This new version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) pre-flighting application uses more than 400 criteria to analyze the characteristics of PDF files. An extensive selection of pre-defined pre-flight profile templates, addressing most day-to-day needs, is also provided.

In addition, the application will check for compliance with the PDF/X-3 standard, a method for exchanging newspaper advertising files being developed in Germany and Switzerland.

Branded "Our Time," the senior living site attracted national sponsorship from Wal-mart Stores Inc. Each Lee newspaper will also print and distribute an "Our Time" special section.

The archive, which was processed from microfilm, contains data from move than 30,000 issues totaling more than 1.9 million pages.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL, owned by Gannett Co. Inc. of McLean, Va., also said it was making plans to redesign its classified section, implement the 50-inch newsprint web reduction and build an $80 million production plant.

In conjunction with the installation of this new technology, Queensland Newspapers and its parent company, News Ltd. of Sydney, Australia, are taking the opportunity to consolidate all their Brisbane-area advertising sales into a single call center.

The upgrade will cover 153 workstations at Quest Community Newspapers and the COURIER MAIL.

Librarians and editors from the university will manage the collection through a cross-platform dedicated client, while users search and request images and other assets through a web browser. All images will be watermarked, and requests for image reuse will be routed automatically by the system.

The product will be deployed at all of the company's daily newspapers: the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW (125k), the VALLEY NEWS-DISPATCH (31k) of New Kensington, THE LEADER-TIMES (10k) of Kittanning, the DAILY COURIER (9k) of Connellsville and the VALLEY INDEPENDENT (1k) of Monessen.

As part of the deployment, NewsEngin will provide customization so that all six of its newspapers can automatically share stories and story schedules.

The company also said the Medill News Service of Chicago has installed My NewsEngin for its staff of 40 reporters. The service's clients now receive stories automatically in the format they request -- e-mailed attachments, e-mailed messages or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) delivery.

Based on Nando Media's Digital Workbench content management system, Community Cornerstone's base level includes the Digital Workbench, the Direct2Local business directory, an events calendar, a sports-score database and links to entertainment and news modules included in most city guides. Publishers have the option to use all or part of the Community Cornerstone elements.

The company said it had converted McClatchy's nine newspaper portal sites to Community Cornerstone.

The Quark DMS 1.6 release adds support for the Internet and business information with the addition of an eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) processor and a web site import tool.

USA TODAY began a pilot project with Salesforce.com, whose service is subscription based, in April 2001, rolling out the application to its internal sales force in Virginia. The company cut short the pilot and began implementing the application to employees in Washington, New York and London.

The companies said the system includes 126 workstations in a deal worth 1 million pounds (US$1.4 million). The parent company of Examiner, Thomas Crosbie Holdings, said it plans to expand its use of Tera products to other titles as well.

The driver controls the HP 5000 proofers at high speeds and supports six ink colors. The HP 5000 can be driven via a network interface or a fast-parallel connection to an existing RIP platform, which could be a Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Macintosh (System 8.6 or 9) Xitron Navigator RIP.

The company is also offering a stand-alone Navigator Xitron Proofer RIP (XPR) on either platform. The Xitron Navigator is based on the Global Graphics' Harlequin RIP.