HELIOS Releases Full QuarkXPress 6 Support, 16 XTensions Now Available.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GARBSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2004 HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading provider of file, print and prepress server solutions has updated its ImageServer product to support QuarkXPress 6, as well as 4 and 5 on Mac OS X, Mac OS 9 and Windows platforms including Japanese versions. The "HELIOS OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. TuneUp" and "HELIOS Preview" XTensions are available for free download for ImageServer users with software upgrade service. The HELIOS OPI TuneUp XTension enables full QuarkXPress OPI workflow support and allows working with foreground and background colorized images as well as DCS-2 images containing spot colors. This ensures proper separation for composite (in-RIP DeviceN) and separated PostScript output or 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. generation using the HELIOS ImageServer image replacement. HELIOS ImageServer 2.5 enables users to overcome some limitations within QuarkXPress. E.g. QuarkXPress 3 through 5 cannot produce DeviceN output, and QuarkXPress 3 through 6 cannot produce in-RIP separations. See details: http://www.helios.de/news/news03/N_11_03.html The HELIOS Preview XTension allows creating preview files of QuarkXPress 4, 5 and 6 documents. Utilizing these previews, local and remote Web based users can preview QuarkXPress documents from creation to final output, without needing access to the application, documents, fonts, or images. Previews can be viewed via any Web browser using the included Web server CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. to publish directories with document previews. Sample document previews can be seen at http://www.helios.de/cgi-bin/docpreview.cgi. Full remote file viewing, management, and transfer is provided by the optional HELIOS WebShare, for easy and secure remote collaboration, using any Web browser. These multi-page preview files facilitate finding documents, content verification, and local and remote collaboration. Preference settings specify the preview resolution. ImageServer Action Scripts allow fully automated processing for archiving, printing, converting to any major image file format, or to a customized workflow. These new XTensions are components of HELIOS ImageServer 2.5 (formerly EtherShare OPI). ImageServer includes OPI image replacement, server-based ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce color management, color separation, and proof printing capabilities, as well as server-based image repurposing with conversion of image file format, resolution, color space, and compression, for web and print needs. ImageServer 2.5 is part of HELIOS' 4th generation family of network and prepress server solutions. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations, while HELIOS EtherShare, PCShare, and WebShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Macintosh and Windows clients. Together the HELIOS suite offers the industry's most advanced file, image and print server services. Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Computer Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Tru64 UNIX, 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) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , Sun Solaris, and Linux on Pentium based systems. HELIOS products provide 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 also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third party archive, asset management and workflow solutions: http://www.helios.de/products/partners.html. HELIOS software products are also incorporated into 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 solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry. |
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