With it, graphic designers can manipulate Japanese screen font outlines and output low-resolution results without printer fonts. The scalable screen fonts in the Japanese font set include both the screen outlines and screen bitmaps for each of the 25 full-character sets and 25 Kana typefaces available in the AgfaType Japanese Collection. The AgfaType ATM-J font will print on PostScript and non-PostScript output devices up to 600 dpi.

For accessing printer outlines for high resolution output, the full typeface from the AgfaType Japanese Collection CD-ROM is required. In addition, font outlines are accessible to applications such as Adobe Illustrator.

Hardware requirements are a Macintosh with 6 megabytes or more of free disk space and 4 megabytes RAM. For the operating system, KanjiTalk version 7.5.1 or greater, or the Japanese Language Kit version 1.0 is required. Adobe Type Manager-J version 3.5 or greater is required to utilize ATM-J compatible fonts.

Volt is the largest shareholder of A-Triple-I, owning about 59 percent of the outstanding stock. Volt Chairman William Shaw has been elected chairman and chief executive officer; Dennis Doolittle, former president of Autologic, has been elected vice chairman and chief operating officer; and Al Edwards, former president of Triple-l, has been elected president of A-Triple-I.

Doolittle will be responsible for company operations, including finance, engineering, manufacturing, field service and the DigiFlex subsidiary. Edwards will be responsible for worldwide sales and marketing, and for the Xitron subsidiary. Charles Ying, CEO of the old Triple-I, will remain on the board of directors of A-Triple-I, and will continue to be a business and technology adviser to the company.

The merger process began in June 1995, when a letter of intent was signed and announced in Atlanta at NEXPO '95. In October 1995, at IFRA in Amsterdam, Autologic and Triple-I announced the formation of a joint venture in Europe and successfully began serving their customers in joint collaboration.

Autologic and Triple-I develop, manufacture, sell and service computer-based systems that automate pre-press operations for newspapers, commercial printers, directory publishers and others. Their combined debt-free resources include revenues of $100 million and net worth of about $38 million.

-- MOHAVE VALLEY DAILY NEWS of Bullhead City, Ariz. (7k morning): nine copies of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; two copies of ClassManager Remote Receivables; one copy of ClassManager Remote Merge; one copy of ClassFlow; and one copy of Page Director ALS.

-- CANYON COURIER of Evergreen, Colo. (7k weekly): one copy of Subscription Handler; Circulation Data Transfer, and in-house training.

-- CARROLLTON (Ga.) TIMES GEORGIAN (11k morning): IQue Server; five copies of the Pagination Package (including DragX, NewsEditPro IQue and QTools); 11 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; one copy of WireManager IQue; one copy of CommLink/Plus; one copy of Transporter, and one five-pack copy of Baseview Library System.

-- COVINGTON (Ga.) SHOPPER: One copy of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of ClassFlow; and hardware purchases.

-- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS of Cumming, Ga. (9k weekly): one copy of CirculationPro (including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler); one additional copy of Subscription Handler; and Circulation Data Transfer. Also, BONDER NEWS of Winder, Ga., sister paper to FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS; one copy of CirculationPro (including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler), and Circulation Data Transfer.

-- DOUGLASSILLE (Ga.) COUNTY SENTINEL (9k morning): three Pagination Packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro IQue and QTools); six copies of NewsEditPro IQue; one copy of CommLink/Plus replaced with CommLink/Plus IQue; four copies of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of DisplayManager; one copy of AdForce; two copies of CirculationPro (including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler), and Circulation Data Transfer.

-- ROBINSON (Ill.) DAILY NEWS (7k evening): in-house training on DisplayManager.

-- North Knox Newspapers of Bicknell, Ind. (2k morning): one copy of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of ClassFlow; one copy of Circulation Pro (including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler), and in-house training.

-- BENTON (Ky.) TRIBUNE-COURIER (7k weekly): four copies of NewsEditPro; two Pagination Packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro and QTools); one AdminPro and Style Sheet package, and in-house training.

-- ADVOCATE MESSENGER of Danville, Ky. (12k evening): four copies of ClassManagerPro, one Classified Accounts Receivables module and one copy of ClassFlow.

-- MAYFIELD (Ky.) MESSENGER (7k evening): four copies of NewsEditPro; three Pagination Packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro and QTools); one copy of WireManager; one copy of CommLink/Plus; one copy of QSpool, and one AdminPro and Style Sheets package.

-- FREDERICK (Md.) NEWS-POST (29k morning): 15 copies of DisplayManager; one DisplayManager Accounts Receivables module, and two copies of Page Director ALS.

-- GOLDSBORO (N.C.) NEWS-ARGUS (22k evening): eight Pagination Packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro IQue and QTools); 12 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; one copy of WireManager IQue; one copy of CommLink/Plus; one copy of Transporter; one five-pack copy of the Baseview Library System, and one copy of QSpool.

-- KNIGHT EXAMINER at Jersey City State College in Jersey City, N.J. (3k student newspaper): one copy of AdminPro; 21 copies of NewsEditPro; three copies of DragX; three copies of QTools; one copy of WireManager, and one copy of CommLink/Plus.

-- HOBBS (N.M.) DAILY NEWS SUN (12k evening): one fivepack copy of Baseview Library System and one copy of Transporter.

-- BUSINESS FIRST of Columbus, Ohio: Hardware.

-- EAST OREGONIAN of Pendleton, Ore. (13k evening): hardware, and hardware installation and training.

-- HENDERSON (N.C.) DAILY DISPATCH (10k evening): two copies of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of ClassFlow, and in-house training.

-- LAURINBURG (N.C.) EXCHANGE (9k weekly): one copy of AdminPro; seven copies of NewsEditPro; four copies of DragX; four copies of QTools; one copy of Baseview Library System; one copy of WireManager; one copy of CommLink/Plus, and one copy of QSpool.

-- Park Newspapers of St. Lawrence in Ogdensburg, N.Y. (THE JOURNAL, 5k evening; COURIER-OBSERVER, 6k morning; ADVANCE-NEWS, 11k Sunday); one copy of WireManager; one copy of CommLink/Plus; 12 copies of NewsEditPro; seven Pagination Packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro and QTools), and one copy of QSpool.

-- BLACK HILLS PIONEER of Spearfish, S.D. (4k evening): one copy of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of ClassFlow, and in-house training.

-- TOOELE (Utah) TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN (6k weekly): two copies of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of ClassFlow, and in-house training.

-- WATERTOWN (Wis.) DAILY TIMES (10k evening): four Pagination Packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro IQue and QTools); 13 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; one IQue Server with graphics capabilities; two copies of WireManager IQue; one copy of Fraction Font; one copy of QSpool; one copy of CommLink/Plus replaced with CommLink/Plus IQue, and one copy of Transporter.

CANADA

-- WESTERN PRODUCER of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Two copies of CirculationPro (including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler); three extra copies of Subscription Handler; Circulation Data Transfer, and in-house training.

OVERSEAS

-- DAILY NATION and SUNDAY SUN of St. Michael, West Indies, Barbados (26k daily): one copy of AdminPro IQue administration program.; 27 copies of NewsEdit IQue upgraded to Pro; 16 copies of IQueX upgraded to DragX; 16 copies of IQueX upgraded to NewsEditPro IQue; one CommLink/Plus replaced with CommLink/Plus IQue; and two copies of WireManager IQue upgraded.

-- EUROPEAN STARS & STRIPES of Grieshem, Germany: (45k daily): four copies of ClassManager/Plus; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; one copy of ClassFlow; two copies of DisplayManager; one Display Accounts Receivables module; one copy of Ad Force, and one copy of ProductionManager.

-- The JERUSALEM POST of Jerusalem, Israel (51k daily): six copies of ClassManagerPlus; one copy of ClassFlow pagination XTension; eight copies of DisplayManager, and one copy of Ad Force.

-- The TRINIDAD GUARDIAN of Port of Spain, West Indies, Trinidad (52k morning): 10 copies of Baseview's Pagination Package (including NewsEditPro IQue, DragX and QTools); eight copies of NewsEditPro IQue; two copies of WireManager IQue; one copy of Transporter, and one copy of the IQue Server with graphics capabilities.

Results and comparisons have been restated to reflect the pooling-of-interests treatment for Dataware's year-end acquisition of Ledge Multimedia Inc.

For all 1995, revenues increased 21 percent to a record $41.1 million, up from $33.9 million in 1994. Software license revenues grew 40 percent, to $20 million from $14.3 million, and services revenues grew 29 percent, to $18.9 million from $14.6 million.

Systems integration revenues declined 54 percent, to $2.3 million from $4.9 million, in line with management's long-term objectives.

Net income for the year, before nonrecurring charges, increased 55 percent, to a record $1.8 million from $1.2 million in 1994. Earnings per share for 1995, before non-recurring charges, increased 47 percent, to $0.28 per share from $0.19 per share in 1994. Including non-recurring charges related to the Ledge acquisition, the company reported net income for 1995 of $1.7 million, or $0.26 per share.

Total assets on Dec. 31, 1995 increased by $4.5 million, to $41.3 million, up from $36.8 million on Dec. 31, 1994. Cash and investments increased by $3 million to $16.6 million at year-end 1995, compared to $13.6 million at year-end 1994.

The REPUBLICAN's second annual Easy To Read Telephone Directory contains a special section listing e-mail addresses, including those of local people and public figures, along with interesting and noteworthy Universal Resource Locators (URLs) to World Wide Web sites on the Internet, such as the home pages of the White House, Pennsylvania state government and the major television networks.

In late winter, 82,000 copies of the REPUBLICAN's ETR Telephone Directory, with white page type 36% larger than in traditional directories, will be distributed free to households and businesses throughout Schuylkill County, Pa. The 992-page directory (up 128 pages since last year) has enjoyed a 55 percent revenue increase, and grew from 750 advertising accounts in 1995 to 1,040 this year.

The 35k evening REPUBLICAN sub-licenses the ETR Telephone Directory concept to other newspapers in the U.S. through the New Horizons Group, and has several other books published or in preparation.

In a related development, the New Horizons Group has entered into a partnership with RealMedia Inc., a New York-based Internet software company. Plans are to make the REPUBLICAN's telephone directory accessible over the Internet's World Wide Web on its home page on Schuylkill OnLine http://www.pottsville.com/pottsville.

The REPUBLICAN's ETR Telephone Directory also contains 260 paid talking yellow page ads tied to the newspaper's INFO-CONNECT audiotext system. It also includes Consumer Tips, a new service of Tribune Media Services Inc. of Chicago, which is also tied to INFO-CONNECT audio selections.

The REPUBLICAN'S ETR Telephone Directory is primarily distributed by volunteer fire companies in Schuylkill County as a local community fund-raising project.

The Quark Publishing System integrates Quark XPress with editorial management, document tracking and text processing applications used in a networked publishing environment. QPS enables writers, editors and layout artists to work on a publication simultaneously through a single networked system.

Southwest Software's ProofCheck software will be bundled with Agfa's Aquapro Agfaproof process control system to offer productivity gains for proofers by providing quick, automatic verification of proof accuracy. The Agfaproof System handles system setup, process control and troubleshooting, allowing users to have complete control over all the elements that contribute to a successful proofing operation.

Based in Austin, Texas, Southwest Software develops and markets color calibration and productivity software for the pre-press and commercial printer communities.

In the first of three steps, the VILLAGE VOICE will add Classified Pagination and complement its existing Atex Integrated Advertising System (IAS) with Enterprise's Contact Manager. In the second phase, an Enterprise system with Classified Pagination will be installed at L.A. WEEKLY for use by it and the ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY. The project includes 20 seats -- 13 classified users, 2 retail users and 5 production tracking seats.

In the third phase, the VILLAGE VOICE will complete its migration from a legacy Atex system by installing a full Enterprise system, with 36 classified seats, 10 retail seats and 10 production tracking seats.

The Enterprise systems are scheduled for implementation in mid-1996 for the L.A. WEEKLY and ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY, and in late 1996 or early 1997 for the VILLAGE VOICE.

Including a three-year support and service agreement, the VILLAGE VOICE becomes the fourth Enterprise contract in a successful year-end for Sysdeco -- in addition to three other U.S. sites going live and five contracts currently being installed.

The company is making the change to accommodate demand from the burgeoning OEM color management software marketplace. X-Rite has nine signed OEM agreements for its X-RiteColor line, and over 50 additional agreements are pending. Agreements such as those with Anitec, Canon Europa, Color Solutions and Pantone have been announced;

The X-Rite R&D and marketing teams will work to enhance the company's hardware solutions and expanding developer support software for compatibility with the numerous color applications in pending OEM status. As a result, X-Rite will take a more deliberate approach in completion of its own retail software for X-RiteColor products.

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