HELIOS Announces Server and Client Support for Apple's Mac OS X.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2001 Booth No. C54, Hall 9 HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2001 HELIOS Software GmbH (CeBIT 2001 Hall 9 Booth No. C54), a leading provider of network and prepress software, announced both its server products and client support for Mac OS X. HELIOS expects to ship the updated server software and client support by the time Apple pre-loads Mac OS X onto new Macintosh CPUs. HELIOS' leading server products now in beta and being demonstrated during CeBIT include EtherShare 2.6, PCShare 3.0, EtherShare OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. 2.1, PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. Handshake including PDF Internet Printing and Print Preview. The HELIOS Macintosh software programs EtherShare Admin, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Test, Tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. , and Touch will also be available soon for Mac OS X. HELIOS client software enables users to configure users, groups, volumes, printers, fonts, OPI settings, Spot Colors, and other server settings remotely using a networked CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. running Mac OS X. The HELIOS remote server administration programs fully utilize Mac OS X features including the Aqua GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. , Drag and Drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. support to manage, printer queues, move/copy users, ColorSync support for Spot Colors and other server administration tasks. "With five server products and four client-side applications for Mac OS X, HELIOS is once again proving its leadership in providing innovative, high-performance networking servers and prepress workflow tools, as well unsurpassed support for Apple's new operating platform," noted Helmut Tschemernjak, president of HELIOS Software GmbH. A screen shot of EtherShare Admin for Mac OS X can be found at: http://www.helios.de/news/news01/N_04_01.html. Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers from Apple Computer, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Linux/Pentium, SGI, and Sun, providing reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows, and UNIX-based clients. Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry. For further editor information please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH attn: marketing, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; +49-5131-709320 (voice); +49-5131-709325 (fax); E-mail: marketing@helios.de; or Web access at http://www.helios.com/. For U.S.-based sales information, contact: European Mikrograf Corporation, HELIOS Software GmbH's U.S. distributor, located at 1414 Soquel Ave. No. 210 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Telephone: 831/466-1710 E-mail: nfo@ugraf.com; WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. : http://www.ugraf.com/. |
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