Prepress, postpress sales highlight Nexpo activities

CHICAGO — Digital Technology International is launching its Liquid Media publishing software, which encompasses the latest versions of NewsSpeed, AdSpeed, and ClassSpeed as well as DTI’s new Web content management app WebSpeed.

“The thirst for news is not declining, it is changing,” said Don Oldham, chief executive officer of DTI. “The need for advertisers to reach customers is not declining — it is changing. And it is changing in ways that do not favor print-only media.”

Liquid Media allows content to be used in every media space — print, Web and mobile devices — without the need to change format.

Meantime, Cox Newspapers Inc. purchased WebSpeed for all of its 17 daily newspapers. Installation of the software will be handled through a partnership between DTI and CoxNet. While the first newspaper to install the WebSpeed hasn’t been announced, DTI said several of the papers are expected to roll the new software by the end of the year.

WebSpeed includes DTI’s content management architecture with a toolset from Escenic of Oslo, Norway.

Left to right, Ed Hubbard, vice president of sales for DTI, Oyvind Orbak, chief executive officer for Escenic, Rajiv Pant, chief technical officer for COXnet, John Reetz, general manager for COXnet, Tonya D. Echols, director of business operations for COXnet.

 

Kodak sets non-interleaf thermal plate

Kodak is showing its forthcoming thermal digital, non-interleaf plate, which the company said will be available to newspapers later this year. The plate features enhancements specific to newspapers including faster imaging and processing, longer run lengths baked and unbaked, and high-resolution capability, Kodak said.

Kodak is also showing its ThermalNews and VioletNews plate, as well as its newest version of the NewsManager workflow app, version 1.1 and its Prinergy Evo app and Staccato screening apps.

Neil McLean, Kodak’s newspaper market director,
stands with the new Kodak plate.

 

AdMission unveils new app

AdMission Corp. is showing its new AdMission Marketplace app that features personalized storefronts, integrated search, advanced fraud protection and reverse publishing to print. Marketplace can be aimed at sellers that may not want to pay full boat on a print classified ad due to lesser item costs, but still want an effective online ad using multiple pictures. Paypal transactions are fully supported. AdMission also partnered up with eStara to include its Talk To Seller technology, which is already in use on The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post’s Web site www.palmbeachpost.com (see article in the upcoming May 2006 issue of Newspapers & Technology). The Talk To Seller feature allows shoppers to enter their phone number in a dialogue box and connect with both classified and display advertisers online.

 

Miracom rolls out control app

Miracom Computer Corp. rolled out Mirasert 8.0, an upgrade to its inserter control software. The app features a live Web interface, enhanced reporting, improved diagnostics and automatic jam protection, among other capabilities, the company said. Meantime, Miracom named Rick Whelan as an application technician.

 

Minn. paper buys PDF app

The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune purchased Apago’s Cluster Workflow 2.0 to bolster its prepress capabilities.

"We selected it to restore the searchability of our PDFs and to significantly improve our overall workflow," said Deborah Bowers, publishing technology/integration specialist for the Star Tribune. "In addition to maximizing our dual-processing operating system, Cluster Workflow will also allow us to produce multiple PDFs for electronic editions, internal archiving, and corporate communications — all from a single, original PDF.”

 

Fort Wayne papers tap Ferag

Fort Wayne (Ind.) Newspapers purchased two UTR gripper conveyors from Ferag as part of its new press and postpress project.