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Thursday, January 23, 2003
Scalable Vector Graphics Roadmap
As an XML language for describing graphics, SVG is a potentially important standard in the future of print -- it is already supported in some Adobe applications. According to the SVG Roadmap the first draft of print specifications is scheduled for March 2003.
Draft Roadmap for SVG announced. The SVG Working Group has released the first public version of the SVG Roadmap. It's a draft which is missing details on some of the expected new work, but should give an indication of the general direction. Also, the Working Group has made a public version of their charter available for informative and historical purposes. [Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)]
Terry Frazier at 2:01 PM
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Now Living at a Printer Near You
Wow, this really is Future of Print stuff...
Inkjets "print" living tissue. Inkjet printer technology doesn't get enough credit. From vendors who fill the reservoirs with edible inks and lay down photorealistic images on sheet-cakes to "Napster fabbers" who lay down successive layers of goop to make three-dimensional images, and let's not forget the doomed odorama startup that mixed perfumes in inkjet carts and vaporized them to create aroma-on-demand tech for PCs. Now, though, we have "tubes of living tissue" coming out of inkjets.
Many labs can now print arrays of DNA, proteins or even cells. But for tissue engineers, the big challenge is creating three-dimensional structures. Mironov became interested when Thomas Boland of Clemson University, also in South Carolina, told Mironov how he could print biomaterials using modified ink-jet printers.[Boing Boing Blog]
JDF Development Tools
JDF is the emerging XML standard for open workflow and connectivity in the print industry. OAI's JDF Development Platform is the first third-party toolkit to become available, and it simplifies the complex JDF architecture through the use of visual programming tools.
Objective Advantage Releases Initial Version of the JDF Development PlatformObjective Advantage, Inc. has released the first version of its JDF Development Platform (JDP), a programming toolkit designed to help print industry software and equipment providers integrate Job Definition Format (JDF) and Job Messaging Format (JMF) capabilities into print workflow products. A demo version is available from Objective Advantage. [...] [WhatTheyThink]
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Print-on-Demand Guide
I'm not familiar with this guide, but the press release makes me think it's targeted to authors/small publishers seeking digital print services for books. I think it is a collection of pay-for-inclusion profiles of digital print service providers.NOTE: The term "print-on-demand" is broad, generic, and used to denote almost any form of digital print. By itself, the term has become almost useless as a descriptor of any particular service. I prefer the term digital print for describing the print technology, and demand-driven to describe a zero-inventory, post-sale manufacturing service.
Print-on-Demand Guide updated for the new year!. The premiere reference guide "A Basic Guide to Fee Based Print on Demand Publishing Services" has just been revised for the New Year. [PRWEB Jan 21, 2003][...] Featuring detailed information on over forty-five different print-on-demand companies, special inclusions from a spectrum of diverse POD companies, and an informative FAQ section, "A Basic Guide to Fee Based Print on Demand Publishing Services" is the one-stop shop for both new and experienced authors.
Over four hundred copies of the original version have been distributed since its July 2002 release, and this e-book, as well as the site on which it is based, "The Original POD Database", have been recommended by Writers Digest.com, Dan Poynter, and Danny Snow. Reviews by readers include comments such as; "An objective source for comparison", "What a great resource for the author", and "There is so much information in this book!". [...]
To learn more, contact the author at dehannabailee@hotmail.com, or visit her website at http://www.geocities.com/dehannabailee/ [PR Web]
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