The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems articles from July 1997

The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems archives from July 1997

Installations. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Krause gets big order in UK News International has finalized its agreement with Krause to install LaserStar LSN CTP equipment at its UK newspaper production operations. The initial order is for two LSN systems for installation at News...

Imprinta '97, part II: digital presses, imagesetters, scanners, other output. (trade show) (includes related articles on CCD technology and the CIP3 Group's PPF 2.1) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 21, 1997... ALTHOUGH CTP WAS the hottest area for news, Imprinta was also a good show for digital presses. There was a new, wider machine from Xeikon-the first of this class of machine to handle a B2 format (four-up signatures). Indigo debuted a new...

PrimeSource network to sell Xeikon engine. (Company Business and Marketing)
July 21, 1997... To bolster its sales effort in North America, Xeikon has elicited the assistance of one of the two largest graphic arts dealers in the U.S.: PrimeSource. In conjunction with this announcement, PrimeSource has created a new division, Prime...

International Paper to sell Anitec, Horsell. (the Horsell Anitec film and plate business, Anitec graphic arts equipment) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... International Paper has announced plans to sell $1 billion in nonstrategic assets during the next year, including its imaging businesses, among which are the Horsell Anitec film and plate business, the Ilford photo business, Anitec graphic arts...

Apple's dilemma: another view. (Apple's future) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... The world is awash with commentary about Apple, Steve Jobs and the future of the Macintosh. Nearly everyone has an opinion and, like it or not, is delighted to thrust it upon anyone who will listen. Unfortunately, since most of this commentary...

Nexpo '97: newspaper market gains strength. (trade show) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 21, 1997... In spite of light traffic on the show floor, this year's Nexpo show was livelier than most Nexpos-partly as a sudden burst in sales brought welcome relief to draught-stricken vendors. But another aspect of the "coming alive" that was evident...

Creo opens books; also extends Heidelberg deal. (Company Financial Information)
July 21, 1997... The rumor of Creo's impending doom and miraculous rescue by Heidelberg seems to be persisting. Because the rumor, first heard from one of Creo's competitors at Imprinta, has resulted in press inquiries, Creo has decided to release some...

Scitex, British Telcom building graphics net. (Digital Graphics Network) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Scitex and British Telecom are developing a worldwide network for transmitting graphic arts data files at high speed. Called the Digital Graphics Network, it will serve as a worldwide corporate intranet providing subscribers with a secure,...

NPES offers study of the workflow market. (The Association for Suppliers of Printing and Publishing Technologies) (Technology Information)
July 21, 1997... The Association for Suppliers of Printing and Publishing Technologies (which has retained the NPES initials from its previous name) recently completed a market research study examining the current and future impact of digital technologies and...

Guide to publishing systems. (160 vendor profile)
July 21, 1997... The Cole Group has published a Guide to Publishing Systems that includes profiles of more than 160 vendors. The profiles provide information on company personnel, revenue and history, with customer lists where available and product names. Many...

People. (People)
July 21, 1997... Eli Israeli is leaving Iota to return to Scitex as GM of the Print On Demand Systems division, replacing Eliezer Lev. Israeli, a long-time Scitex engineer, had started the U.S. R&D group. He was known for his radical approaches and for bucking...

Grif SGML Editor for Japanese. (WYSIWYG publishing tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Grif, a European supplier of WYSIWYG publishing tools for the Web and corporate intranets, has released a Japanese version of its SGML Editor products. Bull KK, a subsidiary of the Bull French technology giant, along with Dai Nippon Printing, a...

Kontron purchased by Jenoptik. (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Jenoptik, a German manufacturer of lasers and optics, has acquired the Kontron digital camera division, manufacturer of the $30,000-and-up EyeLike digital cameras. Kontron's base model, the EyeLike Basic, offers a 4-million-pixel resolution and...

Tech Services signs Howtek, Shira. (Tech Services International, Howtek and Shira Computers) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Tech Services International, the graphic arts service organization formed through the buyout of the DuPont Printing & Publishing service operation, has taken on the support role for Howtek and Shira Computers. It is replacing Decision One as...

Heidelberg prepress support unit. (Prepress Service) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Heidelberg has established its Prepress Service, based at its U.S. headquarters near Atlanta. The service comprises the former Linotype-Hell service and support staff and resources and adds Heidelberg USA's support service operations....

Agfa, ATS support Linotype-Hell. (Agfa's SelectSupport Plus support program, Advanced Technical Solutions) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Agfa will provide full service for Linotype-Hell products as part of its SelectSupport Plus customer support program. To accomplish this, it has allied itself with Advanced Technical Solutions (ATS), a system integrator and provider of service...

Artifex signs new OEMs for RIP. (orignal equipment manufacturers) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Artifex Software has signed deals with seven new OEM customers for its PostScript RIP, including one in Russia: Xerox's DDS division for its DocuStation 1M200 multifunction machine. Omtool (Salem, NH) for its Fax Sr. for NT, Unix and VMS....

Pira buys 42 titles from Routledge. (Pira International) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Pira International has acquired 42 titles related to printing and graphic arts from Routledge. Included are The Blueprint Handbook of Print and Production, Book Production, Collage with Photoshop and Professional Management for Printers.

T/R gets 7th patent. (T/R Systems MicroPress Cluster Printing System) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... The U.S. patent office has approved a patent for the T/R Systems MicroPress Cluster Printing System, the company's seventh patent in the field of laser printing and printing system technology.

Fujifilm teams with X-Rite. (X-Rite's Digital Swatchbook compatible with Fuji's FirstProof calibration software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... X-Rite's Digital Swatchbook is now compatible with Fuji's FirstProof calibration software and imaged spectral statistics press analysis software. It will be offered as a FirstProof component for $1,395, including Mac and PC interface cables to...

PMA imaging events coming. (Photo Marketing Association) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... The Photo Marketing Association (PMA) has announced the dates for two fall conferences. The Digital Imaging Marketing Association Fall Conference and the PMA Imaging Conference are scheduled for the Anaheim Hilton & Towers hotel. The DIMA...

Imposer Xtension upgraded. (A Lowly Apprentice Production's Imposer 2.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... A Lowly Apprentice Production (ALAP) is introducing version 2.0 of its Imposer imposition Xtension for imposing Xpress documents into four-up printer spreads. The Xtension handles page reordering in the print stream, maintaining pages in reader...

Scitex supports NetDoubler. (Acitex and Asante Technologies' Scitex Ripro Server and Archiver) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Scitex and Asante Technologies have announced that the Scitex Ripro Server and Archiver product lines will support Asante's NetDoubler network-acceleration utility (using Helios EtherShare). NetDoubler acceleration software increases...

Adobe lures Quark customers. (PageMaker migration tools) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Adobe is offering a program to help users of Xpress switch to PageMaker with discount pricing, free technical support, a free CD-ROM of information and a new Xpress document converter. The CD-ROM guides users through the process of switching...

Dainppon Screen. (1996 fiscal year results) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Dainippon Screen reports a record fiscal year last year, with sales of 223.9 billion yen ($1.8 billion) and net income of 9.3 billion yen ($75.2 million). For its graphic arts operation, the company reported sales of 77.9 billion yen ($628.4...

Interleaf. (fiscal year ended Mar 1, 1997) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... For its fiscal year ended March 31, Interleaf reported revenues of $64.8 million and a net loss of $29.6 million, compared with revenues of $88.6 million and net income of $.3 million for the prior fiscal year. The loss included charges of...

Artwork Systems. (earnings) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Artwork Systems' net income rose by 41% in its second quarter, reaching 72.1 million Belgian francs ($2.1 million) on revenue of 129.8 million francs ($3.8 million), compared with 95 million francs ($3.1 million) a year ago. The company reports...

T/R Systems. (BankBoston) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... T/R Systems, developer of the MicroPress cluster printing system, has received $2.75 million in additional financing. The investors include one new firm, BankBoston, which T/R claims ranks first in U.S. funding of high-technology enterprises....

Augment. (May 16, 1997 IPO) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... Augment announced the completion of its initial public offering on May 16, offering 1.8 million shares of common stock at $5.50 per share. After the NASDAQ close on July 3, the stock was selling for 3.625 per share.

Adobe Systems. (1997 second qtr earnings) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 21, 1997... For its second quarter, Adobe Systems reported net earnings of $40.1 million, compared with $22 million a year ago. Revenues reached $228.3 million for the quarter, up from $204.3 million a year ago. During the quarter, sales of Adobe's Windows...

People. (News Briefs)
July 4, 1997... Wallace Kyle has been named director of sales for Nth Degree, responsible for developing and expanding the company's sales operations in New England, New York and the mid-Atlantic. Kyle formerly managed nationwide sales for Prograph Management...

Imprinta '97: CTP show sparked by dealing. (includes related articles on comparison of Imprinta 1992 and Imprinta 1997, Dusseldorf infrastructure and the Imprinta 1997 show) (includes product-features table) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 4, 1997... WHEN MAJOR TRADE shows occur only once every five years, they usually inspire exhibitors to go all out to put on a good performance and, partly because of that fact, they attract throngs of visitors from around the world. People go there not...

SGML looks around the corner in Barcelona, sees XML. (GCA Conference) (includes related articles on SGML applications not related to publishing, SGML tools shown at Seybold Seminars '97) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 4, 1997... AS IF THE MODERNIST architecture of Gaudi and Barcelona weren't strange enough, XML is changing our perspective on the SGML landscape. At the close of last year's conference, Tim Bray made a strong case for a simplified, easy-to-implement,...

Misomex sold to Kaber, maker of platesetters. (Kaber Imaging) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Misomex, a supplier of laser-based imaging systems, is to be acquired by Kaber Imaging, a manufacturer of laser platesetters. Misomex had been for sale since last fall, when its owner, Baldwin Technology, decided it didn't fit in its core...

SII abandons WAZ deal; 2 'Cybers' still active. (System Integrators, Cybergraphic, Cybervision) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Cybergraphic, Cybervision in ad deals WAZ, the large German newspaper publishing group, and System Integrators have broken off their arrangement under which SII was to develop a huge classified advertising system for use by the German group....

IPEX expands facility. (IPEX UK printing show, 1998) (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... The IPEX UK printing show in September 1998 is increasing its size. It has added two halls at the UK's National Exhibition Centre, bringing the total to 11 and the space available to 80,000 sq. meters (870,000 sq. ft.). More than 90% of the...

Digital printing finds new markets. (Direct '97 conference) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 4, 1997... Although Direct '97, held in New Orleans, featured sessions on CTP, the focus of the conference fell squarely on digital color printing. The big stories on CTP occurred at Imprinta and are covered elsewhere in this issue. John Sisson,...

Meta Communications enhances job tickets. (Virtual Ticket DBMS utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Meta Communications, best known for its Job Manager job-tracking system, has introduced Virtual Ticket, a program that expands the capabilities of the customized job tickets supplied in Job Manager and brings image and file col- lection and...

Miles adds Yellow Pages composition software. (enhancement of Miles 33's Oasys pagination software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Miles 33 has added Yellow Pages composition software to its Oasys pagination product. The first installation, at White Directories in Buffalo, NY, is cur- rently under way. The pagination approach begins with the creation of a con- figuration...

Newstec: fine-tuning UK newspaper systems. (Industry Trend or Event)
July 4, 1997... After running rather unsuccessfully for a few years at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, England, Newstec came back to its roots this year and was held at the Metropole Hotel in Brighton. As if in a gesture of appreciation for...

Seybold initiates workflow project. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Along with the increasing need to automate workflow, a proliferation in equip- ment types and new workflow variations have emerged for various media options. Workflow has become an issue. Production workflow tasks have been moving farther...

Xerox to get 100% Rank. (Rank Xerox) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Xerox has agreed to acquire the remaining 20% interest of the Rank Group in Rank Xerox for a sum of u940 million ($1.5 billion). In February 1995 Xerox acquired a portion of the Rank Group's financial interest in Rank Xerox, which increased its...

Inside baseball. (News Briefs)
July 4, 1997... They tell me that you can't tell the ballplayers without a scorecard (wouldn't know myself, since I haven't been to a professional ball game of any type since Amy Carter was the First Daughter), but if that's the case, you really need to see...

New electronic filing tools from Xyvision. (EDGAR interface for electronic filings with the SEC)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 4, 1997... Xyvision has developed a new EDGAR interface for electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Demonstrated at the Seybold expo in New York, it lets companies file their financial reports with the SEC in elec- tronic...