25 TO 50 PER CENT SAVINGS Ore processing BY MIXING words with lasers, Glen Acton, president of TAX SHELTERS weigh heavily Canadian Manufacturers’ Associa- North Vancouver-based Alphalink Services, hopes to take more than a bit of a byte out of the local publishing market. Acton has been offering word processing and lasersetting services for the past six months but says he’s been playing it low key, waiting for the right software package to come along to tie it all neatly together. The Ventura software package distributed by Xerox provided the answer. . TOTAL MONEY machine card customers of the two North Shore National Trust branches can now plug into an additional 3.500 automated teller machines sharing the Interac network throughout Canada. National Trust joined the Circuit network in the spring, accessing ove, S00 > money machines na- tton wide. business briefcase by Michael Becker Clients simply bring in raw keyboarded information on disk from an IBM or IBM compatible source, and Alphalink processes the information into final laserset form. “Depending on how complex the job, lasersetting versus tradi- tional photo typesetting can mean 25 to 50 per cent savings,’’ said Acton. “Through Interac and Circuit, customers can access their ac- counts at over 90 per cent of automated teller machines in Canada,’”’ said B.V. Mehlen- bacher, president and operating officer of Nationa! Trust. The Total card and morniey machine system was introduced by the trust company in 1984. athe TO OUR SEMINARS You are cordially invited to attend an information seminar regarding: THE WHI STLER FAIRWAYS HOTEL & RESORT The most unique and profitable R.R.S.P. vehicle available on the market today. 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