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Alternativ enter French market with new localized version, integrated Harlequin RIP, new BitScreen option and support for latest hi-res Epson printers Dartford, Kent, UK – July 4th 2005 – Compose System today announced the appointment of Paris-based Alternativ DGDI as distributor of Compose Star Proof across France. First released in 2001, the Star Proof dot-for-dot ROOM proofing solution is now installed at thousands of companies in the print and publishing industry world-wide including over 100 systems sold during the last three years to customers in France. The announcement is timed to coincide with the new version 4.1 of Star Proof – available in French, German and Spanish versions and designed to increase the appeal of the product to a wider range of markets. "Star Proof is an amazing product and the new version is going to give a tremendous boost to sales. We are delighted to be partnering with Compose at this exciting time in their market development and look forward to meeting distributors from Europe at Compose’s Star Proof Seminar later this month" said Jose Peral, Product Manager, Alternativ DGDI. "Alternativ provide an excellent fit with our plans for Star Proof. Their expertise in digital proofing and experience of the Pre-press, print and publishing market in France is second to none and will contribute greatly to marketing and support of Star Proof in France. I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial partnership” commented Steve Donegan, Compose Systems’ Manager of European Sales. Developed for Mac OS X by an experienced team of colour professionals, Star Proof is a ROOM proofing application which uses unique techniques to recreate the actual dot patterns and rosettes of original separations at ink-jet printer resolutions. The hard dots of the proofs allow exceptionally faithful reproduction of the high resolution images including defects such as moiré patterns and text reproduction as small as 1pt . Tuned to take advantage of Epson VSDT-capable printers, Star Proof produces remarkable results with contract quality proofs up to 200lpi being output on printers running at just 1440 lpi by 720 lpi. New in Version 4.1 • Harlequin RIP • New Epson Printers • BitScreen Also in Star Proof 4: The recently released version 4 of Star Proof provides new features for packaging applications with special calibrations and distortions for flexo printing to ensure that proofs accurately reflect what will be produced on the press. The new dot management features handle dot distortions, lost dots and the extremely high dot gain of up to 15% to 20% of flexo printing. The new version also includes ICS2 – a new colour management engine offering automated fingerprinting and colour matching using automated analysis of colour strips with the X-Rite DTP-41 or Gretag Eye one Spectrophotometers. Editors Notes About S.A.R.L. Alternativ DGDI About Compose Systems Founded in 1987, Compose is one of the most successful value-added resellers of the Harlequin RIP. With a strong range of interfaces to over 180 different output devices, Compose have over 12,000 Express RIP and ColorExpress RIP installations worldwide. As printers started migrating to CTP, Compose gave additional focus to developing innovative solutions for workflow, digital colour proofing and imposition – adding JDF compliance at Drupa 2004. Centered on the flagship products Express WorkFlow and Star Proof, the Compose product range now includes software applications for RIP Once colour proofing, PDF- and raster-based workflow, colour management, post-RIP imposition and print management. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong with sales and support offices in the USA, UK and China and development teams based in Hong Kong, North America and China. For further information visit www.compose.co.uk, www.compose.hk.com or www.composeusa.com.Media contacts: Media contacts: For Compose System Ltd For S.A.R.L ALTERNATIV DGDI
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