SOFTWARE MACKIEV INTRODUCES LABEL-FREE PRINTING.Software MacKiev Software MacKiev is a company specialized in Macintosh software development and publishing. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Software MacKiev has its main workshop in Kiev, Ukraine. , a developer and publisher of Mac OS X software has added support for label-free CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. printing for Broderbund's The Print Shop for Mac -- Mac OS X Edition 1.0 using certain EPSON EPSON Son of Electronic Printer Stylus Photo printers. The Print Shop for Mac thus becomes the first major consumer print productivity product for Mac OS X users to offer support for printing directly onto printable CDs and DVDs. The new edition of The Print Shop for Mac developed and published by Software MacKiev already makes it easy to create great-looking CD/DVD labels. The product comes with a large selection of professionally-designed project templates and features integration with Apple's iTunes software that allows users to import track names and times from their playlists with a single click, as well as matching CD and case art for Apple's iDVD themes. Affordable Direct-CD Printing Now, users of the new version of The Print Shop for Mac who also have an EPSON Direct-CD printer can have even better-looking results without the cost and hassle associated with traditional "peel and stick" CD/DVD labels. Direct-CD printing support is provided for EPSON Stylus Photo printers that come with a CD tray See tray drive. for Direct-CD printing (the EPSON Stylus Photo 960, 900, R200, R300/R300M and R800). To make this solution even more affordable, The Apple Store, Software MacKiev and EPSON are offering the promotion "Mix. Burn. Print. Save!" featuring up to $40 off the purchase of The Print Shop for Mac together with a qualifying EPSON Direct- CD printer at the Apple Store. Prices start at just $129.95 (after mail-in rebate) for The Print Shop for Mac and the EPSON Stylus Photo R200 printer when purchased together. All 79 Apple Store retail locations in the U.S. are offering demonstrations of Direct-CD printing using The Print Shop for Mac and EPSON printers during the promotion. "It's great that today's home users can produce gorgeous, professional-quality CD and DVD projects at completely affordable prices using just their Mac, the Mac OS X edition of The Print Shop for Mac and an EPSON printer that can print right onto the CD face." explained Jack Minsky, Software MacKiev's president. "Just a few years ago, this same capability would have cost well over a thousand dollars. This is truly CD printing for the rest of us (abuse) for The Rest Of Us - (From the Macintosh slogan "The computer for the rest of us") 1. Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products. 2. ." "As CDs and DVDs have become the preferred media for storing digital data, photos, music, and video, a need has emerged for a technology that enables digital enthusiasts to safely and creatively label their growing collection," said Lowell Wolf, product manager, Consumer Ink Jet Printers, Epson. "Epson's CD printing capability, coupled with The Print Shop for Mac software, developed by Software MacKiev, allows Mac owners not only to print directly onto ink-jet printable CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. or DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). media with personalized text, graphics and photos, but also gives them added graphics functionality." Pricing and Availability The Mac OS X edition of The Print Shop for Mac and the EPSON R200, R300 and 900 printers in the Apple Store promotion can be purchased from the Apple Store's 79 U.S. retail locations, the U.S. and Canadian Apple Store online, and by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE. When sold separately, The Print Shop for Mac's price at The Apple Store is $49.95, the Epson R200 is $99, the R300 is $179 and the Epson 900 is $149. Current owners of The Print Shop for Mac developed by Software MacKiev can download a special updater from the Software MacKiev Web site (http://www.mackiev.com) that will allow their copies of The Print Shop for Mac to take advantage of Epson Direct-CD printing capabilities. About Software MacKiev Software MacKiev is a developer and publisher of consumer software for Mac OS X and the world's largest contract-development company specialized in assisting other publishers in adopting Apple technologies in their products. Titles the company has published include World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia (winner of the 2003 Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption), The Print Shop for Mac (Best of Show -- Macworld 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 2003) and the upcoming Kid Pix Kid Pix is a bitmap drawing program aimed at children. Originally created by Craig Hickman, it was first released for the Macintosh in 1989 and subsequently published in 1991 by Brøderbund. Deluxe 3 for Mac OS X (Best of Show -- MacWorld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2004). About Epson Epson offers an extensive array of image capture and image output products for the consumer, business, photography and graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. markets. The company is also a supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) printers and transaction terminals for the retail market. Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global manufacturer and supplier of technology products that meet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. Epson America Inc. is headquartered in Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city located in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. . Software MacKiev Company can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.mackiev.com/. For more information, call 857/991-9342. |
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