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Gannett Media Technologies International of Cincinnati, Ohio, announced new installations of its Celebro Advertising Solutions multimedia software at three newspapers, with two more upcoming.
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GMA of Bethlehem, Pa., reported that sales of its SLS2000 inserting system have increased to 43 units. The SLS2000 was purchased by Madison Newspapers Inc. of Madison, Wis.; The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La.; The El Paso (Texas) Times, the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald and The Monitor of McAllen, Texas.
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Advanced Technical Solutions Inc. recently installed its AdVisor classified-advertising system at El Nuevo Dia in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The system will be used to manage account details for pre-paid ads.
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Portsmouth Printing and Publishing completed its pagination system by installing a TECSA scanner.
Sun-Times to Build Print Facility
The Chicago Sun-Times announced plans to build a $100 million printing facility 20 minutes south of downtown Chicago. The new plant will include six Goss Newsliner presses, which will replace the paper's nearly 40-year-old letterpresses.
Alan Stromberg, project director at the Sun-Times, says the paper is purchasing new presses to improve its printing quality. Throughout the change, Stromberg says, the Sun-Times will retain its tabloid format.
Stromberg says the Sun-Times' existing building on the Chicago River will continue to house the newspaper's editorial, advertising and business departments. Hollinger International, the Sun-Times' owner, will also remain in the building.
The Sun-Times plans to begin construction early this fall. Presses will be up and running by September 1999.
4-Sight Forms Three New Alliances
4-Sight (International) Ltd., with U.S. headquarters in Woburn, Mass., announced alliances with three proofing companies: Scitex, DuPont and Tektronix.
4-Sight is a provider of Integrated Services Digital Network systems for high-speed data transfer. The company says the new alliances are in response to a growing demand in the graphic-arts industry to streamline work flow by reducing the lead-time of courier delivery. 4-Sight's technology allows the delivery of hard-copy proofs for concept approval, layout approval, or even final-job approval within minutes.
For more information, visit 4-Sight's Web site (http://www.4sight.com).
Optronics Revamps ColorGetter Models
In a move aimed to increase its share of the high-end desktop-scanner market, Optronics International Corp. of Chelmsford, Mass., announced that its ColorGetter line has been streamlined with new models, new features, a new look and new prices. The ColorGetter series, bundled with its production-oriented ColorRight scanning software, is now priced as much as 18 percent lower than the original models.
Harlequin, Kodak Team Up
Harlequin Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., announced an agreement with Kodak Professional, a division of Eastman Kodak Co., to support the Kodak Digital Science Desktop Color Proofer 9000.
Harlequin says that images within the Harlequin color work-flow system will be color-managed by Kodak-generated ICC profiles. This agreement also enables the DCP 9000 to be used as a complementary proofer to the Kodak Approval PS, a halftone digital color-proofing system.
IMAGE World Offers Free Newsletter
The Internet Marketing Association of Global Enterprises World offers a free marketing newsletter that is broadcast worldwide by e-mail. The newsletter discusses marketing, the Internet, e-mail and computers, and gives tips on how businesses can survive and thrive using new digital technologies.
Visit the IMAGE World Web site (http://imageWorld.net) or subscribe by sending a message to the association's Internet e-mail address (subscribe@ imageWorld.net).
Madison Highlights Service
Madison International Sales Co. has published a new full-color brochure acquainting its customers with its North American service team.
To obtain a copy of the brochure, contact Eric Liquori, marketing manager, at (203) 359-8927.
Prepress to Add PostScript Level 3
Prepress Solutions, located in East Hanover, N.J., will incorporate Adobe PostScript Level 3 technology into its Panther family of imagesetting and platesetting systems.
The company says that the Level 3 technology uses enhanced image technology for faster, easier imagesetting and platesetting at increased quality levels, and uses advanced page processing for increased imaging performance.
Customer shipments of Release 8 of the Panther raster-image processor, the first to incorporate Level 3 technology, are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year.
For further information, call (800) 631-8134, ext. 1 or (201) 887-8000, ext. 6100.
Ergonomics Award
The Center for Office Technology, Alexandria, Va., announced the establishment of The Outstanding Office Ergonomics Award. The award will recognize and promote outstanding office-ergonomics programs.
Two awards will be given in April 1998, one recognizing a private-sector program and one recognizing a public-sector program.
The winning programs will be presented at the 1998 COT/AMA Managing Ergonomics Conference.
Applications must be submitted by October 31, 1997. For application information contact COT at 301 N. Fairfax Street, #102, Alexandria, VA 22314; e-mail, CtrOfTek@erols.com; phone, (703) 684-7760.
X-Rite Debuts Auto-Tracking Densitometer
Grandville, Mich.-based X-Rite Inc. introduced its new ATD Auto-Tracking Densitometer.
After operators lock in target values for densitometric properties, the ATD goes on "automatic pilot," measuring, monitoring, displaying and analyzing data, including identification of specific ink-key adjustments. The spectrally-based system allows selection of any density response, assuring measurements are compatible with those of other densitometers. In addition, the ATD archives data for quality reporting and to enable quicker make-ready on reprints.
X-Rite's world headquarters and manufacturing facility is located at 3100 44th Street, Grandville, Mich. 49418. E-mail, http://www.x-rite.com; phone, (616) 534-7663; fax (616) 534-8960.
IAC Provides Shield for Singapore Press
Industrial Acoustics Co. Inc. of Bronx, N.Y., completed a large, noise-neutralizing enclosure for Singapore Press Holdings. The NoiSHIELD is 400 ft. long by 36 ft. wide by 20 ft. high.
The upper level of the NoiSHIELD has sloped perimeter windows for a view of all press operations.
A videotape for planning newspaper acoustics is available from IAC's Jim Graham. E-mail, info@industrialacoustics.com; phone, (718) 430-4518.
Microsoft Licenses Color Module
Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., and Linopress Publishing System, Hauppauge, N.Y., announced that Microsoft is licensing Linopress' color-management module, known as LinoColorCMM. The module will be included in the Microsoft Image Color Management 2.0 API for future versions of Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems.
Microsoft says the change will improve color reliability and consistency across devices and will increase Windows compatibility with publishing-industry standards.
Microsoft claims that customers will benefit because LinoColorCMM will make it possible for Windows to display colors simply and reliably across a mix of input and output devices from different vendors.
Fujifilm and ECRM Sign Distribution Agreement
United Kingdom-based Fujifilm Electronic Imaging Ltd. and ECRM of Tewksbury, Mass., signed an agreement that will enable Fujifilm to market a range of capstan imagesetters through its worldwide distributor network and satellite sales offices.
The product range includes several new imagesetters recently launched by ECRM, which will be marketed as the PI-M 1400H and PI-M 1800H, joining the existing PI 1400, PI 1800, PI 2800 and FFEI's own family of Celix imagesetters.
Atex Moves to Windows NT
Bedford, Mass.- based Atex Media Solutions Inc. announced that it is developing its products on Microsoft Windows NT.
Atex says the move will ensure its software complies with Microsoft's ActiveX standards. The company also says it plans to take advantage of Microsoft COM and Transaction-Server technology for the client-to-host transport layers of all its products using Windows NT server-based equipment.
Atex boasts an installed base of over 500 newspapers in over 50 countries.
Geac Partners With EDIWISE
Geac Publishing Systems of Tampa, Fla., and EDIWISE of Mississauga, Ontario, announced an agreement to offer the EDIWISE AbitRol Pro newsprint solution to Geac customers. AbitRol Pro is used for managing newsprint purchasing, warehousing, inventory, production, job costing and reporting.
EDIWISE AbitRol Pro and DOS-based AbitRol have been industry-tested for 11 years. These products are installed in over 150 sites throughout the world.
Ultre Introduces New Imagesetter
Melville, N.Y.-based Ultre, a division of the Heidelberg Group, announced availability of the new Ultre 5400 imagesetter. The company claims the machine rapidly produces high-quality color separations at up to 3,386 dots-per-inch over a 16-inch format, and tops the Ultre line with improved registration and repeatability, simple film loading, a SCSI II interface and visible red-laser imaging for a wide choice of media.
The Ultre 5400 is a capstan laser recorder capable of providing 1-mil repeatability, in 12 resolution steps, from 1,000-to-3,386 dpi on red-sensitive film, paper or polyester-plate material. The unit also features a user-friendly operator panel.
Optional on the Ultre 5400 is an automatic punch, in addition to the multi-functional, new UltreRIP 4.1 raster-image-processor management system, which the company says maximizes the new imagesetter's capabilities.
New El Paso Times Facility
The El Paso (Texas) Times, a member of the Gannett group, is scheduled to move into a new 73,500 square-foot, $40 million press plant that will feature state-of-the-art systems.
Some of the facility's technology includes the Quipp Twin-Trak conveyor capable of transporting newspapers from the press folder or inserting systems throughout the mailroom. Other new units include Quipp 350 stackers, inserters, strappers and a stitcher-trimmer for TV booklets. A Quipp automatic cart loader will be installed soon. Presses include two Goss Metrocolors.
The El Paso Times publishes morning and evening dailies of 100,000 and 70,000 circulation, respectively. The Sunday paper circulates to 120,000 readers.
GATF Publishes Glossary
A new book published by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation defines terms used in the printing, publishing and digital-media industries.
GATF says the third edition of the Glossary of Graphic Communications is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference book that contains concise definitions of over 3,500 terms.
The 390-page, $20 book provides a list of more than 300 common computer-file extensions, 1,200 printing and computer acronyms, 116 association and business acronyms, and a bibliography of 54 other helpful books.
To order, call (412) 741-6860 or send a fax to (412) 741-2311 and indicate order number 1305-3.
Gerber Enhances Crescent Line
Gerber Systems Corp. of South Windsor, Conn., announced additions and enhancements to its Crescent line of products.
The Crescent 68 is a 24-page platesetter enhanced for higher-productivity imaging and a greater choice of computer-to-plate plates and films. The Crescent 42 platesetter, an eight-page imaging device, provides fast imaging and a range of options and upgrades.
Gerber also launched Gerber AutoPrep, an automated digital-workflow system. The company says the system is designed to optimize output from the Crescent 42. Its features enable simultaneous pre-flight, trapping, imposition, RIPping and archiving of any number of jobs created in PostScript or CEPS.