PDF Research Universal Publishing Design...
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Document publishing is evolving into a dynamic broadcast medium.
Shackled to paper, journalism and creative writing have always suffered the backseat to the broadcasting of sound and video images on radio and television. Now text and graphics can be packaged and distributed with an immediacy never before imagined. The limited creative palette of digital documents has established the beachhead for the future invasion of more elaborate interactive publishing which will grow to include live audio and video.
So many pages, so little time.
Corporations are looking for opportunities to invest in systems that secure company assets while reducing longterm expenses. The costs associated with printing, distributing, filing, and storing paper documents have always been accepted as unavoidable. No longer - and budget expenses for new archiving systems are easy to justify (see our comparison of advantages). The desktop computer has superceded paper documents as the preferred delivery system. Those documents that are necessary for the functioning of the organization are probably already converted to electronic form. However, there are tremendous opportunities available for major conversion of paper documents and forms that have not been digitized yet.
Print Workflow upgrading.
The biggest trend in the printing industry is the conversion to a Portable Document Format standard for the streamlining of printing workflows. Service bureaus and printers that accept the new standard early will see a tremendous reduction in the time taken to pre-flight files for output. Artwork modifications and imposition changes can be performed in the plant. New PDF workflow programs will make it possible for printers to repurpose files for multiple print streams "on-the-fly."
High resolution demand will return with a vengeance.
It is difficult to forecast how fiber optic bandwidth improvements and High Definition Television (HDTV) will impact the changing nature of the internet. One thing is certain - users will want the highest resolution graphics and the most sophisticated typography possible, the kind only available through the use of vector graphics designed by well-trained graphic designers. Much of what has been "down-purposed" today to squeeze into the 28.8 baud bandwidth will need to up "up-purposed" to fill high resolution demand. PDF fills this anticipated need while solving current challenges to the internet/intranet.
Copyright
Protection: Understanding Your Options
With the vast proliferation of publishing options and the
temptation to repurpose any content into any form without
regard to copyright issues, it is important to take the time
to review the current state of copyright issues. Here is the
"latest" as a Special Report from Seybold Seminars. Included
are technical solutions such as watermarking and active
protection systems. It is a 9-page PDF file.
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