Following the upgrade McClatchy can expect a number of enhancements, which have been experienced by other recent installations like those carried out at News Journal-Wilmington, DE; Des Moines Register, IA; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA; Desert Sun, CA and La Prensa, Panama. Improvements include:

•    Moving from a set of individual modules to a seamless workflow based process.
•    Adopting familiar Windows look, feel and operation methods
•    Use of wizards for job creation
•    More configurable – tabs , ribbons, buttons etc than before
•    Seamless integration of impositioning tools
•    Enhanced graphic displays and operations in impositioning
•    Integrated import and export functionality
•    Configurable ‘Stop Reasons’ entry
•    Wide-screen [22”] touch-screens on the press consoles

Furthermore, the platform on which the above has been developed and installed supports the latest operating system and SQL database versions from Microsoft. The upgraded system at Sacramento will be running live by the end of the 3rd Quarter 2017.

About Harland Simon
Harland Simon is one of the world’s leading suppliers of newspaper press control and management systems. With roots going back to 1915, the company has been providing innovative, user-friendly and reliable solutions to the newspaper printing industry for over thirty years, from ‘turnkey’ systems for new presses to cost effective upgrades on existing presses.

Utilizing the benefits of industry-standard hardware and software platforms, Harland Simon offers a complete range of products and solutions including press drives and controls as well as associated computer management systems and production tools. It’s an approach that Harland Simon has used on many occasions previously on systems supplied by Goss, Rockwell Automation, KBA, Honeywell, EAE and manroland to improve performance, minimize waste and maximize production quality whilst keeping presses in daily production.

(http://www.harlandsimon.com)