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Booth: 1459
ABB INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS INC., Printing Systems Div.
Staffed by: John C. Jellovitz, vice president/general manager; Hans Hirscher, sales manager.
Introducing: Master Printing System 700 with new and enhanced capabilities for new-press, press-modernization and upgrade applications. Elements of the integrated system are:
MPS 700 Press Control Console, featuring an ergonomic design with full graphics and fast, user-friendly operation. Consoles will be shown in both retrofit and new-press configurations.
MPS Production Management Computer, which interactively matches requirements of editorial and advertising staffs during the production planning process, provides optimized press configurations and full presetting of all press elements. In addition to performance improvements and additional features, version 3.4 can generate user-defined reports and allows production-data analysis with common PC database tools.
MPS Reel Track, a completely new system to manage and track newsprint throughout the newspaper plant.
New digital AC and servo drives, providing the latest technology for maximum efficiency and performance and shaftless machine designs.
Booth: 3635
ACCU-WEATHER INC.
Staffed by: Dr. Joel N. Myers, president; Sheldon E. Levine, sales director; Jim Burke, regional sales manager; Jean Hauser, regional sales manager; Fred Standridge, regional sales manager.
Introducing: AccuNet on-line service for newspaper bulletin boards includes custom local and regional weather maps, forecasts and data; sports, lottery results, soap opera updates, news headlines, horoscopes and other information.
Meteorology School is a promotional opportunity that ties in with NIE and helps boost readership while supporting science education by co-sponsoring the award-winning On-Line With Accu-Weather educational program in local schools.
Exhibiting: Complete, custom black-and-white and color weather pages are delivered electronically to more than 200 individual newspapers. Also Perfect Date voice personals; a complete array of voice information services for voice computer system or AccuCall 900 service bureau; Ray-Ban UV Index of ultraviolet intensity forecasts for specific circulation areas, separately or as part of a complete weather page.
Booth: 3117
AD/SAT, Div. of Skylight Inc.
Staffed by: Christopher Wood, technical operations vice president; Allison Ammon, account executive.
Exhibiting: Digital ad and ad information delivery services include Ads From Anywhere seven-day, 24-hour modem and ISDN bulletin boards that allow newspapers to outsource service bureau electronic ad reception to advertisers; Ad Space communicates space reservations and ad advisories to ad department PC or fax; Ad/Sat provides systems to newspapers...