Harlequin and AII Implementation of TIFF/IT-P1 passes a major test at Time, Inc.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1997--Harlequin and Autologic Information International (AII AII Auto ID Infrastructure AII Agence de l'Innovation Industrielle (French Agency for Industrial Innovation) AII Active Input Interface (used in UNI PMD specs for Copper/Fiber) AII ASEAN Information Infrastructure ) announced today that an important test of the TIFF/IT-P1 data file format on a non-proprietary imagesetting system has been deemed a success by Time Inc., which conducted the test at its New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of headquarters. The implementation of TIFF/IT-P1 is a prelude to a major change in the way that Time Inc. is planning to produce its New York-based magazines - Time, Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. , People, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Money, and Life. The TIFF/IT-P1 input software was jointly developed by Harlequin and AII and implemented in the industry-leading Harlequin ScriptWorks RIP Management System running on a Digital Alpha server driving an AII 3810 film 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. . The use of TIFF/IT-P1 has made it possible for Time Inc. to accept advertising content from high-end color electronic prepress The use of computers to prepare camera-ready materials up to the actual printing stage. It includes drawing, page makeup and typesetting, all performed electronically rather than by drafting or mechanical cut and paste methods. systems (CEPS CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies CEPS Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (Ghana) CEPS Color Electronic Prepress CEPS Common Electronic Purse Specification (open standard for electronic purse smartcards) ) and process it as digital files on open platform desktop systems. A "Significant Step Forward" "Our implementation demonstrates that files in TIFF/IT-P1 format can bridge proprietary CEPS environments and the desktop world, and can be output with complete predictability," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Frank Scott, Time Inc. Director of Prepress Development. "Using open systems to process advertising content makes prepress production easier for us to manage and less expensive," he said. "The implementation of TIFF/IT-P1 technology by Harlequin and Autologic Information International is equally significant," noted Scott. "AII is a leader in imaging for print media, and Harlequin has the ability to extend the use of TIFF/IT by making it available to its many OEMs." The successful test of TIFF/IT-P1 technology is hailed as "a significant step forward" by Alan Darling, C.O.O. of Western Laser Graphics and Chairman of the Implementation Committee for the Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publications (DDAP DDAP Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publications DDAP Detention Diversion Advocacy Project DDAP Discovery Data Analysis Program (NASA) DDAP Domestic Demonstration and Application Program ) Association. The DDAP Association is devoted to enabling more efficient and effective workflows for print media advertising through open system solutions. The Association endorses the use of TIFF/IT-P1 because it is an accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. international standard, and it enables data exchange between desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, systems and proprietary CEPS. "By applying standards to advertising content, ads can be supplied anywhere in the world more efficiently and at lower cost, which enhances the ability of print media to compete with electronic media," said Darling. Joint Development Effort TIFF/IT, which stands for Tag Image File Format for Image Technology, extends the standard for the specific requirements of advertising for publications documented by the American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. as ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. IT8.8. The "P1" or "Profile One" component was added when the ANSI standard was accepted by the International Standards Organization See ISO. (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ) for consideration as an international standard. "We're extremely pleased to be a joint developer with Harlequin of this implementation of TIFF/IT-P1," said Jim Hanger, Business Development Vice President of AII. "The combination of Harlequin's software development expertise and AII's knowledge of the publishing industry resulted in a significant development effort that we believe will have important ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl for publishers around the world." Larry Halleran, Product Marketing Manager for Harlequin's Electronic Publishing Division, said, "Harlequin is committed to supporting open industry standards, and TIFF/IT-P1 is the accredited standard for the digital delivery of advertising." Halleran added, "Our joint development effort with AII also demonstrates Harlequin's willingness and ability to work with our OEMs and solve their customers' workflow problems." The Test at Time Traditionally, content for Time Inc.'s magazines is processed at the New York headquarters by different desktop and prepress systems. Final editorial content from open-platform desktop systems is combined with advertising pages from Time's Scitex CEPS system and converted to a compressed bitmapped image. The bitmapped files are transmitted via satellite to remote printing sites around the United States and abroad for film output, platemaking and printing. "Our traditional procedure is comparatively slow, labor intensive Labor Intensive A process or industry that requires large amounts of human effort to produce goods. Notes: A good example is the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, etc), they are considered to be very people-oriented. See also: Capital Intensive, Trading Dollars , and inflexible," said Scott. To test the TIFF/IT-P1 input file format, final advertising pages for Time, Sports Illustrated, People, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Money and Life magazines are supplied to Time Inc. in TIFF/IT-P1 format, then rendered by a Harlequin ScriptWorks-based RIP running on a Digital Alpha server for output to film on the AII 3810 imagesetter. "We're standardizing on TIFF/IT-P1 because it is reliable, predictable and consistent, and therefore solves an important workflow problem," explained Scott. "Because all of the components of a page are handled by TIFF/IT-P1 at the prepress stage, I don't have to worry about missing content when the pages are produced. With TIFF/IT-P1, we also know how long every page will take to process, which is not true of PostScript," he noted. "Consistency is critical at Time, because we process pages at the last minute in remote locations and they have to be right. We can't risk the possibility of an ad from General Motors not printing correctly." The predictability offered by TIFF/IT-P1 will be critically important later this year, said Scott, when Time Inc. will convert its present film-based operation to filmless computer-to-plate (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. ) production. Harlequin has included TIFF/IT-P1 input support in the latest version of its ScriptWorks RIP Management System, which was released to its OEMs in December, 1996. Autologic Information International (AII) designs, produces, sells and maintains computer-based systems that automate the prepress production steps in the publishing process, servicing newspapers, commercial printers and others having internal publishing facilities. With over 45 OEMs worldwide, Harlequin is a high technology software supplier recognized as a worldwide leader in supplying expert pre-press and electronic publishing software solutions based on open systems. The company is also a major developer of symbolic processing and application software and offers its varied expertise on a consulting basis. Established in 1986, Harlequin employs over 300 people across 11 sites worldwide and maintains a strong business presence in Great Britain, Europe, the United States, Australia and the Asia Pacific Basin. Harlequin and ScriptWorks are registered trademarks of The Harlequin Group Limited. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are used herein in an editorial fashion. CONTACT: Hebert Communications John Hebert +1 617 232 1161 71764.1432@compuserve.com or Harlequin Inc. Dodie Bump +1 617 374 2506 dbump@harlequin.com http://www.harlequin.com/ or AII Ruta Medina +1 805 376 5146 rmedina@autoiii.com http://www.autoiii.com/ |
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