COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Nov. 13, 1996

Nov. 13, 1996
Vol. 2, No. 48

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ARCHETYPE INC.
Archetype, a production software supplier based in Burlington, Mass., has been selected by System Integrators Inc. of Sacramento, Calif., to create a WYSIWYG composition system for classified ads. The two companies are building an 850-seat classified advertising system for Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), a German and Eastern European newspaper chain.

The SII-Archetype licensing agreement calls for Archetype to incorporate its NuDoc technology and NDL language into the system, which will enable ad takers to use forms or models to quickly build ads by "pouring" text and images into intelligent templates.

NuDoc is software designed to author elaborate pages for the Internet and other media. It consists of a language specification (NDL), and a NuDoc engine that provides a foundation for the development of NuDoc-compatible applications. Using this engine, NuDoc applications provide page layout including sophisticated typography, rotation and layering.

Running on Windows 95 or Windows NT, the new WYSIWYG composition system will allow ad takers to build multi-lingual ads, and customers to place ads over the phone or from hundreds of retail locations around Germany. PostScript files will be generated at the site of entry, enabling local proofing. Once the ads are completed, final PostScript will be passed to the SII pagination system.

WAZ plans to use Archetype's WYSIWYG system in the third quarter of 1997.

CE ENGINEERING PUBLISHING SYSTEMS INC.
CE Engineering, a software developer and system service provider for the newspaper industry based in Loomis, Calif., has announced two enhancements of its major product, Decade 33, an interface into publishing systems made by System Integrators Inc. of Sacramento, Calif.:

-- Decade Remote: This remote-only product will give users many of the classic Decade 33 functions at a significantly lower price. It will be available Dec. 1, 1996.

-- Font Editor: This feature will give Decade 33 users the ability to modify and design custom fonts. It will be available free of charge Dec. 16, 1996.

CE may be visited on the World-Wide Web at http://www.ceengineering.com/.

4-SIGHT INC.
4-Sight, a software developer based in Woburn, Mass., has announced an agreement with !NTERPRISE Networking Services from US WEST, a regional phone company, to promote digital telecommunications solutions to the publishing industry.

4-Sight and !NTERPRISE have scheduled an educational road tour which will target US West's 14-state region. The seminars will address the importance of ISDN in graphic arts for digital file transfer, and discuss remote proofing with the Imation Rainbow color proofing system.

Free seminars are scheduled Jan. 14-15 in St. Paul, Minn. at Bell-Olson Graphic Products, 2446 University Ave. South; Jan. 21-22 in Seattle at Momentum, 355 Treck Drive, and Jan. 23-24 in Portland, Ore., at LDR, 12021 North East Airport Way. For information, call 1-888-247-4448.

MONOTYPE SYSTEMS INC.
Monotype Systems, an imaging device manufacturer based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has announced these recent sales and installations:

-- CHICAGO TRIBUNE (690k, morning): Single and dual SpoolExpress systems, five Sun RipExpresses, six SelectSet Personality Cards, one Linotronic Personality card and two LaserPlex multiplexors with an IQ platform.

-- ANNAPOLIS (Md.) CAPITAL GAZETTE (45k, evening): Monotype Graphic System 3 (MGS3 - OPI server/ print spooler/graphic database) and client software for Macintosh and PC workstations.

-- BOSTON GLOBE (507k, morning): Two Dolev 4news recorders with two Carnfeldt on-line processors and two TP25 network controller-receivers.

-- DETROIT FREE PRESS (556k, morning): NT RipExpress running on a Pentium/166 and two ProofExpress proofers.

-- BEAVER (Pa.) COUNTY TIMES (45k, evening): PaperMaster II plain-paper proofer.

NATURAL INTELLIGENCE INC.
Natural Intelligence, a software developer based in Cambridge, Mass., has expanded its Java Training Division, offering a variety of on-site and off-site courses of instruction for management and technology workers. Natural Intelligence is a leader in the field of Java development, including Roaster, the development environment for Java.

The Java Training Division now offers classes for students at all levels, including management personnel who need the information to assess Java's potential for directing their company's development. For more information, visit Natural Intelligence on the World-Wide Web at http://www.natural.com/.

REAL MEDIA INC.
Swiss-based Publicitas Holdings, S.A., a major advertising services company, has made a minority investment in Real Media Inc., a New York-based Internet advertising software and services company. Publicitas Holdings operates in 35 countries from its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Real Media -- http://www.realmedia.com/ -- supplies Internet advertising management software to the newspaper industry. It also operates The Real Media Network, through which it places advertising into more than 100 newspaper web sites in the United States. Advertisers using The Real Media Network and its AdStream technology include Microsoft, AT&T and Mellon Bank. Newspaper sites that have received advertising through The Real Media Network include Boston.Com, affiliated with the BOSTON GLOBE; New Jersey Online, the site of the NEWARK STAR-LEDGER; HOUSTON CHRONICLE; Philadelphia Online, the on-line offering of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER and DAILY NEWS, and the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

The Publicitas Group, through its multimedia development company, MMD Multimedia Development S.A. -- http://www.mmd.ch/ -- will work with Real Media to develop technologies and services to enhance the effectiveness of on-line advertising.

SOFTWARE CONSULTING SERVICES
Software Consulting Services, a production systems supplier based in Nazareth, Pa., plans to release a new generation of Layout software by mid-1997. The new application will have a graphical user interface, produced using World-Wide Web development tools like Java, Tcl/Tk and Perl.

The program will run on Windows95, Windows-NT, Macintosh, SCO UNIX and Sun operating systems, offering all the functionality of the current Layout-8000 product and new features to provide Intranet and Internet capabilities. Customers who buy the current version of Layout-8000 will be able to upgrade to the new version when it becomes available.

The new program will allow users to import ads from a front-end system with just a mouse click. Ads can be dummied selectively or globally. All standard SCS import and export files will be maintained. The new Layout also includes a library of press configurations for control over color placement.

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