The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems articles from July 1996

The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems archives from July 1996

New Gerber unit focuses on national accounts. (Gerber Systems' National Accounts Team) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 29, 1996... Gerber Systems announced the formation of a National Accounts Team to handle large CTP accounts that operate over multiple sites throughout the U.S. The team includes Bob Greer in the west, Bob Houlihan in the east and Sharon Wallyn in the...

Linotype-Hell starts catalog sales in UK. (launches Linotype-Hell Direct catalog-based sales operation) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 29, 1996... Linotype-Hell's UK office is launching Linotype-Hell Direct, a catalog- based sales operation designed as a competitively priced alternative source for hardware, software and peripherals. This is not a new idea-- PrePress Direct in the U.S....

People. (People)
July 29, 1996... Presstek has added four new employees in sales and marketing positions. Brian Leto, who was digital plate and Proofing Specialist for Kodak in Los Angeles, will become senior sales executive for the Western region. Neil McEachren, formerly with...

Astoria's real price: $50,000. (XSoft's Astoria ten-seat starter system)(Correction Notice)(Brief Article)
July 29, 1996... XSoft informs us that we misstated the price of its Astoria system in our report from SGML Europe (Vol. 25, No. 19, p.17). The price for a ten-seat starter system is approximately $50,000. We apologize for the error. (Our price was three times...

Nexpo '96, II: editorial and advertising systems and electronic publishing. (includes related article on Freedom System Integrators' addition of Phrasea to its product line) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 29, 1996... Editorial and Advertising Systems IN OUR OVERVIEW of the show in our last issue, we noted some of the developments regarding editorial and advertising systems. They included the idea that the American newspaper market is starting to realize...

Scitex's Brisque: a RIP with a workflow focus. (Brisque, Brisque Impose, Brisque Pro and Brisque Proof output controllers)(Product Announcement)
July 29, 1996... Strong control over the entire process Scitex has announced the next-generation PostScript RIP system for its family of imagesetters: an output controller designed to help automate prepress production. Called Brisque, it coordinates preflight...

Xeikon establishes U.S. operation under Buts and Payne. (Xeikon North America, COO of Worldwide Corporate Operations Alfon Buts and VP of Marketing Chris Payne) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 29, 1996... Xeikon, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium, has established its first overseas operation. The subsidiary, to be located in Chicago, will support the company's North American customer base, as well as sales and distribution channels. Alfons...

ECRM acquires Holotek imaging firm. (Company Business and Marketing)
July 29, 1996... Technology now used by Monotype, Western Litho, Graphic Enterprises ECRM has acquired Holotek, a supplier of holographic deflection systems used in a variety of capstan-technology imaging devices. Holotek's optical system is currently being...

Quark releases Connect for Windows. (Quark Connect for Windows workgroup publishing software)(Product Announcement)
July 29, 1996... Dispatch server tracks Windows PCs Quark has finally added cross-platform capability so users of its QPS workgroup publishing software can manage and track files created on Windows workstations in a QPS Dispatch server database. Quark...

Linotype-Hell takes $21.2 million loss. (in sales for first half of 1996) (Company Financial Information)
July 29, 1996... But CTP sales in June bring optimism Driven by a drop in sales, the first half of 1996 resulted in a $21.2 million loss for Linotype-Hell, in line with the forecast made at the company's annual meeting in June. However, the company's U.S....

Heidelberg bids to take control of Linotype-Hell. (Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG offers to acquire 75% of Linotype-Hell's stock) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 29, 1996... Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, the German supplier of Heidelberg printing presses, has made an offer to acquire 75% of Linotype-Hell's outstanding stock for a price of DM95 ($64 U.S.) per share. The stock had closed at DM66 on July 23, at...

Systems for paper catalog production. (displayed at the 1996 Annual Catalog Conference in New York) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 29, 1996... Annual catalog show brings it all out The Annual Catalog Conference held in New York in June was dominated by vendors (and would-be vendors) of software for electronic catalogs (see The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing), but many...

SGML standard gets global perspective. (ISO 8879:1986) (Technology Information)
July 29, 1996... Working group corrects lack of support for double-byte character sets A technical corrigendum for ISO 8879:1986 has been approved by the working group (WG8) responsible for the standard known as Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)....

Printware stock offering raises $6.4 million. (Company Financial Information)
July 29, 1996... Company focus will remain on CTP Printware has made a public offering of 1.6 million shares of common stock at $6.00 per share (PRTW on the NASDAQ exchange). Prior to the offering, Deluxe Corp., a forms and check manufacturer, owned 51.31% of...

ScanView founder starts venture firm. (Samir Lehaff's Bridge Ventures) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... First beneficiary is Vision Factory The founder of ScanView, Phase One, and some other high-technology companies, has turned his talents to a new direction: venture capital. Samir Lehaff, who has made a practice of building his companies...

Scitex user meeting to feature 80 exhibitors. (Scitex Graphic Arts Users' Association) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... The annual meeting of the Scitex Graphic Arts Users' Association, to be held in Minneapolis, MN, Aug. 24-27, will be accompanied by an equipment exhibition featuring more than 80 vendors of hardware and software products. The theme of this...

Nexpo '96: output speed and pagination take the spotlight. (Industry Trend or Event)
July 15, 1996... OVER THE YEARS, as we have tracked the changing environment of publishing systems, Nexpo (and the ANPA show that preceded it) generally has figured prominently as a key event. Although it is true that the newspaper market no longer serves as...

PrePress in fast lane with FasTrak, PantherPro/46HS and RIP Tracker. (PrePress Solutions FasTrak, PantherPro/46HS and PantherPro Imagesetters, RIP Tracker performance analysis software) (Hardware Review) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 15, 1996... Rapid change has always been a key characteristic of this in industry. Companies come and go at the drop of a hat. Products and people move to center stage and quickly sink into oblivion. But one thing never seems to change: The sprawling...

SII picks veteran of media industry as CEO. (Systems Integrators Inc's Frank Washington) (Company Operations)
July 15, 1996... Frank Washington was aide to Carter System Integrators has picked as its new CEO a media industry veteran with extensive previous involvement both in newspapers and in electronic communications. Frank Washington, who was named to succeed...

Scitex taps Kareiva to head U.S. operation. (Scitex America Pres and CEO Patrick Kareiva) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Scitex has gone to the computer industry to find a permanent head for its American operation. Patrick Kareiva, who has had considerable experience at companies such as National Semiconductor, Memorex and IBM, has been named president and CEO of...

P.Ink Press reincarnated; new firm gets software. (AO International sprl maintains and develops P.Ink Press classified and editorial systems software) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... AO to sell Scitex products, Catalogic The P.Ink Press editorial and classified systems for newspaper and magazine applications, developed and sold by P.Ink Software Engineering, will soon become available again in the marketplace. The system...

Shareholders file suits against Presstek. (Industry Legal Issue)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Presstek has been hit with two shareholder class action lawsuits. One, filed in Boston against Presstek, seven of its officers and its accountants, alleges that Presstek's latest annual and quarterly financial statements were "false and...

Extensis acquires Fetch. (Adobe Fetch media database application) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Extensis has acquired the rights to Adobe Fetch, a digital media database application. Known for utilities such as PageTools for PageMaker and Intellihance for Photoshop, Extensis will release Fetch for the Macintosh on August 1.

Nur debuts Fresco 100s color ink-jet printer. (Nur Advanced Technologies)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Printer features 1.6-meter width Nur Advanced Technologies of Israel has announced its latest wide-format ink-jet printer, the Fresco 100s, featuring a printing width of 1.6 meters and the ability to print 1,200-1,500 square feet per hour....

Inso buys EBT for $39.8 million. (Electronic Book Technologies)(includes related article on other Inso acquisitions) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 15, 1996... Plans to integrate technologies Inso Corporation, the Boston-based software house spun off from Houghton Mifflin in 1994, has decided to buy Electronic Book Technologies for $39.8 million in cash. EBT was privately held, but Inso reported...

Sysdeco consolidates U.S. effort; to offer new stock. (Sysdeco Group A/S creates new executive team) (Company Operations)
July 15, 1996... Jamne, Einelund remain in charge Sysdeco has begun implementing a plan to shift its focus away from its traditional businesses and toward its Sysdeco Media operation, which includes the former Atex and Dewar newspaper system organizations. As...

Adobe posts 8 percent increase. (Adobe Systems' 2nd qtr 1996) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... In its second quarter, Adobe Systems posted total revenue of $204.3 million, an increase of 8 percent from the same quarter last year. Net income was $34.1 million ($.45/share), compared to net income of $35.2 million ($.47/share) for the same...

Corel doubles quarterly revenue. (Corel Systems' 2nd qtr 1996) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Corel's acquisition of the WordPerfect product line has helped it more than double its quarterly revenues. Total revenue for the second quarter was $87.5 million, a 148 percent increase over the $35.2 million posted for the second quarter of...

DEC lays off 7,000. (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Anticipating poor fourth-quarter financial results, Digital Equipment has announced that it will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide, leaving the company with fewer than 55,000 employees. At its peak, DEC's staff exceeded 125,000 people.

Xerox readies for an Olympic-size task. (manages documents at 1996 summer Olympics) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 15, 1996... DocuTechs, DocuPrints part of a new printing paradigm for the Olympics The athletes will not be the only ones facing great challenges during the Olympic Games in Atlanta this July. Nor are they the only people who have spent years preparing...

Sports Illustrated, Scitex plan Olympic Daily. (The Sports Illustrated Olympic Daily magazine created with Scitex Corporation equipment) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 15, 1996... 42 color pages, 300,000 circulation Sports Illustrated has big plans for the biggest sporting event of the year. The company, using Scitex equipment, will produce a 42-page, four-color daily magazine for the duration of the Olympic Games....

Take 2.(Correction Notice)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Errata: Amicus, Idanit, Cebit Please note the following corrections to contact information in recent issues: Amicus (Vol. 25, No. 18, p. 32)-postal code EC1Y 8PQ and E-mail 100042.2327@compuserve.com Idanit (Vol. 25, No. 17, p. 44)-fax...

Xarchive extracts SGML from Xpress. (Em Software's DTP extension for Quark's QuarkXpress DTP software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... CMP, McGraw-Hill fund Em Software Em Software has introduced Xarchive, a Quark Xpress Xtension that extracts SGML-tagged text from publications produced in Xpress. Xarchive was developed by Em with funding from CMP Publications and...

Monotype Typography moves. (new address) (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Monotype Typography, 985 Busse Rd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-2400; phone (847) 718-0400 or (800) 666-6897, fax (847) 718-0500. Internet: www.monotype.com

CTP, digital presses in study by UK researchers. (market share of computer-to-plate and other types of presses) (part 3) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Part 3 of series on market opportunities For readers in the market for research and forecasts about computer-to-plate and other direct-to technologies, Vantage Strategic Marketing Research and Information of the UK has released part three in...

Peat Marwick aids Interleaf. (KPMG Peat Marwick's implementation services for Interleaf application) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... KPMG Peat Marwick will be offering implementation services for Interleaf's Intellecte/Sales Team, an application jointly developed by Interleaf and The Learning Alliance, which Interlaf recently acquired (see Vol. 25, No. 18).

Agfa opens 15,000-sq.ft. technology center. (Technology Learning Center) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Can host 100 people at 8 different events Agfa recently opened a new facility in Teterboro, NJ, which will function as a regional training and technology center. The Technology Learning Center, or TLC, consolidates the functions of the...

Phase One offers digital photography for $13,990. (Studiokit turnkey digital photography studio)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Phase One has introduced a low-cost, "turnkey" digital photography studio. The Studiokit includes a digital camera back unit for 4[inches]x5[inches] view cameras, two portable 750W tungsten soft light boxes with diffusers, a TG1 tungsten...

People. (News Briefs)
July 15, 1996... Agfa opens 15,000-sq. ft. technology center Agfa recently opened a new facility in Teterboro, NJ, which will function as a regional training and technology center. The Technology Learning Center, or TLC, consolidates the...

Dicomed takes on Japanese partner. (Itochu acquires 50%) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Itochu acquires 50% of camera firm A 50% share of Dicomed, manufacturer of digital cameras, imaging software and desktop scanners, has been acquired by Itochu, a Japanese general trading company. Itochu, formerly called C.Ioth, is one of the...

Archetype releases MediaBank for NT. (database software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 15, 1996... Archetype has introduced a Windows NT version of its MediaBank database software. The Unix version was released at Seybold San Francisco '95. MediaBank tracks images, pages, text and multimedia files, providing access to jobs, pages and page...