Newspapers and Trends

Publish Asia 2003, Malaysia (July 30, 2003) - Creo Inc. (Nasdaq: CREO; TSX: CRE) participated in the July 30 - August 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2003 Asia Publishing Exhibition Publish Asia 2003.
As a market leader in the commercial CTP field, Creo continues to make progress in the newspaper market. Its products include the Trendsetter NEWS winning newspaper computer-to-plate system, Prinergy Prinergy workflow management system, Prinergy Newsrun Prinergy newspaper application. Software and Staccato Vision Plus FM screening.
Prinergy Newsrun Software Prinergy Newsrun Prinergy Newspaper Workflow is the first end-to-end PDF workflow solution for the pre-press area of ​​newspapers, bringing productivity, automation and Prinergy workflow database drive to newspaper production Ability. It extends the deadline and can easily handle last-minute changes, thus improving newspaper production. With the Prinergy Newsrun Prinergy newspaper workflow, a large number of pages can be quickly output at a lower cost.
Prinergy Newsrun software is a single-frame press imposition that combines single pages into two or four pages. The automated process transfers the queued job tickets and automatic page allocation files to the workflow system, plus all the necessary cuts. Logos, page numbers and bar codes, double-folded lines, and other additional plate parameters. The Edit Plan feature can monitor pages as they are entered and exported, and can manage multiple publishing and editing jobs at the same time.
Trendsetter NEWS TRENDSETTER NEWSLETTER Since the introduction of the Computer Direct Platesetter in 2000, the use of thermal CTP in newspapers has grown. Today, Creo has installed more than 150 Trendsetter newspaper platesetters all over the world.
The Trendsetter newspaper platemaking machine series is available in 5 models. Its imaging speed ranges from 50 sheets per hour to more than 200 sheets and can be connected to new and existing newspaper production systems through flexible, standard file formats. It uses Creole's advanced SQUAREspot square spot thermal imaging technology to ensure that each plate has been accurately adjusted, color stability, repeatable amplitude modulation screening, higher screen lines, clear lines Manuscripts, perfect anti-white text, to minimize the loss of the previous period. Equipped with a square spot imaging technology to ensure that the printed copy can be close to the photo effect, resulting in a vivid high-quality image, avoiding the gradation and color deviation that the overprint does not occur on time.
TRENDSETTER NEWSLETTER MACHINE SUCCESS Success Story The first installation of the Creo Trendsetter newspaper in the Asia Pacific region was installed in 2001 by one of Singapore’s largest printers, “Today”'s printer, KHL Printing Co., Ltd. Two Trendsetter newspaper platemaking machines completed the transition from CTF to CTP. In the same year, Creo installed the newspaper CTP at FEP Printing Group, one of the largest printers in the Philippines. This was the first time Creo installed newspaper CTP in the Philippines. FEP Printing Group printed a variety of newspapers, including "Philippines Daily News", "Asian Wall Street Journal" and "Cebu Daily News." After this installation, FEP Group decided to introduce three more Trendsetter newspaper plate-making machines in its other factories in the second year in order to fully enjoy the benefits of thermal CTP for printing production.
"Crio's CTP technology is of good quality and speed, and it also reduces over-printing of waste paper," said Lan Ning, director of China Youth Daily Printing. The China Youth Daily printing house has printed more than 30 newspapers such as the “Jinghua Times”. In May 2002, China Youth Daily became the first newspaper printing factory in China to install a thermal CTP solution. The Creo winning newspaper 100 platesetter they introduced increased the printing quality and news effectiveness of the printing press and brought about the expected economic benefits, so it added another one in the second year. China Wenhui Xinmin Newspaper Group also purchased a 100-top platemaking machine in April this year.
The Triumph Newspaper CTP also successfully landed in Australia. “We decided to purchase thermal CTP equipment to outperform our peers. The savings in chemicals, lightroom operations and reductions in cleaning time are all very attractive,” said Michael Gee, manager of Rural Publishing Ltd. "With thermal CTP, all we need to do is clean it once a month. The CTP with visible light technology needs to be cleaned once a week, so it saves a lot of time." Rural Publishing is Australia's first to use thermal The newspaper of the CTP system, in December 2002, installed a Triumph newspaper 70 and a Triumph newspaper 100 at its northern plant in Richmond. These platesetters are now equipped with Prinergy newspaper workflows. Afterwards, the company installed two new Trendsetter Newspaper 100 platesetters at its new plant in Ballarat, Victoria.
Apex Press, a national newspaper printer in Australia, printed newspapers including the National Indigenous Times, the Saigon Times, Star Island, and their own publication, O Kosmo, and recently installed a victory. Newspaper 100. “We spent a lot of time evaluating whether to use CTP or stick with the imagesetter,” said Mr. Theo Constantinou, owner of Apex Press. “Once we decide to move to CTP, we have to consider a lot of technology and operating costs. Later, we feel that thermal technology has the high speed and high quality that other technologies cannot provide.” Production manager Colin Coorie added, “ We hope that CTP will bring more efficiency to our printing production, and we are now considering adding the best-sighted FM screening technology to our Trendsetters and the Brisque winning workflow.”
Creo and PrimaSolve develop efficient newspaper production solutions In order to better integrate with the printing process, Creo began working with PrimaSolve. PrimaSolve is a software subsidiary of Harland Simon, a manufacturer of printer control devices for newspapers in the UK. PrimaSolve is dedicated to the development of press management and production processes and has developed automated production management software for the printing industry.
PrimaSolve will develop a press control interface that interacts with the Prinergy newspaper workflow. This integration allows ink key settings to communicate with the press control system. The integration has the advantage of reducing paper and ink waste.
The Creo digital newspaper prepress solution has been designed to increase efficiency, improve quality and greatly reduce costs. The solution consists of Trendsetter’s Platesetter, Prinergy’s Workflow Management System, Prinergy’s newspaper application software, and FOG’s FM screening.