The 82-seat installation completes a multimillion-pound modernization program for Cambridge Newspapers. The project began 10 years ago with construction of a new printing facility and has included new advertising and pagination systems.

Atex, based in Bedford, Mass., is on the Web at http://www.atex.com/.

New in ProductionManagerPro is compatibility with Creator 6 for ad-building from MultiAd Inc. of Peoria, Ill. ProductionManagerPro also works with Quark XPress (including support for Quark 5), InDesign 1.5, MultiAd Creator and MultiAd Creator 2.

Also new to version 1.7 of ProductionManagerPro is a Find Elements command. This feature allows the production staff to search for elements (graphics, logos, fonts) based on criteria such as file name, date created, date modified, size, file type, creator and keywords.

As with previous versions, the new version of ProductionManagerPro is designed to work with OS 8 and 9. The software is currently in the beta testing stage.

Baseview is a subsidiary of MediaSpan Group Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., and is on the Web at http://www.baseview.com/.

The GLOBE AND MAIL and CCI said the agreement allows for 240 concurrent users of the system.

CCI Europe, with U.S. offices in Kennesaw, Ga., is on the Web at http://www.ccieurope.com.

Centurfax's CCDot DotMeter is a quality control device for printing that measures halftone dots on film and on offset-litho plates, aiding in the calibration of imagesetters and platesetters. The Centurfax FlexoDot provides similar features for flexographic printing plates.

A dot meter combines digital camera and scanner technology with a microscope. The camera takes a snapshot of the area being measured and the system scans the pixels on the image. Rather than taking an average of dot density (as with a densitometer), a dot meter is measuring image area and providing an absolute value of dot coverage.

Centurfax, of London, England, is on the Web at http://www.centrufax.co.uk/.

The Freedom group will be carrying all eight on-line special sections. Freedom is on the Web at http://www.freedom.com/, while CityXpress is at http://www.cityxpress.com/.

The company said that it has also upgraded installations at 13 newspapers, including the DALLAS MORNING NEWS (495k) and the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (512k).

Edgil, of North Chelmsford, Mass., is on the Web at http://www.edgil.com/.

Fusion digital workflow and RIP products range from low-resolution raster image processors for directly driving color proofers and wide-format plotters to the extremely scalable SMP version of its digital front-end workflow solution (Fusion DFE). All products are optimized to run on SGI IRIX and Sun Solaris UNIX platforms.

Fusion Systems International, a division of LDR International Inc., also of Portland, is on the Web at http://www.fusiondfe.com/.

The product is an encrypted client/server document delivery system that enables print service centers (copyshop, commercial and corporate) to create customized specifications for creating files in the Portable Document Format (PDF) and output, and to distribute the software as a complete "own brand" PDF workflow package to their clients.

Clients are able to easily create, preview and submit any document, created in any application, direct from the desktop to designated print centers in an automated PDF workflow.

Licensing for Jaws PDF Courier consists of a single charge for the server software and various client software license packages.

Initial sales inquiries should be made through the web site at http://www.jawspdf.com/, while the company itself is at http://www.globalgraphics.com/.

The new technology allows Knight Ridder Digital to bring efficiency to its electronic publishing operations while presenting on-line advertisers with access to local markets across the nation.

Technically, the platform processes editorial feeds from Knight Ridder's daily newspapers, converts them into XML format, provides database tools for web site managers and newsrooms, and re-distributes content through e-mail, wireless and other channels. Market Leader is based on Knight Ridder Digital's COFAX web-publishing technology. The platform runs on BEA Weblogic application servers and Oracle databases, and uses Knight Ridder Digital's award-winning XMULTRA solution.

Knight Ridder Digital, a division of the San Jose-based Knight Ridder, is on the Web at http://www.knightridderdigital.com/.

With the addition of these affiliates, Legacy.com provides services for newspapers in nine of the 10 largest U.S. markets, and more than 40 markets in total.

In addition to broadening its affiliate base, Legacy.com is developing new services for its sites, including ObitMessenger, a fee-based subscription service that sends customized obituary information to users via e-mail. The service is currently being test-marketed at Legacy.com's three Chicago newspaper affiliates. A national rollout is scheduled for later this month.

Based in Evanston, Ill., Legacy.com is on the Web at http://www.legacy.com/.

RealTimeImage has on-line color proofing technology that is browser-based and works with even a basic dial-up connection.

New York-based DPCI, a custom software development firm that builds content management systems for companies in various industries, is on the Web at http://www.databasepublish.com/. RealTimeImage, which is based in San Bruno, Calif., is on the Web at .

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