COLE'S NEWSWIRE

January 3, 1996
Vol. 2, No. 1

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  • CYBERGRAPHIC INC.
    Queensland Newspapers of Brisbane, Australia, publishers of the COURIER MAIL (218k daily) and the SUNDAY MAIL (591k tabloid), have signed a multimillion-dollar contract for a 200-seat Cybergraphic Genesis II editorial and full-page pagination system.

    The two papers, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd., also turned to Cybergraphic, which is based in the United States in Burlington, Mass., for an upgrade of the existing 120-seat Cybergraphic classified system.

    Of the 200 editorial workstations, 110 will have full editorial pagination capabilities. All workstations will be served by two Alpha 2100 fileservers from Digital Equipment Corp., each equipped with two processor boards each. The architecture is known as Symmetrical Multi Processing. The system will have 30Gbyte of live storage space.

    The network, designed by Cybergraphic, is built around a fiber optic backbone and includes five remote sites with reporter and classified capabilities. Output will be to APS 3850s which support custom hole punching.

    Queensland Newspapers will be the first site to run with Cybergraphic's new Intelligent Wire Filtering software called WOLF, which uses the InText text search engine found in Internet search applications. WOLF allows a user to subscribe to special filters which use artificial intelligence to automatically create an extract of all stories that match the filtering criteria.

    The Cybergraphic system will be integrated to News Ltd.'s Image CopyFlow Management and Library system, which was developed at News Ltd.'s head office in Sydney.

  • DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
    A recent COLE'S NEWSWIRE referred to changes at Digital Technology International of Orem, Utah. Among them is a change in marketing staff. For current information from DT, and to ask about its products, the contact person is Kathy Bray at kathy_bray@powertalk.dtint.com

  • SYNAPTIC MICRO SOLUTIONS
    Appleton, Wis.-based Synaptic has announced these recent installations and upgrades at U.S. publications:

    WEST VALLEY VIEW, Avondale, Ariz. -- classified system upgrade.

    BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark. -- installation of Trakker 350 to existing system.

    DAILY CALIFORNIAN, Berkeley, Calif. -- classified/ad billing system upgrade; addition of ClassLink to Quark XPress for pagination.

    CLASSIFIED GAZETTE, San Rafael, Calif. -- new installation of ClassLink to Quark, classified system upgrade.

    CHESHIRE (Conn.) HERALD -- upgrade of accounts receivable system.

    WASHINGTON (D.C.) BLADE -- new installation of TPI for classified to voice mail, three Windows Quark Xpress and two additional workstations.

    Williams Communication Inc., Norcross, Ga. -- new installation of advanced accounts receivable, ad scheduling, Advanced Subscription Manager, Advanced Circulation Manager, SunType Classified and Intelligent Dummying.

    TOCCOA (Ga.) RECORD -- upgrade of accounts receivable system.

    WOOD RIVER JOURNAL, Haily, Idaho -- upgrade of accounts receivable system.

    IDAHO ARGONAUT, Moscow, Idaho -- upgrade of advanced accounts receivable system.

    CARROLL (Iowa) TIMES HERALD -- upgrade of existing CYMA Payroll, advanced training on CYMA products.

    WAVERLY (Iowa) DEMOCRAT -- upgrade of subscription and circulation manager programs.

    DAILY EGYPTIAN, Carbondale, Ill. -- addition of one accounts receivable user license, upgrade of classified system.

    FOX VALLEY SHOPPING NEWS, Yorkville, Ill. -- upgrade of accounts receivable system.

    DAILY CLINTONIAN, Clinton, Ind. -- addition of one editorial user license to existing system

    CORYDON (Ind.) DEMOCRAT -- upgrade of Advanced Subscription Manager System.

    SUPER SHOPPER, Burlington, Kan. -- new installation of SunType Classified.

    FRANKLIN (Ky.) FAVORITE -- upgrade of classified.

    ELLSWORTH (Maine) AMERICAN -- ClassLink for Quark Xpress added to an existing classified ad/billing system.

    NEW BALTIMORE (Mich.) VOICE -- upgrade of classified ad and new installation of Class Link/Windows.

    CANNON FALLS (Minn.) BEACON -- Upgrade of accounts receivable, advanced subscription, and classified systems, new installation of Netware file server.

    MORRISON COUNTY RECORD, Little Falls, Minn. -- upgrade of accounts receivable and ad scheduling.

    PINE CITY (Minn.) PIONEER -- installation of advanced subscription manager including Multi Zone and Zip+4 options, advanced circulation manager including the Multi Zone and carrier check options.

    DEXTER (Mo.) STATESMAN -- upgrade of accounts receivable.

    FRANKLIN COUNTY TRIBUNE, Union, Mo. -- upgrade of accounts receivable.

    COMMERCIAL DISPATCH, Columbus, Miss. -- addition of one classified user license, installation of classified and editorial systems, with ClassLink and NewsLink to Quark Xpress for pagination.

    DAILY SENTINEL STAR, Grenada, Miss. -- classified link to Quark Xpress.

    DURHAM (N.C.) CHRONICLE -- upgrade of accounts receivable system.

    BRUNSWICK BEACON, Shallotte, N.C. -- installation of Class Link for pagination, upgrade of classified system.

    McCOOK (Neb.) DAILY GAZETTE -- upgrade of accounts receivable system.

    HUDSON REPORTER, Hoboken, N.J. -- upgrade of advanced accounts receivable and classified ad systems.

    ROSWELL (N.M.) DAILY RECORD -- installation of SunType classified system.

    GRANVILLE (N.Y.) SENTINEL -- upgrade of CYMA Payroll.

    ITHACA (N.Y.) TIMES -- upgrade of three-user classified system.

    NEW YORK OBSERVER -- installation of advanced circulation manager network.

    DELPHOS (Ohio) HERALD -- installation of Trakker 350.

    DAILY SUN NEWS, Dallas, Ore. -- installation of advanced subscription system.

    NEWS REGISTER, McMinnville, Ore. -- installation of ClassLink to Quark.

    WILLAMMETTE WEEK, Portland, Ore. -- upgrade of Novell Network, installation of ClassLink to classified system.

    NEWS & REPORTER, Chester, S.C. -- installation of classified ad system.

    EASLEY (S.C.) PROGRESS -- upgrade of CYMA Payroll.

    MADISON (SD.) DAILY LEADER -- installation of Advanced Subscription Manager.

    BULLETIN TIMES, Bolivar, Tenn. -- installation of advanced accounts receivable system.

    ROANE COUNTY NEWS, Kingston, Tenn. -- installation of SunType classified ad system.

    KNOXVILLE (Tenn.) METRO PULSE -- installation of accounts receivable, display ad billing, CYMA general ledger-accounts payable-payroll.

    MEMPHIS (Tenn.) BUSINESS JOURNAL -- upgrade of CYMA Payroll.

    NASHVILLE (Tenn.) SCENE -- upgrade of CYMA Payroll.

    HOUSTON (Texas) PRESS -- addition of two classified ad/billing user licenses.

    GALAX (Va.) GAZETTE -- installation of SunType Classified, ClassLink to Mac.

    NAPA REGISTER, Herndon, Va. -- installation of 27-user editorial system, with wire capture and News Link.

    ANTIGO (Wis.) DAILY JOURNAL -- upgrade of Subscription Manager.

    EVERGREEN COUNTY SHOPPER, Ashland, Wis. -- upgrade of existing CYMA Payroll.

    CLINTONVILLE (Wis.) SHOPPER -- installation of SunType classified ad/billing system.

    DELAVAN (Wis.) SHOPPER -- purchase of a grandfather clause price-locking certificate for two years.

    MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL -- addition of one subscription and one circulation user licenses.

    DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. -- installation of CMS Trakker 250 to existing system.

    WATERTOWN (Wis.) DAILY TIME -- installation of Advanced Subscription and Circulation Manager.

    Lincoln County Newspapers, Hamlin, W.Va. -- upgrade of classified ad/billing system to current.

    DAILY ATHENAEUM, Morgantown, W.Va. -- upgrade of accounts receivable software, installation of Novell Standard Netware 3.12.

  • SCITEX AMERICA CORP.
    Scitex America of Bedford, Mass., has announced the first installation of its Scitex DoPlate 800 computer-to-plate system.

    Kirkwood Printing Inc., a commercial printer in Wilmington, Mass., has installed the internal-drum platesetter for imaging up to 40-inch plates in color and black and white.

    Kirkwood, which has more than $9 million in annual revenues, generally prints runs in the range of 5000 to 150,000. The press room is equipped with two-, four- and six- unit Heidelberg presses and an eight-unit Mitsubishi. Kirkwood already had a Scitex prepress system with facilities for scanning, desktop publishing, workstation editing, digital proofing, and output to film and now computer-to-plate.

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