Cole's Newswire August 2, 1995
Vol. 1, No. 7

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  • AUTOLOGIC INC.
    Autologic, which based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and is in the process of merging with Information International Inc., has announced these installations of its laser imagers, OPI servers and RIPs:

    -- ABERDEEN (S.D.) AMERICAN NEWS, one APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imager.

    -- AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS DIARIO DA SERRA, Campo Grande, Brazil: one APS-SoftPIP/NT RIP, one APS-6/84 VR Laser Imager.

    -- AIKEN (S.C.) STANDARD, one APS-SoftPIP/Power Mac, APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imager, 8x8 APS-Multiplexer.

    -- AUSTIN (Texas) AMERICAN STATESMAN, four APS-SoftPIP/Power Mac RIP upgrades.

    -- CALGARY (Alberta) SUN, one APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIP, one APS-Soft/PIP NT PC RIP, one APS-2000 laser printer.

    -- CLARIN, Buenos Aires, Argentina, upgrade to two APS-SoftPIP/NT DEC Alpha RIPs and one APS-6/3850 Turbo Laser Imager.

    -- EMPRESA JORNALISTICA DIARIO POPULAR, Sao Paulo, Brazil, two APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imagers, two APS-SoftPIP/NT RIPs.

    -- FARGO (N.D.) FORUM, two APS-SoftPIP/NT RIPs, one APS-650 PS printer.

    -- Fort Wayne (Ind.) Newspapers, one APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIP, APS-6/3850 Laser Imager, 8x8 APS-Multiplexer.

    -- GALVESTON (Texas) DAILY NEWS, two APS-SoftPIP/Power Mac RIP, one 8x8 APS-Multiplexer

    -- GREENVILLE (S.C.) NEWS-PIEDMONT, two APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIPs, one APS-6/3850 HS Laser Imager, one 8x8 APS-Multiplexer.

    -- J. Camara & Irmaos S/A, Brazilia, Brazil, four APS-200 Production Masters with OPI, APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imagers, APS-SoftPIP/NT Pentium RIPs, two 8x8 APS-Multiplexers, APS ColorScan CosMYK scanners.

    -- JORNAL DA CIUDAD DE BAURU, Bauru, Brazil, two APS-200 Production Masters with OPI, APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imagers, APS-SoftPIP/NT Pentium RIPs, one 8x8 APS-Multiplexer.

    -- JORNAL DO BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one APS-200 Production Master with OPI, one APS-SoftPIP/NT RIP, one 8x8 APS-Multiplexer, two APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imagers.

    -- Lancaster (Pa.) Newspapers Inc., one APS-6/3850 Turbo Laser Imager.

    -- MOBILE (Ala.) PRESS REGISTER, two APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIPs, one APS-6/3850 Laser Imager.

    -- PROVIDENCE (R.I.) JOURNAL, one APS-6/3850 Laser Imager, two APS-Production Directors, one 8x8 APS-Multiplexer.

    -- RADIO JORNAL, Campo Grande, Brazil, one APS-200 Production Master with OPI, APS-SoftPIP/NT RIP.

    -- ROCKLAND NEWS JOURNAL, West Nyack, N.Y., two APS-SoftPIP/NT RIPs, APS-6/3850 Laser Imager, one APS-Broadsheet Laser Printer.

    -- THE COLUMBIAN, Vancouver, Wash., four APS-SoftPIP/NT RIPs.

    -- Courier Publications, Rockland, Maine, one APS-SoftPIP/NT Intel RIP, APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imager.

    -- DAILY ITEM, Sunbury, Pa., one APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIP.

    -- THE DAY, New London, Conn., one APS-2000 Laser Printer.

    -- DENVER POST, one APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha 1000 RIP, 8x8 APS-Multiplexer.

    -- NEWS PRESS, Fort Myers, Fla., one APS-SoftPIP/NT RIP.

    -- NEWS TIMES, Danbury, Conn., one APS-SoftPIP/NT RIP, APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imager.

    TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La., three APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIPs.

    WILMINGTON (N.C.) STAR-NEWS, one APS-SoftPIP/NT RIP, APS-6/3850 Laser Imager.

    ZERO HORA, Porto Alegra, Brazil, two APS-200 Production Masters with OPI, four APS-6/84 ACS Laser Imagers, four APS-SoftPIP/NT Pentium RIPs, one 8x8 APS-Multiplexer, one APS-1560 Laser Printer, one APS-ColorScan CosMYK Scanner.

  • BASEVIEW PRODUCTS, INC.
    The developer of Macintosh-based editorial and advertising systems, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has announced 24 newspapers have purchased products or upgrades. The newspapers and some of the items they have purchased are:

    -- Trinidad Express Newspapers of Port of Spain, West Indies, six ClassManager/Plus workstations, one ClassFlow pagination workstation.

    --HAGERSTOWN (Md.) HERALD and MAIL, 20 pagination packages, 19 NewsEditPro IQue workstations, one five-pack of the Baseview Library System.

    --PROGRESS INDEX, Petersburg, Va., 21 NewsEditIQues converted to NewsEditPro IQue.

    -- BAYTOWN (Texas) SUN, five ClassManager/Plus.

    -- STATESVILLE (N.C.) RECORD, one CirculationPro.

    -- KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE, Geneva, Ill., 13 NewsEditPro IQue workstations, seven pagination packages.

    -- ROCKDALE CITIZEN, Conyers, Ga., four CirculationPro workstations.

    -- CLOVIS (N.M.) NEWS JOURNAL, nine NewsEditPro workstations, four pagination packages.

    -- KENT COUNTY DAILY TIMES, West Warwick, R.I., two pagination packages.

    -- Casa Grande (Ariz.) Valley Newspapers, five ClassManager/Plus workstations.

    -- LAKE COUNTY RECORD BEE, Lakeport, Calif., four pagination packages.

    -- STURGIS (Mich.) JOURNAL, eight upgrades/additions of NewsEditPro.

    -- ATHENS (Ala.) NEWS-COURIER, three ClassManager/Plus workstations.

    -- GALLIPOLIS (Ohio) DAILY TIMES, one ClassManager Remote Merge.

    -- POMEROY (Ohio) DAILY SENTINEL, one ClassManager/Plus workstation.

    -- POINT PLEASANT (W.Va.) REGISTER, one classified accounts receivables module.

    -- ROLLA (Mo.) DAILY NEWS, two pagination packages.

    -- BROOKINGS (S.D.) REGISTER, two ClassManager/Plus workstations.

    -- LEELANAU ENTERPRISE, Leland, Mich., four NewsEditPro workstations.

    -- OCEANA'S HERALD-JOURNAL, Hart, Mich., hardware, including scanner workstations.

    -- CHELSEA (Mich.) STANDARD, one Subscription Handler workstation.

    -- LINCOLNWOOD (Ill.) LIFE, one AdForce workstation.

    -- People Newspapers, Dallas, CirculationPro, ClassManager/Plus.

  • COMPUTEREASE
    ComputerEase, a developer based in Warren, R.I., has installed software at NEWSDAY on Long Island, N.Y., that merges ads and editorial copy from different sources into full-page output in PostScript.

    ComputerEase's Adcontrol product was enhanced to merge PostScript files from such sources as PCs, Macs and Camex with text from an Atex editorial front-end.

  • DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
    The Reed Regional Newspaper Group of Lancashire, England, has finished installing DT's integrated publishing system to serve its 15 newspapers.

    Orem, Utah-based DT installed its integrated editorial, advertising and classified systems at Reed's offices in 16 towns in northwest England, encompassing a total of 350 Macs supported by a single Sun SPARCcenter 1000 database server.

  • FREEDOM SYSTEM INTEGRATORS
    Wichita, Kan.-based FSI has announced these installations and upgrades:

    -- PORTAGE (Wis.) DAILY REGISTER, 10-workstation Freedom Series ADvance Sales system for use on a dial-up WAN connecting seven Wisconsin sites.

    -- ROCHESTER (Ind.) SENTINEL, Vanguard editorial system.

    -- INDEPENDENCE (Kan.) REPORTER, six Vanguard Edit workstations, Freedom Series LiveWire.

    -- Cortez (Colo.) Newspapers, Mycro-Comp Series 6000 system with four class and eight editorial workstations.

    -- DAILY ADVOCATE, Greenville, Ohio, laser interface upgrades.

    -- BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark., Vanguard Editorial Pagination.

    -- ORLANDO (Fla.) BUSINESS JOURNAL, pagination upgrades.

    -- PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL, pagination upgrades.

    -- DAILY KANSAN, Lawrence, Kan., editorial and pagination upgrades.

    -- DAILY RACING FORM, Phoenix, Sterling Edit upgrade and training.

  • HARRIS PUBLISHING SYSTEMS CORP.
    Harris has announced orders for two major pre-press systems.

    The Melbourne, Fla.-based company been selected by the GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.) PRESS to install a NewsMaker editorial system, Vantage Image Archive System and Page-Trak page management and tracking system.

    Overseas, Harris will install NewsMaker software at Edipresse Publications S.A. in Lausanne, Switzerland, on more than 300 workstations.

  • JOHN JULIANO COMPUTER SERVICES CO.
    Suburban News Publications of Columbus, Ohio, has begun production using five copies of John Juliano's Atan EXPRESS. Writers still compose copy on an Atex system, then Atan EXPRESS is used to import marked-up text into Quark XPress to produce 22 weekly community newspapers in central Ohio.

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