2004
Understanding JDF
JDF (Job Definition Format) is a comprehensive XML-based file format/proposed industry standard for end-to-end job ticket specifications combined with a message description standard and message interchange protocol. JDF is designed to streamline information exchange between different applications and systems, intended to enable the entire industry, including media, design, graphic arts,…
nik Multimedia Color Efex Pro 2.0 Review
nik Multimedia, the German developer of Photoshop plug-ins, only recently released the second version of its filter collection Color Efex. nik Multimedia gave me the opportunity to review Color Efex 2.0 Complete edition, which contains all available filters in one package. New in Color Efex 2.0 are 16-bit capabilities, advanced…
The HP DesignJet 30n: Proofer And Photo Printer Review
The HP DesignJet 30 is the successor of the DesignJet 20. Both DesignJets are medium-format inkjet printers. The larger inkjet in this range is the DesignJet 130, which I couldn’t test by lack of space. However, the DesignJet 130 is basically the same printer, only capable of larger paper formats…
EFI Designer Edition 4.0 for HP DesignJet 30 and 130
EFI Designer Edition for HP 4.0 is compatible across platforms, providing greater flexibility for both Mac OS X and Windows end users. Additional support for the HP remote proofing format, RPF 2.0 and HP CMYK Plus colour technology are also included. The new EFI Designer Edition support produces greater consistency…
Maya 6 Review
Alias released Maya 6 just a couple of weeks ago. Maya 6 is an important upgrade with many new and improved features. Examples of these important features include the newly designed non-linear Trax editor, new scene segmentation and file referencing features and support…
Barcode Toolbox: Barcode for Illustrator
The idea is great: write a plug-in to draw barcodes in Illustrator, a program that is often used for designing package material. But the idea can even be better: why not build a plug-in that will only allow for correct barcodes to be created? That’s what Yin4Yang did with Barcode…
HP No. 85 Inks: technical overview
With hundreds of inkjet patents worldwide, HP has developed a broad range of products related to photo printing since the introduction of its first photo inkjet printer. Many of the advancements in HP photo printing can be directly traced to innovations in the ink itself—the center of any inkjet printing…
Smart Connection Pro CS Publishing Solution
Adobe InDesign works perfectly together with InCopy to form a publishing workflow system that competes with systems like Quark’s Publishing System. It compares favourably with legacy systems that are usually custom-built and not open to upgrades except for those programmed expressly by the developer, or to easy cross-media publishing. The…
Gemini for Mac OS X
Iceni first released Gemini Solo for Mac OS X a couple of months ago. It now follows up with Gemini, a more complete and powerful version of the program. Gemini is aimed at repurposing PDF documents, something that previously was impossible unless you had Acrobat 6 Professional. And even then…
Core CSS - Second Edition
Core CSS, 2nd edition is a comprehensive guide to CSS1 through CSS3. It not only offers a complete overview of all the tags and code and the results, but also a look into the future with CSS3 and what’s more important, an overview of code validity for each common browser…
ExpressionEngine, full-blown Content Management
ExpressionEngine’s developer is Rick Ellis, the brains behind the excellent PHP-based blog tool pMachine. Still in a beta version, Ellis’ ExpressionEngine is a more powerful addition to pMachine. ExpressionEngine is positioned as a weblog system, but in reality it is a powerful Content Management System. It could very well do…
HP Indigo press 3050: New Mainstream Digital Commercial Press
HP announced the launch of the HP Indigo press 3050 for mainstream commercial printers. Based on the Series 2 engine, the HP Indigo press 3050 is targeted for medium to large commercial printers. The HP Indigo press 3050 replaces the HP Indigo press 3000 as a natural part of HP’s…
