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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

		LEADING PRE-PRESS VENDORS LAUNCH NEW SOFTWARE 
			    FOR SUN SPARCSTATIONS  

SunFLASH Vol 44 #24					         August 1992 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- August 25, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) today announced that six leading pre-press software
and systems vendors will market new applications for the
SPARC(R)/Solaris(R) platform.  The applications bring advanced desktop,
database and processing capabilities to SMCC's line of SPARC
workstations, including the newly introduced Sun(TM) SPARCstation(TM) 10.

Developers offering new applications on Sun systems include Crosfield
Electronics Ltd., Digital Technology International, DuPont/Camex, ECRM,
Linotype-Hell Company and System Integrators, Inc.  Their products will
be used for output and production flow management, display ad make-up,
spot and process color imaging, raster image processing and database
management.

SMCC's pre-press partner roster now has grown to more than 30 companies
worldwide.  Besides the vendors noted above, other partners include
Auto-Grafica Corp., CCI Europe, Datox, Hyphen, Information
International, Inc., P.Ink and Scitex.  These companies develop and
sell pre-press solutions geared for newspaper publishing, a
traditionally strong market for SMCC.  Newspapers currently employing
Sun hardware include The Wall Street Journal, The Evening Standard, the
Houston Chronicle, The Orange County Register, and The Dallas Morning
News, among others.

"These companies are responding to customer demand in the pre-press
industry for standard platforms that provide high throughput," said
Katherine Parker, pre-press market development manager at SMCC.  "Our
partners are offering new solutions that increase functionality while
unifying existing systems."

New Software Applications

The new offerings from SMCC's partners are:

* Editorial Database, Ad Management Database and Classified Database
  are new publication management products from Digital Technology
  International (DT).  Running on Sun SPARCstations, these products
  manage newsroom copy flow, display ad production and classified ad
  scheduling, rating and production.

* Whirlwind is DuPont/Camex's next generation publishing system
  consisting of editorial, classified ad and pagination applications.
  This new system runs on a variety of Sun SPARCstations and
  SPARCservers. Breeze, DuPont/Camex's popular display advertising
  make-up software, has been ported to Sun SPARC workstations.

* ScriptSetters(R), from ECRM, are color-capable imagesetters that run
  with NeWSprint(TM) XP Software from SunPics, a business unit of Sun
  Microsystems. These applications are tuned for SPARC workstation users
  who need high-resolution output capabilities. ScriptSetter III is a
  12-inch-wide imagesetter, and ScriptSetter IV is a high-speed,
  18-inch-wide broadsheet imagesetter.

* LinoPress (TM), from Linotype-Hell Company, is a newspaper publishing
  solution that incorporates editorial, advertising, pagination, spot and
  process color and PostScript(R) imaging on a UNIX file server.

* PROJECT:SCOOP, from System Integrators, Inc., allows newspapers to
  manage output processes and devices and increase throughput.
  PROJECT:SCOOP increases productivity by graphically displaying
  production flow between departments and devices.

* In addition, Crosfield Electronics Ltd., based in the United Kingdom,
  has demonstrated a modular software solution that allows several
  applications to be managed by a single SPARCstation.  The applications
  include raster image processing, OPI services, device and image
  management and tight integration between QuarkDispatch and the UNIX
  server.

"Open Systems" Approach

SMCC first entered the commercial publishing arena in 1988 with an
"open systems" approach to hardware development.  The company's
leveraged business model allows it to focus on hardware technology
innovations -- like built-in ISDN and video/audio capabilities -- while
building strong relationships with software developers, system
integrators and value-added resellers.

Gayle Jennings 	Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.  (415) 336-0787
Dan Stevens 	Hi-Tech Communications 		 (415) 904-7000 ext. 265

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