"Scitex: All the Way to Print".DUSSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1997-- Under this theme Scitex demonstrates at IMPRINTA `97 a whole line of Graphic Arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. products and technologies, from image capture through image manipulation, archiving, proofing, film and platesetting, and the latest in digital offset printing Scitex will present its complete range of products for the graphic arts industry, digital publishing and the printing market -- including numerous innovative new products for a wide variety of applications -- to an international audience. Major product announcements include the Lotem 800V(TM) platesetter and the 74 Karat karat A measure of the purity of gold. Pure gold is indicated by the label 24 karat. See also fineness. (TM) digital offset press. Expected to be a highlight of the exposition, the Lotem 800V platesetter is optimized for high-quality computer-to-plate color production. This new platesetter is fully automated, highly flexible, easy-to-use, and offers industry-leading levels of productivity. Driven by the award-winning Brisque Impose(TM) digital front end, the Lotem 800V also features a high-velocity rotating external drum and a thermal, multibeam imaging head. (For more, see page 4 and dedicated release.) A product of joint development with KBA-Planeta AG, the 74 Karat digital offset press combines the digital imaging expertise of Scitex with the offset knowledge of the industry-leading supplier of medium- to large-format sheet-fed offset presses. By integrating digital imaging with offset printing, the 74 Karat digital offset press offers unprecedented levels of quality, ease-of-use and speed. (For more, see page 5 and dedicated release.) Products and systems will be demonstrated in a variety of networked configurations. These areas include input, digital contract proofing, production, computer-to-film, print-on-demand and variable information (VI) printing; computer-to-plate, systems and integration, customer service, reference sites, as well as an area for ClickWorks(TM) multi-media authoring and Scitex MaskCutter(TM) software products for Macintosh(r) computers. Other key product exhibits are summarized in the following pages. Digital input/image entry NEW: EverSmart A brand new CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. colour flat-bed scanner with trilinear tri·lin·e·ar adj. Relating to, having, or bounded by three lines. CCD (3 x 8000 pixels) and a scanning area of 305 x 432 mm / 12 x 17 in. Thanks to its revolutionary XY technology, the EverSmart(TM) scanner is able to scan the full area at its maximum resolution of 6400 dpi (optical resolution 2540 dpi) and as a result of high-resolution scanning over the entire bed, every image can be enlarged to 2100%. This poster application is a unique feature for flatbed scanning. The EverSmart scanner accepts all standard types of media (reflection, transparency, colour, black-and-white, lineart or halftone In printing, the simulation of a continuous-tone image (shaded drawing, photograph) with dots. All printing processes, except for Cycolor, print dots. In photographically generated halftones, a camera shoots the image through a halftone screen, creating smaller dots for lighter areas and ) and scans reflectives of any desired thickness (such as books or final artwork assembled on boards). With its autofocus autofocus Noun a camera system in which the lens is focused automatically Noun 1. autofocus - an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically function, the EverSmart scanner is also capable of scanning mounted slides. The EverSmart software (for Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. (TM)/Mac OS(TM) computers) offers automatic image analysis and presetting as well as intuitive correction functions. (See dedicated release.) NEW: EverSmart Pro A brand new CCD colour flat-bed scanner with a scanning area of 305 x 432 mm/12 x 17in., the EverSmart Pro scanner is designed with the same technology as the EverSmart scanner. The EverSmart Pro scanner has a maximum scanning resolution of 8200 dpi (optical resolution 3175 dpi, maximum enlargement of 2700% for every image and is intended for high-productivity, parallel-workflow applications (focusing based on prescans is done in the foreground and production scans are carried out in the background). In addition to automatic adjustment routines, the EverSmart Pro software also offers a range of sophisticated setting and correction tools for professionals. The EverSmart Pro scanner includes an integrated light table. (See dedicated release.) Also on display will be the Smart 342L(TM) colour flatbed scanner A scanner that provides a flat, glass surface to hold pages of paper, books and other objects for scanning. The scan head is moved under the glass across the page. Sheet feeders are usually optionally available that allow multiple sheets to be fed automatically. , with the SmartDot(TM) application for analogue film scanning, the Monoscan L(TM) large-format scanner for lineart and capture of pre-screened separations, the Leaf CatchLight(TM) digital camera back and the Leaf Digital Camera Back II Live(TM), a digital camera back that offers live video capability for easy image set-up and control. RIPs, front-ends and workflow management NEW: Scitex InkPRO The present status of Scitex development work in CIP (1) (Common Isochronous Packet) The packet format used in time-based (real time) FireWire transmission. See FireWire, IEC 61883 and mLAN. (2) (Common Industrial P 3 will be demonstrated with the aid of Brisque Impose(TM) digital front end; digital transfer of ink duct profiles for presetting the ink keys of the printing presses is already a reality for several Scitex customers. Additionally, the complete family of Brisque(TM) digital front-end systems will be demonstrated on the stand, linked to various Scitex output devices. The Scitex Ripro(TM) Data Management System, an automated server and archiving system for managing large volumes of prepress data will also be shown. Data management and database-oriented archiving NEW: Scitex Ripro Bantam Bantam Former city and sultanate, Java. It was located at the western end of Java between the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. In the early 16th century it became a powerful Muslim sultanate, which extended its control over parts of Sumatra and Borneo. The Scitex Ripro Bantam(TM) combines the latest technology available in platforms and storage devices together with the Scitex Ripro Server(TM) and Scitex Ripro Archiver(TM) functionalities. This combination provides high performance, a large internal disk capacity and a strong upgrade path-at an excellent price/performance ratio In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. For instance, if you have a whole day to travel 100 km, spending $50 to do the journey in two hours is a better price/performance ratio than . The Ripro Bantam uses an internal Seagate Elite 23 Gb fixed disk, considered the fastest and most reliable storage technology available. This storage device, in combination with the backup management system based on Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. software and DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. technology, provides the industry's highest level of performance for data transfer. The Scitex Ripro Bantam integrates all the applications and hardware required to set up a server for the pre-press production environment at an affordable price. NEW: Scitex Ripro Scheduled Archiving The Scitex Ripro Scheduled Archiving Solution combines all the functionality of the Scitex Ripro Backup Solution together with an additional Scitex module that allows users to archive/retrieve files and folders using the FileTrack(TM) application from a Macintosh(r) computer front-end. Scheduled Archiving is available for the DLT 4500 as a full solution (backup and archiving) or as a software-only upgrade for existing users of the backup DLT 4500 solution. The product is available only for Scitex Ripro Archiver users. Scitex Ripro Archiver 2100 A new version of the Scitex Ripro Archiver on an ultra-powerful IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) RS/6000 model E30 platform, running on UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. version 4.1 O/S. The archiver uses the Ripro Server capabilities to provide data base and automatic services to Macintosh computer and Whisper(TM) workstation clients. It runs on a software layer and is based on an Informix standard SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database engine. The Scitex Ripro Archiver 2100 stores general management information required in the production process, such as customer details and job characteristics, as well as information regarding data elements like attributes and status. Scitex Ripro Pathfinder Scitex Ripro Pathfinder(TM) software allows a production environment to be set up with several Scitex Ripro Servers. All the servers and all file activities in the network are controlled by a Scitex Ripro Archiver database. Digital Contract Proofing Iris Digital Contract Proofing is an important concept for 1997 and includes a set of new media, plus new printer calibration and colour characterisation software. These combined technologies will make it possible for Iris Realist proofers to meet the commercial proofing needs within digital workflows. NEW: Iris RealistFX 5015 and Iris RealistFX 5030 New versions of the successful digital inkjet proofers, Iris RealistFX 5015(TM) and Iris RealistFX 5030(TM) include innovative pinpoint technology enabling ink droplets to be positioned on the printing substrate with a previously unknown degree of precision, which results in improved overall image quality. (See dedicated release.) NEW: Iris ColorZone Iris ColorZone software provides an easy, quantifiable method of ensuring the colour repeatability essential to digital contract proofing. Iris ColorZone software uses colorimetric col·or·im·e·ter n. 1. Any of various instruments used to determine or specify colors, as by comparison with spectroscopic or visual standards. 2. measurements to maintain proof-to-proof and proofer-to-proofer consistency. ColorZone includes a newly designed control element for process control purposes. (See dedicated release.) NEW: Scitex Profile Wizard Scitex Profile Wizard(TM) software allows the creation of high- quality ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce output profiles. This software features professional yet easy-to-use editing tools for fine-tuning the profile. NEW: Iris ColorBurst An Iris Realist front-end application for Windows `95 or Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , the new Iris ColorBurst(TM) print server software offers functionality such as PostScript(TM) Level 2 support and integrated anti-aliasing. The Iris RealistFX 5015 and Iris RealistFX 5030 digital contract proofers will be featured, together with the Iris IQ Pro 3.0(TM) and Brisque front-ends. Mono- or four-colour imposition checking at actual size with the Scitex Improof 750C(TM) large-format proofer will also be demonstrated. Computer-to-Film and film exposure NEW: Dolev 2dry The Dolev 2dry(TM) is an internal-drum imagesetter A machine that generates output for the printing process, which is either a film-based paper that is photographed or the actual film for making the printing plates. Input comes from the keyboard, or via disk, tape or modem. for punched and plate-ready dry film exposure in B3 format (exposure format without punch: 381 x 559 mm), with an integrated thermal processing unit. The Dolev 2dry works with a laser diode A semiconductor-based laser used to generate analog signals or digital pulses for transmission through optical fibers. Both laser diodes and LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are used for this purpose, but the laser diode generates a smaller beam that is easier to couple with the smaller core and images Imation Dry-View film, which it outputs in a form that can be used directly for plate exposure. In addition, the imagesetter will optionally be able to expose conventional wet-processing films. (See dedicated release.) Dolev 4Press The Dolev 4Press(TM) internal-drum imagesetter for 4-up output (B2+ format) is designed for producing imposed, punched, and plate-ready film (optionally with a customer-specific register-punching system). It will be demonstrated with an online film processor. Dolev 800V The Dolev 800V(TM) large-format (B+ format) internal drum imagesetter will be presented in conjunction with the Brisque Impose digital front end, demonstrating the unique Scitex "Print Predictable" digital workflow. The Dolev 800V will be shown with an online processor. Computer-to-plate NEW: Lotem 800V A CTP CTP (cytidine triphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Computer-To-Plate) The production of printing plates directly from the computer without requiring film as an intermediate step. system in the 8-up class for imaging thermal plates up to a maximum size of 900 x 1130 mm. The platesetter is an external-drum machine with a multiple-beam (830 nm) laser diode imaging head for exposure of thermal plates. Lotem 800V(TM) has fully automatic plate handling (supply cassette for up to 100 plates), a customer-specific and flexible punching system and automatic removal of interleave To intersperse one after the other. See sector interleave and memory interleaving. interleave - interleaving paper. Lotem 800V is controlled by the Brisque Impose front-end, thus offers the same workflow as the market-leading Dolev 800V imagesetter for a simple "Plug and Plate" solution. (See dedicated release.) Short-run digital colour and variable information printing NEW: Spontane V Improved version of the Spontane(TM) on-demand digital colour printing system for A3+ format. The new Spontane VT generation is distinguished by the significant enhancement of its overall performance as well as by the specific improvements in quality and reliability. NEW: Spontane DFE DFE Design For the Environment DFE Digital Front End DFE Decision Feedback Equalization DFE Decision Feedback Equalizer DFE Department For Education (UK) DFE Dietary Folate Equivalent for Spontane and Spontane V / SX3000 The new digital front-end (DFE) for Spontane V is based on an IBM E30 computer with a 166 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. PowerPC-604 processor and an integrated fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. interface. In combination with the considerably improved software Version 1.5 and the hardware- supported data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. function, these innovations enable a measurable, clearly visible increase to be achieved in terms of output rates and quality. As a result of the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and cooperation between Scitex and Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation - http://xerox.com/. See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services. , the DFE is also available from Xerox under the name SX 3000 for the Xerox DocuColor 40(r) and-in a modified form- DocuColor 70(r) systems. NEW: Scitex Ignite Front-end or RIP application for the Mac OS which is designed for generating ready-to-print data directly for the Scitex Spontane or the Xerox DocuColor 40. Scitex Ignite(TM) enables the load on the DFE of the Spontane to be relieved and its productivity increased, by distributing the processing of PostScript files for printing. (See dedicated release.) NEW: Scitex Darwin and Scitex VPS (1) (Vectors Per Second) The measurement of the speed of a vector or array processor. See vector, vector processor and array processor. (2) (Virtual Private Server) See OS virtualization. RIP Variable Information Printing Solution Scitex Darwin(TM) and Scitex VPS RIP(TM) are new software tools for creating, processing, and digitally printing documents containing variable information (VI). The Scitex Darwin application includes an Xtension to QuarkXPress for creating VI documents. Another component of the solution is Scitex VPS, a Scitex extension to PostScript, which converts VI documents into a VI-optimised file format. The Scitex VPS RIP processes PostScript and Scitex VPS files quickly and efficiently. Since these innovations are based on PostScript, the solution is open and compatible with a large number of applications. Scitex will be demonstrating how Scitex Darwin can be used to enter the variable contents of online databases for printing variable data to the Spontane V colour digital printing system. (See dedicated release.) Digital Offset Printing NEW: 74 Karat -- Digital Offset Printing Developed in partnership with KBA-Planeta AG, the 74 Karat digital offset press will be on the stand for previously-arranged private viewing. (See dedicated release.) Scitex Company Background Scitex Corporation Ltd. is a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of visual information communications products for the graphic arts, digital printing and digital video markets. Scitex's Graphic Arts Group specialises in digital cameras and scanners, colour workstations for page assembly and retouching, client-server systems, professional inkjet colour printers, imagesetters and platesetters and on-demand short-run colour printing systems. The Scitex Digital Printing division is dedicated to very high-speed inkjet printers for variable long-run printing that allow document personalisation for invoicing, business forms and mail order applications. The Scitex Digital Video division focuses on video post-production and on-line systems for non-linear editing and creation of special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. . For more information, visit our Internet web site at http://www.scitex.com. -0- Note to Editors: Scitex, the Scitex logo, Scitex MaskCutter, EverSmart, EverSmart Pro, Smart 342L, SmartDot, Monoscan L, Leaf CatchLight, Leaf Digital Camera Back II Live, Brisque Impose, Brisque, Scitex Ripro, Scitex Ripro Bantam, Whisper, FileTrack, Scitex Ripro Server, Scitex Ripro Archiver, Scitex Ripro Archiver 2100, Scitex Ripro Pathfinder, Iris, Iris Realist, Iris RealistFX 5015, Iris RealistFX 5030, Iris ColorZone, Scitex Profile Wizard, Iris ColorBurst, Iris IQ Pro 3.0, Scitex Improof 750C, Dolev, Dolev 2dry, Dolev 4Press, Dolev 800V, Lotem, Lotem 800V, Spontane, Spontane V, Scitex Ignite, Scitex Darwin, Scitex VPS RIP are trademarks of Scitex Communications Ltd., or its wholly-owned subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. 74 Karat is a trademark of Scitex Corporation Ltd. and KBA-Planeta AG, jointly. ClickWorks is a trademark of Pitango Multimedia Ltd. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , Inc., which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Macintosh, Power Macintosh, and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the US and other countries. DryView is a trademark of Imation, Inc. Xerox DocuColor 40 and DocuColor 70 are registered trademarks of Xerox Corporation. QuarkXPress is a registered trademark and Xtensions is a trademark of Quark quark (kwôrk): see elementary particles. quark Any of a group of subatomic particles thought to be among the fundamental constituents of matter—more specifically, of protons and neutrons. , Inc. All other company and brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Scitex Corp., Director of Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Robert Nagle, 617/280-7242 or Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Jody Burfening, 212/838-3777 (ext. 106) E-mail: Jody@lhai.com |
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