Cole's Newswire, Nov. 22, 1995

November 22, 1995
Vol. 1, No. 17

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AUTOLOGIC
A number of commercial printers recently have purchased equipment from Autologic Systems of Thousand Oaks, Calif.:

-- Treasure Chest, Sacramento, Calif.: One APS-SoftPIP/NT Intel RIP and Linotype interface.

-- Executive Greetings, New Hartford, Conn: One APS-SoftPIP/NT Intel and PreFlight software.

-- Star Publications, Chicago Heights, Ill: Two APS-Production Master 200s and one DFM.

-- Wallace Press/Color Forms, Elk Grove Village, Ill.: One APSSoftPIP/NT Intel RIP APS-2000 Laser Printer

-- Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, Mo.: Three APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIPs, and Agfa Interfaces.

-- Cohber Press, Rochester, N.Y.: One APS-Scan 2024 Mono Contone Flatbed Scanner.

-- Nynex Information Resources, Troy, N.Y.: One APS-2000 Laser Printer.

-- Osteen Publishing, Sumter, S.C.: One APS-Colorscan 350i CMYK Scanner.

-- Treasure Chest Dallas Color, Dallas: One APS-650PS Large Format Color Proofer.

-- Horticultural Printers Inc., Mesquite, Texas: One APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha, APS-Platemaster 3242 Computer-to-plate Laser Imager, APS-PreFlight Software.

-- Studio A Fotolito, San Andre, Brazil: One SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIP, APS-7/AV25 Imager.

-- Publicaciones Ahora, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: One APS-SoftPIP/NI Alpha RIP.-- Sun Publishing Co. Inc., Myrtle Beach, S.C.: One APS-SoftPIP/NT Alpha RIP.

BASEVIEW PRODUCTS INC.
A developer of Macintosh-based publishing software based in Ann Arbor, Mich., Baseview installed new software and upgrades at these sites in September:

-- COOKING LIGHT magazine of Birmingham, Ala., Two copies of ClassManager/Plus; custom programming; service contracts.

-- THE MORNING NEWS of Springdale, Ark. (16K morning daily), and the NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS in Rogers, Ark. (15K morning daily), three remote sites; eight copies of ClassManager/Plus; Classified Accounts Receivables module; custom programming; ClassFlow pagination XTension; the Page Director Ad Layout System.

-- The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER of Los Angeles (34K circulation trade daily), IQue Editorial System, including the IQuePro administration module; 36 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; 19 pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, the DragX Quark XTension and QTools); five copies of WireManager IQue; two copies of CommLink/Plus IQue; QSpool; seven QTools; seven copies of QXEdit; two copies of the Baseview Library System (five packs); Transporter; special service contracts and project management.

-- MANCHESTER (Ky.) ENTERPRISE and five sister weeklies, Three copies of Subscription Handler; Preprint Handler; Circulation Data Transfer.

-- DUKE CHRONICLE at Duke University in Durham, N.C. (15K daily), AdminPro administration module; 13 copies of NewsEditPro; six pagination packages (including NewsEditPro, DragX and QTools); WireManager.

-- THE DAILY NEWS of Batavia, N.Y. (16K evening daily), IQuePro administration module with style sheets; WireManager IQue; Fraction Font; CommLink/Plus IQue; 18 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; nine pagination packages (including DragX, NewsEditPro IQue and QTools); QSpool; Baseview Library System (five pack); Transporter; seven copies of ClassManager/Plus; Classified Accounts Receivables module; ClassManager Remote Merge; three copies of ClassManager Remote Receivables; ClassFlow; DisplayManager; five copies of ProductionManager; Page Director ALS.

-- DAILY STANDARD of Celina, Ohio (10K evening daily), QTools and extra editorial training.

-- MIAMI STUDENT of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (10K Tuesdays and Fridays), DisplayManager and Display Accounts Receivables module.

-- PUTNAM MORNING LIGHT of Cookeville, Tenn., a startup publication; CirculationPro, including Subscription Handler, Preprint Handler and Distribution Handler; ClassManagerPro; Classified Accounts Receivables module; ClassFlow.

-- LIVESTOCK WEEKLY of San Angelo, Texas, DisplayManager and Display Accounts Receivables module.

-- PROVO (Utah) DAILY HERALD (32K circulation; evening daily), IQue Server with graphics database module to administer the IQue Editorial System with its client/server database, version 2.0; 10 pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, DragX and QTools), four that run Native and six that are non-Native; 30 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; two copies of WireManager IQue; Fraction Font; CommLink/Plus; Transporter; Baseview Library System (five pack); QSpool.

Four newspapers bought Baseview's in-house training: the ELKHART (Ind.) TRUTH, the LANTERN of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, the LANTHORN of Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., and ST. CROIX VALLEY PEACH of Forest Lake, Minn.

CASCADE SYSTEMS INC.
Val-Pak of Largo, Fla., has become Cascade's 100th customer with the recent installation of a DataFlow page tracking system. Two-year-old Cascade, based in Andover, Mass., markets DataFlow, ImageFlow and MediaSphere digital products. Previous customers include NEWSDAY of Melville, N.Y., and a number of commercial printing enterprises.

EDGIL ASSOCIATES INC.
Edgil, based in North Chelmsford, Mass., has announced the sale of its EdgCapture credit card and check processing system to the IDAHO STATESMAN of Boise. The EdgCapture credit server and Atex client will authorize sales and transfer funds for the STATESMAN's classified advertising and circulation prepayments. The STATESMAN also purchased the Check Drafting and Debiting Option, which will enable the paper to accept personal checks for prepayment of ads and subscriptions. Transactions will be processed through First National Bank of Maryland.

MONOTYPE SYSTEMS INC.
Monotype, of Rolling Meadows, Ill., has sold a dual MGS3 system to the PORTLAND OREGONIAN. The OREGONIAN already owned six Sun RipExpresses, LaserPlex and LaserPlex IQ, and six high-resolution Monotype imagers. It will use the MGS3 as an OPI server.

MGS3 includes a graphics database, OPI server, print spoolers, e-mail notification, load leveling across several RlPs, network routing and PostFlight PostScript error checking. The Dual MGS3 system consists of two Sun SPARCstation 20/61 workstations.

PrePRESS SOLUTIONS
Members of the Panther family of imagesetting systems made by PrePress Solutions of East Hanover, N.J., have been installed recently at these newspapers: WEST FRANKFURT (Ill.) DAILY AMERICAN; NEVADA APPEAL of Carson City, Nev.; GASTON (N.C.) GAZETTE; LEXINGTON (N.C.) DISPATCH; BISMARCK (N.D.) TRIBUNE; GETTYSBURG (Pa.) TIMES; APPLETON (Wis.) POST CRESCENT; SHEBOYGAN (Wis.) PRESS; WAUKESHA (Wis.) COUNTY FREEMAN, and WINNIPEG (Manitoba, Canada) FREE PRESS

The installations included PantherPro, PantherPro/36, and PantherPro/46 imagesetting systems. Many of the installations also included PantherOPI, PrePRESS' OPI solution.

PUBLISHING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
Publishing Partners International of Manchester, N.H., has announced installations at five new sites:

-- The RECORD-JOURNAL in Meridan, Conn. (30K circulation), PPI Classified Advertising with Managing Editor Classified Pagination and CJ/HP3000 Business System Interface, seven networked users with dual Novell servers with 2.1OB mirrored storage. AMS replaces Crosfield.

-- The DAILY NEWS-TRIBUNE in LaSalle, IIl. (19K circulation), one daily and two agricultural weeklies. PPI Classified Advertising with Informatel Classified Pagination, MOSS Business System lnterface, seven networked users and dual Novell servers with mõrrored storage. AMS replaces the Dewar system.

-- North Jersey Newspapers in Passaic, N.J. (56K circulation), one daily and 22 weeklies. PPI Retail Order Entry with MES Ad Director, CNI AdTracker I/F and Unisys Business System Interface. 12 networked users with dual Novell servers with mirrored storage. AMS replaces DT.

-- The TRENTONIAN in Trenton, N.J. (19K circulation), one daily and two weeklies. PPI Classified Advertising with Managing Editor Inc. Classified Pagination and INSI AS400 Business System Interface, 12 networked users with dual Novell servers with mirrored storage. AMS replaces Intertext.

-- The PRESS ENTERPRISE in Bloomsburg, Pa. (21K circulation), PPI Classified Advertising, MES Classified Paginations and IBM Business System Interfaces. Six networked users with dual Novell servers with mirrored storage. AMS replaces SII.

SYSTEM INTEGRATORS INC.
Sacramento, Calif.-based SII has announced what it calls "the largest single order ever won by SII," the sale of an advertising system to the German newspaper group Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) for the group's offices throughout Germany. SII did not provide a dollar value for the contract.

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