julian@riacs.edu (Julian E Gomez) (06/24/89)
Three Perspectives on Desktop Publishing Tuesday, June 27, 8PM Xerox PARC Auditorium 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto The speakers will relate their varied perspectives on the world of desktop publishing: Rob Tow Member of Research Staff Xerox PARC Barri Klingaman Associate Publisher MacWeek Tim Gill Founder and VP/Engineering Quark, Inc. Rob Tow has worked for many years on research topics related to the psychophysics of color printing and digital halftoning. He is currently working in the color group of the electronic document lab at PARC, and will discuss the challenges of printing color digital images. From the first issue MacWeek magazine has been using desktop publishing technology on a weekly basis for production. Barri Klingaman has been involved in the process of integrating DTP technology into the production environment. She will discuss the problems and rewards in transitioning away from traditional methods. Tim Gill has been involved in computer-based publishing and digital typography for many years. He is the founder of Quark, Inc., and designer of both Word Juggler (a word processor for the Apple III) and QuarkXpress (DTP package for the Macintosh). Among other things, he will discuss why "what you see" isn't quite "what you get" and the myth of device independence. No admission charge at Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH meetings. Xerox PARC is located near the intersection of Page Mill Road and Foothill Expressway. -- "Have you ever wondered if taxation without representation was cheaper?" Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez julian@riacs.edu