Color Business Report Index to Volume 8 (January 1998 - December 1998) Index for current year can be accessed on our website: http://www.blackstoneresearch.com Editor and Publisher: Michael Zeis Color in everyday business called “the target market.” Our coverage of user applications is The Color Business Report covers color computer products, color based on personal or telephone interviews, usually with the reprographics , and related issues. An editorial premise is that, intention of describing the environment of use and the sales in time, computer-based color will be incorporated into everyday environment. business applications, and will begin to be used in the home, as well. In writing the Color Business Report, the editors hope to Custom research available help product managers and strategic planners understand the The Color Business Report is published by Blackstone Research links between products and applications by mixing product news, Associates, a market research and publishing firm. Blackstone feature articles on technologies and applications, and user profiles. Research Associates specializes in using end-user field research to support clients’ proprietary information requirements. In Broad product coverage addition, Blackstone Research publishes market reports such as With some exceptions, color applications rely on a set of Barriers to Color Adoption and Color in the Office: The Dynamics components that have to work together (scanners, monitors, and of Adoption. printers, for example). For this reason, the charter for product coverage in the Color Business Report is quite broad. In an How to Use This Index environment that is headed toward universal or common platforms Because the Color Business Report covers color products, the and away from proprietary solutions, the success of a particular word “color” is usually not included in index categories or color product depends greatly on the performance of other products citations. Citations include issue (month) and starting page in the system. Thus, we feel, product managers and students of color number. If an item includes a photograph or print sample, a markets are challenged to keep current on product categories that notation is made. Free-standing inserts are identified as such may be new to them, and out of their usual domain. in italics after the citation. Titles of charts and tables are printed in italics. Citations with the word “chart” following Reporting on end users them refer to a listing on a product chart. Back issues are The Color Business Report has a special interest in reporting on available from Blackstone Research Associates for $30 each users of new products, from leading edge users who ($60 each for non-subscribers). Call or use the order form at exerciseproducts to their fullest, and from users who might be the back of the Index. Copyright © 1999 by Blackstone Research Associates. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. 4-Sight: ISDN Manager file transfer tool to be bundled Agfa with DuPont’s PreView proofer chart Apr 6 ePhoto 1280 digital camera to be distributed by A.B. Dick CompUSA chart Feb 18 To distribute PrePress’ Panther products in Fry’s Electronics to distribute Agfa’s ePhoto 780 North America chart Jan 16 digital camera chart Feb 18 To market Xeikon digital color presses in Canada chart Dec 12 To distribute Purup-Eskofot scanners chart Mar 10 Aarque Systems to market ITEC software and printers Introduces SnapScan EZ 30-bit scanner Apr 6 in Australia and New Zealand chart Dec 12 To offer products through quarterly catalogs and AccelGraphics 2d/3d graphic subsystems to be commercial web site chart Apr 6 distributed through Ingram Micro chart Mar 10 D & H Distributing to distribute scanners and Ace Hardware: X-rite’s MatchRite paint-matching digital cameras chart Apr 6 available in Ace’s 5,000 stores chart Oct 18 To distribute OEM version of EFI’s Fiery Si server Acer Computer: Mysoftware’s business software to be in Europe chart Apr 6 bundled with Acer’s computers chart Jan 16 To bundle ColorTune Pro color management software Activelight created as Boxlight subsidiary chart May 23 with GretagMacbeth products chart Apr 6 Adobe Adds PhotoPrint Paper and PhotoPrint Panoramic PhotoDeluxe 2.0 software to be bundled with Paper to AgfaJet line of media Apr 7 ScanJet 5100C scanners chart Feb 18 Introduces Canon-based XC717 copier chart May 14 To cross-license printing and graphics software Introduces Canon-based XC917 copier chart May 14 patents with IBM chart Mar 4 Reduces price of ePhoto 307 digital camera May 19 To integrate Acrobat PDF library with Corel’s Reduces price of ePhoto 780 digital camera May 19 CorelDRAW 8 and CorelVENTURA software chart July 15 Reduces price of ePhoto 1280 digital camera May 19 Licenses Color Savvy’s SavvyProfileSuite software chart Nov 8 Reduces price of SnapScan EZ 30-bit scanner May 19 Screen to license Adobe’s graphic arts technology Color and color management explained in The Secrets patents chart Dec 12 of Color Management May 20 Advanced Display Technology acquires Litton Systems’ CTP and imagesetter products to be integrated with flat-panel manufacturing facility in Toronto chart July 15 Polaroid’s PolaProof proofing system chart May 22 Advanced Hi-Tech Copying Systems Business Unit acquired by Lanier chart May 22 American Speedy to promote AHT’s ColorFlare RIP To distribute PhotoSpin’s digital images through for use by its franchisees chart Dec 12 international channels chart May 23 To supply Minuteman Press franchise with ePhoto 1280 digital camera to be distributed by ColorFlare RIPs chart Dec 12 Ritz Camera chart May 23 AGA Chemicals To bundle CycloVision’s digital imaging software with Introduces Pictorico line of ink jet media July 13 ePhoto 1680 digital camera chart July 5 Pictorico Media List July 14 Reduces price of ePhoto 1280 digital camera chart July 6 Color Business Report 1998 Index Page 1 Agfa (cont.) Releases ColorSync 2.5 color management software Apr 14 Introduces ePhoto 1680 digital camera chart July 13 Introduces Apple Studio Display 15.1" LCD chart May 20 Introduces AgfaJet line of ink jet media July 14 To resell HP’s DeskJet 890CM and 694C printers chart May 23 AgfaJet Media Price List July 14 Applied Science Fiction To develop and market digital commercial printing Digital ICE image enhancement utilities incorporated products with Polaroid Graphics Imaging chart July 15 into Nikon Coolscan III film scanner Aug 8 WYNIT to distribute Agfa digital cameras and Digital ICE technology performs retouching scanners in U.S. chart Aug 4 during scanning Dec 8 To cooperate with Océ Printing Systems on APT to distribute SanDisk products in Australia chart May 23 marketing, reselling, and R & D chart Aug 5 ArcSoft Introduces Chromapress 32Si Aug 8 Reduces price of Zipshot video capture device chart Apr 7 Introduces DuoScan T1200 flatbed scanner chart Sept 11 Zipshot ZV video-capture device to be integrated Introduces SnapScan 1236S flatbed scanner chart Sept 11 with Ricoh digital cameras chart May 22 Introduces SnapScan 1236S Artline flatbed scanner Introduces PhotoPrinter 2.0 photo printing shipped with MetaCreations software chart Sept 11 software chart July 14 Reduces price of ePhoto 1280 digital camera chart Sept 12 Introduces PhotoBase 2.0 Multimedia manager chart Sept 7 To bundle Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 with DuoScan Arkwright T1200 scanners chart Sept 14 Introduces PhotoBryte line of ink jet media May 16 Introduces AgfaJet Sherpa eight-up digital proofing Arkwright PhotoBryte Media Price Chart May 16 system chart Oct 7 Introduces Hi-gloss Photo Business Cards Sept 13 Announces DigiFoil polyester media for Introduces Kanvas Art Paper Sept 13 Chromapress 32i and 50i Oct 16 Introduces Hi-gloss Photo Greeting Cards Sept 13 To become an independent company under Arkwright PhotoBryte Media Price Chart Sept 13 restructuring by parent Bayer AG chart Oct 18 Array Printers Introduces DuoScan T2500 flatbed scanner chart Oct 19 Minolta to use Array’s TonerJet print technology, Introduces Integrated Image Server for according to Hard Copy Observer chart Feb 15 Chromapress chart Nov 14 To demonstrate Chroma EM 600-dpi color print Introduces AgfaJet Montana eight-color ink jet printer Nov 14 engine at CeBIT chart Mar 4 Introduces Mac version of SnapScan 1212u scanner chart Nov 15 Artios to use CalComp’s CrystalJet technology in Introduces AgfaScan T5000 scanner chart Nov 15 packaging printer products chart June 10 To develop digital imaging products with built-in ASK to merge with US projection equipment- Iomega Clik! drives chart Dec 12 manufacturer Proxima Corporation chart Mar 4 Endorses Portalis PressPort for use with Astro-Med Chromapress chart Dec 12 Introduces QLS-2000 thermal transfer printer chart Mar 3 AITech International reduces price of AIGotcha video Introduces QLS-2001 thermal transfer printer chart Mar 3 capture device chart Mar 5 Introduces QLS-3000 thermal transfer printer chart Mar 3 Alaris introduces QuickVideo DVC1 digital video Introduces QLS-3001 thermal transfer printer chart Mar 3 camera chart May 15 Introduces QLS-4100 304-dpi thermal transfer Alpha Systems to develop digital imaging products label printer photo Aug 4 with I-PAC and Photomatrix chart May 22 Avery provides media for Palladium’s Tattoo Time software Nov 19 AlphaGraphics Avision introduces Scan Copier 30-bit scanner, Average 1997 sales for franchise stores were $928,000 Feb 6 according to Hard Copy Observer chart May 21 Opens franchise in Johannesburg, South Africa chart Feb 15 Avnet to distribute Hitachi Electronics Devices’ Opens franchises in Guatemala, Cyprus, and flat-panel displays chart Aug 4 Malaysia chart Apr 12 Azon Canada to distribute Tangent Imaging Systems’ Opens printing franchise in St. Petersburg, Russia chart May 22 scanning products in Canada chart July 5 To add Iomega’s Jaz and Zip drives to full-service Aztech introduces MDC180 digital camera chart Apr 8 design stations chart July 15 Barco Inc.