Hard copy made easy

Article Abstract:

Color copiers are now widely used for producing proofs, comps, and short-run four-color digital printing thanks to the addition of specialized print servers and PostScript. The trend began after Canon introduced the Intelligent PostScript Processing unit in 1987 and was followed by Electronics for Imaging's introduction of its first Fiery controller. The main copier-printer hardware manufacturers, Canon, Minolta, Ricoh and Xerox, make the OEM equipment around which hat companies such as Kodak, Lanier, Savin, Mita and Sharp build their products. The copiers generally deliver full-bleed tabloid-size output at 400-dpi continuous-tone resolution. Most controllers are either custom-designed or off-the-shelf stand-alone servers with dedicated hard drives and run color raster image processing software. The software is matched to the capabilities of the copier the controller is intended for.

Photographic equipment and supplies, Photocopy Equipment, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, Design and construction, Technology overview, Peripheral servers, Printer servers, Printer server

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The mod squad

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Modular storage products are gaining ground for publishers who want to port big files between workstations. The modular offerings include single- or multi-bay docking stations that allow users to remove or insert whole drive mechanisms. The mechanisms, themselves, are housed in modular containers so that they can be swapped readily between drive docks installed on other systems. A swappable drive system is made up of a tower of drive bays that accomodate drive modules. The modules are basic drive mechanisms, optical, SyQuest, Jaz, hard drive or CD-R drive. The drives are permanently fixed into a a uniform container made by the drive bay vendor. Typically, drive modules are priced at up to 20% more than basic drives of the same brand. As an illustration, a Barracuda 4-GB hard drive is priced around $1,2000 compared to $1,400 for a docking-station model.

On-Line Information Services, Database Vendors, Information retrieval services, Innovations, Database industry, Equipment and supplies, Computer peripherals industry, Disk drives, Computer storage devices, Hardware buyers' guide, Data storage device, Docking station, Docking stations

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Home away from home

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Increasingly, publishers need to centralize the storage and distribution of digitized content, and increasingly, this need is being satisfied by digital-asset management service providers. Such organizations manage publishers' assets for them. Typically, printers and service bureaus are offering asset-management services in addition to traditional ones such as color-correction, printing, retouching and scanning. Space for image storage is provided, as well as related services such as high-speed transmission, image-indexing arrangements, OPI linking and image rendering. Many variations of management services being offered, but typically, a user can search images online, view thumbnails and download low-resolution files that are later OPI-linked to high-res versions.

All Other Publishers, Miscellaneous publishing, Publishing NEC, Publishing industry, Services, Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, Management issue, Electronic publishing, Image processing, Imaging systems, Outsourcing, Imaging Technology

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