Optronics gets order for $3.3 million in UK; ColorSetters, 'Getters for Standard, Mail newspapers. (PostScript imagesetters bought by Associated Newspapers, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard) (The Latest Word)

Optronics gets order for $3.3 million in UK In what may be the largest single order ever placed for PostScript imagesetters and ancillary equipment, Associated Newspapers in the UK, publishers of the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard, has placed an order with Optronics initially worth $3.3 million.

The equipment, which has already been installed and is in production, comprises 15 Optronics ColorSetter 2000 units and one ColorGetter color scanner, plus a range of special software. Two more ColorGetter scanners are scheduled to be installed. In addition, four more ColorSetters are currently on loan and are being evaluated for purchase.

This order is part of ongoing developments that we have been covering in conjunction with the Evening Standard, which has a record of innovation in its editorial and production operations in recent years. Among its innovative achievements are linking Digital Technology's pagination software …