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| Stephens Media Group Selects alfaQuest Technologies, Inc. Rolling Meadows, IL February 2, 2006 - Stephens Media Group has selected alfaQuest Technologies, Inc. to provide 25 FasTRAK Violet CTP imaging systems and CTP Workflow solutions for their daily newspapers and commercial print facility. Stephens Media Group, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, has thirteen daily newspapers operating throughout eight states. Terry Duck, Director of Operations, Las Vegas Review-Journal, stated, "Stephens Media selected alfaQuest for two main reasons - first - the diversity of their FasTRAK Violet CTP product line allowed us to configure the best CTP solution for the production requirements of our individual newspaper, and - second - is our satisfaction over the past ten years with the quality and performance of alfaQuest's film imagers, RIPs, workflow software, and support capabilities." "Being selected by Stephens Media Group has been especially gratifying," said John Lally, alfaQuest's Senior Vice President, Group Sales. "Another contributing factor in alfaQuest's selection was the results of press tests, which proved FasTRAK Violet CTP plate quality off press was unsurpassed by any competing CTP technology. This provides Stephens Media the best price/performance capital investment coupled with assurance of the highest quality for their print products throughout the life of our investment." "Stephens Media's FasTRAK Violet CTP configurations range in size from the largest, consisting of three FasTRAK Violet 180 plate per hour units and three TRAKmate 2 Autoloaders, scheduled for Stephens Media's flagship Las Vegas Review-Journal, through locations with two FasTRAK Violet 150 plate per hour units and TRAKmate 2 Autoloaders, to locations with one or two FasTRAK Violet 150 units operating in a semi-automatic manual plate feed mode." "We are also pleased to announce that all Stephens Media Group Newspapers will integrate alfaQuest CTP Workflow Systems to deliver plate-ready pages to their FasTRAK Violet CTP units. Las Vegas Review-Journal will utilize Sun based PrintExpress/CPM (Consolidated Production Management) System, and the latest release of Mac OSX based Panther Workflow System will handle the production requirements of all other Stephens Media Newspapers." Stephens Media joins other Corporate Newspaper Groups such as Gannett Inc., Freedom Newspapers, Journal Register Company, Shearman Newspapers, CNHI, and numerous privately held newspapers in their choice of FasTRAK Violet CTP. Stephens Media joins other Corporate Newspaper Groups such as Gannett Inc., Freedom Newspapers, Journal Register Company, Shearman Newspapers, CNHI, and numerous privately held newspapers in their choice of FasTRAK Violet CTP. Since announcement, alfaQuest has received orders for 50+ FasTRAK Violet CTP units in the U.S. Newspaper sector alone. This is a true testament for newspapers, that Violet is the dominant CTP technology and alfaQuest Technologies is the "go-to" player for newspaper production CTP imaging and workflow solutions. This now will bring the total number of FasTRAK orders in excess of 150+ units. FasTRAK Violet CTP utilizes a field-proven opti-mechanical system for alignment and positioning, ensuring repeatability of ± 0.001 inches, for highest quality color registration. The straight through flatbed design incorporates a new plate transport system, which has proven to be both very reliable and simple to maintain. FasTRAK Violet CTP can image single or double-truck newspaper pages at 1016, 1200, 1270, 1524, 1800, 2400, or 2540 DPI. Rated at either 150 or 180 broadsheet plates per hour (at 1016 DPI), FasTRAK Violet CTP allows manual feed for small to medium sized operations or quickly connects to the 1,000-plate-capacity TRAKmate 2 autoloader. alfaQuest Technologies is a leading provider of innovative and leading edge publishing systems, imaging devices and workflow management systems. Its products include the FasTRAK Violet, FasTRAK UV and a complete line of film imaging devices. Workflow solutions include PrintExpress/CPM (Consolidated Production Management) and PLATEmate systems for Sun and Windows and Panther workflow systems for Macintosh and Windows. alfaQuest Technologies, Inc., a member of the IPA Group of companies, designs, integrates, and supports powerful cost-efficient, newspaper workflow page processing and imaging systems for the publishing industry. The number of worldwide installations now exceeds 10,000.
For more information contact: John Lally, Senior Vice President, Group Sales |