PostScript

Apple & Adobe ends support for legacy fonts types, FontGear releases FontXChange 6.0 to update font files

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

FontXChange is a powerful, easy to use font-conversion application that converts fonts between common font formats.

Key Points: 
  • FontXChange is a powerful, easy to use font-conversion application that converts fonts between common font formats.
  • FontXChange is able to convert font files to OpenType, Web Fonts, PostScript Type 1, and TrueType for both Macintosh or Windows.
  • Many graphic artists, designers, and agencies have been impacted by MacOS recently dropping support for legacy font files, potentially costing them thousands of dollars to update their digital files.
  • FontXChange converts fonts between common font formats, including OpenType (PS), Web Fonts (WOFF), PostScript Type 1, and TrueType for both Macintosh and Windows.

Adobe Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Passes at 82

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Sunday, August 20, 2023

It is with profound sadness that Adobe shares the passing of the company’s beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock.

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  • It is with profound sadness that Adobe shares the passing of the company’s beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock.
  • Dr. Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr. Charles Geschke after meeting as colleagues at Xerox.
  • Adobe Chair and CEO Shantanu Narayen sent the following email to all Adobe employees:
    It is with profound sadness that I share that our beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock passed away at the age of 82.
  • Dr. Warnock is survived by his wife Marva Warnock and his three children.

VICTOR AND DUSTIN DRAI TO OPEN DRAI'S DALLAS -- A RESTAURANT, LOUNGE & EXCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP CLUB IN LATE 2024

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Monday, July 10, 2023

DALLAS, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Straight from the Las Vegas Strip to The Big D, Drai's Group announces its anticipated expansion to Dallas, Texas. Set to debut late 2024 in the heart of Dallas' arts district, Drai's Dallas will feature a restaurant, lounge and exclusive membership club. 

Key Points: 
  • Set to debut late 2024 in the heart of Dallas' arts district, Drai's Dallas will feature a restaurant, lounge and exclusive membership club.
  • Hailing its beginning in 1993 as a must-visit celebrity eatery in Los Angeles, Victor Drai established his namesake powerhouse brand.
  • "With Dallas' unmatched hospitality scene, sense of community and culture, we look forward to bringing a taste of Las Vegas to Dallas."
  • "We are thrilled to be working with Dustin and Victor to introduce the Drai's brand to our friends and family in Dallas.

Large Direct Mail printer easily integrates new HP PageWide presses into two factories with the Solimar Chemistry workflow solution

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Solimar's post-composition workflow solution, Rubika ® , enabled a quick and smooth integration when installing these new printing presses and avoided costly equipment upgrades.

Key Points: 
  • Solimar's post-composition workflow solution, Rubika ® , enabled a quick and smooth integration when installing these new printing presses and avoided costly equipment upgrades.
  • For example, when IWCO installed the new presses, margins required for barcodes and other marks for the HP presses were different from the existing printers.
  • Relying on Rubika instead, IWCO adjusted the files in a post-composition workflow and dynamically updated the correct positioning for the HP systems.
  • Solutions from the Solimar Chemistry platform have enabled a transition from many workflows to one central solution.

Large Direct Mail printer easily integrates new HP PageWide presses into two factories with the Solimar Chemistry workflow solution

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Solimar's post-composition workflow solution, Rubika ® , enabled a quick and smooth integration when installing these new printing presses and avoided costly equipment upgrades.

Key Points: 
  • Solimar's post-composition workflow solution, Rubika ® , enabled a quick and smooth integration when installing these new printing presses and avoided costly equipment upgrades.
  • For example, when IWCO installed the new presses, margins required for barcodes and other marks for the HP presses were different from the existing printers.
  • Relying on Rubika instead, IWCO adjusted the files in a post-composition workflow and dynamically updated the correct positioning for the HP systems.
  • Solutions from the Solimar Chemistry platform have enabled a transition from many workflows to one central solution.

Epson Introduces New Business Inkjet A4 Color MFP and Printer

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America, Inc. today announced two additions to its collection of A4 business printers, the WorkForce® Pro WF-C5890 color MFP and the WorkForce Pro WF-C5390 color printer. The WF-C5890 and WF-C5390 are ideal options for busy work environments and designed to tackle the pain points of troubleshooting and frequently replacing ink and paper.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America, Inc. today announced two additions to its collection of A4 business printers, the WorkForce® Pro WF-C5890 color MFP and the WorkForce Pro WF-C5390 color printer.
  • "We have roughly 20 employees using the Epson printer and it has been a reliable MFP for our office, producing high-quality surgical discharge paperwork, certificates and related documents for clients."
  • They are also compatible with Epson® Solutions Suite, including Epson Remote Service, Epson Device Admin and Epson Print Admin.
  • The Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C5890 color MFP and the WorkForce Pro WF-C5390 color printer are now available through authorized BusinessFirstSM dealers.

EFI and RISO Introduce Advanced Fiery Server for ComColor GL Series of Inkjet Printers

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

The new Fiery ComColor Express FS2100C server benefits from the processing power of the Fiery NX One platform, and recently launched FS500 Pro software, to perform fast processing of complex and personalized PDFs to deliver accurate prints 26% faster than its predecessor.

Key Points: 
  • The new Fiery ComColor Express FS2100C server benefits from the processing power of the Fiery NX One platform, and recently launched FS500 Pro software, to perform fast processing of complex and personalized PDFs to deliver accurate prints 26% faster than its predecessor.
  • The new DFE also includes EFI Fiery’s most advanced security features for secure file erase, data encryption and network protection tools.
  • Fiery Command WorkStation ®, the industry’s most widely used digital printing job management interface, gives users the advantage of highly streamlined and efficient control capabilities for all Fiery Driven™ printers in their fleets.
  • The Fiery ComColor Express FS2100C is immediately available from RISO and its authorized resellers.

Computer History Museum Makes Adobe PostScript’s Source Code Available to the Public as a Part of Its Art of Code Series

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

David C. Brock, director of curatorial affairs at the Computer History Museum, said, The story of PostScript has many different facets.

Key Points: 
  • David C. Brock, director of curatorial affairs at the Computer History Museum, said, The story of PostScript has many different facets.
  • It is a story about profound changes in human literacy as well as a story of trade secrets within source code.
  • The Computer History Museum is excited to publicly release, for the first time, the source code for the breakthrough printing technology, PostScript.
  • The Museum has released other historic source code such as APPLE II DOS, IBM APL, Apple MacPaint and QuickDraw, and Adobe Photoshop.

ORPALIS SDK Important Release: Reinventing GdPicture.NET and DocuVieware

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Monday, October 17, 2022

MURET, France,  October 17, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- GdPicture.NET and DocuVieware are now cross-platform

Key Points: 
  • The AI-powered Smart Redaction engine removes sensitive and personal information from any document automatically and permanently.
  • The Table Extraction engine automatically detects and extracts data from all types of business documents, including scanned and poor-quality files.
  • The full changelog for this important release is available on the Version history pages of the GdPicture and DocuVieware websites.
  • ORPALIS is an editor of imaging software, PDF processing tools, and large-scale document flow management solutions for professionals worldwide.

Epson Now Shipping New High-Speed SureColor P8570D 44-Inch Production Photo and Graphics Printer

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Monday, June 27, 2022

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meeting the needs of high volume production environments, Epson today announced availability of the new SureColor® P8570D 44-inch dual roll printer. Leveraging an entirely new innovative, space-saving design, the photo and graphics printer is the first available model in the new line of high volume production-class SureColor P-Series wide-format printing solutions designed for photo fulfillment, retail photo labs, poster and graphic art production.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Meeting the needs of high volume production environments, Epson today announced availability of the new SureColor P8570D 44-inch dual roll printer.
  • With the new line of production-class SureColor P-Series printers, Epson continues to support our customers with solutions they can rely on for long-term success."
  • Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion.
  • EPSON, PrecisionCore, SureColor, TFP, and UltraChrome are registered trademarks and EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation.