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LuraTech GmbH
eNews 2/2005
7 March 2005
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In this edition:
- LuraTech at CeBIT: Presentations, new products and VOI partner booth
- Kodak and LuraTech: LuraDocument formats completely integrated in Capture Software
- JBIG2 SDK: Now available as stand-alone product
- Completely revised version: PDF Compressor 2.2 with introductory offer
- New customers opt for LuraDocument and LuraWave
- Events: Meet our experts
LuraTech at CeBIT: Presentations, new products and VOI partner booth
This year at the CeBIT LuraTech has some things for you to see. We have
a number of events where you can find out a lot about ISO-compliant
image and document compression. As in the past, we will be demonstrating
our products live as a VOI member at the VOI booth (Hall 1, Booth 7i2).
The DMS forum is also located at the booth, with numerous interesting
lectures on document management and archiving. LuraTech is also
participating with its own topics:
- March 10, 12:30 PM: New File Formats in Archiving: JPEG2000, High Compressed PDF, JBIG2, PDF/A and Others
- March 11, 10:40 AM: The Electronic Health Record is Moving towards Color
- March 11, 12:15 PM: Which Format to Use for Archiving? DMS Roundtable Discussion. Forum with Experts Moderated by Elisabeth Grenzebach, Editor-in-Chief of DoQ
- March 12, 2:00 PM: New File Formats in Archiving: JPEG2000, High Compressed PDF, JBIG2, PDF/A and Others
And don't forget to look at the other pieces of news announced in this
issue of eNews: The complete integration of LuraDocument JPM and PDF in
the Kodak Capture Software (it can also be seen at the Kodak booth,
Hall 1 Booth 6d2), and of course the completely revised version 2.2
of LuraDocument PDF Compressor Server.
Kodak and LuraTech: LuraDocument formats completely integrated in Capture Software
The use of the ISO-compliant LuraDocument JPM and LuraDocument PDF is
getting much easier for many users and service providers who use Kodak
products at the same time. Because Kodak and LuraTech have integrated
both formats into the Kodak Capture Software. That way you can export
highly compressed color, grey-scale and even black&white files directly
from the Capture Software. This files are not only highly compressed,
but have excellent text quality at the same time. The intermediate
step, which used to be necessary and only temporarily generated TIFF
or JPG files intended for compression, is no longer necessary. This
complete integration saves time and money. Now users can seamlessly
create LuraDocument formats, which are quickly gaining in significance.
The Capture color process has finally been realized in a single tool.
If you, too, are open to quickly getting a competitive advantage,
then stop by Kodak (Hall 1 Booth 6d2) or LuraTech (Hall 1, Booth 7i2)
and consult with the color experts!
JBIG2 SDK: Now available as stand-alone product
JBIG2 has already been available since autumn of last year as component
of the JPM and PDF product of the LuraDocument family. And now we even
have an independent JBIG2 SDK available. The SDK covers all of the JBIG2
ISO standard options and compresses both lossless formats comparable to
TIFF Fax G4 - but even 30% better - and also visual lossless formats.
In the latter case, minor mathematical losses are allowed and enormous
compression rates in the black&white area are generated by means of a
symbol-matching algorithm.
The SDK is already being used. PDF Tools AG, for example, is expanding
its PDF solutions with JBIG2 to be compatible with the PDF 1.5
specification. Atalasoft in the U.S. has integrated JBIG2 into its
Imaging Toolkit and expanded it by one more format.
Customers who want to use the JBIG2 embedded in black&white or color
PDF files can do this either with the PDF Compressor products or by
using the JBIG2 AddOn for the PDF C-SDK. JBIG2-compressed black&white
PDF files are up to 40% smaller than the well-known G4-compressed TIFF
files!
Get your test software today:
Completely revised version: PDF Compressor 2.2 with introductory offer
With the new version 2.2 of LuraDocument PDF Compressor, users can now
compress both scanned documents and already existing PDF documents down
to a minimum size. The PDF Compressor uses the methods of the ISO
standard JPEG2000/Part6. It compresses the files and reduces their size
to a minimum. In this reduced form, the files can be read by Acrobat Reader
version 5.0 and later: additional plug-ins are not necessary.
For a limited time LuraTech is offering an introductory discount of
about 20 percent off the price of the new server version.
The JP2 and PDF files of Adobe can now be compressed, in addition to
the familiar input formats TIFF, JPEG, BMP and PNM. Existing PDF files,
in particular, can be significantly optimized again if they were created
from scans or contain a lot of images and graphics.
Many users, especially in libraries and archives, use the new JPEG2000
format in lossless mode to create and archive a 'digital master' for
their long-term archiving. The PDF Compressor can be used to turn
this still very large, but lossless original into a handy PDF to make
it available, e.g., in a web application.
Scan service providers, among others, can now create multiple folders
('hot folders') with individual profiles and thus implement customer-
and application-specific job settings.
PDF Compressor 2.2 is available in the 'Server' or 'Medium' versions.
The already familiar 'Desktop' version is still available and unchanged
as an option for distributed scan processes.
New customers opt for LuraDocument and LuraWave
Numerous new customers have opted for solutions based on LuraTech data
compression products. They include:
- Insiders Technologies is ordering LuraDocument JPM C-SDK for its customer, DEVK Versicherung
- Zeutschel is ordering the LuraDocument JPM C-SDK with customized extension
- Axicon, Norway, is equipping further speed control systems for monitoring speed with LuraWave JP2
- Genline, Sweden, is expanding its use of LuraWave for its Genline Family Finder
- ThinPrint is expanding its use of LuraWave JP2
- SharpByte, Ireland, is installing more file-transfer systems with LuraWave
- Vitova, Hong Kong is equipping more government agencies with the LuraDocument PDF Compressor
- b u. s microfilmdienst is completely outfitting its service operations with LuraWave and LuraDocument products
- Taube Photoproduction is using the LuraWave JP2 Command Line Tool
- IQ Wireless is installing more FIRE WATCH systems with LuraWave
- The City of Mainz is using LuraDocument JPM
- The City of Cologne is producing another aerial images series in LuraWave format in collaboration with our partner Tensing
Events: Meet our experts
- CeBIT 2005, March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany Hall 1, Booth 7i2, with VOI e.V.
- IS&T Archiving Conference, April 26-29, 2005, Washington DC, USA
- AIIM Expo, Mai 17-19, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, USA Booth #1339
To make appointments:
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About LuraTech GmbH
LuraTech is a leading provider of compression software technology for
images and documents as well as JPEG2000 implementations. The company
delivers easy-to-integrate, open-standard products, coupled with
enterprise-class support for public and private sector organizations.
Leveraging JPEG2000, the LuraWave.jp2 and LuraDocument.jpm products
make the compression of color images faster, more feature-rich and
affordable than ever before.
Organizations around the world have adopted LuraTech products,
including Avision, Canon, Corel Corporation, D~rr Dental, EADS,
European Space Agency, FujiFilm, IMAGE PRO, IXOS SOFTWARE,
Kodak Medical, Minol, NYPD, ReproZentrum Rosenberger, Scanpoint and
VITRONIC. LuraTech, a profitable company founded in 1995, is
headquartered in Germany with offices throughout Europe and the U.S.
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