Aharon Nizani

Approval- Joint development: Kodak & Scitex

The joint development program between Scitex and Kodak Approval, was announced at Drupa in 1990. The (then) $250,000 proofer married a Kodak-developed recorder to a Scitex Whisper controller. The recorder produced about three proofs an hour on several paper stocks at 1,800 dpi, using inks developed for commercial sheet-fed or SWOP applications. The proofer applied screening to the contones using traditional Scitex screening.
The negotiations with Kodak were long and complex. This picture was taken at the final marathon-negotiation session in Herzlia in 1989 or 1990. Standing from left to right (click on the picture to enlarge):
Richard (Kodak), Moshe Broudo, Yoav Chelouche, Gideon Keydar, Shelagh Hammer, Aharon Nizani, Steve(Kodak) and Vic (Kodak).
Gideon is holding the clock to show that the negotiations were still going strong at 4 AM…..
The picture was sent to us by Shelagh.

WILLIAM the CONQUEROR @ STE

This famous Dutch guy “WILLIAM the CONQUEROR” has been spotted having a good time at the Scitex ESPN Party.
To view the source of his pleasant surprise, click in the picture.
If any of you can shed some light on this Scitex (was SDP?) event, if know this fellow, or his companions, please let us know…..

Ex_Libris

The Ex Libris Group announced that the ExScite.
Dan Trajman
has been appointed President of the Company?s US subsidiary, Ex Libris (USA),
effective immediately.
Dan
joins Ex Libris after having served as the President of Sapiens Americas, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Sapiens International N.V. (NASDAQ: SNPS) where he
was responsible for the company?s business strategy in the US market.
Previously, he was President and CEO of iKnowledge, Inc., a company which
provides Internet content management software for high-impact, database driven
applications.
Dan was with Scitex America in the 80’s and 90’s in various marketing and
application positions.

Earlier this year, another ExScite joined Ex Libris, in Jerusalem Israel.
Lior Ofer
has been appointed Director Of Global Support. He was with Scitex for 14
years.

Ex Libris (Jerusalem, Israel) is
company, a developer and provider of applications for libraries, information
centers and researchers. ALEPH, the Ex Libris integrated library solution, has
been installed at over 800 sites and consortia in over 50 countries. MetaLib,
the information portal for library collections, and SFX, the context-sensitive
link server for heterogeneous electronic resources in the scholarly information
environment, have been purchased by more than 530 institutions in 30 countries.
As a component of an overall digital strategy, DigiTool, a solution for
constructing digital collections, rounds out the Ex Libris product suite.

Thomas Langer

Thomas Langer is a venture partner at the Israeli Venture capital Pitango.

Bulldog_products

BullDog
Products of Orange County CA, is one of the premier suppliers in the digital
printing industry. The company provides a wide variety of high-performance
canvases, watercolor papers, inks, coatings, embellishment products, wide-format
digital printers and any
other
printing equipment such as scanners and RIP software.

The Ex-STA John Doe is the CEO and the largest shareholder of BullDog Products and has been
one of the early pioneers in Gicl

Remote Support: Downtime

Downtime Caught!

This illustration was prepared for Scitex America, customer Support in 2001.

The caption says:
Our hero, “Remote Support Man” makes quick work of the evil villain, “Downtime!”

Allison_Druin

Allison Druin (Ex-Scitex America) was nominated by the US President George W. Bush and Confirmed on January 26th by the U.S. Senate to serve a 5-year term on the United States National Commission of Libraries and Information Science.
In her role as Comissioner, she will help to effect policy concerning libraries and the dissemination and use of information in the US.
Dr. Allison Druin is an assistant professor (click to see Allison?s website) at the College of Information Studies and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland. She will still continue as a faculty member at the University of Maryland where she leads the International Children’s Digital Library.

Faking images in photojournalism -National Geo

(story from 1988) That the camera cannot lie is true only in the sense that the images it captures must have existed in one form or another at some particular time. But it is not always clear if those images have been manipulated in some way to alter or to stage an event which never happened….
National Geographic magazine, long known for its reputation of photojournalism excellence, used the Scitex computer digitizer on two recent occasions (April and Feb 1988 issues). On a cover story of Egypt, pyramids were squeezed together to fit the cover’s vertical format. A picture story on Poland contained a cover photograph that combined an expression on a man’s face in one frame with a complete view of his hat in another picture. Both cover images were altered without a hint of possible detection and without a note to readers that such manipulation was performed. Click here to see the complete article, which was originally published in Media Development, 1/1988, 41-42.

John_Ingraham

ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH appointed John Ingraham as Senior Strategic Development Manager.
In his new position, he shall handle business development activities for ColorGATE?s RIP software solutions for large format inkjet printers. He will additionally focus on technology and strategic planning for future ColorGATE products.
John began his career in the imaging industry over 20 years ago, which included management and development positions for industry imaging leaders such as IRIS Graphics, Oak Technology and Avid Technology. Most recently, he worked for LaserSoft Imaging AG to help support the development and project management activities for their scanner software products. John has published numerous articles in the areas of color management, inkjet printing, and awarded patents for digital halftoning and color reproduction.
Located in Hannover Germany, ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH is leading supplier of software for the digital print output. Founded in 1997, ColorGATE has established itself in only a few years with the development and marketing of user-friendly software solutions in the digital printing market.

Original view- Dolev drum

The Scitex plotters’ drums have always been an object of fascination. This picture was taken during a visit from France at the Scitex machining factory in Herzlia in 2000.

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