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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!”

Creo buys plate manufacturing in VA for $13.3M

Creo Acquires U.S. Printing Plate Manufacturing Facility

Vancouver, BC, CANADA (February 17, 2004) ? Creo Inc. (NASDAQ: CREO; TSX: CRE), today announced the acquisition of a printing plate manufacturing facility in Middleway, West Virginia from Spectratech International, Inc. Under the terms of the transaction, Creo acquires the assets of Spectratech for approximately US$13.3 million and working capital for approximately US$6.0 million. The assets include Spectratech?s current plate business, land, manufacturing equipment, factory and storage facilities while working capital consists of inventory and accounts receivable. Creo expects that the acquisition will be accretive to earnings by the end of this calendar year.

?We have achieved a major milestone with today?s acquisition,? stated Amos Michelson, Creo chief executive officer. ?Creo now has long-run negative plate technology with superior on-press performance that complements the strengths of the Creo Positive Thermal Plate (PTP). We also gain many new thermal plate customers most of whom already own Creo equipment.?

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.

Response 280- Scitex Super Scanner

Are you old enough to remember the Scitex Response 280?
In the picture you can see the CAD Input Digitization System, based on a color workstation and the large format drum-based Super Scanner. The system was designed to scan technical drawings in raster and feed them to a CAD system as vector data with certain amount of intelligence added to it.
The picture was sent to us by Shmuel Dekel (See ExScite Nostalgia section posting from: 12/11/2003 6:27:51 PM).

Scitex Completes the Sale of SDP Business to Kodak

Press release: Tel Aviv, Israel ? January 5, 2004.
Scitex Corporation Ltd. (Nasdaq & TASE: SCIX), announced today the closing of the previously disclosed sale of the business of Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. (SDP) to Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK).

In addition, effective today, Raanan Cohen has been appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Corporation, replacing Mr. Nachum (Homi) Shamir who will be joining Kodak in connection with the transaction.
Sale of SDP to Kodak Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Kodak acquired from Scitex substantially all the assets of SDP, a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Scitex and a leader in ultra-high-speed digital printing technology, for $250 million in cash and assumed substantially all of SDP?s liabilities related to the ongoing business.
In addition, as part of the transaction, Scitex retained $12 million of SDP’s cash balance at closing. In the first quarter of 2004, Scitex expects to recognize a capital gain (net of taxes) in its financial statements of approximately $60 million as a result of the closing of the transaction.

Ami Erel, President and CEO of Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (DIC) and Chairman of Scitex Corporation, commented: ?Following the sale of SDP, Scitex Vision becomes Scitex?s sole major subsidiary. I am confident that Mr. Dov Ofer, President and CEO of Scitex Vision, will continue to lead Scitex Vision to a successful future. In light of Scitex’s strong cash position following the SDP sale, we believe that we will further enhance shareholder value with our planned cash distribution and with the retention of sufficient funds to allow us to consider investments that will build a successful future for Scitex.?

Mr. Avi Fischer, Deputy Chairman of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Co-CEO of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. and a member of Scitex’s Board of Directors, added: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the management and employees of SDP for their invaluable contributions to the company throughout the years, and wish them all success in their new roles with Kodak. I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Shamir as a member of the Board of Directors of Scitex, enabling Scitex to benefit from his continued assistance and involvement in the future.?

Creo to Resell Xerox Digital priners

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Press release, Jan 5, 2004

Creo Signs Agreement to Resell Xerox Digital Systems; Companies to
Cooperate on Digital Printing Workflow Software Development

Vancouver, BC, Canada and Rochester, NY, Jan. 5, 2004 ? Creo Inc. (NASDAQ:
CREO; TSX: CRE) and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced today that they have
entered into an agreement under which Creo will resell Xerox?s mid-range and
entry-level production color digital presses in the United States and Canada.

Effective February 1, Creo will sell the Xerox DocuColor? 3535, 5252 and 6060
digital color presses combined with the Creo Spire? color server and other
prepress software. In addition, Creo will work with Xerox?s direct sales force
to identify sales opportunities for the DocuColor iGen3 production press.

The reseller agreement allows Xerox to increase the penetration of digital
presses into commercial print establishments and offers Creo the ability to
provide customers with a complete digital printing solution.

?Xerox and Creo have worked together for many years and we share a vision for
how digital print can help commercial printers be more successful,? stated Amos
Michelson, Creo chief executive officer. ?With this agreement, we will be able
to support our customers in their move to a combined offset and digital printing
world.?

Under the new agreement, Creo will provide system analysis and applications
support for the prepress workflow software systems including the Spire color
server, while Xerox will provide service and support for the digital presses.
Xerox will continue to sell the Scitex Spire color server as part of its
complete digital print portfolio through existing Xerox channels.

The companies also announced that they will cooperate on the development of
workflow software that increases the value of digital print for production
customers. Xerox and Creo are both supporters of Networked Graphic Production? (NGP?)
? the industry-wide initiative with over 30 partners working to automate the
entire print production process and create an efficient, collaborative
environment between management and production systems. NGP Partners are
committed to working together to deliver seamlessly integrated, cross-vendor
solutions that decrease cycle times, cut costs and increase revenues. Xerox and
Creo expect that their unified workflow software developments will be leading
examples of the application of open industry standards. The first examples of
the collaborative development are expected to be demonstrated at the upcoming
Drupa 2004 tradeshow in May.

?Creo?s relationships with commercial printers and its dominant installed base
of prepress workflow systems mean that we can bring the value of digital
printing to more customers by working together,? said Gil Hatch, president,
Xerox Production Systems Group. ?Our joint product development will address our
customers? workflow challenges to provide more efficient processes and deliver
greater productivity.?

The combined future digital workflow solutions will allow printing professionals
to tightly integrate digital printing into their current production operations.
For instance, initial work on a project can be completed without a commitment to
any particular method of print. At the click of a mouse, operators will
instantly direct work to either a digital or an offset press and intervening
prepress steps like imposition, formatting and color calibration will be
automatically executed. This workflow allows customers to deliver a full range
of printed products with unmatched quality and efficiency.