Newsday Asura Workflow James Kober/Newsday

Overview 2006 – Asura 6.5 2007 – Asura 8, Workflow Changes and PlugINKSAVE 2008 – What enhancements do we all need for the future?

2006 Asura Volume at Newsday ...57,000 – Digital Ads processed for the Newspaper ...30,000 – Ads built for the Newspaper ...14,790 – Hoy (Spanish Language Daily) ...8,544 – amNY (Commuter Daily) ...7,652 – Village Voice (Alternative Weekly) ...5,000 – Star Community Publishing ...15,000 – Magazine Pages and Niche Products ...137,986 total pieces processed in 2006

Old Workflow with Asura 6.5 (2006) Too Many Queues! Asura 1 Unique Logins Asura 2 Unique Logins Asura 3 Unique Logins

Why so many Queues? Users wanted individual queues to isolate their work Custom queues grew out of control

Asura 8.2 Redesign in 2007 Asura 1 Asura 2 Asura 3

Why so many less queues? Asura now supports sub-folders User‘s drop files in their folders – based on last name. 34 Users become one queue

Benefits of Redesign Queues became much more manageable Faster throughput and redundancy due to load balancer If one Asura Server goes down, the users don‘t know it One login and network mount point: users login using email username and password

PlugINKSAVE (2007)

With Ink Savings Applied PlugINKSAVE (2007) Original File With Ink Savings Applied

PlugINKSAVE (2007)

With Ink Savings Applied PlugINKSAVE (2007) Original File With Ink Savings Applied

PlugINKSAVE (2007)

With Ink Savings Applied PlugINKSAVE (2007) Original File With Ink Savings Applied

Village Voice Edition Testing – PlugINKSAVE Compared original Ink Presets vs. Ink Savings Presets on a 64 page edition of The Village Voice

Ink Savings Based on Preset Data

Newsday Ink Spending in 2006 – $2.8M Etc..

Why Use PlugINKSAVE and Heavy GCR? Save money on your ink bills No Visual deviations from original file Better stability and predictibility on press Less setoff due to reduced ink on page Less ink and water on press. Reduced drying time. Heavy Black helps brings out image contrast and detail

DeltaE Claims – How to Verify Results Run targets in-line on Press One target is original One target is processed through Ink Savings software Compare DeltaE between targets Original ECI Target ECI Target via Ink Savings Software

DeltaE Claims – How to Verify Results An average DeltaE <2 won‘t be visible An average DeltaE>5 should be checked carefully

DeltaE Claims – How to Verify Results

Newsday‘s PlugINKSAVE Settings

Asura Wish List (2008 and Beyond) Automatic image correction – Color Cast Removal

Asura Wish List (2008 and Beyond) Automatic image correction – Color Cast Removal

Asura Wish List (2008 and Beyond) Automatic image correction – Auto Exposure Correction

Asura Wish List (2008 and Beyond) Automatic image correction – Intelligent Image Sharpening

Asura Wish List (2008 and Beyond) Asura needs better reporting capabilities

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