Industry Notes

 

 

Announcement

 

 

Date

Vendor

Comments

February 12, 2001

Best Buy/Shutterfly

Shutterfly, an online photo sharing service, to develop and manage Best Buy’s

 

 

Online Photo Center.

February 12, 2001

Durst Phototechnik/

Durst to integrate Applied Science Fiction’s Digital ICE image correction

 

Applied Science Fiction

technology into its Sigma professional film scanner.

February 22, 2001

E-Color/AXS

AXS’s EyeSpy Image Server, a software application that increases the speed at

 

Technologies

which digital images are transferred and viewed on the Internet, to integrate

 

 

E-Color’s True Internet Color technology.

February 20, 2001

E-Color/Equilibrium

Equilibrium to integrate E-Color’s True Internet Color technology into its

 

 

MediaRich Publishing Platform, a server-based software package that automates

 

 

the creation and manipulation of digital images destined for the web.

February 26, 2001

EFI/FAIR

EFI to acquire FAIR’s Publishing Solutions Group, which specializes in

 

 

developing variable data applications.

February 12, 2001

FlashPoint/Sanyo

Sanyo to license FlashPoint’s Digita Photivity wireless photo transfer

 

 

technology, and integrate it with Sanyo digital cameras under development.

 

 

With Photivity, users can transfer digital images to the Internet via wireless

 

 

connection.

February 27, 2001

IKON/ImageX

IKON to offer ImageX’s online print procurement system to its corporate

 

 

customers. ImageX, in turn will offer IKON’s Digital Express 2000 online print

 

 

management, production, and distribution system to its customers.

February 13, 2001

Indigo/Printlife

Printlife, a provider of online photofinishing services, to install Indigo digital

 

 

color presses at its printing facilities in the U.S. and Japan.

February 20, 2001

iPrint/Oracle

iPrint to provide an online print-ordering system for Oracle, allowing Oracle’s

 

 

25,000 employees to order business cards and stationery items.

February 13, 2001

Kodak/Olympus

Kodak and Olympus to co-develop CCD sensors for digital cameras. In addition,

 

 

both companies will develop an online photo-sharing and printing service.

March 13, 2001

Monaco/MacDermid

MacDermid ColorSpan to integrate Monaco Color API, a software package that

 

ColorSpan

generates ICC profiles, into its ColorMark+ RIP.

February 12, 2001

PhotoAccess/JVC

PhotoAccess to provide online photofinishing services to users of JVC Photo

 

 

Club, JVC’s online digital photo-sharing web site.

February 8, 2001

Pixami/BigNose.com

Pixami, a developer of online imaging technology, to develop an imaging

 

 

system for BigNose.com users, allowing them to create custom posters and

 

 

other large format graphics.

February 14, 2001

Polaroid/JoePix

Polaroid to partner with JoePix, a provider of digital photography promotions, to

 

 

provide digital photography services at sporting events, concerts, and festivals.

March 14, 2001

Scitex/KBA

Scitex to transfer its share of Karat Digital Press, Inc., manufacturer of the

 

 

74 Karat digital press, to KBA, in exchange for future performance-related

 

 

payments.

March 6, 2001

Xerox/Fuji

Xerox to sell half of its stake in Fuji Xerox to Fuji for $1.3 billion, decreasing

 

 

Xerox’s share in the company to 25 percent.

 

 

On February 11, 2001, Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak Personal Picture Maker 200 will last over 30

(Rochester, NY) introduced two ink jet papers, designed

years. Kodak Ultima Picture Paper is available in 15-

for photo printing applications. Kodak Ultima Picture

sheet packages for a retail price of $19.99. Kodak

Paper is available in two finishes, high-gloss and satin.

Premium Picture Paper has a satin finish, and according

Kodak claims that prints made on Ultima Picture Paper

to Kodak, offers the same longevity as Ultima papers.

with HP and Epson ink jets will last between 20 and 25

It is available in 15-sheet packets for $9.99, and a 50-

years, and that prints made with the Lexmark-based

sheet package is available for $29.99.F

 

 

 

 

 

March 2001

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Lexmark 720, 110 manual Industry Notes, Announcement Date Vendor Comments

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