News releases on Printingtalk categorised by date
Sunday 24 June
to Saturday 30 June 2007
Sony Tackles Print's Environmental Impact
User Application Article The importance of addressing the environmental impact of print has been endorsed by Sony, which has adopted Charterhouse's Carbon Neutral Print Production Programme for two print-based campaigns.
News from Charterhouse (29 June 2007)
Quark's New Server For On-Demand Creative Work
The new release of Quark's publishing technology, QuarkXPress Server 7.2, combines typography and graphic support with server-based performance for on-demand creative communications.
News from Quark Inc (29 June 2007)
Water-Based Flexo Inks Comply With New Euro Laws
New water-based ink technology from Sun Chemical for flexographic printing is claimed to offer a viable and cost-effective alternative to solvent-based inks.
News from Sun Chemical Europe (29 June 2007)
UK File Transfer Firm Grows With Acquisition
The European file transfer market is changing with the acquisition of German firm Hermstedt's file transfer division by UK file transfer and workflow company Pro2col.
News from Pro2Col (29 June 2007)
Reliable Coding Printers' Low Lifetime Costs
Vespalase is a new division of Euromark Coding and Marking that has been established to distribute laser coding and marking equipment.
News from Euromark Coding and Marking (29 June 2007)
Pile Turners Handle French Bank Note Production
User Application Article Banque de France has bought another pile turner (skid turner) from Albo System to decrease time spent on complex material handling.
News from Albo System AB (29 June 2007)
KBA Seminar Explores UV Inks And Coatings Issues
UV curing inks and coatings will be the subject of a two-day seminar staged by KBA North America on July 24 - 25 at its corporate office and customer centre in Williston, Vermont (USA).
News from KBA North America (29 June 2007)
Coders Print Complex Foreign Language Characters
User Application Article Two new Linx 500SL laser coder have been installed by Taylors of Harrogate (UK) to service new production lines of the company's Yorkshire Tea brand.
News from Linx Printing Technologies (29 June 2007)
Polish Firm's New Australian Workflow Distributor
Grafika Links, a supplier of digital pre-press systems in Australia and New Zealand is now the authorised representative of ACCHSH, distributing its Puzzleflow workflow system.
News from ACCHSH (29 June 2007)
Print Colour Matching Key To Customer Satisfaction
Technical Background Article The development of more refined colour matching technology to help printers satisfy customers' requirements has been continued by sheet-fed sector members of the British Coatings Federation (BCF).
News from British Coatings Federation (BCF) (29 June 2007)
Contract Quality Proofs On Inkjet Printers
Compose System's Star Proof true dot proofing system will be highlighted during Labelexpo in hall 7, on stand K58.
News from Compose System (Europe) (28 June 2007)
Digital Presses Allow Variable Colour Print Growth
User Application Article Two Screen Truepress Jet520 digital presses will help G I Direct to extend its penetration in the high-speed variable colour printing market at a cost of GBP4 million.
News from Screen Europe (28 June 2007)
Screenprinting Press's Multicolour, Durable Print
The ASP4000/CNC automatic screenprinting press from Oltronik of Poland was demonstrated throughout the Fespa 2007 exhibition in Berlin (Germany).
News from Oltronik (28 June 2007)
Converting InDesign Content To QuarkXPress Files
The Universal Binary version of InDesign to QuarkXPress 7 - ID2Q7 - Markzware's conversion tool that allows the conversion of InDesign content in to new QuarkXPress documents is now available. Brochure Available
News from Markzware Europe (27 June 2007)
Digital Imposition Software's New Distributor
Positive Focus is to distribute and support Ultimate Technographic's Impostrip product suite throughout the UK and Ireland following a deal between the two companies.
News from Ultimate Technographics (27 June 2007)
Printed Pack Prototypes In Fraction Of Normal Time
Pakready is claimed to offer designers the ability to produce complete packaging prototypes in a fraction of the time it usually takes to produce mock-ups.
News from PerfectProof Europe NV (27 June 2007)
Flat Digital Prints Ensured With New Adhesive
Ensuring claimed superior adhesion and flat output when laminating electro-photographic prints, GBC Laminating's new digital adhesive for its Digital Lay-Flat film is available.
News from GBC Commercial Laminating Solutions Group (27 June 2007)
UK POP Producer Looks To Expand Globally
Operating on a global level is the goal of UK retail POP producer Bezier as it seeks to expand its status and market leadership.
News from Bezier (27 June 2007)
US College Receives 60 Pitstop Licenses
Sixty Pitstop Professional PDF user site licenses have been donated to Cal Poly University's Graphic Communication Department (USA) by Enfocus.
News from EnFocus Software NV (27 June 2007)
Pack Printer's Unique New 9-Over-2, 11-Unit Press
User Application Article US packaging printer Lithographic Industries has installed what is claimed to be a unique KBA Rapida 105 11-unit straight or nine-over-two perfecting press at its Illinois headquarters.
News from KBA North America (27 June 2007)
Vinyl Films For Inkjet Printing With Durability
With the ability to stick hard to substrates such as rubbish bins, or other non-polar plastics the new high tack vinyl film from Hexis comes in two new inkjet printable products.
News from Hexis SA (27 June 2007)
Software Enhances Embedded Images In PDF Files
The ability to automatically enhance images embedded within a PDF file has been added to Enfocus's Pitstop in a partnership Dutch firm Elpical.
News from EnFocus Software NV (27 June 2007)
Flexo Press Prints 13-Colour Jobs At Exhibition
Bobst Group Flexible Materials company Schiavi enjoyed success at the CMM International 2007 exhibition with its EF 5060 C I flexo press.
News from Schiavi Spa (27 June 2007)
Anilox Products Distributor Secured In Brazil
Uniplastic has been selected to be the exclusive agent for Harper Corporation anilox products in Brazil.
News from Harper Corporation of America (26 June 2007)
Award Winning Human Resources Work By DM Firm
Human resources work has earned G I Solutions Group a British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) excellence award.
News from GI Direct (26 June 2007)
Art Paper Proves Ideal For Museum's Annual Report
User Application Article The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has had an annual report produced with Premier Paper's Galerie Art range using patented Metal FX technology.
News from Premier Paper (26 June 2007)
Inkjet Printhead Production Moves Up A Gear
Xaar's 1001 printhead is now being manufactured in higher volumes following the opening of a new production facility at the company's factory in Huntingdon.
News from Xaar (26 June 2007)
Remote Service For Multi-Function Printing Systems
CS Remote Care, a remote monitoring, reporting and diagnostics service for the Bizhub multi-functional imaging systems range, has been introduced by Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK. Brochure Available
News from Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK (26 June 2007)
Web Presses Boost Capacity At Hong Kong Newspaper
One of Goss's Uniliner presses and a Goss Uniliner S press will increase production and printing capacity at Hong Kong publisher Sing Tao News Corporation.
News from Goss International (26 June 2007)
New Sizes And Swatch Added To Art Paper Range
Two new sizes and a new look swatch have been added to the Galerie Art coated paper range from Premier Paper.
News from Premier Paper (26 June 2007)
Paper Firm's CO2 Cuts Underline Climate Pledge
After reducing its CO2 emissions by almost 30 per cent, paper manufacturer The James McNaughton Group joined with 800 UK businesses at the Prince of Wales's May Day Business Summit on Climate Change.
News from The James McNaughton Group (26 June 2007)
Management System Introduces Lean Manufacturing
UK printer, Precision Colour Printing (PCP), in a first for a UK company, has bought EFI's Hagen Prograph, Printflow and Auto-Count management software systems.
News from EFI (26 June 2007)
Software Now Provides Font Activation For InDesign
The Suitcase Server X software now has a new plug-in available for it to provide the font activation and de-activation for Adobe InDesign CS3 documents.
News from Extensis Products Group (26 June 2007)
Sensitive Systems' Slitting And Rewinding System
Rotoflex is now offering what it described as an entry-level slitting and rewinding system that converts tension sensitive substrates with precise rewind control.
News from Rotoflex Tooling (26 June 2007)
Adobe PDF Engine Added To Workflow System
Claimed to manage print production to multiple output devices on a single network, Screen's Trueflow SE workflow system, has been added to with the Adobe PDF print engine.
News from Screen Europe (26 June 2007)
Label Company Opens First Asian Factory
Self-adhesive label supplier Skanem's first factory in Asia has been opened following a contract win with a customer in the region.
News from Skanem (26 June 2007)
Firm's Deal Opens Directories Pre-Media Market
Zebra has acquired artwork and pre-press bureau, Blaze Creative, which offers the newly enlarged organisation experience in the pre-media production of directories.
News from Zebra (26 June 2007)
KBA Man's Promotion To Head US Products
Walter Chmura, KBA North America's midwest regional vice president, has been promoted to vice president of product management.
News from KBA North America (26 June 2007)
Automated Book Line Helps Win New Business
User Application Article New business wins and stronger links with customers have resulted from The Lion Press adding a new Horizon SPF-200A JDF automated book production line from Graphic Arts Equipment. Brochure Available
News from Graphic Arts Equipment (26 June 2007)
Digital Press For Short-Run And Variable Data Work
New Leaf Printing Group has become the first printer in the UK to install a Canon Imagepress C7000VP, which was the world's first order for the digital colour press.
News from Canon Europe (26 June 2007)
Bezier's POP Display Ensure Dinosaurs Come To Life
User Application Article Twentieth Century Fox has gone all out with a giant in-store drive for the launch of its 'Night at the Museum' DVD, including 6ft 'roaring' 3D dinosaurs in selected stores.
News from Bezier (25 June 2007)
Firms Need To Take A Fresh Look At Energy Saving
Technical Background Article Fearing that claimed energy savings are too good to be true, many printing businesses are turning their backs on energy efficient power and heating systems.
News from ENER.G (25 June 2007)
Digital Proofing Monitor Supports URGRA And FOGRA
EFI's Media Wedge CMYK v2.2 for the HP Designjet Z photo printer series now supports UGRA/Fogra (the Graphic Technology Research Associations of Switzerland (UGRA) and Germany (Fogra) .
News from EFI (25 June 2007)
Inkjet Printers' Rapid Colour-Accurate Production
The new HP Designjet Z6100 printer series for print service providers and technical printing markets is said to provide new levels of productivity, versatility and dependability for digital printing.
News from Hewlett-Packard (25 June 2007)
Unprecedented Multi-Function Printer Growth
Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA said it has experienced unprecedented growth in the light printing market with its Bizhub Pro line of colour and monochrome multi-functional products (MFPs). Brochure Available
News from Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK (25 June 2007)
New Service Helps Printer Better Manage Workflows
Working with users of Xerox and other digital printing systems, J J Bender has claimed it can help companies master their workflows to obtain greater productivity.
News from J J Bender (25 June 2007)
DM Firm's Software Identifies Postal Vote Fraud
Newly-introduced software that defines problem areas for fraudulent activity in postal voting was used with great success for the first time by direct mail producer K2 Group in the UK local elections.
News from K2 Group (25 June 2007)
New Deal Responds To Violet CTP Growth In Italy
To answer increasing demand for Violet CTP pre-press systems in Italy, ECRM has signed a distribution agreement with graphic arts systems distributor Digraph.
News from ECRM (25 June 2007)
Nip Measuring System Avoids Costly Web Breaks
After two years of development, a new electronic sensor and software diagnostic maintenance tool for measuring nip width - Sigma-Nip - has been introduced by Sensor Products.
News from Sensor Products (25 June 2007)
MP Presents Polestar's Environmental Honours
Polestar Sheffield (UK) has had its environmental ISO 14001 and FSC accreditations presented during a visit by Sheffield Hillsborough MP, Angela Smith.
News from Polestar (25 June 2007)
Strong Global DI Press Sales Sees Presstek Record
Global growth in the sales of direct imaging digital offset presses is being capitalised on by Presstek, with further strong sales performance in various international territories.
News from Presstek Inc (25 June 2007)
Digital Print Systems With Real Time Information
Automated print scheduling, print preparation and print ticketing is to be offered by Oce following a deal where the company will distribute Press-sense's Omnium business flow automation software.
News from Oce Printing Systems (25 June 2007)
Diecutter Helps Increase Printer's Turnover By 20%
User Application Article Following improvements in quality and productivity, a second Bobst diecutting system has been installed by convenience food packaging group St Neots.
News from Bobst SA (25 June 2007)
UV Coaters' Automated Protective Lamination
A new range of UV coaters for sheets and rolls from Seal Graphics - the new Aquaseal 60 and 80UV Pro machines - has been added to Atech's liquid roll to roll laminator portfolio.
News from Atech Ltd (25 June 2007)
Print Firm Wins Place On Government Print Project
After completing a detailed proposal and passing an evaluation, Polar Print Group has become one of the four-colour print suppliers for the House of Commons and House of Lords framework agreement.
News from Polar Print Group Ltd (25 June 2007)
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