Helios EtherShare OPI 2.0 offers extensible platform for prepress.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1995--HELIOS Software GmbH (booth #3509), the leading UNIX-based OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. solution provider supporting Macintosh, DOS/Windows and 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). clients, announced the upcoming release of Helios EtherShare OPI 2.0 to ship 1Q, 1996. Extensible architecture for Open Prepress Interface EtherShare OPI 2.0 introduces the next generation of cross-platform, high-performance OPI solutions. The new version includes a pioneering, flexible extension architecture which allows Helios and independent third parties to enhance EtherShare OPI's functionality in a customizable modular fashion and at various levels; whether at the file system level to access data transfers, at the file format level to support a wider range of image formats, or at the color management and screening level to facilitate exact color matching throughout the entire digital prepress process. New features Helios itself has added features based on its new extensible architecture. Now EtherShare OPI 2.0 includes support for extra file formats including Scitex CT, DCS (1) See also DSC. (2) Digital Cross-connect System) A network switching and grooming device used by telecom carriers. See digital cross-connect. 2, and PhotoShop native formats. Additionally, Helios EtherShare OPI 2.0 adds support for 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. , RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). , Lab, CIE-xyz and YCC YCC Youth Conservation Corps YCC Your Concept Car (Volvo) YCC Yale College Council (Yale University) YCC Youth Connecting Communities YCC York City Council (UK) color spaces that allows images to be kept in their original color spaces for best color results and maximum flexibility. The most intriguing new feature is its support of complete color management from layout, to proof print to final film output when working with documents created using the Helios ColorSync 2 XTension jointly announced by Helios and Linotype-Hell. This new XTension gives QuarkXPress users maximum flexibility and now allows them to offload resource-intense operations to the Helios OPI server. Because Helios co-developed the underlying color management method (CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. ) with Linotype-Hell, the original supplier for Apple's ColorSync 2 specification, EtherShare OPI 2.0 guarantees color matching that fully complies with ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce standards and that results will be identical with those achieved with ColorSync 2 on Apple Macintosh. Wide industry support With over 3,000 Helios EtherShare OPI customer sites already in place and endorsement by most leading prepress vendors, major Helios prepress partners have already committed to the new programming interface to develop additional prepress solutions based on the extensible architecture. Smart Ideas for Better Networking Helios EtherShare OPI runs on powerful and scalable Unix/RISC-based servers from Data General, Digital, IBM, HP, Motorola, SGI, and Sun. EtherShare OPI provides reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients using layout applications which either comply with the Adobe/Quark OPI specifications or can handle EPSF (Encapsulated PostScript File) The full name of an EPS file. It is used for EPS file extensions in non-DOS and Windows platforms that can handle more than three characters. See EPS. and/or DCS images. Helios products are sold worldwide by distributors and value added resellers (VARs) to provide complete networking solutions to customers. Helios software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by major vendors in the prepress industry including: Agfa-Miles, Berthold, Cascade, CCI, Crosfield, Fuji, Linotype-Hell, Monotype, Omron, Scangraphic, and Scitex. Helios products for 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. platforms are also marketed under the HP logo by Hewlett-Packard in Germany. For further information please contact HELIOS Software GmbH, attn: marketing, Lavesstr. 80, D-30159 Hannover, fax +49 511-3648269, AppleLink helios.de/marketing or Internet: marketing@helios.de. For U.S.-based sales information, contact Helios' U.S. distributor, European Mikrograf Corporation located at 269 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite 100 Scotts Valley, CA 95066; 408-461-6061 (voice); 408-461-6065 (fax); Internet: info@ugraf.com. -0- Note to Editors: See HELIOS Software at Seybold Conference in San Francisco, booth 3509. CONTACT: HELIOS Software GmbH Peter Mayr, 011-49-511-36482-40 or WORLDVIEW Bill Gram-Reefer, 510/676-4733 |
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