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ProImage NewsWay manages
newspaper group’s production
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Browser-based NewsWay
provides foundation for group-wide CtP
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Iintegrating editorial
front-end through CtP to the press
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London – September, 2006:
Newspaper production by Le Groupe de la Provence, in the fashionable
south east of France, is being made more efficient by ProImage’s NewsWay
workflow software.
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NewsWay is used to link and manage production of the newspapers owned
by this leading media company that lists amongst it businesses the book
publisher Hachette, distribution and retail services, and audiovisual
businesses that operate several popular television stations including Match
TV and Canal.
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The newspapers that form this ‘NewsWay village’ are Corse Matin, La
Provence and Marseilleplus. NewsWay is the browser-based workflow software
foundation on which the group is able to remotely manage its newspapers’ CtP
production.
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Automatic pagination starts with a plan, and the pagination plan for Corse
Matin is created at Nice Matin before being sent to NewsWay; NewsWay
assembles and imposes the pages and completed impositions are output on CtP
devices at sites in both Marseille and a new print site at Bastia, on the
island of Corsica, where they are printed.
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At La Provence, where twelve daily broadsheet editions are produced
as well as the tabloid Marseilleplus, the pagination plans are created by a
Unisys Hermes editorial system, RIPed within NewsWay, imposed, and output on
three DMX CtP devices. NewsWay
prioritises output and automatically load balances the CtP machines so that maximum
throughput is achieved.
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Later this year two new KBA presses with EAE control systems will be
in production at La Provence, and NewsWay will provide integration with both
the press control and Hermes systems.
This will allow NewsWay to manage production, calculate the number of
plates required, their priority, and drive the three new Agfa Polaris CtP
machines that are scheduled to replace the DMX machines.
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ProImage’s partner in France, SP3i, provides sales, integration and training,
and has been successful in installing NewsWay across France, as well as some
of the country’s outposts such as the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
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About ProImage: |
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New ProImage, an Agfa company, is based in Or Akiva,
Israel, twenty miles north of Tel Aviv, with sales and support offices in
North America (Princeton, New Jersey) and Europe (London, UK). |
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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 and production tracking solutions |
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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. New ProImage may
be found on the web at: www.newsway.com |
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About SP3i |
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SP3i (www.sp3i.fr) is a service company
specializing in technical and industrial interfaces, CTP and special services
to press companies. SP3i integrates and maintains ProImage’s NewsWay for
workflow, and Enfocus tools for PDF management. Since 2002, SP3i has equipped, integrated and maintained many
sites with a NewsWay workflow solution.
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Contacts: |
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New
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Izzet
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e-mail: izzet@newsway.com, |
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Tel: +44
(0)208 446 8909 |
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SP3i |
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Thierry Pantz |
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email: tpz@sp3i.fr, |
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Tel: +33 (0) 1 53 65 15 50 |
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Information
provided on behalf of New ProImage by Media Matters Ltd.. Contact: Richard Hall, |
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Tel: +33 (0)4 67 00 25 87, Mob: +44 (0)7831 777 210,
e-mail: richard@media-matters.com |
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