1. World of HELIOS: iPhone
We have tested the new Apple iPhone, especially to see how well
it works as a Web client. You will be surprised, the iPhone is
a fully featured Web browser and we are optimizing WebShare UB+
for it. You are welcome to visit
us at Graph Expo or IfraExpo to learn more about it.
Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH
BTW: We are still looking for more HELIOS UB+ testers. Watch our
20 minutes UB+ movie at: www.helios.de
to receive an overview and download information. HELIOS is keen
to receive your feedback to ensure that UB+ works great in any
environment.
2. Bonjour Hello to easier printer configuration
Apple Bonjour makes it easy to find and use local network resources
such as printers, with zero configuration. HELIOS incorporates
and extends this technology in our upcoming UB+ products. Now
Mac users can automatically use TCP print queues, without having
to manually add and configure each printer. The HELIOS implementation
of Bonjour is called "MDNS Server", and is part of HELIOS
Base UB+. It can route Bonjour between multiple NICs, and is used
throughout HELIOS services. For example: the new Tool Server uses
Bonjour to automatically find its servers without any configuration.
3. PDF as an image format
What is the best image format for today and the future? Today's
designers expect image files to contain diverse elements: images
in various color spaces, channels, spot colors, masks, clipping
paths, meta data, ICC profiles, etc., and also to support various
compression options. TIFF supports most of these attributes, and
is a good choice for bitmap images. What about EPS? As discussed
in our HELIOS
Newsletter 4/2007, Adobe has made it clear that EPS is a legacy
format. Why not consider a universal file format PDF? PDF
can contain both raster and vector content, as well as all the
other object types mentioned. PDF has the advantage that it is
easily viewed, and is excellent for long term archiving. HELIOS
has long had extensive support for PDF documents. UB+ adds additional
support of PDF images. ImageServer UB+ can convert all image formats
to PDF images, and, convert PDF images back to any other image
format. This allows easy integration and compatibility with current
and future applications and workflows. We see this as the image
format of the future.
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Format
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PNG
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No CMYK/Lab/Spot
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EPSF
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Legacy format
No accurate previews
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JPEG
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Limited quality, no spots, path, etc.
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TIFF
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Handles many compressions
Handles spot, ICC support
No easy preview
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4. Visit HELIOS at Graph Expo, Apple expo, and IfraExpo
2007, try HELIOS UB+
HELIOS will be demonstrating our upcoming UB+ versions at the
Graph Expo trade show in Chicago, IL, Sept. 9-12 (booth #5432),
at Apple expo 2007 in Paris, France, Sept. 25-29, and at IfraExpo
2007 in Vienna, Austria, October 8-11 (booth #A900). You are
invited to meet with us at these events. We look forward to showing
you the UB+ products, and discussing your interests.