Post Comp Production Process # 1

CD

SGML

Positives

• Minimal change to existing process

• Compositors are happy

Negatives

• 4 hop conversion process

• Higher composition cost

• 2 post -SGML hops to aggregators

• In-house staff has to deal with multiple Conversion SGML vendors

• Non-aggregator specific SGML -Yielding less royalties

WP to Quark

Manuscript

Manuscript

Manuscript

Manuscript

WP to Frame

WP to Ventura

WP to PageMaker

Compositor #1

Compositor #2

Compositor #3

Compositor #4

Quark

Quark to SGML

Frame

Frame to SGML

Ventura

Ventura to SGML

PageMaker

PageMaker to SGML

Publisher New Media Dept.

Aggregator #1

Web

Web

Web

Web

Aggregator #2

Aggregator #3

SGML to SGML

XML /HTML/ PDF

SGML to SGML

XML /HTML/ PDF

XML /HTML/ PDF

XML /HTML/ PDF

XML /HTML/ PDF

SGML to SGML

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