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From: jon@msunix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphic Artist Workstations
Message-ID: <268@msunix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 02:50:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 18 02:50:49 1986
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Organization: Via Visuals Inc.
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Summary: service bureaus...


You can avoid the cost of a film recorder by utilizing service bureaus.  Most
companies that build workstations for graphic artists maintain service
bureaus, and there are several private ones also.  Typically, these systems
can store some sort of "history" of a picture (our object-oriented system ends
up looking like a tree) on a floppy disk.  You send the floppy disk to the
service bureau and they send your slides back the next day.  With some systems,
you can call them up with a modem, transfer the file, and they'll send back
your slides.  I understand that this is a major source of revenue for
Genigraphics.


"If we did it like everyone else,	  Jonathan Hue
what would distinguish us from		  Via Visuals Inc.
every other company in Silicon Valley?"	  sun!sunncal\
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"A profit?"				amdcad!cae780/