| Level | Item |
| Ref No | GUA/6/1/4/1/5/2/1/3 |
| Title | Atex 1993-1995 |
| Date | January 1993 - May 1995 |
| Extent | 1 file (2 folders) |
| Creator Name | Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright |
| Description | Correspondence, with associated documentation, concerning the introduction and performance of new Atex editorial systems at the Guardian and Observer, January 1993 - May 1995.
Correspondents include: Graham Shaw (Atex, managing director); Roy Cowley (Atex, managing director); Ian Wright (managing editor); Paul Broome; Ian Ashcroft (GNL deputy managing director) and Lovell White and Durrent (solicitors).
Subjects covered include: plans for Atex network installation, March 1993; costs of installing editorial pagination (EdPage) and imaging components software, March 1993; specification and cost of the integration of Quark XPress pages with the existing J11 based Atex system, May - June 1993; Guardian plans for full digital output and the integration of Guardian systems, March - April 1993; timetable for Observer EdPage installation, June 1993; proposals for the implementation of an EdPage trial and integrated editorial/advertising output, July - September 1993; terms of the Atex sale and software support agreement, October - December 1993; quotes for the installation of Reflex tracking system, February - April 1995; payments, April 1994 - January 1995; Architect to XPress Xtension, May - October 1994 and outstanding issues and system problems, December 1993 - May 1995.
Also contains minutes of the Atex co-ordination meeting held 13 January 1993; press cuttings relating to changes to the strategies and ownership of Atex, 1993 - April 1995; copy of the Atex sale and software support agreements, annotated by Lovell White and Durrent, October 1993; paper by Ian Ashcroft on plans for full page electronic out-put at the Guardian, October 1993; minutes of the meeting of the Guardian integration project committee, April 1994*; invoices, 1994-1995; editorial systems audit report by IA Forsyth, February - March 1995 and minutes of the meeting of the Guardian Review, 16 March 1995. |
| Access Status | Open(part) |
| Access Conditions | Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
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