The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems articles from May 1996

The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems archives from May 1996

Nexpo '96 preview: something for everyone in Las Vegas. (includes related article on participating companies) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 31, 1996... A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, the newspaper industry began to come out of its doldrums and put the annual Nexpo show back on the map as a good place to spend a few days in June. It hadn't regained its stature as a "must" event for publishing buffs...

Pape and Partner Media: products for pagination and workflow tracking. (Company Business and Marketing)
May 31, 1996... AT THE UPCOMING Nexpo show in Las Vegas, the German software house Pape and Partner Media GmbH will join the flow of European vendors of newspaper systems and products exploring the American market. It will appear in the Linotype-Hell booth...

Euromax's Newspaper system, part II: visits to user sites and conclusion. (includes related article on Euromax company name) (Company Business and Marketing)
May 31, 1996... EUROMAX SOLD AND INSTALLED more than 50 newspaper systems between 1987 and 1992. Since 1992, it has spent most of its resources in the development of a new generation of its newspaper system, based mainly on the specifications provided by the...

Monotype to unveil fast film and plate imagers. (NewsExpress, PlateExpress 1440, PlateExpress XL)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 31, 1996... NewsExpress, 60.sup.2 /min., is fastest capstan At the upcoming Nexpo show, Monotype Systems will launch three new imaging devices: the 60.sup.2 -per-minute NewsExpress film imager, the two-up PlateExpress 1440 and the large-format...

Oversized 4-up Apollo from Scangraphic. (Apollow B2)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 31, 1996... Scangraphic has expanded its imagesetter line with the addition of the Apollo B2, known in the U.S. as the Monotype ImageMaster 9000. (The full- format Apollo B1 is called the ImageMaster 9000XL in the U.S.) The B2 incorporates the same imaging...

Linotype-Hell adds 8-up imager, higher-res Topaz. (SignaSetter imagesetter)(Product Announcement)
May 31, 1996... Signasetter has Delta RIP, Apollo engine Linotype-Hell has launched a new eight-up (B1-size) internal-drum imagesetter, called the Signasetter. It combines some of the output technology of Scangraphic's Apollo system with the front-end RIP...

Sysdeco loses $2 million in quarter; CEO resigns. (Johs. Jamne) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 31, 1996... The Sysdeco Group reported a net loss of 13.8 million Norwegian kroner ($2.1 million) for its first quarter, sparking the resignation of its CEO, Johs. Jamne. The company said that it was satisfied with its revenues, which were 155.3 million...

Gilo abandons bid to take over Scitex. (David Gilo) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 31, 1996... Legality of board stock deals questioned Davidi Gilo's controversial bid to acquire Scitex has been withdrawn, though perhaps not permanently. In a letter to Scitex board chairman Dov Tadmor, he stated, "Although our investor group stands...

Microstar plans move to mainstream. (new marketing strategy) (Company Business and Marketing)
May 31, 1996... Relocates in anticipation of expansion Anticipating rapid growth, Microstar has moved into larger offices in Ottawa and embarked on a plan to "bring SGML into the mainstream." The new offices remain in Ottawa (see address below), where...

Screen in Canada to be managed by Kimoto. (Screen USA, Kimoto Technologies) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
May 31, 1996... Earlier this spring (see Vol. 25, No. 13), we reported that Screen USA was consolidating its Screen East, Midwest and West sales subsidiaries under the Screen USA name and reorganizing along functional lines (into Electronic Systems, General...

Israeli ink-jet unit prints a 5'x8' page per minute. (Idanit Technologies Idanit-162Ad printer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 31, 1996... Idanit's 200-dpi device costs $470,000 Idanit Technologies of Israel is set to debut a giant printer capable of printing a 62.sup.2 x98.sup.2 (1.57mx2.49m) full-color poster in less than 60 seconds. The Idanit-162Ad printer, which is...

People. (selections, appointments and resignations of industry executives) (News Briefs)
May 17, 1996... Following full integration of Atex into Sysdeco, Graham Shaw, currently managing director of Atex in the UK, will leave that post. His responsibilities will be taken on by Allen Miller, managing director of Sysdeco UK. The changeover is...

For your calendar.... (Calendar of Events)
May 17, 1996... * Southwestern Graphics '96: Dallas Show won't be held June 11-13, as we reported in our 1996 Calendar of Events, but instead will be held July 11-13. * NPES has announced the dates and location of Print Outlook '97 (a 1996 event...

Eskofot scanner is competitive. (Eskofot EskoScan 2636) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... In our story on new products from Creo (see Vol. 25, No. 15, p. 4), we compared its Renaissance scanner with the closest competitive machine on the market, the Eskofot 2636. Using figures supplied by Creo as well as previously published...

The 'On Demand' show: exciting technology-but is the market ready? (desktop publishing industry) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 17, 1996... THIS YEAR'S On Demand show, the third in the young series, featured 225 exhibitors and 12,300 visitors, according to show management, both increases from last year's event. By most yardsticks it was a successful event, featuring enough new...

ScanView targets Topaz with latest scanner. (ScanMate F8 flatbed scanner)(Product Announcement)
May 17, 1996... On May 7, ScanView announced an addition to its scanner product line: the 4,000-dpi, large-format flatbed unit called the ScanMate F8. It is designed to deliver professional quality, speed and flexibility in an easy-to-use package -- a direct...

PrePress Solutions develops metal-plate imager. (FasTrak metal placesetter, PantherPro/46 film imager and RIP Tracker software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... PrePress Solutions has developed a metal platesetter to be launched with two other new products at the Nexpo newspaper equipment show in Las Vegas on June 15. The platesetter, to be called FasTrak, is a flatbed unit with an imaging area of...

Linotype-Hell cuts 450 as loss hits $49 million. (cuts 450 jobs) (Company Financial Information)
May 17, 1996... Sales decline extends into '96; lack of diversification into new markets cited Linotype-Hell posted its third loss in the last five years in 1995, registering a shortfall of DM74.7 million ($49.2 million) as sales continue to lag. The loss...

Agfa to bundle Color Central with Taipan. (Luminous Corp's Color Central NT OPI server software, Agfa's Taipan RIP software) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... Agfa will offer a bundled package including Luminous's Color Central NT OPI server software with its Taipan RIP for the PC. On a multiprocessor NT system, both products will run without degrading system performance. The new package also...

Scitex cuts Savanna in workstation overhaul. (Savanna, Catalogic and Whisper workstations) (Product Information)
May 17, 1996... Scitex is restructuring its lines of Savanna, Catalogic and Whisper workstations, halting development and sales in certain world markets. The result is the end of the Savanna line as we know it, as Scitex seeks a third- party organization to...

Scitex profitable again as first quarter closes. (Company Financial Information)
May 17, 1996... Scitex announced its return to profitability in the first quarter of 1996, ended March 31. Its unaudited results showed a net profit of $3.3 million ($.08/share) on revenues of $194.5 million, up 12% from the same period a year ago, when Scitex...

Indigo to cut 240 after '95 loss of $40 million. (240 lay-offs) (Company Financial Information)
May 17, 1996... Indigo's financial report for fiscal 1995 shows no signs that the company is getting back on track. It lost $40.5 million, an increase from 1994's loss of $27.9 million. There was some good news on the revenue front, where sales for the year...

SII lays off 10%; R&D, sales, support not hit. (System Integrators) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... System Integrators has laid off 10% of its work force in a restructuring move aimed at reducing costs. According to Steve Nilon, VP of business development, the cuts were entirely in administrative areas and won't affect R&D, customer support...

E&P acquires Kelsey's Newspaper Conference. (The Editor and Publisher Company, The Kelsey Group's Interactive Newspaper Conference) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... The Editor and Publisher Company, publishers of the weekly Editor and Publisher magazine, which covers newspaper publishing and other issues, has acquired the assets of The Kelsey Group's interactive newspaper business. This includes the annual...

DPS brings database publishing to the Web. (Database Publishing Software's Expert Publisher DTP software) (Product Development)
May 17, 1996... Publishers of all types are looking for ways to create more tailored documents for prospects and customers, and the Web is proving a popular medium for doing so. For creating custom printed documents, Database Publishing Software, a supplier of...

Verity. (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... Verity has completed its first profitable quarter. For the third quarter, ended February 29, it turned a profit of $112,000 ($.01/share) on revenues of $8.0 million, compared with a loss of $1.3 million ($.46/share) on revenues of $4.3 million...

Fulcrum. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... In its most recent quarter, which ended March 31, Fulcrum, which has been profitable for some time, posted a 51% increase in quarterly net income over the year before. Quarterly revenues shot up 83% over the previous year to $11.6 million...

DuPont's Printing and Publishing. (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... DuPont's Printing and Publishing unit reported a 20% increase in earnings for its 1995 fiscal year compared with 1994, marking the fifth consecutive year that earnings have risen. The company didn't release details, but it added that revenues...

Applied Graphics Technology. (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... Applied Graphics Technology has completed its initial offering of 4.5 million shares of common stock and begun trading on the NASDAQ exchange with the symbol AGTX. Heading the operating management team of the public company is Mel Ettinger,...

GCA Web site to offer daily news. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... GCA has opened a World Wide Web site (www.gca.org) to cover its programs, publications and events. In addition, it will provide a daily summary of news in the industry.

New Japanese news service. (NewsWatch, joint venture of Individual Inc and Toshiba Corp) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 17, 1996... Toshiba and Individual have announced a joint venture to form a company for providing customized news services in Japanese. The firm, called NewsWatch, will aggregate news and information from Japanese newswires, magazines and periodicals, and...