“Easy 1-2-1” Cross Media Campaigns Deliver Instant Results for Printers

AMESBURY, MA.– November 15, 2007 – Magicomm today announces “Easy 1-2-1” turnkey direct marketing cross media campaign packages designed to help companies who own digital presses see immediate results by creating integrated VDP marketing programs for themselves and their clients.

Magicomm has been instrumental in driving integrated VDP programs to the market and realized that one of the biggest challenges printers face is not the actual file output, but handling the intricacies involved in producing an effective variable data campaign. These affordable personalized cross media campaign packages make it simple for the digital press owner to create a campaign targeting their client base that they can then use as an education and/or selling tool for their services. With this in mind, President/CMO Rick Littrell states, “We’ve learned a lot from our experiences implementing these new technologies in a traditional digital printing environments serving highly visible clients such as Pantone, Xerox, and XMPie.

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callas software – specialist in the development of PDF verification and optimization tools – presents a new version of pdfAutoOptimizer for automatic transparency flattening in PDF files. The plug-in has been particularly optimized for the new Adobe Acrobat Professional in Version 8.1. Thus, users have access to the latest Adobe technology for flattening transparencies on the basis of PDF.

Berlin, 2.11.2007. The new pdfAutoOptimizer is the main component of a special software package from callas software for automated transparency flattening using Adobe Acrobat Professional. The pdfAutoOptimizer carries out various optimizations on PDF documents automatically. So now, you can flatten PDF files containing transparencies more efficiently to rule out problems while printing.

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ComparePSD makes it easy for Photoshop professionals to compare two PSD files layer-by-layer, effect-by-effect and find the differences.

London, UK (PRWEB) November 9, 2007 — PixelNovel, the company behind Flickrshop, a free Adobe Photoshop plug-in for uploading files to Flickr.com, unveils ComparePSD, an Adobe Photoshop files comparison tool. ComparePSD is aimed to help graphic designers and other professionals compare two PSD files and quickly spot the differences.

ComparePSD features an intuitive interface which resembles the Adobe Photoshop layers palette to simplify the user’s experience. ComparePSD highlights mismatching layers and effects in red and offers a preview area where a user can zoom in and zoom out the images synchronously.

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New 100% color pigment formula can use the same ICC profiles as OEM inks, and users can enjoy the same color workflow they have been using with OEM inks and save 65% or more in costs.

East Topsham, VT (PRWEB) November 4, 2007 — Vermont PhotoInkjet, LLC announced today the immediate availability of their proprietary color ink formulation which replicates the color space of EPSON’s Ultrachrome K3 ink technology. The ConeColor inks for EPSON Ultrachrome K3 printers do not require any color management, and can be used with existing ICC profiles. Users can simply plug this new ink set into their existing color workflow and make prints with acceptable color results. ConeColor ink shares the same pigment technology as Piezography® K7 inks and that makes them extremely fade resistant and non-damaging to EPSON print heads.

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NEW YORK, NY - October 18, 2007 - PDN PhotoPlus International Conference & Expo International Trade Show - X-Rite (Stock Price   Web Site  Executives  Related Articles  Google) Incorporated, the world leader in color management and color measurement solutions, today announced the launch of X-Rite i1Defined (http://www.xrite.com/aboutdefined) at Photo District News PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo, October 18-20 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. Debuting in booth 918, X-Rite i1Defined consists of two tiers: the flash-based X-Rite i1Experience - a user-controlled interactive training CD that comes with all X-Rite i1Solutions; and the web-based X-Rite i1Personal Color Trainer (PCT), one-on-one remote personalized training with a color management expert with select i1 solutions.

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WoodWing Software has released important updates for two of its popular editorial solutions the Smart Styles and Smart Catalog plug-ins for Adobe InDesign. In addition to supporting Adobe’s CS3 release, each of the products also has a number of new features, providing maximum efficiency for InDesign users.

WoodWing’s plug-ins have proven to be highly successful throughout the publishing industry by taking the headaches out of many time-consuming and repetitive tasks. These plug-ins speed up the entire layout process in time-critical situations, by making InDesign’s excellent layout tools easier to use and much more efficient.

Another reasons that these products are so successful is because we’re continually adding enhancements and features, said Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software. This time around, we’ve made sure that everything works seamlessly with CS3, and we’ve added new functionality that our customers are really going to appreciate.

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Plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS3
DMN Newswire–2007-10-18–XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of Blacklining for Adobe InDesign CS3 for both Macintosh® and Windows. Blacklining is a plug-in intended for corporate, financial and legal document production where every change to text must be recorded. Blacklining tracks changes made to the text of a document as it is being revised. It is designed to allow a user or viewer of an InDesign document to be able to see a complete history of changes that have occurred.

Text inserts are shown as underlines and text deletes can either be shown as struck-through, or have a caret mark in the text where a deletion has occurred. Blacklining also keeps a revision history that can show changes made at different revision cycles, and by choosing different revision cycles, it is possible to show a complete history of a document.

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Markzware Releases PasteBoard 7 Supporting QuarkXPress 7 for the Macintosh
Pasteboard XT Changes The Width and Height of the Pasteboard

(Press Release) Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Markzware is the leader in developing quality control solutions for the graphic arts, publishing and printing industries, has released Pasteboard 7 for the Macintosh. This new release supports QuarkXPress 7 and is now Universal Binary.

Pasteboard is an XTension that changes the width and height of the QuarkXPress pasteboard. It will allow one to adjust by value as well as by percentage, giving a wider range of options than that within the QuarkXPress application.

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Prague, October 15, 2007 - DTP Tools today announced the release of its new Layer Comps plug-in for InDesign CS-CS3. Layer Comps provide a convenient way to store a snapshot of certain key aspects of your documents layers. A simple click in the palette lets you name and save your current view of layer visibility and editing state as a Layer Comp. You can create as many as you like, without substantially expanding your file size.

Layer Comps plug-in is a response to many feature request placed by InDesign users who use this feature in Photoshop and miss it in InDesign. Layer Comps plug-in is sold separately and as a part of Layer Tools bundle, which also contains Layer Groups plug-in. Layer Groups plug-in was also updated today.
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Canon Provides Free Paper Profiles for imagePROGRAF iPF6100 and iPF5000 Users at the Company’s Online Digital Learning Center

–LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 15, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading innovator of inkjet technology and digital photography equipment, announces the availability of custom online profiles for its imagePROGRAF iPF6100 and imagePROGRAF iPF5000 printers. To help new iPF6100 and iPF5000 users take their prints to the next level of color management, Canon has posted free enhanced paper profiles for both Mac and PC users covering the company’s most popular fine art and photographic media. The profiles are free and available on the Professional Printer section of Canon’s Digital Learning Center located at, www.usa.canon.com/dlc.The custom profiles are designed to provide excellent color fidelity on various Canon-branded media for both popular imagePROGRAF models. Currently the company has 40 profiles available for download for 10 different media types for the iPF6100 and iPF5000 printers and will be adding additional custom media profiles in the coming months for both models so be sure to check back for updates.

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X-Rite Launches i1Defined Color Management Training, Personalizes Out-of-Box Usability for i1 Solutions at PhotoPlus Expo 07

X-Rite, Incorporated, the world leader in color management and color measurement solutions, launches X-Rite i1®Defined? (http://www.xrite.com/aboutdefined) at PDN?s PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo (PPE), October 18-20, in booth 918 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

i1Defined elevates the out-of-the-box experience,? states Iris Mangelsch, X-Rite Vice-President of Imaging & Media. ?This is the first truly personalized training program bundled with color management solutions. i1 customers will easily find answers to their color questions through our flexible interactive training software. Purchasers of advanced i1 solutions will also receive personalized workflow coaching with a color expert.? Read the full press release http://tinyurl.com/26e2jm

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PopChar Win 3.2 Allows Even Quicker Access to Frequently Used Umlauts and Special Characters

Ergonis Software today announced the release of version 3.2 of “the better character map” PopChar Win, a utility for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application. The new release adds a great new feature to allow even quicker access to frequently used special characters. Recently used characters are now highlighted in the main view such that they can be located and inserted into any document instantly.

Hagenberg, Austria (PRWEB) October 10, 2007 — Ergonis Software today announced the release of version 3.2 of “the better character map” PopChar Win, a utility for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application.

The new release adds a great new feature to allow even quicker access to frequently used special characters. Recently used characters are now highlighted in the main view such that they can be located and inserted into any document instantly.

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Layer Groups 1.1 Plug-in for InDesign CS–CS3 Now Available
Prague, October 9, 2007 - DTP Tools today announced the release of its Layer Groups plug-in for InDesign CS3. Layer Groups plug-in is a popular solution for organizing processes with extensive usage of layers.

Key Features

• The possibility to sort layers into folders. Now users can utilize the layers in InDesign freely without the risk of getting lost in them.
• Enables user to set the non-printing to an entire layer - this feature was made compatible with the non-printing layers introduced in InDesign CS3.

New features

• Layer Groups plug-in was integrated into the new DTP Tools component providing easier activation, automatic updates and easier access to support.
• Non-printing attribute of layers was made compatible with the same feature in InDesign CS3.
  Layer Groups 1.2 are compatible with upcoming DTP Tools solution for layer comps.
  Pricing and Availability

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Parsippany, NJ; October 7, 2007 — The new SmartColor portfolio of color management tools from Sun Chemical makes it possible for brand owners to predict how their corporate spot colors will reproduce on a wide variety of substrates, from brown corrugated to clear film to white polypropylene.

SmartColor takes the guesswork out of predicting the outcome of spot color on a given substrate to provide the consistent, predictable color brand owners require–the critical match that can mean the difference between a vibrant corporate identity and a faded image. SmartColor enables packaging developers to see real color end results anywhere in their workflow, by displaying real ink color on the chosen substrate and matching the desired color with the ink that will deliver the brand color on retailer shelves.

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Alwan Color Expertise and Bodoni Systems Usher In New Era of Practical Pressroom Color Management

ISO-12647 Solution Insures Consistency, Stability, Faster Makeready and Ink Savings
 
Vienna, 8 October 2007 (IFRA) -  Alwan Color Expertise and Bodoni Systems Ltd. are utilizing IFRA to showcase their combined solution insuring fast makereadies, increased stability, ink savings, and ISO-12647 standard output. The integrated offering, being demonstrated at IFRA exhibit A765 taking place here from October 8-11, features Alwan’s CMYK Optimizer version 3 and Bodoni pressSIGN.

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Partners Embrace the New Architecture of Quark’s Next-Generation Collaborative Workflow System

DENVER - 10-08-2007 Quark Inc. today announced the launch of Quark Publishing System (QPS 7), the next generation of the world’s leading collaborative workflow system. Designed with a new open, standards-based architecture, QPS 7 integrates seamlessly with existing business systems and complimentary publishing solutions – simplifying the editorial, creative and production processes for publishers and corporations with demanding workflows.

Quark made the announcement at the IfraExpo and conference in Vienna, where the company will be demonstrating QPS 7 from October 8-11 in Hall A, booth 620.

Now supporting QuarkXPress 7 and QuarkCopyDesk 7, QPS 7 is re-engineered from the ground up and introduces a number of compelling new features:

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AdTraction Creates New Opportunities for Creative Product Workflow Management with QuarkXPress Server

DENVER - Oct, 2007 Quark Inc. yesterday announced that AdTraction has created a new workflow efficiency solution for print communications based on QuarkXPress Server. Leveraging the enhanced XML capabilities introduced in QuarkXPress Server 7.2, AdTraction’s Creative Production Platform (CPP) offers customers an automated and scalable publishing solution that reduces cost and speeds production of customized marketing and advertising materials.

AdTraction is a virtual communications company headquartered in New York City with Web-based services that enable marketing and advertising professionals to create and produce all components of print advertising. AdTraction specifically designed CPP for advertisers and agencies with high-volume, time-consuming print production. Built on QuarkXPress Server core publishing technology leveraged in GLUON’s HyperPublishing tools and featuring Xinet’s Full Press WebNative solution, CPP combines asset management, templating, resizing, and other core elements — empowering marketers to quickly develop, customize or resize print communications of all kinds. QuarkXPress Server’s on-demand capabilities also enable CPP to create, personalize and deliver highly persuasive one-to-one customer communications.

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EFI Colorproof XF Delivers Five-Year Winning Streak for Customer’s Production of Smithsonian Museum Photography Exhibit

FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Oct. 3, 2007 — For five years now, Mark McCall, president and owner of Prestige Graphics., a Reston, Va.-based visual arts consultancy, has relied on the industry-leading EFI (Stock Price   Web Site  Executives  Related Articles  Google) Colorproof XF proofing and production solution to create the Nature’s Best Photography Awards Exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. With EFI’s Bestcolor technology-driven, device-independent color management and intuitive digital workflow solution driving a Canon (Stock Price   Web Site  Related Articles  Google)imagePROGRAF iPF9000 large format color production printer, Prestige Graphics has printed the Sony Electronics-sponsored exhibit, which will run Oct. 30, 2007 through April 29, 2008. A daunting challenge readily accomplished with the EFI solution, Prestige Graphics produced 61 full-brilliant-color photograph prints with wide-format dimensions of four by six feet, two by three feet, two by five feet and five by ten feet.

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Compose System demonstrated its Star Proof true dot proofing solution during Labelexpo. Using 1 Bit TIFF or Len files with screens of between 25lpi to 200lpi, Star Proof produces contract quality proofs on inkjet printers – quickly and economically. Compose will also be teaming up with Epson to demonstrate Star Proof’s quality whilst driving the current range of inkjet printers.

Star Proof is an ideal match for Epson Stylus Pro inkjet printers, whose unique Variable Sized Droplet Technology (VSDT) enables Star Proof to produce screened proofs that are perfect for the demands of the label printing industry. With Star Proof, designers, prepress departments and label printers can now create inkjet proofs that accurately reproduce the sharp dot patterns, trapping and opacity seen on the final printed job.

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Grand Rapids, MI - X-Rite Inc. is introducing its VeriColor� Spectro instrument that provides highly accurate, colormetric measurements under demanding factory environments for a price less than $20,000.

X-Rite, the world�s largest designer and manufacturer of color measuring instruments, believes that its new spectrophotometer is appropriately priced and rugged enough for manufacturers to place the highly accurate instrument on each production line to closely monitor color quality.

The instrument uses technologies covered under U.S. patent 7,262,853 assigned to X-Rite last week by inventors Steven H. Peterson and Mark A. Cargill that allows it to measure colors accurately under harsh shop floor conditions.

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