Founded in 1998 and originally focusing on photo and fine art businesses, Digital Tech- nology Group (DTG), the most recent DALIM SOFTWARE reseller in the US, built its leading reputation by providing expert consultation, products, and support as solutions that provided a quick return on investment for their customers. DTG’s solutions have consisted of high end digital capture equipment from Kodak, Canon and Hasselblad, color management and workstations from X-Rite and Apple, and printing and proofing equipment from Epson. Combining this leading edge technology with their knowledge, training and sup- port infrastructure, DTG has accumulated a large and loyal customer base over the years.

Today, while still serving their core customer demograph- ic, DTG has evolved from its foundation as not only a giclee and digital photography driven systems integrator, but into a full service premedia solutions provider.

Sal Passanisi, Director of ProMedia and Proofing ex- plains, “The new wave of digital tools is the largest tsu- nami to hit content providers since the Macintosh, Post- Script and the LaserWriter.� Sal should know. He worked on R&D projects using the Apple Lisa, and has been a prepress systems integrator since 1987. Sal also owned his own printing company and is known throughout the industry as ‘The Real Mac Daddy’.

When DTG places the power of TWIST and DIA- LOGUE into an agency or studio customer’s hands, it provides them all the tools that their print service providers have been using for years. When they com- bine their input (digital photography) and application (DALIM SOFTWARE remote proofing and workflow solutions) with output (Epson-based automated hard proofing systems), from an ROI perspective it is a so- lution that cannot be beat. It typically saves the cus- tomer hundreds of thousands of dollars in premedia costs.

Scott Erickson, founder of DTG, sees a growing trend. “Our high-end commercial photography studios are now asking for their own content-aware print pro- duction tools. With a certified workflow at the initial capture of the content production, automation can be applied down the line. TWIST allows us to automate certain tasks, like drop shadows, color conversions and certified proofing — all this at the beginning of the workflow rather than the end, much like we do with fine art capture and giclee output.�

Sal Passanisi puts it another way. “In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy was told to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, but to fear the wizard. Well, with the DALIM SOFTWARE toolset available on the Ma- cintosh platform, DTG is like Toto pulling the curtain back — showing the customer how easy it is to move the levers. It really is an automated PDF-to-print solu- tion. ‘You’re not in Kansas anymore’.�

Consistently keeping pace with current and future technologies has allowed DTG to remain an industry leader in digital color systems integration. By partner- ing with Blanchard Systems and DALIM SOFTWARE, DTG is delivering its customers new, cutting edge ROI-driven solutions based on solid, proven software, expert integration, and unyielding support.