I had the opportunity to meet Steve a couple of times while I was at Scitex. His death reminded me of some of the "insanely great" products the Scitex team created with the Macintosh.

For those of you involved in the Visionary and VIP projects, here is some trivia you might be unaware of or forgotten:

- Scitex was the first company to attach a color printer and color scanner to a Macintosh. Even beating Apple's own internal developments.
- For a time Scitex bought more high end Macs than any other company in the world.
- Color Macs from Apple started out being priced the same as a Sun workstation in Europe. We pushed them to have a more rational international pricing policy.
- At product launch, we sold 13 Visionary Beta sites for $80,000 cash up front. That was important since Scitex was having cash flow issues.
- We wouldn't tell anyone the price until the the end of the introduction. One customer, who had to leave before the presentation was over, left us with a blank check and told us to fill it in and tell him the amount at the end of the day.
- With Quark, we created what became the concept of "extensions". We taught Quark how to do quality text processing and they taught us how do do some things in color on the desktop.
- I first offered Paul Brainerd (the president of Aldus, maker of PageMaker) the ability to work with Scitex on the Visionary concept. We turned me down, saying that they wanted to focus on the B&W office market instead. Years later he admitted to me that it might not have been the best decision he ever made.
- The original agreement between Scitex and Quark was a handshake agreement and a letter of understanding, handwritten on the front and back of peice of notebook paper at a Seybold conference.
- Adobe never wanted to do a software rip on the Mac. They only agreed to do it after we ported the Pipeline Technologies interpreter to the Mac and demoed it at a trade show.

Ages ago I bought this used machine from ebay, the discs that came with it were not burnt properly, namely the software Is nonexistent. Since then it is sitting in my garage. Hope some of you guys could help me find the right software to make it work again. imagina_2k at yahoo dot com just in case!

I was a customer and part-time to consultant to Scitex from 1988 until the mid '90s, but never a full-time employee, so I probably don't qualify to join.

It has been great to look through these pages and see so many of the folks that helped me, worked alongside me, and created one of the most energetic experiences of my career.  Many of you I remember as friends.

 All the best,

John C

WRE/ColorTech...still, after all these years. 

Hello

I was traveling to Hawaii July 2^nd to July 9^th 2011,  someone saw the name Creo on my bag.

He came up to me asking me if I was working in Creo, I have told him that I have been working for Scitex.

Then he introduced him self as the owner of a printing business in Anaheim CA.

He told me he is still using prismax, he has one Dolev and two smartjet scanners, all his shop were basically

made of Scitex machines in the past.

He was pissed off when Creo took over as the service for the machines just disappeared slowly.

He also told me that Scitex machines were the best ones ever built up till now.

I was honored by this nice older man approaching me with this story.

Yehuda

It is with great sadness and regret that I inform you of Jeff’s passing on May 17 in Littleton, CO.

Jeff was one of the original Application Engineers at Scitex working out of the Bedford office.  I had the privilege of working with Jeff at many printing sites and trade shows.  He was truly one of a kind.   RIP Jeff, RIP.

Jeff is survived by wife Lucie, daughter Sarah, son Kristopher, mother Marilyn, brother Michael and 2 grandchildren.

We had a good talk...enjoyed talking about what was. He gave me insight into his future, which is not going to be very long. He is nearing the end of a long illness and he is going to quit taking his meds on Monday. Won't be long after that.

He told me that he wanted to hear from old friends, if they have time. He understands his future, but he wants to relive the past. If you want...here's his number +1 (303) 973-0825. His wife's name is Luci, if she answers the phone. They live in Colorado, which is on Mountain time (2 hours later than Boston).

It was fun talking with him, not withstanding the gravity of the moment. You know how he loves to talk...It was fun times at Scitex, while we were all there. I have many fond memories of those times and those that I worked with.

Pass this on to those that you think would be interested and knew Jeff. He never did join Exscite.net, so you can't find him on here, or Facebook for that matter.

Enjoy your weekend...Enjoy your life! 

Hi,

I would like to show this video to all my ex collegues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpfHrDEszBo

Most of them know that I am a singer but only some of them

have heard me singing.

I would be glad if you could would spread this under "news"

Thank you - It was a great time at scitex !!

To all our friend at X Nihon Scitex, I hope that you and your families are OK.

Dear all,

For those who know me, they will not be surprised by my request.

How can Israéli business leaders show their power in Belgium?

Two supplements will be published on Israel in November if, and only if, we get four pages advertising to pay for the six editorial pages.

The Israeli market leaders could play a role and show their power to the primary boycotters of Israeli products.

Please contact me urgently if interested to contribute.

Help us to help you.

Best wishes for a peaceful year.

Shana tova, Gmar Hatima tova,