Cole's Newswire Oct. 8, 1997
Vol. 3, No. 41

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  • BASEVIEW PRODUCTS INC.
    Baseview, a subsidiary of Harris Publishing Systems Corp. based in Ann Arbor, Mich., announced that it has completed installation of advertising and editorial systems at the LAFAYETTE (La.) ADVERTISER (36k, morning). Installed in the ad department were 14 copies of Baseview's AdManagerPro/Classified and classified pagination, while the newsroom got 57 workstations running NewsEditPro IQue and 13 pagination workstations.

    Baseview is on the Web at http://www.baseview.com/.

  • BITSTREAM INC.
    Bitstream, an imaging software supplier based in Cambridge, Mass., has announced it will introduce Bitstream TrueDoc XT, a new remote font imaging tool for Macintosh Quark XPress users, by the end of the year. The Quark XTension compensates for discrepancies in font libraries between an originating system and a production site.

    At the originating site, TrueDoc XT records the font glyphs used in a document into a Portable Font Resource (PFR) within the XPress document file. Upon imaging, TrueDoc XT recreates the font glyphs needed for viewing and printing, without infringing on font licensing agreements. PFRs can't be transferred from one document to another, and disappear once the document is closed.

    Bitstream is on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com/.

  • THE COLE PAPERS
    Those in the know call it Apple's Best Kept Secret -- and put it to good use, automating tasks and expediting production. The secret? AppleScript, which the LOS ANGELES TIMES and THE REGISTER-GUARD of Eugene, Ore., are using to paginate 26 television listing books and one 78,000-circulation morning daily, respectively.

    The October issue of THE COLE PAPERS visits both newspapers for a brief lesson in scripting and an in-depth look at how AppleScript has made life easier in Los Angeles and Eugene. Also in this issue: A roundup of recently introduced products that can help move data between legacy systems and databases, and a fond farewell to the Electronic Photojournalism Workshop with a visit to EPW9, The Last EPW.

    For more about the October issue of THE COLE PAPERS, visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

  • INFOCON AMERICA
    INFOCON, an on-line publishing software supplier based in Newport Beach, Calif., has announced that the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS has joined the NEW YORK POST in planning to use INFOCON's software to reproduce the entire newspaper on-line. INFOCON's software, used with an Internet browser and Adobe Systems' Acrobat technology, will allow subscribers to download a replica of the newspaper with ads and images as well as text.

    INFOCON is on the Web at http://www.infoconamerica.com/.

  • IPA SYSTEMS LTD.
    IPA, a publishing systems supplier based in Cheltenham, England, has announced a £250,000 upgrade contract with THE EUROPEAN (204k, daily). The upgrade consists of dual Sun 200-megahertz UltraSPARC servers, 39 new Macintosh-based q-Edit Page makeup terminals, upgrades to 46 q-Edit reporter and page make-up machines to q-Edit version 6.0 running with Sybase, and an upgrade of the q-View page monitoring software.

    An existing q-Sales tele-ad system will be updated to the latest 32-bit Windows version running with Sybase.

    IPA is on the Web at http://fsi-ipa.com/.

  • LANTANA RESEARCH CORP.
    Lantana, a publishing software supplier based in Fremont, Calif., has introduced a Windows version of Crackerjack, as well as German and Dutch versions of the plug-in to Adobe Acrobat Exchange 3.0.

    Crackerjack's tools enable graphic artists control over process and spot color separations, screening, scaling, orientation, custom media size selection and more in generating files in the Portable Document Format (PDF). Crackerjack output is compatible with any Adobe PostScript Level 2 or PostScript 3 raster image processor (RIP).

    Lantana is on the Web at http://www.lantanarips.com/.

  • LINOTYPE-HELL
    Linotype-Hell, a production systems supplier based in Hauppauge, N.Y., has released ColorFactory Pro for Windows. ColorFactory Pro includes the LinoColor color matching method, adopted by both Microsoft and Apple as the standard for digital color reproduction.

    Linotype-Hell is on the Web at http://www.linocolor.com/.

  • MARKZWARE SOFTWARE INC.
    Markzware, a publishing software supplier based in Santa Ana, Calif., has introduced Flightcheck Collect, an application that uses the same engine as Markzware's Flightcheck preflight error-checking software to detect problems in files before they are output from such common desktop publishing applications at Quark XPress, Adobe Photoshop, Multi-Ad Creator and Adobe PageMaker. After showing a user any potential output problems for correction, Flightcheck Collect will gather the job's pieces for output.

    Markzware said Collect costs $149 and is available for both Macintosh and Windows.

  • MULTI-AD SERVICES INC.
    Multi-Ad, an advertising production software supplier based in Peoria, Ill., has introduced Multi-Ad Creator2 for the Macintosh, a new design tool that includes features drawn from other kinds of software -- page layout, drawing, illustrating and image manipulation.

    Designers can create documents containing pages of different sizes, drag-and-drop images from Creator2 palettes and from other applications into a document, color text one color and its shadow another, and use letters as containers for images.

    Multi-Ad, which is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.multi-ad.com/, set the retail price at $649, with availability early in the fourth quarter of 1997.

  • QUARK INC.
    Denver-based Quark has announced the feature set for Quark Publishing System version 2.0, an upgrade that includes moving to 32-bit Windows, dynamic updates of system-level files without shutting down the server, multiple-publication access and planning, a new way to create elements, called components, which have their own copyfit information distinct from other components, and "copytasting" -- a display of the first 255 characters in any component.

    Quark, which gave no definitive date for shipping QPS 2.0, is on the Web at http://www.quark.com/.

  • SOURCE MEDIA INC.
    Dallas-based Source Media has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase certain electronic publishing assets of Brite Voice Systems Inc. of Wichita, Kan., for $35 million in cash. The acquisition, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is conditioned upon Source Media obtaining the necessary capital markets financing to complete the transaction and other customary conditions.

    The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of November. The Brite business being purchased includes existing contracts for system management, audio network, advertising sales and advertiser support.

    Source Media also is acquiring the Voice News Network (VNN) from Tribune Media Services of Chicago for $9 million. The transaction is scheduled to be completed by the end of November 1997.

  • SYMANTEC CORP.
    Symantec, a provider of Java development tools based in Cupertino, Calif., has introduced Visual Cafe for Java 2.0 Web Development Edition, an integrated Java and HTML authoring tool for developing and testing JDK 1.1 Java applets and applications. Visual Cafe for Java 2.0 Web Development Edition, for Windows 95 and NT 4.0, provides a solution for webmasters who want to add Java functionality to web pages without having to learn Java programming techniques.

    Symantec is on the Web at http://www.symantec.com/.

  • XINET INC.
    Xinet, a publishing software developer based in Berkeley, Calif., has announced the release of Picture Wrangler, a new Quark XPress XTension that supplants XPress' "picture usage" dialog box. Picture Wrangler automatically finds and relinks images that have been moved off-site for layout, proofing, or other purposes. Picture Wrangler eliminates manual relinking of images in a Quark document, instead providing one-button relinking to original images on the server.

    Xinet is on the Web at http://www.xinet.com..

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