separation/color correction Photoshop plug-in, developed in Monaco by a high-quality printer for use in his own business. Although it has nearly 100 users in Europe, it...

Nikon. (to demonstrate CoolScan/LS-10 35mm film scanner, LS-3510AF slide scanner at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Nikon 723 Nikon will demonstrate its new CoolScan/LS-10 35mm film scanner, along with its LS-3510AF slide scanner with autofeeder and ImageAccess archiving software. The CoolScan, nicknamed for its cool operation, is noted for its...

No Hands Software. (to exhibit Common Ground text management software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * No Hands Software 204 No Hands will exhibit its Common Ground electronic document delivery technology, which enables recipients to open, view and print -- but not edit -- PostScript files. It is based on a platform-independent file...

Screen (USA). (Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. to introduce TaigaEDGE and TaigaSPACE image processing equipment, SG-7060 P and DTS-1030AI scanners at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Screen (USA) 416 Screen will unveil its Taiga System strategy, a new color electronic prepress system family incorporating existing Screen and other color prepress system modules with new production management components to automate...

Sunline SA. (to debut Live Picture color technology for Apple Macintosh at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... * Sunline SA 1818 This event will mark the world debut of Sunline's Live Picture, a family of products for use in producing color on the Mac. Developed by former Diadem employees, it includes comprehensive image retouching, color...

Tegra-Varityper. (to introduce Model 5300H film recorder, Series 3000 modular imagesetting system at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Best Picks) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Tegra-Varityper 216 Highlighting the Tegra-Varityper booth will be the new Model 5300H capstan recorder imaging at a top speed of 53* per minute at a resolution of 900 dpi. That is more than double the maximum speed (26* per minute) of...

Type Solutions. (to demonstrate Incubator GX font software for Apple Macintosh at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Type Solutions 1307 Type Solutions, which introduced its initial Incubator product at last year's show, will demonstrate Incubator GX, an upgrade to Incubator Pro 2.0 for the Macintosh. The new version allows the end user to create...

Unified Publishing. (to display The Publishing Manager add-on software for Microsoft Word for Windows at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... * Unified Publishing 1406 The Publishing Manager for Word for Windows is designed for newspaper and magazine editorial workgroups. Using Word as the editing engine, Manager controls the editorial flow and automates the link with the...

Xaos Tools. (to introduce Paint Alchemy image enhancement tool for Adobe Photoshop at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Xaos Tools 836 Xaos Tools, pronounced "chaos," which has been active in the animation market with products running on Silicon Graphics workstations, is moving to the Macintosh market. Its first product, called Paint Alchemy, is an...

XChange. (distributor of Quark Xtensions to display multiple products at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... * XChange 916 XChange, the distribution channel for myriad Quark Xtensions, will host several third-party developers showing a raft of new Xtensions: * FaceIt, from A Lowly Apprentice Production, and Stylist, from Reseaux-Groupe...

Aldus. (to demonstrate PageMaker 5.0 at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report)
April 5, 1993... * Aldus 324 Aldus will focus on PageMaker 5.0, hosting a series of tutorials in the New Technology Lab to acquaint people with its many new features. They include a floating "control panel" palette reporting font, size, rotation, etc.,...

Alias Research. (to introduce Eclipse image processing software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Alias Research 1022 The event will mark the first world showing of Alias's Eclipse image design and production software, running under X-Motif on a Silicon Graphics 24-bit Indigo R3000 or R4000 workstation with no proprietary boards or...

Altsys. (to introduce Fontographer 4.0 at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Altsys 624 Altsys will feature Fontographer 4.0, with more than 200 new features and a completely new interface. The new outline window, complete with a floating tool palette, is claimed to match the drawing capabilities of any...

ArborText. (to introduce Adept Editor 5.0, Adept Publisher 5.0, Document Architect 5.0 at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * ArborText 603 ArborText will unveil Adept Editor/Adept Publisher 5.0, Document Architect 5.0 and Adept Editor running under Windows NT for pcs. Adept Editor 5.0 and Adept Publisher 5.0 feature significant enhancements to ArborText's...

Barco Graphics. (to introduce Strike computer graphics software at 1993 Seybold Seminars) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Barco Graphics 1527 Barco will feature a new Strike software package for linework design, new PostScript imagesetters based on a software rip, some new interfaces, and enhancements to the Personal Repro Creator. Strike, for use with...

Bristol Technology. (to demonstrate HyperHelp 3.0, Xprinter HyperHelp) (Seybold Special Report) (Product Announcement)
April 5, 1993... * Bristol Technology 808 Bristol Technology will demonstrate HyperHelp 3.0 and Xprinter. HyperHelp, which allows software developers to add hypertext help to their applications quickly and easily, provides online, context-sensitive help....