Mac with a Unix twist

Article Abstract:

Marrs Printing, a printing company located in City of Industry, CA, selects processing hardware separately for each stage of the production workflow because its heavy job flow places different demands on different systems. It had seven Macintosh workstations and one Sun SPARCstation on a peer-to-peer network when new CIO Terry Hillock arrived, with one Mac serving as a scanning station, another dedicated to archiving jobs on DAT and none acting as a centralized preflight station. Marrs used a Jaz-drive sneakernet to transfer data and ran both raster image processing and OPI operations on the SPARCstation. Hillock noted that company business was growing 16 percent annually and complex graphics applications were generating ever-larger files that overloaded the RIP. Tracking revisions of files and images between workstations was difficult and often caused expensive mistakes. The CIO lead a move to a centralized network based on an Apple Workgroup Server running the AIX Unix operating system.

Printing Trade Services, Support Activities for Printing, Case studies, Product information, Telecommunications systems, AAPL, Technology application, PowerPC-based system, Macintosh computers, PowerPC based computers, PowerPC processors, Printing industry, Product application, Printing, Apple Inc., Marrs Printing, Apple Workgroup Server (PowerPC-based system)

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Managing the mix

Article Abstract:

A growing number of design and publishing sites now use a combination of Macintosh, Windows and sometimes Unix computer systems; 28 percent of sites in a recent survey have both Macs and Windows-based PCs, while 11 percent have Unix systems as well. Multiplatform networks account for the majority of sites with 25 or more employees and create an entirely new set of network and file-management issues. Large environments need multiple platforms because they handle many aspects of workflow in-house instead of sending them to service bureaus and have diverse computing needs. Most users prefer Macs as the publishing workstation platform of choice, but file and OPI servers are more technically demanding and demand the high performance possible with high-end PCs and Unix systems. Large firms generally choose Unix servers, while smaller ones purchase low-cost Pentium-based PC servers and less-expensive, easier-to-use administration software.

Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Management, Forecasts and trends, Equipment and supplies, Industry trend, Cover Story, Desktop publishing, User survey/user study, User surveys, Desktop publishing technology

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