Agilent acquired technology that, when fully developed, offers manufacturers of digital cameras a process for posting photos directly on a web site, where they can be viewed, shared or printed. As part of the acquisition, 15 design engineers will join Agilent's Imaging Electronics Division, located in Santa Clara, Calif.

Agilent is on the Web at http://www.agilent.com/.

A Lowly Apprentice Production Inc.'s (ALAP) ImagePort improves workflow, saves gigabytes of hard-disk space, saves time and increases design flexibility. ImagePort 1.1, compatible with Quark XPress 4.1 or later for Macintosh and Quark XPress 4.04 or later for Windows, not only eliminates the need to flatten Photoshop images, but it also provides familiar controls over layers, channels and paths within Quark XPress.

ALAP is on the Web at http://www.alap.com/>.

To allow the distribution of trapping tasks, the new Frame Decision List (FDL) file format, which is now supported by PressTouch and will also be supported by upcoming versions of Brisque and PS/M, is used to allow trapping decisions to be created, previewed, modified and executed on different workstations.

Additionally, the British Columbia, Canada-based office of CreoScitex, and Purup-Eskofot A/S of Ballerup, Denmark, have jointly announced that they have reached an out-of-court agreement on several pending matters, the terms of which are confidential. Executives within the two companies expressed a mutual commitment to support both their own intellectual property and that of third parties.

CreoScitex is on the Web at http://www.crescitex.com/.

Powered by FizzyLab's ASP-based Network Relevator service, the Northwest Related News Network promotes web traffic between its members by providing readers with links to related articles on member sites. Current members include SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (205k), ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS (60k), THE COLUMBIAN (50k) of Vancouver, Wash., the REGISTER-GUARD (75k) of Eugene, Ore., the SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD (18k) of Mount Vernon, Wash., Tacoma, Wash.'s NEWS TRIBUNE (118k) and the TRI-CITY HERALD (35k).

FizzyLab is on the Web at http://www.fizzylab.com/.

Douglas Bergeron has resigned as president and chief executive office and from the board of directors as well.

Geac owns Geac Publishing Systems of Tampa, Fla., supplier of editorial, advertising and business software to the publishing industry.

Geac is located on the Web at http://www.geac.com/.

First, the Profile 4000, which is a single or multishot 4-million pixel back; the Profile 6000s, which is a single-shot 6-million pixel back, and the Profile 6000, which features single or multishot 6-million pixel capture. The 4000 and 6000s can be upgraded to the 6000.

Additionally from JOBO, the world's highest-resolution (10,500-by-13,100) four-by-five-inch digital scanning camera back is now available. The proScan 10500 generates 394-megabyte files (24-bit RGB) and is designed for professional photographers who don't need the archival qualities of four-by-five sheet film.

Lastly, designed for use in ink jet printers, PhotoBryte Hi-gloss Photo Paper Heavy Weight in 13-by-19-inch size has been announced. This product is designed to create color proofs, posters, presentations, signage, decorations, charts and color photos by using web-downloaded, scanned, floppy-CD or digital photo images. B+ paper also allows the creation of a print, then trim with a full bleed to 11-by-17-inch size.

JOBO is on the Web at http://www.jobodigital.com/.

MetaCommunications' InUnity 1.0 was recently announced as well, as a turnkey XML-based communications server that enables graphic arts companies to exchange print procurement and content information. The 1.0 package includes a set of predefined XML document schemas, and built-in translators for a variety of other XML standards such as JDF and JMF, with future support anticipated for emerging standards such as PrintTalk and PCX.

Lastly, MetaCommunications has announced the release of JobManager 3.0 offering features such as estimating, custom reports and InUnity support. JobManager is electronic job tracking, costing and billing software allowing the capture, management and tracking of employee time/material usage on-line.

MetaCommunications is on the Web at http://www.meta-comm.com/.

Neasi-Weber International (NWI) will first integrate its DISCUS circulation software with web access so that newspapers' customers can start and pay for subscriptions, initiate vacation stops or register complaints on-line.

Second, NWI plans to extend GDT-Nova's web capability to its ADMARC software, which will allow publications' display advertisers to reserve space, pay for advertisements and check billing and account information via the Internet.

NWI is on the Web at http://www.nwintl.com/, while GDT-Nova is on the Web at http://www.gdtnova.com/.

On-line simulation models are provided at SimVenture's web site and include modules representing the newspaper's traditional print business and an on-line business and sets up to provide on-line news delivery, advertising and, eventually, a platform for e-commerce.

SimVenture is on the Web at http://www.simventure.com/.

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