35th Gannett site

Princeton, NJ – 10 April, 2007: The 35th Gannett site to install ProImage NewsWay workflow software has gone live, New ProImage announced today.

The News-Star, Monroe, LA, has installed browser-based NewsWay to automate its CtP workflow and provide end-to-end integration, workflow management and production tracking.

Doug Nobles, The New-Star’s Production Director, commented: “NewsWay and the ProImage people have done everything we’ve asked of them. The cost-effective system is very flexible and has increased our production efficiency. Also, since softproofing uses RIPed data, we have had fewer mistakes and therefore less plate waste. NewsWay provides us with a great deal of real-time production information that previously was unavailable, and in addition has proved very easy to use, from anywhere with an Internet connection.

“Production tracking, softViewing, page and plate approvals, conferencing and annotation (providing easy-to-use communications between departments), automated event notification, deadline monitoring and priority scheduling all help to make throughput error-free and highly efficient," he said.
At The News-Star NewsWay accepts files from APT editorial and classified systems, as well as from external systems. NewsWay then creates an edition plan, automates page pairing and imposition, load balances two Harlequin RIPs and manages output to two Kodak Trendsetter CtP devices plus several hard copy proofers. During this process NewsWay burns appropriate text and furniture onto the plates. The software also provides correct file naming and page orientation before sending TIFF files to a Rockwell system for correct calculation of the ink values for each page.
A Mactive advertising system is shortly due to be installed, and when it is NewsWay will also accept its files, and additionally manage them within the simple ‘drop and drag’ workflow process.

About ProImage: New ProImage is based in Netanya, Israel, ten miles north of Tel Aviv, with sales and support offices in North America (Princeton, New Jersey) and Europe (London, UK). The company, first established in 1995, is a leading developer of browser-based digital workflow and production tracking solutions for the newspaper and printing industries. Using a standard Internet browser and standard platform hardware, ProImage's advanced technologies offer the printing industry flexible and feature rich end-to-end communications, workflow management, production tracking and Internet proofing solutions Around 80 newspapers in the United States entrust ProImage solutions to manage the mission-critical workflow management of their print products, including four of the largest by circulation. Selling directly in some parts of the world, and through dealer partners in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia, Spain, Russia, China and Thailand, the company also enjoys a number of important international technology and marketing strategic alliances.

Contact:
Rick Shafranek Vice President of Sales Proimage America
Tel: +1 919-363-0413
e-mail: rick@newsway.com