News releases on Printingtalk categorised by date
Sunday 31 December
to Saturday 6 January 2007
Need For Control Leads To Optimus MIS Installation
User Application Article The preparation by London firm Barnard and Westwood prior to the delivery of an Optimus 2020 system is currently resulting in a 'text book' installation of MIS technology, said the company.
News from Optimus ( 5 January 2007)
Newspaper Cuts Press Downtime With Spray Damping
User Application Article The cut in downtime achieved by French daily regional newspaper L'Est Republicain since it fitted 17 Baldwin Constant C systems has led to additional Constant C technology.
News from Baldwin Technology Company Inc ( 5 January 2007)
Screening System Enhances Greetings Cards Quality
User Application Article Milton Keynes (UK) company Loudwater specialises in printing high quality greetings cards for publishers and is using Fuji screening technology along with Pantone's Hexachrome system.
News from Fujifilm Graphic Systems ( 5 January 2007)
Komori Spica Press Proves Versatility
User Application Article Following a change of management three years ago, the new directors of Scarbutts have been committed to the business's growth and positioning the company in the top league of commercial printers. Brochure Available
News from Komori UK ( 5 January 2007)
Goss Press Extends Polish Printer's Capacity
Ortis S A has invested in a new Goss M-600 C press, to streamline productivity and increase efficiency.
News from Goss International ( 5 January 2007)
Ricoh Digital Printers Receive Awards After Tests
Five Ricoh print devices and one digital duplicator have received awards in the Buyer's Laboratory (BLI) pick awards, bi-annual awards.
News from Ricoh UK ( 5 January 2007)
Paper Company's New Warehouse Opens
Independent Paper this week opened its new central warehousing facility in Bardon, Leicestershire (UK).
News from Independent Paper plc ( 5 January 2007)
Coated Board Range Guide Eases Specification
Following the re-branding of its coated SBS board range, Trucard, in 2006, Tullis Russell, has published the Tru Guide, a handbook for users and specifiers of coated board.
News from Tullis Russell Group ( 5 January 2007)
Colour Digital Printers Potential For Newspapers
Kodak will be involved in the Hunkeler innovation days between February 5 - 8 in Lucerne (Switzerland).
News from Kodak's Graphic Communications Group ( 5 January 2007)
Agfa Inks Approved For Xaar Inkjet Printheads
Agfa Graphcs' UV-curable inks have been approved by Xaar for use with its Omnidot 760 printhead, which was co-developed between both companies.
News from Agfa ( 5 January 2007)
Workshops Explore Workflow Best Practice
The first of a series of best practice workshops at Artwork Systems new Redditch (UK) technology centre will take place later this month.
News from Artwork Systems ( 5 January 2007)
Large Format Printers At Publishing Exhibition
Value added reseller of large format print systems and high end colour management, City and West End, has announced its presence at Publishing Expo 2007.
News from City and West End Solutions Ltd ( 5 January 2007)
New PDF Specifications For Printed Packaging
The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), has launched its new GWG Packaging Specifications for PDF file exchange in printed packaging applications.
News from Ghent PDF Workgroup ( 5 January 2007)
Agfa UV-Curable Inks Approved For Inkjet Printhead
Xaar has extended its relationship with Agfa Graphics with the approval of one of Agfa's UV-curable inks for use with Xaar's Omnidot 760 printhead, which was co-developed between Xaar and Agfa.
News from Xaar ( 5 January 2007)
New Imposition System For 10 Concurrent Users
Dynagram has released an addition to its line of Dynastrip imposition systems.
News from Dynagram ( 3 January 2007)
Picon Lobbies Government To Fight Measures Ban
Working on behalf of its members, Picon and the Engineering and Machinery Alliance has asked the UK Government to fight the possible ban on the use of imperial measures in literature and on products.
News from Picon ( 3 January 2007)
Auto Folder Delivery Runs At 180 Metres Per Minute
Arran Developments has designed a fully-automatic folder delivery system (stacker and logger) for sheet printers.
News from Arran Developments Ltd ( 3 January 2007)
Copapharm Firm Wins Carton Award For Tablets Pack
Copapharm Europe SCRL member August Faller has won a packaging award in the 2006 Pro-Carton-ECMA annual carton awards, for its vacuum-packed tablets produced for Ratiopharm.
News from Copapharm Europe ( 3 January 2007)
Digital Colour Printer Enhances Book Covers
User Application Article Canon UK has completed its first installation in the UK of its Imagepress C1.
News from Canon Europe ( 3 January 2007)
KBA Seminar Explores Lenticular Printing Potential
Technical Background Article KBA North America has staged a five-day seminar exploring the issues surrounding basic lenticular printing.
News from KBA North America ( 3 January 2007)
Workflow Runs Simultaneous Tabloid and Broadsheet
User Application Article Proimage has installed its Newsway Lite workflow software at the Tyler Morning Telegraph in Texas (USA), a T B Butler Publishing Company subsidiary.
News from ProImage (Europe) ( 3 January 2007)
KBA's Czech Operation Booms With US$40m Sales
Czech sheetfed press manufacturer KBA-Grafitec has surpassed one billion Korunas (US$40m) for the first time in the company's 50-year history.
News from KBA ( 3 January 2007)
Course Encourages Youngsters In To Printing
Young people from the South Yorkshire region of the UK have been encouraged to get in to printing with an initiative supported by print firms across the county.
News from PrintYorkshire ( 3 January 2007)
3D Design Software Helps Printed Pack Win Award
User Application Article Esko and DS Smith Kaysersberg shared the honour of receiving a bronze star from ONDEF in the technological innovations category.
News from EskoArtwork ( 3 January 2007)
First Esko Narrow Web Flexo Platesetter In UK
User Application Article Readyprint in Kidderminster has become the first company in the UK to install Esko's CDI 2120 flexo-platesetter, designed for the narrow web, labelling and packaging markets.
News from EskoArtwork ( 3 January 2007)
Static Electricity Control Products Search Easier
Meech International has launched its new global website with a newly-added search facility to allow users to find out specific static control product information. Brochure Available
News from Meech International ( 3 January 2007)
M-real's Sittingbourne Workers' Good Job Prospects
Employees facing redundancy from M-real's Sittingbourne Mill in the UK when it closes at the end of January have a relatively high value in the jobs marketplace.
News from M-real ( 3 January 2007)
Firm Builds Success On Inca Digital Colour Press
User Application Article Elementa UK, a company established after buying an Inca Digital machine, is approaching its first year-end positive it will proftiably pass its GBP180,000 turnover target.
News from Inca Digital Printers ( 3 January 2007)
Shoei Folder Enables In-House Print Finishing
User Application Article Commercial printers, WSL (Brighton) has brought virtually all of its folding in-house with the installation of a Shoei SPT56 B2 combination folder from Encore Machinery.
News from Encore Machinery ( 3 January 2007)
Printers Do Not Know About Their Electricity Usage
The majority of printing companies are working in the dark when it comes to gathering accurate management information on their electricity consumption, according to Utility Auditing.
News from Utility Auditing ( 3 January 2007)
Press Controls Cut Waste At US Newspaper Plant
User Application Article The News Tribune Company has cut waste by a third at its plant in Jefferson City, MO (USA) since installing a MAN Roland press with Quadtech press controls.
News from QuadTech ( 3 January 2007)
Advanced Spectrometer Analyses Poor Printing
A new Kratos Axis Ultra X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, claimed to be one of the most advanced machines of its kind in the world, has been incorporated in to the surface analysis laboratory at CSMA.
News from CSMA (Centre for Surface and Materials Analysis) ( 3 January 2007)
Management Software Firm Marks Long Service
Woking (UK) management information system (MIS) supplier Optimus has presented several long service awards, presented by managing director Nicola Bisset.
News from Optimus ( 3 January 2007)
Three Komori Presses Replace MAN Roland Machines
Paarl Print, a Paarl Media Group company, has placed a GBP45 million order for three new Japanese manufactured Komori sheetfed presses through Kemtek Imaging Systems. Brochure Available
News from Komori UK ( 3 January 2007)
Screen's Open Days Highlight Inca Digital Presses
Screen is holding a series of open days at Inca Digital's HQ in Cambridge (UK) over the next few months.
News from Screen Europe ( 3 January 2007)
Xerox Ad Campaign Increases Colour Print Awareness
Xerox has been awarded the gold prize for the UK media campaign of the year by Haymarket Publishing's Campaign magazine in its 2006 media awards.
News from Xerox ( 3 January 2007)
System Handles Large Format, Plotters and Copiers
SCP Software has launched its new reprocontrol.net release 4.1.
News from SCP Software GmbH ( 3 January 2007)
Workflow System Handles International Publications
Publicis Erlangen Munich will use the Softcare K4 software to help the communications agency streamline its Adobe InDesign production processes.
News from SoftCare Software-Service GmbH ( 3 January 2007)
Updated Workflow Offers Advanced Pre-Flighting
The Polish-based ACC HSH Group has announced the new version of its flagship product - the Puzzleflow workflow system.
News from ACCHSH ( 3 January 2007)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 39
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