Harlequin and ProImage Sign OEM Agreement.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999-- Adds a New RIP Based on Harlequin Harlequin (här`ləkwĭn, –kĭn): see commedia dell'arte. Harlequin Principal stock character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. ScriptWorks SOAR Technology to ProImage NewsWay Product Family Harlequin and ProImage announced today that they have signed an 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 agreement for ProImage to use the new Harlequin ScriptWorks Scalable Open Architecture RIP (SOAR) technology in its NewsWay family of distributed workflow and production management products. The new product, a PostScript LanguageLevel 3 compatible RIP based on SOAR, will be shown for the first time in ProImage's booth (#2477) at NEXPO here this week. Harlequin's new SOAR technology offers a series of flexible, customizable system components that can be configured to meet specific workflow and application requirements. ProImage has integrated this powerful RIP technology with its NewsWay workflow automation See workflow. and production management engines to offer their customers increased flexibility and a greater range of quality and performance options. "We are very pleased to offer Harlequin ScriptWorks SOAR technology to our customers," said Brian Ellery, NewsWay Product Manager. "With Harlequin technology, NewsWay customers have access to a greater range of RIP options, such as the Harlequin Screening Library, as well as to exceptional ScriptWorks performance." The new technology also offers the ability to input and output TIFF 6.0 and TIFF/IT-P1 files. Using a TIFF/IT workflow enables both screening and calibration calibration /cal·i·bra·tion/ (kal?i-bra´shun) determination of the accuracy of an instrument, usually by measurement of its variation from a standard, to ascertain necessary correction factors. to occur later in the production workflow process, facilitating remote proofing and providing a true RIP Once Output Many ("ROOM") workflow. "Harlequin welcomes ProImage to its alliance of OEM partners, and we are very excited about the application of SOAR to their NewsWay workflow solutions," said Christie O'Malley, Harlequin Product Marketing Manager. "Newspapers are an ideal application for NewsWay and SOAR since system and RIP efficiency are especially critical to getting the news out - on time!" NewsWay is a state-of-the art, distributed solution that uses industry-standard, open systems components to provide job and edition planning, workflow automation and production management tools for printers and publishers. NewsWay's modular architecture permits the system to be easily customized for a particular site. It also allows installation to occur in phases, eliminating downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. and minimizing impact on production. ProImage developed the user interface for the new RIP, which has the NewsWay look and feel. As with all NewsWay modules, the user interface is embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in a 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. , allowing it to be run from any workstation on the Internet or on a corporate intranet. All NewsWay modules run on 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. . Editor's Notes Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : About Harlequin: With a rapidly growing worldwide base of OEM partners, Harlequin is recognized internationally as a leading supplier of open systems-based software for digital printing and publishing applications. Since it was founded in 1986, the company has been dedicated to the development and delivery of highly creative and effective solutions to customers' problems. Harlequin has grown into a global software company with world-class expertise in high quality digital printing and publishing, information management, and software development and delivery tools. The company has offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the United Kingdom and Australia. For more information about Harlequin, visit their Web site at www.harlequin.com. About ProImage: Founded in 1995, ProImage is a solutions developer specializing in workflow management and page distribution systems in publishing production environments. Headquartered in Israel, the company has operations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. NewsWay systems are installed and operational in publishing organizations in North America, Europe and the Far East. For more information about NewsWay products visit ProImage in booth 2477 at NEXPO'99 or their Web site at www.newsway.com. Harlequin and ScriptWorks are registered trademarks and Scalable Open Architecture RIP, SOAR and Harlequin Screening Library are trademarks of Harlequin Group plc. NewsWay is a trademark of ProImage Ltd. PostScript is a registered 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. Incorporated. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. All products and specifications are subject to change. Harlequin makes no warranty and accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of information or particulars in this document. |
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