Citizen America announces complete Web publishing system.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1997-- First of its kind product incorporates all aspects of Web page design, makes Internet easily accessible to home, business users Citizen America Corp. Wednesday announced the Printiva 1700, the world's first complete Web Publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. System designed for professional quality World Wide Web site creations easily done at home or in the office. This is the first product of its kind, providing users with everything they need in one package -- including high-quality photo-color printing, scanning, Web site creation software,and server hosting. "Even though the Internet is experiencing tremendous worldwide proliferation, the intimidation factor still exists for those unfamiliar with Web publishing," said Abderrahim Loh, vice president of sales at Citizen America. "We wanted to provide an easy, all-inclusive and intuitive solution useable at any level." The Printiva 1700 encompasses all of the essentials for impactful Web site design, including a professional-quality color imaging workstation. Typical real-world applications include creating personal home pages, business Web sites or corporate intranets. One could even take a picture of their house or car and put it up for sale on the Internet. The system's two high-end software packages, Corel WEB.GRAPHICS SUITE and MGI MGI Mouse Genome Informatics MGI Modular Gateway Interface MGI McKinsey Global Institute MGI Military Geographic Information MGI Marine Geological Institute MGI Policy on the Management of Government Information (Canada) PhotoSuite SE for Citizen (each of their own CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). ), give users optimum functionality, flexibility and useability in creating their own Web sites. WEB.GRAPHICS SUITE is a robust software package with a comprehensive selection of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , authoring, animation and graphics programs designed for Internet Web pages or a company's intranet. At the same time, it is suitable for both novices and professionals, incorporating the key mix of elements needed to create state-of-the-art pages -- text, graphics, animations and virtual reality environments. It contains the following six components: Corel, WEB.DESIGNER, Corel WEB.Transit, Corel WEB.GALLERY, Corel WEB.MOVE, Corel WEB.WORLD and Corel WEB.DRAW. PhotoSuite is a powerful photo image editing program See image editor. , allowing users to capture, manipulate and color-correct images regardless of application -- including productivity enhancement tools and 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 Internet activities. With the system's built-in color scanner, users can conveniently digitize, catalog and perform simple image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools. tasks. Plus, they will achieve a significantly higher output quality when printing from PhotoSuite instead of their Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Users will also discover the versatility of the Web Publishing System's color imaging work station with built-in photo-realistic color printing and full color scanning capabilities. Its plug and play protocol offers major advantages over conventional SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. flatbed scanners, which are notorious for complicated setup and installation. This is useful for when people wish to take their own material and scan (sheet-fed) it into their Web sites -- from resolutions of 75 to 600 dpi. The system's printer offers 600 x 600 dpi True Color (16.7 million) Micro Dry printing, a new technology far superior to ink jets because output never fades and is waterproof. Its imaging capabilities rival those of thermal wax and color laser printers typically costing several thousands of dollars -- making this feature the Internet publishing work station. Thus, Web designers will enjoy high-quality print samples of their work from drafting to final form. It even boasts the specialized function of metallic foil printing, a feature used to customize and highlight printed materials. No color imaging device on the market under $1,000 offers this option. Now, users can simultaneously create, edit and manipulate images in both CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK) The color space used for commercial printing and most color computer printers. In theory, cyan, magenta and yellow (CMY) can print all colors, but inks are not pure and black comes out muddy. and metallic foil colors on the same screen and then print them out. Providing a wide selection of print media such as plain paper, dark colored paper, transparencies, T-shirt transfer paper, card stock, labels and envelopes, users will be well equipped to produce hard copies of their Web sites, T-shirts, custom prints, invitations, certificates, tent cards and greeting cards -- virtually any form of printed collateral. Once users have completed their Web sites, Citizen has taken the next step to allow them to host them live on the Internet. Through a strategic alliance between Citizen America and CyberEsc Communications Network Inc., users will be granted server space in which to post their sites on the Internet (30-day free trial). CyberEsc provides a host of Internet services like domain name registration, e-mail and T-1 telephone line connections. The Printiva 1700 Web Publishing System ships in April with an estimated street price of $699. It is available through Citizen authorized distributors and dealers, and comes with Citizen's standard two-year warranty (and backed by Citizen's new Business Guarantee Program). Minimum system requirements are: 8 MB of RAM, an IBM compatible PC 486 33, Windows 3.1x or Windows 95, a CD-ROM drive and a VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. display. -0- Incorporated in 1985, Corel is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW, the Corel WorkPerfect Suite, Corel Office Professional, CorelVIDEO and more than 30 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including: Windows, Macintosh, 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). , MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in more than 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries worldwide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol:COS) and the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market System (symbol:COSFF). For more information, visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com . Citizen America is a subsidiary of Citizen Watch Co. Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of watches and other timepieces. Citizen America is a leading provider of mid-range printers in North, Central and South American markets. Products includes desktop photo-realistic color, transportable and portable laser-quality, printers and color-capable dot matrix printers. CONTACT: Citizen America Corp., Santa Monica Duane Yamashita, 310/453-0614 (company contact) Matt Roberts, 310/453-4614, ext. 288 (editorial contact) mrobertscac@mcimail.com http://www.citizen-america.com |
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